Lawrence Daily World du lieu suivant : Lawrence, Kansas • Page 1

a. i ii mm; JLawiii EMS A VOL. VIIL LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY JANUARY 4. 1810. NO.

257 xx urn US DOES WATES COST TOO MUCH? DOVE OF PEACE TO CELEBRATE was There is one main sew- er under construction, two lateral sewers under construction, and two lateral sewers ordered at this date, quate milk inspection ordinance and would still recommend the passage of the same, which actions we beiieve be fully warranted bv the MAYOR FINDS NEW FLAN OF ATTACK HEARD WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED he challanged any like sized town in the state to show as good a record. "The laws of the city have been better enforced in the last few months than ever before in the history of the city. We now have a town that is tree from crime and uives and low class of people thai, ever before. Witkersham aud Amjj ihomas, the two deposed officers, have been two of the most etfeciem oiiiteis expunging the city of its crime and law violators and the t'ae 4 Mayor Eishop is to Tax the Bell Co. 4-It wu me ULAy jjawrence IS OPPOSED TO LIIIGATION Thinks he Can Keep, out of CourS by Disci imina.

cry Tax Ordinance Says he is Having a Snecial Crdi- iiai.ee uraitea is ante iaxes of the Company Prohibitive TV 1 Mayor Bishop at last nights meet of the city council indicated a ing new line of attack with which he is to smote the Bell Teh-phone Co. of the map so far as Lawrence is con cerned, lie says that the city attor ney is uow draf tins an ig an ordinance. 1 under his directions, which will makelxne Wlth less grade -development of the past few weeks. borne dispositions of manure and garbage should be made. Whiln there has been a great improvement if.

-w- "us nne, jawrence has not KePt pace in this particular with its development in other directions, Dessicating plants' are operated profit in many cities and the of the same might be worth careful consideration. A YEAR OF STREET WORK EePrt Showed that Many Blocks ine The report of the committer on aucja ana oriages snowed at during the last year 36y2 blocks been Paved. Not all the work 13 done nor has it all been com- menced but that much has been con i.j or 18 -M-mm, SVS.VJhi3 cu. xil uuo innrA WPra ll hiTro actually trashed which cost a total of $21,875. In 1909 there were 18 blocks finished which cost $41,270.

There was in 1909 an average of 10 men and five teams employed on the streets each day and in 190S an avearge of 7 men employed and 4 teams. The expenses to the city for street work in 1908 was $3,048 and in 1909 $990, but during the last year $3,150 was used of poll tax money. WOT A BAD MONTH Police Had one of Quietest Holiday Months in Years The report of Chief of Police Sid Herd to the city council last niirht shows that for the month Dassed there were only 25 cases in police court. Considering the fact that it was the month in which all the an nual drunk harvest comes it shows that Lawrence people are eettine good. The total amount of fines and costs were $290.

There were collect ed in fines $126.50. Five cases were appealed to the district and there is only one prisoner in custody now. The amount of doe tax collect ed during the year was $960 which was the largest in the history of the city. ATE OYSTEES OK HOSFORD Council Had a Feed at his Expense Because he Has Been Absent After the meeting of the city conn cil last night the city council and the mayor aud heads of departments and four representatives of the press" went with Councilman C. B.

Hosford Znttermeisters and had a big feed his expense. He bought the oysters and celery and all voted him an ex cellent councilman even if he had missed a meeting or two. "See that old man," was heard on many lips this morning as an old geu tleman walked briskly down t'ae street passing many younger men who were stumbling along. "How does he manage to walk 60 straight on this slippery sidewalk was tie general question which was final'y answered by a wise one who sail. 'That iseasy, he is wearing a Gustaf sou's glasses and can see where he is going." City Council Htd a Meeting of ci.atioa on Last fcix Months Work AKD WERE PLEASED AT IT Mayer Bishoj Made a Talk in Which He CUrniel and Suggested Lever al Ihinss Nijht's treating of City Council Was aken Up With Reports Of Six Wo.k For two "hours List night the city council and mayor listened to last dry of their own doings for tlit first six months of Mayor Bishop's uduiiiiistialion.

