The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO-
CEEDINGS.

OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO
CEEDINGS.
Commission Chamber, Topeka, Kansas,
Thursday, June q, l911, The city commits
sion met in regular adjourned session at
900 o'clock a. M, with the following COM
misSioners present: Commissioners Bone
Miller, Stotts and Tandy-4. Mayor Bill
lard in the chair.
Extension bond of the Topeka Independ-
ent Telephone Company in the sum of two
thousand dollars, given by the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Company OF
Maryland, was presented, and approved
by the following vote. Ayes Commits
sioners Bone and Tandy and Mayor Bill
lard-3. Absent Commissioner Miller and
Extension bond Of the Consumers Light,
Heat and Power company in the sum of
Two Thousand Dollars, given by the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Com
proved by the following vote: Ayes, Com
missioners Bone and Tandy and Mayor
Billiards.. Absent Commissioners Miller
and Stotts-2.
The following resolution was presented
by Commissioner Tandy for first reading
RESOLVED, By the Board OF Commits
sioners of The City of Topeka: That all
parties desiring to construct their own
sidewalks during the year 1911, must Tile
their requests therefor with the city clerk
on or before July g. 1911,'
The following resolution was presented
by Commissioner Tandy for first reading:
''RESOLVED, By the Board of Com
IuiS6tOnSGSf kline lily OF 4OpCkds hat
hereafter all grading ,curbing, paving and
sidewalk petitions shall be prepared in
the office of the City Engineer"
Communication from A. M. Russell re-
porting relative to the petitions for the
paving of Branner street. Lake street and
Lime street, from Sixth avenue to Eighth
avenue was presented, read and filed
Report of the appraisers appointed rela-
tive to the recurbing and regutter1ng OF
Kansas avenue from, First avenue to
Tenth avenue, was presented. The mayor
ID N1.ar- dow
June 20. 1911, at $50 o'clock a. m, to hear
any and all complaints that might be
made against said report.
Petition, signed by Morris Jenkins and
all other members of the police force,
asking an increase of salary to the menu
bers of the police force, was presented.
read and referred to the commissioner OF
Finance and Revenue.
An ordinance amending sections u and
Is of Ordinance No. 4044, approved April
81 1911. relating to the salaries or COM
of the City OF Topeka, and repeating said
original sections II and 13 of said ordi-
nance, was presented; first reading of the
ordinance.
matter of the controversy as to the right
Of the contractors, for the construction
of the dixie, to dump their dirt in the ex-
cavation made by the city Immediately
east and west of the Melan arch bridge
extension, be referred to the mayor with
power to act
ReuuOQ 70 pave the intersection u A1dA :
rison street and Sixteenth street, present
ed to commission on June 16, 1911, and re-
ferred to Commissioner of Streets and
Public improvements, was reported pacK
and Commissioners Tandy moved that the
petition be referred to the city attorney
with instructions to prepare the proper
resolution for the paving OF said inter-
section, which motion prevailed.
Commissioner Miller moved that the
Commissioner OF Streets and Public I'M
provements to authorize to set the curb
hack. Grade the street and have stakes
set by the city engineer at the tntersec-
ton Of Fifth avenue and Willow avenue,
which motion prevailed.
No further business appearing, on mo-
ton of Commissioner Stotts, commission
adjourned
Citv Clerk