The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
NORTH SIDE NEWS
To Supply City Water on Gen.
trail Avenue.
Property Owners on 1000 Block
: Take Steps.
WELLS OR RAINWATER
Are Only Source of Supply on
That Street.
DIR. O. p. Davis Much Interested
in Movement.
ELLIS OR RAINWATER

Steps are being taken to supply CITY
water on Central avenue Whlcn mas a.
ways had to depend upon WSIls aI y
cisterns for water supply. IT. v.
Davis of 1922 Central avenue Is one OF
those most interested in the move
ment. In connection with new du
dition and other improvement ne y y
making on his house he Is deslrous OF
running water. 20
the avenue was brought to his atten-
ton more than ever and he also IA n
terested several property owners III III
the block in the proposition TO 1nstall
city water in their homes. 49,.
Papers will be passed ASKING tnose
Interested to guarantee the city that
S55 a wear will be paid for two years
BY the users of the water TO pay ten
per cent. of the cost OF taying tne
1t is thought that enough people
will be paying for water that the
guarantee will be unnecessary:
If only three others besldes Ut.
Davis would agree to take Ike "aI Tnen nSa
each year would be only about $lS
apiece each of che two years: HOW
ever, there seems to be disposition
on the part of several others TO snare
in the expense. f. S. McClintock OF
I1O1 Central avenue, is another one
who is "for" the idea. Although ne
is in the next block north he would
helm nav for the water used on the
1000 block on account of the location
of his house to the proposed MAN.
she 1000 block is handicapped in
~ efforts to get city water in that the
majority of the people in the block are
renters. The property owners must
guarantee that the water used in their
house will be paid for, and some ten
ants do not wish to pay the extra
rent necessitated by the Improvement:
ON the other hand it is said that II
city water was Installed the houses
IVoI1ld he more in demand by renters
who would be willing to pay nigh
1t is said that several of the houses
are already piped and completely
equipped for running water and al
that remains is to connect with the
mains. At present this cannot be
done without going through neigh
bors' yards to North Jackson or North
Kansas avenue.
The past few days of extremely hot
weather has made the absence OF city
hood. 1t is difficult to keep up nice
lawn or garden without showertng 1t
with a hose, or the man OF the mouse
must put in his evenings carrying
water from the ciStern or Wen aIter a
hard days work.
Then every time a member OF the
family wants a bath water must be
carried from the we'll or cistern- pump
to the bath tub.
Another idea is that If city water is
installed in one of the blocks on
Central avenue it will be just a
question of a short time when sub
scription papers will be signed by
enough people to insure the installa-
ton of city water on the whole street.
Central avenue is brick paved and
thoroughly modern with the exception
of city water. This is enjoyed by
nearly all of the other paved streets
on the North side.
Last winter a bill was introduced
into the legislature to do away with
the subscription papers now neces-
sary before the main can be laid. The
bill provided that the water could be
installed by the voting of bonds like
sewer bonds or that the installation of
mains would be left to the jurisdiction
of the water board, but the bill did not
go through.