It -was a sort of ru-w 1 ear's resume of the good things the administration has brought, to and, as the mayor and, council saw it, the past six months was only edipsed by the good things in store during next six montiis. Sotietiicf; ago Mayor Bishop called for a report from the chairmen of all the committees of the council and last night he got them all written out with figures, facts and words of god cheer that kept the reporter who 'was trying to keep tab on things busy guessing and at the same time scribbling in sums that ran into six and seven figures. As each report was presented Mayor Bishop had a smile. From the story of the chairman of the poliee committee telling of the enforcement of law in. Lawrence, and smoothing over the conduct of two officers to the report of the streets, alleys and grades committess which really told of some wonderful achievements in street building, the ma)r wore his look of "see-there it is in black and white." The committees were commended, from the finance committee, which produced facts to show that the city wasn't much worse off than it has been during the last two years, to the report of the fire depart ment committee which wanted to buy a thousand leet hose for which there is no money in the city treasury to pay for.

But it was an interesting meeting and Mayor Bishop delivered and interesting address. He said as he went down the streets of the city the business men congratulated him on his administration and the work that has been done in ways of public improvements and in the enforcement of law. These compliments the mayor said were showered on the city council also. Major Bishop in- his address told of the wonderful growth of the city during the year closed. In improve ments of all kinds he said over has been expended in the city during the last year.

AthO'Vt the great things 'for which the present administration claims a- great deal of credit is the construction of four miles of paved street during th? year passed. At the present time there are blocks of streets being paved or the work has been ordered or the contract let. Altogether he Lawrence has 24 miles of sewerage and miles of paved streets and tuat tiity have strayed from the Straight and narrow oath of lmnjiw lias been a great shock to mo liacl never suspuioned that any oi" my appouilees would do suth a thing 'these two ollicers have been sum dealt with by my administration in being hied from- the force, and so will it be w.th all who accept bribes," said the mayor. Councilman llazen then suggested that the matter of bringing prosecutions against the two men was in the nanus ot the prosecuting attorney and Mayor Bishop said the matter juad been called to his attention. -i-ayor Bisltop said he would not saf the men were guilty, but anyway they had laid themselves open to suspicion and that was enough.

He said he would vouch for the honesty of all the other members of the department AUTO ENOM ASSURED The Committee Reports in Favor of Auto "Fire Fighting Apparatus Had Several Letters From Towns Where the Apparatus is in Use and all Commended the Auto At last night's meetinff of the eitv council the committee on the fire department recommended the purchase by the city of an automobde fire engine which will cost R7 500 The committee in its recommendation statea tnat Hie matter had been thoroughly investigated and that the committee had decided that it would be more economical to purchase the engine than to establish another station winch would have to be done in case the engine is not purchased. To purchase the engine it will be necessary to vote bonds as the city now has all the banks of the city kjded with 'scrip that it will not be able to meet before a year. The committee figured that by buiing an auto engine the services 01 three men would be saved and the feed of several horses, and that at the same time the city would have a more eifieient fire department. A number of letters were read from cities where the auto apparatus has been used and without exception the fire chiefs commended the a 11 to engines as a great saving in time and money. After tbe reading of the recommen dations the council allowed the matter to go over until the nevt meeting but the mayor stated that he was in favor of it and several of the eouneilmen stated that they were in favor of the auto method of increasing the efficiency of th efire department.

SETTLES ON Cli Peace Reigns Today at Warren St. Baptist Pulpit Was Declared Vacant by Vote of Church at Well Attended Meeting. It is announced today that peace reigns once more at the Warren street Baptist church and that the long standing trouble between the pastor, Rev. A. Smith and some of the members of the church has been settled.

A business meeting was held last night which was largely attended and by vote of the church the pul pit was declared vacant which in a manner ratified the- previous action of the church on Dec. 8th. Some of the state workers, strong members of the denomination, were present and did much towards har monizing the factions in the church. Rev. E.

A. Wilson, president of the state convention, acted as chairman and there were also present Deacons Graen Keith and J. Lee, and Rev. Hill of North Lawrence Rev. W.

W. Montgomery of Washington, D. C. and Rev. O.

McNeal district moder ator. The trouble in the church had eben more or less in evidence for more than a year and cultimated a short time ago in the arrest of two of the deacons charged with disturbing the peace of the minister. Rev. B. A.

Smith is no longer the pastor, but his successor has not yet been chosen. ENLARGE BRICK PLANTS i At Meeting of Stockholders Today Expensive Improvements Planned At a meeting of the brick plant stockholders today Eben Baldwin was elected president, Chas. Elwell. secretary; A. Monroe and J.

