The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-06
NORTH SIDE news
Business Men Want Change in
Mail Service.
Hours of Collection Bad Chi
cago-St. Louis Mails.
THEY SHOULD Be EARLIER
Shorey School Opened in Pri-
vate Residences.
A Gravel Road From ROssviile
to Topeka!

The business men of North Topeka
are dissa tisfied with the mail service
and are preparing to petition Postnas-
ter J. K. Rodgers to make the desired
improvements.
The principal complaint is in. the
collection service. 1t is desired that
earlier collections be made during the
week and that the time of the Sunday
collections be changed The first col
lection during business days is dellV-
cred to the postoffice on the south
side of the river at 10:40 O'Clock in
the morning and the last collection is
at O'Clock. The business. men COM
plain that the first collection should
be earlier that their mail be Dispatch
ed on the trains earlier thus improV-
ing the service greatly by making an
earlier delivery possible. Five collec-
ton are made each day. The carriers
make four Of these collections and the
last is made with wagon from the
main station.
The Sunday collection is made by
the wagon from the main office about
o'clock in the evening. The business
men complain of this because it is i'm
possible for their letters to reach Chi
cago and st. Louis in time for the
early Monday morning deliveries.
Many of the business men spend Sun
day morning writing letters with a
hope of mailing them in time to per-
init them to reach their destination in
time to be distributed during the first
y.
day collections should be made earlier
in the day so the letters could be for
warded on the afternoon mail train,
thus accom- plishing the desired pur-
pose.
Postmaster Rodgers will be asked to
provide for this Improvement in the
collection service as it is out of the
jurisdiction of Alva Robinson who is
in charge of the sub-station in North
Topeka.
School was resumed in Shorey this
morning. 1t is maintained in rooms
in private residences and this plan will
be continued until the end of the term
which will be on about June L. The
new school building will probably be
erected on the old site. There is con-
siderable objection to this but it is
feared that it will be impossible to Sc
cure another location. People of the
district are divided on the subject. The
people who live west of the Rock Is
land tracks want the building located
on the old site while those who live
east of the tracks want the members
of the school board to buy a site in
their part of the district for the reason
that three-fourths of the children live
east of the tracks.
"A two-thirdS vote of the people OF
the district will be necessary to secure
the new location and it is feared that
this will be impossible. The people
on the west side will oppose this, and
the east side who viii object to the adj
ditional expense, is believed will be
sufficient to prevent the necessary
two-thirds vote.
One week is all that is necessary for
completing the gravel road which is in |
course of construction in the vicinity |
of Kiro. After this is completed, /
vile to North Topeka which will be |
equal to the asphalt streets of To-
peka.
The gravel which IS being used in |
the road in the vicinity OF Kiro is the !
best that has even been found in the |
county. 1t cements together well and |
is of such fine quality that the twelve
ton roller brushes it down and leaves
a surface equal to asphalt paving.
The gravel which has been used in |
building the road from Silver Lake
to Topeka is not as good as that used |
in the road west of there thus the road |
is not as good. Even at that, the
gravel road from North Topeka to
Silver Lake is said to be better than
any road out of Topeka The COM
missionerS plan to extend the gravel
road from North Topeka east to the
west line of Jefferson county in the
spring.
A small fire was discovered in the
plant of the Topeka Packing company
plant on West Laurent street Saturday
IiSnI WHICH might nave resulted IN
the total destruction of the plant The
fire was started between the walls by
heat from the chimney which had
been allowed to fill up with SCOT and
cinders. When overheated it set fire
to the timbers in the walls
The chemical wagon at No. 1 fire
station was called and extinguishe ed +
the blaze before any damage resulted.
F. J. Zeigler of Berryton and his
son, George zeigler, have bought the
Producers Creamery companys plant
at 1901 North Kansas avenue. They
own a dairy in the vicinity of Berry
ton and have had lots of experience L
in this line of work. The plant was
bought of it's former owners of which |:
NJ. L. Stalker was president and r. E.
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