The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-11
Topeka Is Spending Vast For
tune in Improvements.
Many Great Public Works I'm
der Construction Now.
$336,1OO THE COST.
Commissioner Tandy Is Optimis-
tic Just at Present.
Plans to build Band Stand in
Central Park at Once.
$336,1OO THE COST
Topeka moves.

topeka moves.
The people of the capital city appro-
priated during the year 1909 the sum o.
1896, 100 for public Improvements. These
figures mean thai every man. woman
and child paid into the city treasury
S6.75 for Improvements. AS those who
are not property owners. have no taxes
TO pay for streets, cutters, sidewalks
and sewers the real estate owners paid
about double this sum.
The contracts for paving have not all
been filed Figures issued from the
offices CT Commissioner w. G. Tandy,
head OF the city's public works depart
nent, and City Engineer Fulton show
that $93,445 worth of works remains to
be done.
Public works completed, or nearly so,
follow:
Kenwood sewer costing $4,000.
Martir-Dennis sewer costing $4,000
Elmhurst sewer costing $4,000.
Small sidewalk contracts, total cost
IS 0GO.
South addition Melln bridge cost
$32.5O
Fillmore street bridge cost $4,000.
Crematory for destruction of garbage,
$4,000.
Streets to Be Paved.
The following streets are to be paved
as soon as possible: Boswell street,
Sixteenth to Seventeenth streets; Tenth
street, Pine TO Elm streets, Polk street,
Fourteenth to Sixteenth streets; Jack
son street, Twelfth to Thirteenth
Streets Kansas avenue, Twentieth to
Twenty first streets and two alleys.
Kenwood addition is to be graded and
guttered at a heavy cost. In the work,
60 900 yards of dirt will be moved and
10000 feet of curbing and cutters put
down.
Commissioner Tandy is getting ready
to put the parks in apple pie order
for the summer. A band stand will
lie erected in Central park and If Mr..
Tandy has his way. bard now under
contract to play for the city during
the concert season will visit the diff
ferent parks each week. Commits
of the several sections of Topeka a
chance to hear the music and get an
airing without trouble.
Tandy Is Optimistic
When seen this morning the COM
missioner was optimistic with regard
to the way affairs are moving in his
department. IF matters progress the
way they are doing now" said Mr..
Tandy Topeka will be the cleanest
and best paved city in the United
States. regardless of size or population.
This city is setting a fast pace in the
Improvement line Just now. and
doubt if any city in the country of the
same size can equal its record.
There has been some talk about
throwing people out of work if paving
is discontinued until 1911 Nothing to
it. The city now has enough contracts
let to give a big force of men work
for some time. This department is
working every minute to clean IN its
work. but is having a h1rd time do
ing 1t. We are simply up to our necks
IN work. 1t would be foolish to let
contracts for next years paving until
we have completed the jobs on hand.
The way we are moving now shows
that our citizenship stands for prog
ress-for bigger and better city The
work has cost and is costing some
thing. but the property values are
raised and it is a mighty good thing
TO have people say Topeka is the best
paved city in the country That's what
Wen have EN- saying soon. 1 hope