The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-10
new SIDEWALKS.
Be Three and Half Miles Laid Here
This Summer.

Three miles AMI Il half of conc, etc
Sidewalking will he laid in Topeka be-
fore fall. A comp etc list of the side
walk petitions t1:t- have Icen crane j
was presented for the first reading al
the meeti 1g OF the CITY commits Icn-
ers on Monday m orninS. \. r. Young,
city engineer, will submit his sidewalk
specifications on Friday; bids will be
demanded next week. Thirty-eigh
petitions for sidewalks were received
by the street commissions. Twenty
nine were allowed, two are undecided
and seven were rejected; protest killed
several others were illegal and some
were withdrawn.
"All the walks will be concrete sal
Mr.. Young this morning. I'VE haven't
laid any brick walks since 1911. And,
by-the-way, the high cost of living is
affecting sidewalks this year; price of
S1.69 Il barrel. That's quite an item
when you consider how many barrels
of concrete are used.''
The 107,562 square feet of sidewalk
ing laid in 1912 cost the city s9,142-S3.
Thirty-six blocks, or 71.5es square feet,
mate s7,70O. Luttjohn and Folk re-
ceived the sidewalk contract last year
at II cents per square foot.
Commissioner w. o. Fandy has not
yet granted the petition for five foot
walk on the east side of The Drive
Following is a complete list of the
petitions which were allowed and the
sidewalking to be laid:
East side of The Drive, Laurel to
Grove Except walk laid).
North side of Evelyn street, Kansas
avenue west to Soldier creek.
North side of Thirteenth street,
Kansas avenue to Monroe street.
South side of Thirteenth street.
Monroe street to Madison.
North side of Fifteenth street Null
vane street to West street.
North side of German avenue, Sew
ard avenue to Crane street.
East side of Boswell avenue, Hun
toon TO Twelfth street.
East side of Orchard street, Duane
street to Evans street
North side of Twelfth street, Quincy
street to alley east.
North side of Evans street, Orchard
to Roosevelt streets.
North side of Twelfth street College
to Boswell street.
West side of Fillmore street. Tween
ty-frst north to connect with walk
laid.
North side of Ninth street. Fillmore
to Buchanan.
North side of Munson, West street
to Garfield
West side of Arch and West, n.
1.s1z to S. y. Il No. 469.S
West side of Clay street, Nineteenth
street To twentieth, street.
So-'i: side of Nineteenth stree-, Clay
street to Buchanan.
East side of Boswell street. lot No.
346 Boswell to Thirteenth street.
West side of Courtland avenue, Will
low to Ashland avenues.
South side of Twelfth street, alley
west of College TO Boswell.
East side of Muivune street. Euclid
avenue. north to present walk.
North side of Twenry-first street,
Kansas avenue TO y. I. & =. F. r. r.
West side of Lamar street. Fifth
street to Sixth avenue.
East side of Buchanan street, TWEEN
ty-Third street to REIMBURSEMENT
street.
West side of Branner street, Eighth
avenue to alley north of Tenth.
East side Of Cedar street, Seward
avenue to State street.
North side of Ninth street, alley west
of Western to Western.
South side Of Eighth avenue Gar
field avenue to Morris avenue.
East side of Grand avenue. Tenth
avenue to Eleventh street.
East side of Franklin avenue, Sixth
avenue north to present walk
Both sides of Lake street Seward
avenue to Greeley street
East side of Shawnee avenue, Chick
asaw to Cherokee street