Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-11-19

council to change the stack from a
brick stack to steel stack.
The change had been made, by whom
and when and where
was it authorized. The contract
called for brick stack.
Mr.. Whelan moved the bill pre-
sented be paid. So ordered. Mr..
o Neal objected. He would not vote
for that or any other bill that called
for that Is per cent.
Mr.. Neff said this bill would make
$40, 900 paid to the contractor. We
were paying for stuff on the ground
before it was used. He felt that in
the final estimate we were putting
ourselves in a position to be stuck for
extras Nothing should be paid for
in this contract until it was in place.
A commission should have been ap-
pointed in the first place and he felt
that superintendent should be ap-
pointed at once.
Mr.. Kehlenbrink did not want to
put another man on the paw roll so
long as we are paying Mr.. Nelson for
| the work.
Mr.. Muhl again asked why it was
when councilmen asked the commit
tee any questions they could get no
straight answers. He wanted TO
know when changes had been made
whose orders were they made Why
/ was that stack changed IRON orlck TO
steel and by whose orders!
MIR. Gem made reply reaaing
the rules in the printed contract
Mr.. Kehlenbrink said the change
was made from the nature OF th'
ground. making the brick stack an
i impossibility. The foundation hao
cost much more then, because 1t was
necessary. 1t was according to ie-
vised plan.
Mr.. Muhl could not remember
when a revised plan bad ever been
produced in council.
/ COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES.
i Richmond, Ind, Nov. Is, 1901.
Report of committee on ordlnan-
ces and franchises
Gentlemen: Your committee TO
whom was referred the Interurban
J railway franchises submit the fol-
, lowing communication foe your con
, sideration: We are about to estab-
. lish a system regulating all lnterur-
ban traction companies asking ad
; mission into the city OF Richmond, |,
! and the system we establish now VIII
, be a precedent for some years &c
! come. Your committee believes that
the city ; interests should be first
considered. The Richmond Interur
: ban aud Tracti u company, second,
All other Interuroan companies, next
Ynt
, building of the proposed traction lines
for we believe they will be OF great
| benefit to our city.
> Without discussing this part oil the
| subject any further, we submit ou'
t plas of procedure IN the drafting O
E an ordinance regulating this who.t
Interurban railway business.
2 Part of this ordinance will be the
: enforcement of Section l9 OF the
Richmond City Railway company
/ franchise, which, in part, reads q
5 follows: Whenever the common
council may deem it expedient that ;
{ line of street railroad should be con
e structed along any street or street:
+ or part of street, upon which salt
; company has not constructed an.
e line of street railroad, they may de
!, clare the same Oy reSolutiOn ana or
i der and direct that said compan,
shall construct the same; and it shal
L be the duty of the city clerk to serv
j a COPY of such resolution, atteste,
v by the mayor and city clerk. upol
q the president or in his absenc
d upon any other officer or directo
d of said company; and it shall b
d the duty of said company, within
g thirty days after the serving of sue
e notice. to officially certify to the com
Il mon council copy of a resolution G
l. their board of directors, ordering tn
construction OF said line of stree
e railroad Ii provides further tha
It if they refuse to extend their lines
e they forfeit the right of way on sal
street. The city can and viii gran
y the right-of-way to any other con
q pany, which would be the prope