The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-19
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Published in The Topeka State Journal
June 10, 1921
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO-

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June 10, 1921
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO-
| CEEDINGS.
Commission Chamber Topeka Kansas
Monday, June II, 1912. The city commits
sion met in regular session at 500 O'Clock
| a. M, with the following commissioners
present: Commissioners Bone, Miller,
| Stotts and Tandy-4. Mayor Billiard in
| the chair.
! The minutes of the meeting of June IL.
| 1912. were presented, read and, on motion
| of Commissioner Miller, approved as read
Copy of communication to w C. Raj
ston, city attorney, from J. F. Connaugh-
| ton, relative to fencing of alley on north
| side of 18th street between Jefferson street
| and Madison street, was presented read
and referred to the city attorney
Commissioner Miller moved that the
action of the Board of Commissioners au-
thor1z1ng the city clerk to advertise for
| bids for specially Illuminating West 9Th
street and East 4th street, be rescinded,
: which motion prevailed.
Commissioner Miller moved that tbs
| Board of Commissioners find and decide
that the petition to specially illuminate
Ninth street from the west line of Kar-
| sas avenue to the east line of Jackson
| street is in conformity to the require
ments of Chapter So of the Sessions laws
| of the State of Kansas of 1911, that it is
advisable to specially illuminate Ninth
street from the west line of Kansas ave
nue. to the east line of Jackson street aid
/ that the cost thereof will not be too
| burdensome upon the persons to be di-
reetly benefited thereby, which motion
prevailed.
The following resolution was presented
| by Commissioner Miller:
RESOLVED, That the Board of Com
missioners of The City of Topeka, hereby
| declare it necessary to construct, install,
equip, and maintain an additional system
| of lights Ninth street from the west
Jackson street in said city, for the pur-
pose of specially Illuminating said por-
ton of said Ninth street.
The above resolution was taken up for
massage. emergency being
clared in writing by the mayor, and was
passed by the following vote: Ayes, Corr
missionerS Bone, Miller, StottS and Tandy
and Mayor Billiards..
| The following resolution, presented to
| commission on June 10, 1912. by Commits,
| reading. The resolution is in words and
| figures, asefollows, to-wit:
| RESOLVED by the Board of Commits
/ sioners of the City of Topeka: That the
stagnant water standing on lot numbered
749 Buchanan street in the City of To-
peka, Kansas, and owned by Miriam
| Steele of 1884 College avenue in said city,
| is a nuisance and is dangerous to the
health of the neighborhood and that it IS
necessary for the best interests of said
| city to abate said nuisance by filling in
said lot SO as to prevent water from
standing thereon, and be it further
| fRESOLVED, That said Miriam Steele.
| be, and she is. hereby, given ten days
| from and after service of this resolution.
as provided by section of Ordinance No.
| 1881 Of said city, to abate said nuisance
! by filling in said lot so to prevent wa
| ter from standing thereon, and if said
nuisance be not abated within ten days
/ from and after the service of this reso' u
ton, as provided by said ordinance, then,
| the Street Commissioner is hereby d.
rected to fill in said lot in such manner
| as to permanently abate said nuisance
| and report the costs of said work to the
Board of Commissioners, Which SAID
costs shall be levied against said lot as
| The above resolution was adopted by
! the following vote: Ayes, Commissioners
Bone. Miller: stotts and Tandy and
The following resolution. presented to
| commission on June 10. 1872 by Commits,
sioner Stotts, was taken up for second
reading The resolution is in words and
figures. as follows. to-wit:
| ''RESOLVED by the Board of Commas
sioners of the City of Topeka: That the
stagnant water standing on lots num-
| bered TAI and 743 Buchanan street, in the
| City of Topeka, Kansas, and owned By
! w. J. Cox, of Mcfarland, Kansas, Is a
nuisance and is dangerous to the health
of the neighborhood and that it is
necessary for the best interests Of said
city to abate said nuisance by filling in
| said lots as to prevent water from
standing thereon, and be it further,
"RESOLVED, That said owner be, and
he ~ hereby given until July l, 1912, as
provided by section of Ordinance No.
| 25S1 of said city. to abate said nuisance
| by filling in said lots so as to prevent
nuisance be not abated within the tim,
herein specified, as provided by said
| is hereby directed to fill in said lots in
such manner as, to permanently abate
| said nuisance and report the costs of
said work to the Board of Commission
ers which said costs shall be levied
against said lots as provided by law"
The above resolution was adopted by
the following vote: Ayes, Commissioners
Bone, Miller, Stotts and Tandy aud
Mayor BILLIARDS..
Communication from V. c. TaliaferTo.
H. E. Krusor and Sherman ]. Joys, J. A..
| Holding, NJ H. Scott and w. Dunford, re-
questing permission to lay their own
walks in front of their respective prop
critics. presented and referred to the COM
missioner of Streets and Public Improve
ments was reported back with recon-
mendation that the requests be granted
which report adopted on motion of
Commissioner Tandy.
Bond of the H. B. Howard Electric &
| Athletic Supply Co, in the sum of 81, 600. 90.
given by the American Surety Company
of New York, was presented and approved
by the folding vote: Ayes, CommissioI.-
ers Bone. Miller, Stotts and Tandy and
Mayor Billard-5
! Plat of Shawnee Place to the City of
Topeka, was presented and approved on
motion of Commissioner Tandy.
Commissioner Miller moved that tho
city clerk be instructed to advertise fer
bids for the specially illuminating of West
street and East 4th street from point
one hundred feet east of the east line of
Kansas avenue to the west line of Holiday
street. said bids to be file in the office of
the city clerk by $50 o'clock a. M. Mon
Ir1Iv and that certified