The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-24
PAVE SO BLOCKS.
This Is the Outlook in Topeka
for Next Year.
Nearly 40 Blocks of Petitions
Are Filed.
BREAK ALL RECORDS.
City Officials Believe $500, 900
Will BE Expended.
-Four All Paved Routes TO Wash
burn College.
BREAK ALL RECORDS.

From the present outlook at the
city hail, next year Will be the iarses'
paving season in the history OF Iopeka
Already peut1ons for forty BLOCKS o.
paving have been sent to the board OF
| city com missloners and more than
month remains Tor the filing OF plFlns
papers 1t is estimated by city oHl-
cials that nearly $500, 900 Will be spent
on street improvements IN the city next
The paving season just CLOSING was
the banner year in street improve
ments. Sixty blocks OF paving mas
been laid or is being laid at an expense
of more than $3.50, 0OO- This brings
the city paving totals to 20 miles ana
covers practically every block n llle
business and nearer residence sectlols
of the city. -.
The paving for next year--and this
year. too=wiu make four direct al
paved routes to Washburn college. De
spite the fact that Washpurn Is ih S,
Than two miles from the business dis
trict it will be reached by four com
olete completely paved routes Inc
petitions are out for paving OF hucliu
avenue and Huntoon street rms alohe
gives the college two additional pI7ch
and asphalt outlets.
The southwestern part or tneacley
leads in paving for the coming year:
The exceptional growth OF TINS part o.
Topeka has attracted hundreds OIL CIT
zens overlooking with civic pride. IN
one instance in the southwestern part
Of the city, an entire addition tour
blocks square will be paved before the
end of next year -Four years ago liilS
was COW pasture
In the downtown residence sections
paving petitions for alleys are peing
circulated. The blocks without paving
in this district can be counted on the
fingers of one hand. In few years
every alley will be smooth.
The CITY commissioners decided last
year that all paving petitions should
be in by December 1. With more than
q month to send in their papers, II IS
anticipated that the totals this year
Will reach the sixty block marx
and possibly go over it. This VIII
break all Topeka records
The petitions already lied WITH the
board of city commissioners call for
the paving of nearly forty blocks A
score of petitions are now Delng
signed Those that have been filed IN
the last few weeks are;
Streets.
Euclid avenue-Kansas avenue to
Bolles avenue. I 8 blocks.
Third SPECIALIZATION to JEFFERSON
Fillmore street=Douthitt street to
sixteenth street, 1 block.
Fourteenth street-kansas avenue
to Quincy street I block o,..,,,e
to Elmwood avenue. 1 block.
HAYNES street-Sixth avenue to Will
low avenue, 1 block
Huntoon street-Clay street to Null
vane street, blocks.
Monroe street@Second street TO
Third street, l block
West street-HuntoOn street to Eff
taenth street. blocks.
Garfield street-Sixth avenue to
Eighth avenue, blocks.
Lake street-Third street to sixth
avenue, 3 blocks
Alleys.
Sixth avenue to Seventh street, To-
peka avenue to Tyler. street 1 block
Twelfth street to Huntoon street
Topeka avenue to Tyler street, l block.
Polk street to Taylor street, EleV-
enth to Twelfth street. 1 block.