The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-13
is WORKING HARD
Commissioner Holman Getting
Parks in Good Shape.
Plans Many Improvements for
City's Airing Places.
CONCERTS A FEATURE.
Two Bands to Furnish Music
During Summer Months.
New Water Main for North To-
peka-Clerk Burge Busy.

! When the plans outlined by Com
/ missioner NJ. c. Holman are put into
effect Topeka will be the best parked
and most beautiful city in the middle
west.
Commissioner Holman IS very busy
man just at present getting the varf-
Gus parks in shape for summer. He
has many improvements in mind and
will carry them out as fast as possible.
The rather limited amount of money
in the city's treasury appropriated to
the park department will slightly hin
der the work at present but MI Hol-
man will make the very best possible
showing. While Mr.. Holman is not
reformer, he has made a few changes
in the park system. The commissioner
believes that all the parks, in every
section of Topeka, should share and
share alike when it comes to spending
money He wants the people living on
the North side to have the same adj
vantages as those residing in any other
part of the city.
Men employed by the park depart
ment are at present very busy plant
ing flowers. cutting grass. giving at
tention to trees. cleaning I'D and put
ting everything in ship shape order for
the people who will soon be visiting
the parks.
Holman Gives Views.
DISCUSSING the improvements lie Has
in mind. Mr.. Holman said, when seen
this morning: 81 want to give the
CITY parks of which it will be proud. I
want to make them inst as pretty as
possible. Nothing would please me
better than to have it said that Topeka
has the best park system in the west
want to make it possible for the
working people to visit the parks with
a feeling of pleasure. The children
have right to ask that the city pro-
vide some place for them to play,
some place where they can get out and
kick and romp and have an all round
good time. That's what l am working
for.
with the amount of money We
have to use it will not be possible to
carry out all the plans this year. How
ever the people will find each and
every park much improved when the
season opens. 1 am going to have
rest station put in Willow park and
fix up the other parks in various ways.
1 shall see Commissioner Miller at
once and arrange for the lighting of
Central park. Most people love music
and they will get their FL this sum-
mer Two good bands have been con-
tracted for and will Dlav in the parks
during the heated term"
North Topeka is 20 have another wa
ter main.
Commissioner Peter Miller made the
announcement this morning. The new
main Will be of TO inch pipe ana VIII
begin on this side of the KaW river
on Kansas avenue and take in some
five or six blocks in North Topeka The
cost will be about $1,000. Commission
err Miller is having the plans drawn Tor
the work, at present, and they should
be finished within a very short time.
The commissioner proposes to rush the
work as fast as possible.
Burge a Busy Man.
City Clerk c. B. Burge is a busy man
lust at present. In addition to run
ling for county clerk, Mr. Burge is
raving the canine population of To-
1eka numbering 1871 dogs. counted and
i collecting taxes on them. The men
bCw-wows greatly outnumber their lady
friends. Census returns show that l.
$50 male vows and only 101 female
banks live in this city.
Then again Mr.. Burge is handing
out lots of information about the sys-
tenn of accounting. he is using in his
office. to other cities. Newton has
adopted the commission form of gov
eminent and the city clerk has written
t. Mr.. Burge for pointers.
The system which Mr.. Burge has put
in use at city clerk is an excellent one,
business men say Mr.. Burge is making
q personal man to man campaign for
county clerk and his Office is busiest
place in the city hall. despite the fact
that he does noe neglect the city bust