N. Rob erts, vice presidents. It was decided at the meeting to make a much larger plant of the present factory. Several thousand dollars will be expend ed in a short time as the plant is far behind in its orders at this time. Annual Meeting Postponed.

On account of the storm the annual iileeting and supper of the Baptist church will be postponed until tomorrow night. EXPELLED FROM HIGH SCHOOL Colored Girls Pilfered a Teacher's Deek and Were Dismissed Frankie Walker and Cora Mc-Nutt, two high school colored girls were expelled frrfm the high school yesterday for pilfering a desk of one of the high school teachers while she was out of the Tliev may be, al lowed to come back in a few weeks. Burt E. Brown will go to Omaha in the morning to take of an exhibit cf his company at the hard-war? dpslers convention. Next week a similar convention will be held in Kansas City and he will move tho display to that city.

Dill WE Councilman Hosford Thinks City is Paying Exorbitant Sum. One of the most serious conditions in the nuances of the city, as indicated in tho reports of the committee chairmen last night was that in the report Councilman Hosford, which showed a large and rapidly growing overdrawn account in the gesersl fund for the payment for the water rental. During the six months of the present administration that deficit hag increased over $10,000 and the tax levy for the general fund is now as high as it can be made by law. Despite this rapid running behind in current expenses Mr. Hosford said a large part of the city was entirely without lights and water, and that there was no prospect of furnishing these public improvements or even keeping up what the city ngw has.

Each year the water company jjets $5,310 in rentals from the city. It is difficult to determine without a--careful investigation of the company's books whether such is an exorbitant cost for water. The water works company has no outstanding stock, but has bonds to the extent of $50,000. It was bought in the last time it was in the hands of a receiver for this sum. All the bonds were, not disposed of.

$11,000 worth were sold and these brought 90 and below If the plant is worth twice its bonded value which at the time was made as high as it would stand the company is getting 5.3 per cent interest on the investment from its city fire hydrants alone. Councilman Hosford thinks that is exorbitant. GOT THE PROFESSOR He Offered to Teach Women How to Use New Fangled Pattern. Martin Welsh, Alias Ward was arrested last evening by deputy sheriff Eb Woods on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He- had been selling patterns on the North Side it was alleged and get ting three dollars before he delivered the patterns and then never return ing, lie was organizing a school for dressmakers, he told the unwary wo men he fleeced.

He would give them all kinds of instructions but it would be necessary for them to study hard. Then be gave them some reading mat ter and they turned over three dol lars. He says his home is in Oak ley, Kans. NO MORE WORE TILL SPRING Street Car Construction Over Until Warm Weather Returns. R.

P. Alley, who has had charge of the building of tb; street railway. left today for Dayton, Ohio and will not return until Spring. All construction work was closed down last Thursday. New Jersey street is ready for the cars from the depot to Lee 6trcet.

but the extension west on Lee has not been com pleted. Indiana street nor th of Henry is ready for the cars. The Mississippi stret line now runs to the museum and the grading is done as far as the chemistry build rag, but the loop over the hill and down Ontario street remains to be puMn as soon as the weather opens up in the spring. AT JT1 IX I 1 ST i 1 I li 1 i i 4 the tax on corporations doing busi ntss in the city without a franchise that the Bell Company will be forced to pull down its poles and move to greener fields. It is au ingenons scheme Mayor Bishop has He says the lias the power to control all public sen iee corporations doing business within tbe city and if he cannot do it in ihs ordinary process of law he will pass a special ordinance that will make them want to get out.

While no distinction has as yet been recognized in courts of law between the Bell company and any other company he will pas3 a law having special application to the one company. Then the city will go in the courts and have the Bell company declared a company in a class from other telephone companies so that the ordinance will be in conformity with the laws of the state. But he stated the reason he did not go to law to have the matter settled was on ac count of the cost. He does not think that the passing of a. special license tax ordinance will get the question in courts.

WANT TO BUILD STORM SEWER fZecctnmcndaticn Made to Council that Sewers to Carry Rain -be Enilt Councilman Bond of the committee a report last night, in which he recommended that storm sewers be constructed in Lawrence. In advocating their construction his report sa id The first sanitarv sewer contract that was let was October 1st, 18H. It was the llanrv tsreet sewer frcn Pennsylvania sFreet to Connecticut street, $1,209.80. At this date, Jan. 1st, 1910, we have 43 main sanitary sewers, length 30.108 feet, cost We' have 100 lateral sanitary sewers.

