The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
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Published in The Topeka State Journal
March 2, 1921
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO.
CEEDINCS

march z, 1872
| OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO
CEEDINGS.
| commission Chamber, Topeka, Kansas
| thursday, February 20, 1872 The city
| commission met in regular adjourned SEES
sion at 500 o'clock a. M with the fol-
| lowing commissioners present: Commits
sioners Bone, Miller, Stotts and Tandy4
| Mayor Billiard in the chair
Minutes of the meeting of February 26.
ISl2, We're presented, read and, on motion
OF Commissioner Tandy, approved as
| written up by the clerk
Commissioner Bone moved that the
mayor be- and he is, hereby authorized
10 execute a contract with John Richie
| on behaf OF The City of Topeka for the
refunding of all excavation fees under
Ordinance No. 1865 for excavations made
by John Richie in streets and alleys in
the City of Topeka in the investigations
now going on before Robert Stone referee,
wherein John Richie is plaintiff and the
City of Topeka is defendant, No. &c, 465,
whenever the streets and alleys where ex-
caVauons have been made have been
placed in their original condition and pro-
V1ded that said John Richie shall make
said excavations in full compliance of all
provisions of Ordinance No. 1885, and that
the time for making said excavations may
be fixed by the said referee or the Dis
which motion prevailed.
Communication from Mrs. Thos. J. Fay,
relative to injuries received by reason of
falling on slippery street crossing at
Fourth and Jefferson Streets, was pre-
sented, read and, on motion Of Commits
sioner Tandy, referred to the Commits
Sioner of Finance in connection with the
city attorney.
Communication from r. R. Hinkson
asking permission to hang an electric
sign on the Hotel Thorne opposite the
Santa Fe Depot, was presented, read and,
on motion of Commissioner Tandy, the
request granted under the direction of
the city engineer.
Communication from T. A Widener,
relative to the portion of the street on
Buchanan Street, from Twentieth Street
to Hampton Street, that the street car
company is to pave, was presented, read
and motion of Commissioner Tandy,
placed on file.
view of the above communication, the
city clerk be directed to write letter to
Mr.. Patten, of the Street Car Company
asking him to present in writing an
agreement with the people on Buchanan
Street from Twentieth Street to Hampton
Street about the paving of said street,
which motion prevailed.
Communication from the Elmhurst Syn
dictate, relative to the building of a sewer
to take care of the west part of Elmhurst
and the Lowman Hill district, was pre-
scented, read and placed on file.
An Ordinance taking certain plated and
certain unplatted territory into the City
of Topeka, Kansas, and adding said ter
ritory to and making the same part of
said city, defining and declaring the en-
the addition of said territory and adding
said annexed territory to the several
wards of said city, presented to commits
sion first February Is, 1912, was taken
up for final passage. Each section was
read and, on separate motion, adopted.
On roll call, the ordinance was passed by
Bone, Miller Stotts and Tandy and Mayor
Billiards. The title was read and ap-
proved.
Report of the weighmaster for the
month of February, 1912, was presented,
read and filed.
Claims against the City of Topeka for
the purpose of paying for the detention
hospital and interest on estimates thereon
were presented, read and, on motion of
Commissioner Miller, recommended to be
allowed and paid, as follows:
Detention hospital. $40, S4S.O0
Interest on estimates on Detention
dOSpltal .-.......--.-...-.-.--. Iz4-1z
Total ............s1O,972. u
An Ordinance appropriating money from
the General Improvement Fund of the
City of Topeka to pay for detention hos
pital and interest on estimates thereon,
presented to commission on February 70,
1912, by Commissioner Bone, was taken
read and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Miller and
Stotts and Mayor Billard-4 Noes, Conn
missioner Tandy-1. Section was read
and, on motion. adopted On roll call,
the ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Miller,
Stotts and Mayor Billiard Noes, Com
missioner Tandy-1. The title was read
and approved.
commissioner Miller moved that until
further arrangeme are made, that the
money to pay for the taking out Of the
dirt at the Melan Bridge, be taken out
of the Miscellaneous Fund. until the fund
is exhausted, which motion prevailed.
Twelve o'clock M. having arrived, on
motion of Commissioner Stotts, a recess
was taken until ZOO o'clock p. m, same
day
Two o'clock p. m. having arrived, COM
mission again convened.
Estimates of the cost of grading, curbing
and paving certain streets, avenues and
alleys in the City of Topeka, for the
year 1912, submitted by A r. Young, city
engineer was presented, read and ap-
proved by the following vote: Ayes,
Commissioners Bone, Miller, Stotts and
Tandy and Mayor Billiards.
Estimate of the cost of grading, curbing
and having West Curtis Street from the
west line Of Kansas Avenue to the east
line of the C. r. I. & P. Ry-, submitted
by A R. Young, city engineer, was pre-
scented. read and approved by the follow
ing vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone,
Miller Stotts and Tandy and Mayor Bill
lard-5.
Bids for the grading, curbing and paw
ing of certain streets, avenues and alleys
in the City of Topeka for the year 1912.
were received from the following parties:
A. Jacks Company, per Andrew Jacks,
Jr, president, Chicago, Illinois.
Ritchie Bros, by c. A. Richie and Hale
T. Richie Topeka, Kansas.
The Cleveland Trinidad Paving Com
pany, by Garnett F. Connors, superintend-
ent, Kansas City, Mo.
The Kaw Paving Company, by H. A.
Kingsley. manager. Topeka, Kansas.