The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
Published in The Topeka state Journal
August II, 1911.
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO

lObE1C1AL CITY COMMISSION PRO
CEEDINGS.
Commission Chamber. Topeka, Kansas,
thursday, August 10, 1911. The city com
mission met in regular adjourned session
commissioners present: Commissioners
Bone, Miller, Stotts and Tandy@. Mayor
Billiard in the chair.
Communication from Mrs s. H. Long
and two others, asking that their name
pc taken from the petition, asking for
the paving of Lawrence street. was pre-
sented, read and filed.
Communication from the Committee of
Real Estate Dealers by N B. Burge,
chairman, relative to the condition of the
sidewalks on Kansas avenue, was pre-
Sented, read and referred to the Commits
sioner of Streets and Public Improve
mentS.
Claim of Joseph H. Fry in the sum Of
S25O.00 by reason of the killing of a dog
was presented, read and referred to the
Commissioner of Finance in connection
with the city attorney.
Communication from G.. r. Rabb, city
milk inspector. asking for q two weeks
vacation, was presented, read and on
motion, the request granted.
Inc following resolution from the Board
OF county Commissioners was presented,
read and filed:
Upon motion 1t is hereby resolved by
the Board OF County Commissioners of
shawnee County, Kansas, to appropriate
not to exceed the sum of Five Thousand
(S5,O0O Dollars out of the General Reye-
nue. Funds of said county, or so much
"
half the cost of a building, to be erected,
and furnishings, by the City of Topeka,
Kansas, and the County of Shawnee as a
detention hospital for persons afflicted
with contagious diseases.
Contract and bond for the extension Of
a water main on Monroe street from
Crane street to the alley north. were pre-
sented and. on motion of Commissioner
Miller, the mayor was authorized to sign
the contract On roll call, the bond was
approved by the following vote: Ayes,
n sci n11n
Tandy and Mayor Billard-5
Contract and bond for the extension Of
a water main on Arch street from the
north line of Eleventh street to Munson
avenue, were presented and, on motion of
Commissioner Miller, the mayor was au-
thorized to sign the contract. The bond
was approved by the following vote:
Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Miller, Stotts
and Tandy and Mayor Billard-5.
Commissioner Miller moved that the
commissioner of Parks and Public Build
1ngs be authorized to meet with the Board
of County Commissioners to make ar
rangements for the erection of a Detention
Hospital, the cost to the city not to ex-
ceed five thousand dollars, which mo-
ton prevailed
Bond of ]. R. Ramsey in the sum of
IS, 90, given by the American Fidelity
Company, covering the combined curb
and gutter construction on Kansas ave
nue., was presented and approved by the
following vote: Ayes, Commissioners
Bone, Miller, Stotts and Tandy and Mayor
Report of the License Collector for the
month of July. 1s11s was presented. read
and filed.
An ordinance changing the name of Pine
street, from Munson avenue to Twelfth
street, in John Norton's Addition to the
city Of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas,
to Boswell street was presented for first
reading.
An ordinance to provide revenue for the
City of Topeka for the year 1912 was pre-
sented for first reading.
Commissioner Bone moved that the city
treasurer, upon the presentation to him of
a voucher for one hundred dollars in
favor Of Oscar r. Humbert, be authorized
to pay it, the motion prevailing.
No further business appearing, on mo-
ton of Commissioner Miller, commission
adjourned to meet at 800 o'clock a. m,
Friday, August II, 1911.
LSeal.1 c. B. BURGE,