Number of feet in length, total cost, The water is furnished free of hanre to the city by the La wren Water Company, during the life of their The expense for repairing sewers for the last six months from June 1st to December 1st. 1909, was The expense for repairing sewers the e.orresDonling six lionths in 19( 3 prices prices- Sale i i idanuary 1st, 1910. The storm sewer question of the eitv has eot to be a serious nroblem. One that will imolva a large expendi i inre 01 money, anr. mat is wnat tne Mayor and, City Council will evade as long oa but it is up to us to face, and we will have to' adopt some system to take care of the storm water.

T'ie council, as a rule, has been in favor of surface' (drainage as far as possible, thoush it is impracticable in the central and eastern portions the city to use. surface drainage for the reason. that Tu DaVP many paved 8treets iai thVlty' aud Greets in the s-uuiu wvjsi pari Lave sucn steep grades, that during the heavy rain storms, the water rushes down those steep grades and reaches the low igrouiid by time the water from 1 i' 1 111 nil 111 1 T. "ai" ilumu I irf'L inprp mat tancca Ah Massachu-jctts street and the stree V- UCVCI UU east, ana the water overflows the streets, sidewalks, fills, cellars, wells, cisterns, and floods all low grounds, aoing a vast amount of damage to propeitj', and causing sickness and distress among our citizens. There are many other places that need work along these lines that will be taken up from time to time, ana given due consideration, if this work is ordered, the only way to solve tjis problem that I can figure out is to install a system of storm sewerb large enough to carry the floodwatejs for all time to come.

I therefore rec" ommend that the City Engineer be in structed to draw plans, specifications and approximate cost for the same and report at our next regular meeting in February. 1910. I also recom mend that the City Engineer be instructed to draw a complete map of all the main and lateral sanitary sewers in the city. REPORT OF LIGHT AND WATER COMMITTEE The City is Backward in Lighting and Water Facilities Says Committee C. B.

Hosford, chairman of the water, gas and electric light committee of the council had this reiort last night There are, at the present time. about fifty petitions for lights and a score of petitions for fire hydrants and extention of mains. And in the minds of the committee, nearly eevry one of these weruld be, if not an absolute necessity, a great convenience and as tax payers of the city, the petitioners have a legitimate reason for expecting some action upon them But what are the conditions that confront the- committee? The cit pays for: 20 all night lights at $9 per month $100.00 CO midnight lights. East Lawrence, at per 61 midnight lights, West Lawrence at $4 per 244.00 One 10 candle power light, Police station, at $1.25....... 1.25 Or a total for street lights of $535.25 152 fire hydrants at $35.75 per year 5 tire Irydrants at $30 per year 160.00 Or a total for fire hydrants These two items call for an expendi rure of $12,333 or a little more than $1,000 per month.

The Electric light Company is not charging the city the maximum amount allowed under their franchise jwihh is about $1 per month more, light. The annual statement of June 13, 1909, shows the general funds out i of which' the above expenditures are paid to be overdrawn The September 15th statement of this year, the fund to be overdrawn $10,338.03 and the December 15th statement of this fund shows overdraft, of $16,000.06. The levy for the general fund is at the maximum now, and if the citi- zens want a greater outlay and ex-: penditure by this committee, we would recommend that our representa Itions in the Legislature take such steps as they care to have the citj ('empowered with authority to make a (greater levy. I The city has grown very rapidly; I improvements of all kinds have been put in and the expense has necessar ily been very great but the taxable, property has been increasing and wfli I increase rapidly for some years ih all parts of. the city.

Entire new districts have been built up at the cost of thousands of dollars and in some instances, they are absolutely without fire protection and in total darkness. This condition ought not to exist and some thing ought' to -be done to put the Water, Gas and Electric Lights committee in a posit JSh to keep paee with the development of the city. HEALTH COMMITTEE REPORTS Wants a Milk Inspection Ordinance and Dessicating Plant These suggestions were made by the health committee at the meeting of the city council last night: The health of the city, is at pres ent, and has been for the past year, exceedingly good. No serious epidemics have occurred the few cases of contageous disease have been promptly checked. From a sanitary standpoint, the city is improving rapidly; streets and alleys are being paved, thereby affording better drainage; property owners and citizens are taking a I greater interest in the care of the i alleys and back yards.

