The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-04
TANDY HAS IDEA.
He Would Do Away With City
Street Commissioner.
And Take the Duties Into His
Own Office.
PRESENT A MOTION.
Matter Before Board Of Commits
siOners Tomorrow.
Bone and Miller for It Mayor
Is Doubtful.

In order to promote harmoney
among the city commissioners and enc
this recent wrangle which mas deIhoI
allied city work, w. q. Iahuy, ny
commissioner, has prepared IloLlon
to Introduce before the board loAlOI
row afternoon that will call Tor the
vacating of the Office of street COIN
missioner
Commissioner Tandy will be sup
ported by Commissioner Bone III Iill9
move. Commissioner Mlll tl,, aIso ii''1
expressed approval of the ScheIIle'
This will mean enough votes TO car
nv through the proposition. II means
that Furman Baker Will De ur0Pp u ti1
street commissioner and the once VIII
be declared vacated.
on the commissioner of streets ana
public improvements Mr.. randy Coth-
missioner Tandy says 1t Will make nm
sacrifice his private business TO TAX
on the new duties oil strSeI - ra+b
sioner but he is willing to do TINS ratn- :
er than impair city work with d hgIie
continually raging between. the ON
Gals.
Tandy Will Do the Work.
81 want to harmonic the city com
missioners and make a success OF tnS :
commission form of government, salo
Mr.. Tandv this afternoon. Il believe
if Furrnan Baker is dropped and the
office of street commissioner is va
Gated, the commissioners Will get 10
gether once more. Not only TINS puI
in handling this work in my once
will be able to save the city S1,5oU d
year in the one salary alone.
1.-The foremen will receive their or
ders from me. 1 have enough WORK 10
do now, but 1 would rather 90 more
than to have as street commissioner a
man unon whom we can not agree and
with whom we can not work to the
best advantage.
The matter will come up before the
board of city commissioners tomorrow
afternoon. Commissioner Bone SAID ne
would vote for it. Il will vote for any
thing to make harmony he said. Com
missioner Miller said he was for 1t II
only the three foremen would be hired
and no one else.
Billiard Is Undecided.
Mayor Billiard said he preferred to
wait and think over the matter BEFORE
he decided definitely.
"The matter of dispensing with the
office of street commissioner has been
up before said the mayor. I'VE have
known always that this work was con-
nected closely with the work OF the
commissioner in charge and change
has been suggested.
eff this is for the purpose of econ
ony I might favor it. But L haven't
considered all the features and prefer
to wait until tomorrow"
Commissioner StottS was out III lar
away corner of Gage park all day and
late this afternoon couldn't be reached.
Whether or not this scheme of Com
missioner Tandy will settle the war be
tweer the Bone-Tandy and Billiard
Stotts- Miller parties remains to be
seen.
1t is probable that the members of
the Topeka street department who run
the sweepers and clean the streets will
be given to the Stotts department. The
commission law says that the commits
sioner of parks and public buildings
shall have this force under his charge
In order to cut down the work under
Commissioner Tandy it is planned to
turn over the cleaning force to Com
missioner StottS.