The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
IS new DIRECTOR
Marco Morrow Chosen Chamber
of Commerce Official.
Committee viii Confer With
City on Parking Plan.

Marco Morrow, publisher was today
elected member of the board of di-
rectors of the Topeka Chamber of
Commerce, filling the vacancy left by
the resignation of Charles P. Adams,
of Nthe Adams brothers company.
Adams resignation was made neces-
sary by thet fact that he has been I'M
able to devote to the work of the
cred necessary. In the motion accept
ing his resignation there was en-
bodied an expression OF appreciation
for the work which he has already
done as a member OF the board.
Marco Morrow's name was next on
the list of men on the ballot by which
the directors were elected last winter
after the reorganization. The ballot
was referendum affair, taken by the
entire membership.
The mGtion to elect him a director
was made today by E. H. Crosby sec
onded by Colonel John S. Dean.
Met With Merchants Directors.
Much OF the meeting of the directors
today was in joint session with the
board of directors of the Topeka Mer-
chants association, and in discussion
of the parking ordinance.
The resolution passed at a meeting
of the Forum steering committee last
week, recommending that the Cham
Der of Commerce directors take the
steps necessary for the immediate re-
peal of the parking ordinance. was
brought up. Discussion with the
members of the Merchants association
board brought out the fact that the
majority of the members favored the
amendment of the ordinance. rather
than its repeal
It YVES recognized by the merchants
that some remedy for the packing sit
uation must befound. The mer-
chants again declared themselves free
of any responsibility for tf~ original
passage of the ordinance. and assert
ed that they are the ''goats" because
their out of town customers believe
that they are responsible for the pas
sage OF the ordinance.
Committee to Visit City Hall.
After prolonged discussion, a COM
mittee was appointed to confer with
the city commissioners with the object
of securing the extension of the time
limit for parking on the restricted
streets to two hours instead of one
hour.
The merchants also expressed
themselves as of the opinion that the
ordinance should not be enforced
against non-residents of Topeka, who
come to the city to shop and may be
in ignorance of the existence of the
rule.
THE police haven't taken a farm
er's money yet" it was said in the
practice of the police has been to eau
ton the out of town people who vio-
late the ordinance, and not to fine
them.
1--WE want to educate the farmers
to the understanding that the ordi-
nance is passed in the first place for
their benefit" A. A. Guettei, of the
Merchants association, declared. Its
object is to permit them to get to the
doors of our stores with their cars
Want ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Repeal. -
1t was agreed by the merchants and
the Chamber Of Commerce directors
that amendment, not repeal, was the
most desirable method of remedying
the defect of the present ordinance.
The committee which will confer
with the city commissioners is COM
posed of E. L. Copeland, chairman,
George W. Stansfield, and Charles L.
Mitchell.
In speaking to the motion to appoint
the committee, Stansfield said that
Topeka's city officials. in conducting
a survey of the parking ordinances of
the entire country. had found only one
city in which a time of more than one
hour was allotted for parking on the
main streets-Oklahom City.
I'VE are working under the same
laws which practically every other city
in the country uses" Stansfield said.