More attention should be given to -the homes of some of the city's; noor. which, of course, can not he 1 done without a financial outlay but i should be the work of some commit- tee of the council. It is certainly i to at of IVERSARY Episcopal Church Will Hold Services to Commemorate Event. ONE OF THE FIRST CHURCHES Trinity Chapel Erected in 1859 one of First to be Built Here. The Church Was Fathered by Amos Lawrence For Whom The City -Was Named.

One of the first to erect a building in Lawrence was the Epis copal, Trinity chapel, which still stands near the church was built in 1859. The consrecation was oro-nir ed then and one of the first congregation to assemble in a church built by them met and listened te a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Reynolds. Tuesday of next week there will be special services at the church to ceie brate tbe event.

There will be a historical address by Bishop Mills-paugh, of Topeka; and address by Rev. White, of Kansas City and an address of Rev. Baxter rector of this parish. After the services in the church the director of the parish will give a reception in the rectory for all the members and friends of the church. The present handsome edifice which the Episcopal people own was erect ed in 1873.

They left standing, how ever, the old Trinity chapel which was built four years before the Quantrell rail. The prime mover and organizer of the new church in the young Lawrence of then was Samuel Reynolds, who lives away south on Louisiana street. His brother was the first Episcopal rector to hold services in tbe city, The church was almost mined by the Civil war as a company of volunteers raised hero took nearly all the members from the church. Rev. Reynolds himself became a chaplain in the Union army and after tbe war was over he remained in the army and a few years ago died at Fort Riley.

His brother Samuel is still a hearty old maa past 80. Samuel Reynolds in about 1858 wrote to Amos Lawrence, for whom tbe city was named. He was a prominent Episcopalian of Massachusetts. He took an Interest in es tablishing a church here, in the town named after him, and pushed the work to a successful end. There are at least two chij-res in the city whieh claim to be of greater age than the Episcopal.

One ip tbe Congregrtional church organized in 1854, but not housed in a building of its own until some years later. The other is the Unitarian church, which was organized in 1855 and had a building in 1856. The Episcopal church will next Tuesday also celebrate the wiping out of the last dollar of indebtedness, A yesr ago the 50th anniversary should have been bc-ld but $1,500 jet remained. Now that is paid. The day after the anniversary celebration the convocation of the Northeastern Kansas Deanery will be held in Lawrence.

There will be a dozen or more rectors present from all the larger towns of northeasterc Kansas. you best sale and dDRf Dealing Clothiers 50TH ANN 11 Jinnwtf jjiM mv.w.m -input miqi, num. wmijium in ill In, i.i mil iti i i Ml '11 i inn. ft mi, mml Sm xJsy sL v. iftj V.

hcldud The beautiful little fancy Suits and Overcoats which you -admired here so much before the holidays are also included at the reduced prices in our emml-Yearly H(D)II1S(B Cieaiiraeee To make room for the new Fixtures we are going to Install very soon, and for which we must have room, we offer our entire sf oelc of Clothing consisting of Men's, Boy's and Children's OF BOY'S CLOTHING These were really special values at the original so you can rest assured they are irresistible at the now in effect as follows: $7.45 Oil TO Boy's $10 00 Suits cut Boy's 8.50 Suits cut to, Boy's 6.00 Suits cut Boy's 5.00 Suits cut to Boy's 4.00 Suits and Overcoats and Overcoats and Overcoats and Overcoats an Overcoats fLfO These goods were priced right in the first place and the reduction we give now, which is one-fourth off from the regular price, makes this offer the one you will get this winter. Our large stock of Hats also.goes into this at the same startling reduction 25 per cent discount Come at once make your selection. The best goes first CUl lO. Boy's 3.00 Suits cut to and Overcoats You can get any size in any style or pattern you want, whether "your boy is three years old or any other age up to seventeen. The "variety at each reduced price is quite as important as the saving afforded.

JJ 729 Mass. Street (1 Square not conductive to good health for eight people to eat and sleep in two' small rooms which, to use the expression of one man, were not good enough for his dog. As to recommendations: At one time we tried 'jo have an ad-.