The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-10
City Commissioners May Dis
tribute Free Band Concerts.
Claim Made That North Topeka
Gets FayOrs.
TOOMUCHP ARTIALITY
All the Concerts Now. North of
First Street.
Mammoth Petition Presented to
the City officials.

If the present plans of the city COM
| nlissioners are carried out, the original
scheme of giving every section of To-
| peka free open air band concerts this
summer, will be revived and the entire
| concert schedule fought over and dis
cussed for the past few weeks will be
| ironed out and presented to the peo-
pie for their approval.
] The recent trouble at Central park
i.has aroused considerable indignation
| among the people in the city-not that
they thought the people living in the
| Central park district were wrong in
| protesting against the erection of a
| bandstand on the island III the south
| lake, but that the petition against the
| bandStand being erected in any Part of
| the park was granted.
| A reactionary petition has been cir
culated Gniong the people in the south
western district Of the city the past
| few dayS-as mentioned in the State
| Journal last evening-and this petition
| has been presented to the city officials.
I: contains 305 names. The petition
| asks that a bandstand be erected in
| Chesney park-just two blocks south of
! Central park.
The sentiment of the people in this
| part of the city has aroused the COM
nlissioncrs to action and they will pre-
| pare d COnlRIGlS city OdilO COllSC1 I
Schedule which vii. give to almost ev-
cry section al least one free open air
| concert this year.
| The City park, Garfield park Chesney
! park, and the state house grounds have
| been mentioned and will undoubtedly
| be Included in the schedule. The way
| the concert question stands nOw-the
| City park and Garfield park have all
of the concerts for the summer.
Garfield park is in North Topeka and
! nr-lr 4rTc4f IL Cd of fI1.a
Kansas river. This gives to the people
| living north of First street all of the
| band concerts of the summer. To be so
partial as to give to this one section
all Of the summers entertainment has
caused no little adverse criticism all
over the city and it is planned to pre-
vail upon the city commissioners
pecially NJ. c. Holman-to distribute
| the schedule in a better manner.
Commissioner Bone is in favor Of
making the state house grounds the
| leading center for these concerts.
| There is ample room for carriages,
for people to be seated and for the
| good effects of the music said Mr..
i Bone. Il believe that this should be
made the main concert site this sum
uler" oa
Commissioner Tandy1 is in favor OF
| the state house grounds as concert
| place but believes that all of the con-
certs should be equally divided, Com
1
that the entire city should be treated
fairly-althougn Mr.. Holman favors
Garfield park as permanent center.
In behalf of the erection of a band
| stand III Chesney park, Cyrus Corning
! an old time political leader and resi-
i dent of the southwest city district said
today:
I'VE people in the southern part OF
the city love music just S much as the
people of the North side do. Music
has the same charms for US as it does
for them. The people of North To-
Il f,eka can come over to the South side
just as easily as the South side people
are able to come over the river. We
pay our taxes as they do and we pay
cur share of the park fund. We should
| have some of the 1nusic-every biz Of
1t at this time is given to North Topeka
There has been nothing done al
Il CEesney rark-the city pays little at
terrtion to it. The city commissioners
can't say they haven't the funds be-
cause we have paid our share of then
and We know they have. They can't say
that a sewer runs through the park an6
makes it an unsatisfactory place-e
sewer runs through my back yard-but
the taxes are just as high-the city
doesn't figure that it hurts my pro
perty.
I'VE stand as a unit in favor of E