Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-10-18
COUNCIL MEETING.
CHE CHAMPION ONG-
MINDED SESSION.

rsls phone Ordinances Prac.lc k'iisd
-Noinina Else Ct irnp 2ffaHcs-Up-
posfsen 10 Nest EysryshIr0 BIZ aoss
Sidewalk Ordinances D.
fsateo.
Last evenings session of counci
sas windy one. Every member ap-
peared 10 have on his fi9htine tn s
Dir. Dobbins was absent still, AND
the same unlucky thirteen occUp ed
the chairs behind. the anti qnated
lesks and talsed back at each other
No two members agreed on any sub
Jet Although there was nothing lm-
oortant on hand. vet the session drag
Led itself TO nearly IL O'Clock, while
he business done could have been
lone in an hour. with less chin sction.
Hereafter the reading of reports will
oe abbreviated down TO the legal limit.
and an attempt will be made TO 1fduce
council work TO business principhs-
FAILED TO PAss
a resolution was presented provie'
ing that the street commissioner EN-
ply IN city work all taxpayers who
make application for work for,ihe pur-
pose of paying their taxes T failed
TO pass.
MAPLE GROVE.
City Attorney Jessup was Instructed
to prepare an ordinance bfore the
ut xt meeting pro riding for the re
noval OF tomostones and markers
from Maple Grove cemetery.
THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE.
The following are the chief provis-
ions of the ordinance:
The company shall maintain at least
four suitable telephone stations
ut or near the intersection OF Main
and seventh; one at or near the inter
section of Main and tenth; ons at or
near the intersection of Fort Wayne
avenue and eighta; one at the inter
section of thirteenth and north T., and
at such other place as shall Re agreed
upon; period of franchise limited to
t yenty year,; all poles shall be located
under the supervision of the city civil
engineer; all poles shall be reasonably
straight. neatly shaven and painted
whenever directed by council; no
wires to be less than twenty FIVE feet
from the ground; the line shall be
completed and in operation by May /,
1899; the city shall have the right to
string fire alarm aud police wires on
the poles and shall have free telephone
service over the Ices for all Off ;ial
city business; no toll shall be exact
tor service within the limits of the
county in excess of l5 cents for each
five minutes, aud for any long distance
service the charge shall not be in ex
cess of threefourths of the presen,
rate of the Bell or the American Tele
phone and Telegraph companies.
After a long discussion the ordi-
nance as amended by striking out the
per cent. section failed TT pass.
MIR. Liudemuth annouIje ed, speak
ing positively aud with all priv from
the company, that if rheSJ per cent.
provision was left in til would end
the matter and be prohib sry.
Those voting against Il IL 5 per cent.
section were Gem. Gillian, KehIen-
brink, O'Neal and Wh7an; those in
favor of bonus, Bell Blickwedel
Clayson ,Kennei ohl, ptAppek, .kolt-
haus, Left'Sich and Norre.
This lets TIE ordin zee 60 to it.
third reading, and anot ar telephone
company has been driV3 out of the
city. MIR. Norris said mpetition i.
unnecessary in telephone usiness.
THE SIDEwAL
The following resolutiOTlwas passed
That the superintendent If police be
instructed to require the patrolmen to
notify him of the differ,at places il
rhsir location where tha sidewalks are
defective and In unsafe condition, the
superintendent to notify property own
ers to repair the same within fifteen
days from the time of receiving such
notice.
In this connection a resolution was
passed providing tina. after a recon-
mendation for the repair Of the s: de.
walk or other improvement has been
read In council and notice served upon
the property owner by the superin-
tendsnt of police, if said repair is not
made within ten days it shall be the
duty OF the street commissioner to at
once cause the improvement to be
made without further notice, all costs
to be charged against the property