The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-21
NORTH SIDE news
Put Bell on New Fire Station
the Latest.
@Would Be Of Benefit to Plb-
lic'-J. B. Spetter.

llcn-J. B. Spetter.
.swhy not put the old bell Of fire
station No. ON the % nsx Doaan.nt ant &.
rounds in North Topeka this morning: T
1t was formerly proposed that the olo
he'll be put at the Intersection or North
Man met with no little favor until |
some one started the present move
ment.
| bell in North Topeka A wild rumor |
to the effect that the old relic was to
] he taken to the state house started
Northsiders to thinking. They did not
relish the idea The present sugges-
| ton which was started by some one
| Tuesday evening is meeting with the
i general approval of practically all the
A residents and business men interview
Il ed this morning. the Dell Is cracked
and Monday evening one man got
/ busy and found that it could be re-
/ paired for a very small cost ]. r.
\ Spetter is one Of the CHIEF promoters
of the new movement
ST think all the people in general
/ want the bell on the new station SAID
Mr.. Spetter this morning in speaking
| of the matter; "it is an old tradition
and ought not to be discontinued.
One of the strongest arguments in
favor of putting it on the new station
is that before the custom of sounding
it was discontinued people could tell
about the location OF the fire Tnen
again. if the bell is rung people In the
| street are warned to clear the way. l
have seen this happen a number OF
| times Formerly when the bell was
sounded practically everyone on the
to the curbing SO as to give the IRE
men the right of way. 1 have also
noticed that under the present system
that a great many times wagons have
! ofr h3ndlTe6
firemen when making run. think
this was caused because they did not
have the proper warning to get OH
II the street Then again, II the NUMBER
Il of the fire box in which district there
j. Il was q fire, was sounded 1t would stop
to a certain extent, many useless calls
over the telephone to find out where
y the fire was located. am convinced
that much of this calling is made by
u people who wish to know whether OF
II not the blaze is in the vicinity OF theil
II own home. Under the present system
| there is no way of finding out the To-
cation of a fire, only by calling Cen
"The bell can be welded for little
or nothing. A small frame tower cal
be built on top OF the new pu1ioinl
think that this would mar the appear
ance of the building. the tower coui'
II be located in the center OF the build
ing. Then it could not De seen !ron .a1
y q tower would be small This wouI
save the bell and put it to practica
use. I think that a number OF us WI
take the matter up with tne, clty 81 ~
duce them to put the spel on the me-
building"
At noon today the~-cld North Sic
j fire station which foEaeS y years sto.
- at the corner Of North Kansas avent
and Gordon street was a matter OF hl'
- torv. The force Of men put to work q
" dismantling the building last week q
j their work in record-breaking tim
Practically every brick above u
ground has been torn away.
I'LL Work on erecting the new build1r
will commence as soon as possible
For Irrigation Plant.
TX A preliminary survey for an irr1g
,b- ton plant to be installed at the boy
of industrial school was made Tuesday
re- ternoon by H. B. Walker of the agI
RS cultural college at Mammalian. II
bor proposed to irrigate about 50 acres
ent the land and obtain the water by sin
sti- ing a we'll or from Soldier creek.
ar The survey will be drawn up in t
thy next two weeks and submitted to t
EN- state board Of correction. If the pr
the posed plant is installed 1t Will De
tne operation next summer.
tnS t Big Crowd At Grange.
An exceptionally large crowd atten
To- ed the open meeting which was held
'eet the Indian Creek Grange 1uesody
e a ening. Rev. H. p. Wilson delivered
the address which was voted the featl
an of the evening. Several musical q
The literary numbers were included
has the program. Refreshments were SCI
hip. ed at the close of the evening.
snip Personal Mention.
1ers - <...,,, - Ny,~+,, ,
Gals r. n. Dol Dee g.. E-oro,.So ts .r.,
sts ing a short time in North Topeka '
fting friends and relatives.
,eanl Watch our window specials, Dtbb
The North Topeka, Kan.-Adv.
ma The members of the Second Pres
here terian church will hold a taffy pull
,dav the home of Mrs. Warboys, 923 No
men Van Buren street.
ives A. M. Petro. druge1sr-AoV
kage William Dix, formerly OF Nortn
enc peka, now OF San FRANCISCO, 10 III
No his home there according to word
ldite ceived in North Topeka.
the Mr. and Mrs. Carl Robinson h
the left for Winfield where they will '
nder Mr. Robinson's mother
Frank Holt has left for Winf
where he will spend some time.
Watch our window specials, Dibt
North Topeka. Kan.-Adv.
Mrs. J. Duffy of Elmont has retur
to her home after a short business
- to the North side.
ping Mrs Dora Knox of New Mexico
returned to her home after spendir