The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-23
City Offieials Expect Boulevard
Education To Take.
Time, However, Required To
Teach the Public.
WILL REVISE THE ORDINANCE
Not Intended To Cut OF Bust
ness of Street Stores.
Filling Station Must Use Trucks
On Topeka Avenue.

Aitha Topeka avenue has been de-
claFed a boulevard and the city au-
liberties are experiencing manroeS
difficulties in the endorsements of the
provisions of the ordinance. il is be-
lieved that some satisfactory sem
blaHee of enforcement Will result ul-
tinately,
IN their desire to have Topeka ave-
nue. made boulevard, members of the
boulevard association say, it was not
their desire to make it a sacred
street or one taboo to the '-plebeian
traffic Of hei poIIei"
ThA first idea was to do something
to provide for the protection and ceu-
as read for pleasure riding and net
q highway for the transportation of
heavy, DANA iHg commercial t0ffie.
Also considered there was the fact
that residents on Topeka avenue Nave
feid twice to have the street finished
according TO the highest art in stree
surfaeIns and the building of first
class highways. Having paid this dou
BILE cost, they are entitled to protection
ana the city adminiStra ton IS in duty
bound to maintain an adherence 10
the provisions and regulations of the
cases of beetlegaeFs and distuFbers eff
the peace
Mark of Progress.
There Is also the third fdea-na meiy
progress Topeka is a city. The
boulvard association. the Cha mbeF eff
Commerce, and other progressive or.
CARNATIONS favor the esta blishmeHt of
d boulevard system in Topeka as much
for it's value in advertising the city as
for whatever pleasure the citizens OF
Topeka may derive from it
Leading progressive citizens of the
city hold that a boulevard system
would have its value to the city and
is something that is needed in the
same way tho possibly net TO 50 great
an extent, as is a real. first class
convenient hotel. Both have theiE in
tFinsic value to the city at Large and
the further and greater value of seFv-
ing TO advertise the city thruaut the
country as being wide awake and
progressive.
According to Chief Harmon. three
patrelmen worked on Topeka avenue
most all day Friday. The chief was
UP and down the boulevard NEST of
the time himself No trouble, diff
culties or differences arose. The of
fieeFs made no arrests and at that
time did not intend to- The idea has
been to educate prohibited traffic to
the fact that they may not use the
boulevard legally and are liable ia az
| rest and fine for violation OF its pre-
visions
The ordinance can be enforced posi-
| bly, strictly 70 the letter of the law,
,
There is no desire on the part of the
/ police department or on the part of
/ the-Fesidenss Of the boulevard that
/ this should be done A coRabinat= on
! of common sense and Intelligent rea-
soniBg is sufficient for members of the
( department to sa tisfactorily enforce
/ the ordinance which Is all that is de-
/ sired by the boulevard association.
/ Modify tie Ordinance
/ Chief Harmon says. however. that
/ the ordinance will have to be revised
/ in some phases. This is true. he saws
I of all ordinances. A simple use of the
! power of thought should tell officers
/ what vehicles should keep off the
boulevard. The same thing applies to
the drivers of prohibited web .eles-
At Sixth and Topeka avenue there
! is a filling station that is compelled
| to use trucks on part of the boule-
/ ward in reaching the place OF bust
! ness. There is also a grocery store
/ between Fifth and Sixth where whels-
sale houses will not make deliveries
/ on account of being prohibited the
| use of the street Thsre never was
| any intention of cutting eff the source
j of supply of these business houses and
| the law was not aimed at them The
/ law was passed to restrict heavy traf-
I fic in instances where herds of cat
tie tractors, threshing machines large
! heavy trucks of commercial variety
were making a practice of driving eRte
/ the boulevard and continuing foT
many bleeks upon II because 1t was
the smeethess street they could fad.
W'oald Soon Wear Out.
T Under these uses it would not re
main smooth long The ordinances
I applies to other objectionable features
as speeding on the part Of drivers OF
pleasure vehicles and motorcycles and
the further objectionable feature that
these persons are also addicted to the
practice of driving with rnuffler cut
outs wide open. making all the IN
/ necessary noise and racket it is Pessi-
/ Bile for their motors to emit
All that is desired on the Topeka
I avenue boulevard is lust the use of q
little common sense in attempting &c
try and adhere to the ordinance