The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-15
NORTH SIDE news
Improvement Of Davis House
Significant Of Progress.
City Water on 1000 Block OF
Central Avenue.

The remaining of the o. P. Davis
house at 1927 Central avenue Is near
Iv finished. The residence mas Jusu
heen enlarged, remodeled ana OIlle4
wise improved. The Herren mouse on
the corner of East Laurent and Mon
roc streets is nearly ready for the
The improvements on the Davis
houses means more than the usual
signs of progress on the Nortn 5l u =
when DR.. Davis started to remodel ms
1,o11se he wished to install running
water as well as electric light TO make
Il Thoroughly modern. However, no
water mains had been laid on Cen
trail avenue. 1t was up 10 the UOct ,
and his neighbors to guarantee to the
lie to use enough water for two years
10 nav 10 per cent each year OF the
cost of installing the pipes. me doC-
for and his friends secured enough
eipners to the petition for water eX-
tension for the laying of the mains
and today a mound along the IOOO
block of Central avenue above the
mains is a monument to their enter
prise ,s.. III -.
weather. No other block on Central
avenue has city water service. Thus
all the property north of the 1000
block to Garfield park is LETT com
paratively unprotected from fire. In
case a fire would break out in that
neighborhood the nearest city water
supply is from the hydrant at the
north end of the 1000 block, or from
the hydrants on North Kansas avenue
a block east, or on North jackson
street a block west. This is to say
nothing of the unmodern houses with
out the convenience of running water
which must be the case. However, ii
is probable that in time the resident
properly owners of the rest of Central
avenue will follow in the steps OF
those of the 1000 block
A near-fight between north bound
car motorman and a Kansas City trav-
cling man took place on the car be-
tween Laurent and Gordon streets
about IL o'clock this morning. The
travelling man claimed that he ha6
been carried two blocks past the place
where he wished to get off by the
motorman's failure to stop the cal
when he rang the bell According tC
the travelling man he told the motor
man he had rang the bell and the 9th
er replied. roughly, you did not
Now the salesman didn't like to b.
contradicted in that tone of voice. HI
said that if the mOtOrman had re
piled, 81 didn't hear the bell OF
something like that, politely, h
wouldn't have become angry but a
the rough tone of the carman he said
Il would just as soon hit you as lool
at you" Then the motOrman seized
crank and threatened the salesman
with it. The latter grabbed the motor
mans hand. BY that time the ca
had reached Gordon street and tn
salesman left the field of battle
1t is said that occasionally the bell
do not ring when the button is press
ed. The Kansas City man grants thi
but insists that the motormen Shout,
be courteous to the public
The majority of North side peopl
are showing better taste than the aver
age person. In spite of the long con
tinued hot weather not one of Their
has been heard to ask: us it no
enough for you?" or Can YOU kee
warm this weather. or Did YOU or
der this weather." or when are 70
those original brilliant and pleasin
remarks which are so soothing to in
perspiring public.