The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-10
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City WIN Ward on State Cen
domnation Action. q
Outlet to Cost $1,000 Sfxj
Street to River.
TO Be BUILT At Low CO
Circumstances Most FortunS1S
to Lot Holders.
Only Small District Taxed d
Second Time.

Second Time.
As result Of petitions that -
being circulated IN Topeka this aftexs
noon. w. g. Tandy. city commlnuanuSt
OF streets and public improvementa y
planning to build from Sixth ana No.
rts avenues to the Kansas river $
sewer main to cost $4,000 ana =
accommodate tho owners Of 1000 nofz
IN large portion Of the west st0a
OF the city. This new main viii d
away with the West side sewer prob
lem that has perplexed city admanav-
tIations Tor many years. It will vUnrA
on a brooding condemnation nr0x
ceeo1ngs on the part of the board ~
! neaItn or the state OF Kansas ana Wm
De constructed at a cost OF only Sc q
lot to the owners OF the 4. 600 ssfrc,,41 =
IN the West side territory. s
me iact that nearly half the 49,
OF building this outlet to the river rrS55
pe Dofne by the city through the ~.
noIong OF the money due Topeka 4
the Dig district No. 26 overcharre 49,
the fact that another large portson -
tne cost Will come from the pafnro1
expense OF an outlet for the new w.
sioe sewer. presents to the nrov,cs7cr
owners most fortunate circumstancS.
onoeI ordinary conditions, the atnf1.
would have condemned the ola c,,tlSe
and the property owners vouid No.
Deen TAXED nearly twice the amounf
river. '~'" 70 tne
Here is the proposition;
TOT years two S0-inch severn hav6
emptied into one 16-inch ont1et -
sixth and Morris avenues. In tir,ss
OF storms and heavy rains the msr,s
noies were blown into tho air ana ~.
p d aHieafy sewerage would spout ,nfn
tne streets and into the reaiderssc
1asements and cellars. Profeaoorn
Jones and Haskins of X. n cc.-
demned the existing conditions Tss~
CITY raced a serious problem.
Sewer Is Inexpensive.
Ihen came petitions to give sewern "a
1e Mestern section OF the city bounded
Dy sixth avenue, Boswell avens,~ ss,S
1Trssventeenth ~ street and the city Iinn{fs.
necessary to the river. It wouId hnvc
this outlet. : v-~'-.O ~ DsAa'q
Following this came the city.s victort
IN tne Hitcnie sewer case affectinr TIE
property owners In district No 81 S.ss..:
prising 1907 lots. Here was an .m~,.,,t
VI money due these property owners -
rebate from the overcharge of severeI
years ago.
me other two sewer districts, Nos. q
pensive outlets with taxes that aver-
aged from $17 to $25 a lot.
summing up the conditions there 4. Z
district comprisine 4. 900 lots planned bv
no,a, Ms Tandy. It includes the
taxed anyway to build to the river n
takes in 1,S07 lots included in thS
Hltch1e trouble where the city will nav
tne assessment and the property own
s r. c"rnrss WI, De required to pay out nothing.
II comprises the Elmhurst and. No. a
olstrfct where service to the river hss
Deen practically free and where an ont
price. us'y 10"
The district formed NV conn......
Tandy-the district to be accomrnss.
oateo Dy the new outlets bounded in.
TINS manner 1t is the territory inside
these bordering streets: East ON sixth
street 10 Buchanan, south on Buchanan
10 duntoon. West on Huntoon to Col
lege avenue, south on College to aIIev
south Of Thirteenth. west on Thirteenfi
TO Boswell, south on Boswell to Four
teenth, west on Fourteenth to Jewel.
south on Jewell to Euclid. north on
Tenth, east on Tenth to Sumn1it nnrfS,
On Summit to Sixth
1t includes sewer districts No. 26- M
32 and No. 80.
A Sewer for Days to Come.
1t is figured by Commissioner Tandy
that 1t will cost $4,000 to build a four
loot outlet to Wards creek and = q
inch outlet on to the river. There are
1000 lots in. the district In other Z
words 1T will cost IS lot to the pro-
perty owners who have ten years fo
pay the assessment. Reducing 1t to the
annual tax receipt. 1t will cost a man
about 50 cents per lot a year.
One district comprises 1.667 lots. This
9 the new west side territory where =
AK will be inflicted for an outlet n, fh-
1ver under any circumstances and
where cooperation with the general
listrfct Will cost them nearly 81 900 lenp
han II they built Is inch independ-
mt outlet Another section Of the new
'eneral district includes a territory OF
,SO1 lots district No. 26) where the city
viii pay the assessment of the property
'wners owing to the Richie over
harge OF recent court decision. The
My district to be really taxed IL No.
2 and No. 80 com. rising 426 lots. Here
he property owners have been let on
asy on outlet cost.
IT IL most fortunate set of cfrcum.
tances." Commissioner Tandy said this
fternoon. 1T will cost the new fIia-
rfct little less than under their or-
g!nal plans. The old district IL ret
Ing on easy because the old outlet
7as about to be condemned The pro.
erty owners in the old district have
ne advantage of the new territory aid
1g them in the construction. 1 con-
ider this most. economical move.
he cost to the average property own-
r hardly will be noticed In the an
ual tax assessments, Building this
ever outlet in this manner is meeting
necessity with comparatively little
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