Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-22
COUNCIL met.
THERE WAS THE USUAL IN
LUCKY NUMBER

Present and Considerable Business
Was Transacted-The Session
Ended Before 9 O'clock-Nori b
Tenth Street Bridge to be Light
ed With an Arc Lamp.
Council met last night at z o'clock
with the usual thirteen present. Bust
ness was put through in businesshke
style, promptly and with despatch and
the session had ended, including a
meeting in committee of the whole, by
$3.50 Business tran sscted was in
brief as follows:
AS TO HITCH RACKS.
The committee on streets and alleys
reported on the question of public
hitching racks, that there is an urgent
necessity for the same. The commit
tee recommended that the county COM
missioners be requested to place racks
on the west side of south fourth res t
bet ween Main and A. The committee
reported further that permission may
De had to place a rack on the west
side of south sixth, between Main and
the first alley running east and west.
and another further east on north
ninth street from north A to the first
alley north. provided, however, that
none be placed without consent of the
property owners.
LIGHT COMMITTEE.
This committee reported in favor Of
putting an are light over the center Of
the new bridge on north tenth street
removing the light at the rear of the
Mather lumber yard for that purpose.
Concurred in.
WILL PURCHASE.
A resolution was passed providing
that $3.50 be appropriated out of the
general fund for the purchase of the
lease on the lot just east of the city
building on which to build house for
the Red Cross ambulance.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE.
| The resignation of Mrs. Caroline
Siddall from the MORRISON Reeves
| Library committee, as noted yester
day. was accepted and Miss Emm,
Zeller was chosen TO fill the place.
| SALARY FIXED.
/ Tho salary of Abram Jeffries, mea
inspector, WAS fixed at 81 90 per day
/ When the salary ordinance was passed
this was left blank.
| ENGINEER ADDED.
City Engineer Weber was added Il
the citizens committee on electri,
roads. 1t was suggested that the com
mittee survey several routes into thu
| ely IN order to give local capitalists al
| idea as to cost, etc.
REFERRED.
The claim of Mr.. and Mrs. Goodrich
for damages to their property, 62l
| north eighth street, was referred t
the b. p. /. The committee on claims
reported that the contractor and no
| the city Is responsible for the damage
MINOR MATTERS.
The following minor matters were
properly disposed of: Bad condition
| of crossing on south side of north [
and third; bad condition of Sheridan
street; bad condition of alley between
south tenth and eleventh from A nortl
to alley running east and west, ant
falSo. .s;ssA Ala A=<zxzt1x..sxZ EzssI q
petition by B. b. Johnson to run
. Iswiteh to the ice plant to be built
I him between fifteenth aud sixteent
d north of the Panhandle railroad,
y north f; poor electric light at Ma
= and eighteenth and Main and twent
first; need of a sidewalk on seeol
street from Main to kinsey; complai
of Hannah McGirr that her damag
y of $40 allowed in connection with t
q opening of. north fourth street, b
A been cut to $50 80; % tition tor t
opening of en- alley fifteen feet wi
from south twentieth to south tweut
d first street; bad condition of gutter {
s northwest corner kinsey aud third.
s Rockers COMMITTEE.
It This committee. to which was j
ferred the claim of Joseph Rockers
damages by overflow of water, ,repor
ed, referring the matter back to con
! ell. The committee thought the his
a assessment against Rockers proper
Y for public Improvements the dire
cause OF his huzIcIal embarrassment
and the committee could think OF |
way that it would be justified in r.
r lieving him. This report was sccept,
{ aud Mr., Gem then moved that Rec
ers be allowed 20 per cent. OF h
original claim-$2, 500-provided |
release all claims against the city. tt
$ motion was lost
THE POLE TAN
The ordinance providing for tax ,
90 cents per year on each telegraph, tel,
phone, street car and other poles cree
ed IN the thoroughfares of the city
was laid over until next meeting.