Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-06-20
CITY COUNCIL.
A LONG AND TIRESOME
SESSION.
Several Important Matters
Brought Up. Some Taken
Care of, Some COntin.
ed to Next Meeting.


Council met last night and trans
acted a good deal of business.
The report of the city commission
ers in the matter of the proposed va
cation of part of certain alley fif-
teen feet in width which runs east
and west from north third street to
north second street, being the first
street was received 1t was
recommended by the commits
sioners that said alley be vacated
and $50 were assessed as bene fits VS..
the c., r. & NJ railway.
Mr.. Dobbins called attention to the
fact that the alley was already pos
sessed by the c., r. IL NJ. Railway
company, which had built its freight
depot across the alley and had so
occupied the alley before any petition
for vacation had been presented to
council. He maintained that the
entire proceeding had been irregular
up to the present time, and that if
the report were adopted there would
be litigation. The petition had been
presented after the company had
preempted the alley. and the only |
adjacent property owners, two ia |
number, had demonstrated against |
the vacation, but that the commits |
sioners had made a recommendation |
In accordance with the petition which |
was in his opinion violation OF the /
statutes in that a city can not vacate
an alley or street If any adjacent /
property owners objected. The CITY
attorney said there was no doubt
that the c.. X. & NJ. were trespassers,
but he thought the steps now
taken were legal and would
not result in ANYTHING
TO entangle the city The report
was adopted by vote of ii to B.
The committee on streets and
alleys were instructed to inquire in
to the purchase of street grader.
Mr.. Norris recommended that
committee on streets and alleys look
after the repair of intersection of
Washington avenue and sixth streets.
&c. Carme thOught there was 81
= w ne pexs g e.<e.se
.slsaSs isnSro isssro. f6e eous;ss.ssa ssa esa the
~ not VI asspAaced the so,4ssgate-d o4s .heml
Certain powers.
''1Y ""1 a.tl a of buying crushed L
..ana Jennings from Reinheimer
0ros Of New Paris, at 40 cents
ya,J was referred back to the board s
of Dutlic improvements because 5
subseorent bid of 70cents had been l
receiva3 from c. T.. Newman. klein
baimar P-os. were awarded the C, n
tracr for crushed stone at 50 cents,
and A. A. Magee the contract tori
fiagstone at % cents per foot. .aI.o
The contract for supplying
to the engineering depar,-Hheen. ta
granted To Fry Bros ~ =,
Is inch stakes. = ~,shts io1 ~
60 gne other bidders were
n Sewman and Louch & Hill
The proposition of A. G. Cromp-
ton to look after sequestered taxable
proparty was laid over to next meet
ing Some OF the councilmen thought
th,. expense unnecessary, others
thought different, that the additional
money turned into the city treasury
would be::worth consi ering.
TIE petition of e. ). t'arnham Tor
n switch iut his coal yard brought
ont the ch onic quarrel between Mr.
X, hlenbri X and the city civil engl |
neer. The remonstrance from the
Starr Piano company to the possible |
obstruction of the street was urged |
The discussion spread to that OF al
most every act OF council recorded in
the last two years. Mr.. Rockers
even referred to Garden avenue, and
then the question on the motion was
called. The motion was that the
petition and the remonstrance be re
ferred back to the committee on
streets and alleys, the city civil engl-
neer and thechief of fire department,
the engineer to draw up plans OF an
improvement there that would IN no
way obstruct the street and report
at next meeting. The motion was
adopted.
The committee on streets ana
alleys reported, recommending that
the street commissioner repair north
a street from second TO fourth; north
seventh street: south Z from thir-
teenth TO fourteenth, and various
other sire, Is where small repairs are
needed Mr. Whelsn opposed The
ren,ir of streets by gravel. He
thought crushed stone should be
used and rolled with road roller. The
hauling OF gravel on the streets 1T
Is or 40 cents an hour. 20 haul it OF
AGAIN WAS a waste OF money Mr.
Kemper said tht city had't even a
handful of crushed stone and must
use gravel as the only material avail
able. The report was concnrreo IN
Same committee recommended that
the engineer prepare plans for the
repair of alley between tenth and
eleventh streets from south A street
north. Also reported for the same
course for making the alley from
north 3 to c street between eighth
and ninth
The committee in the matter OF
the crossing of the Main street
bridge by the traction company
recommended that the crossing be
on the south side of the bridge; with
other particulars IN the matter oi
construction. Plans and specitca-
tions were directed from the civi
engineer. !,
i, was found that the plans bad a.
ready been submitted By the en-
gineer.
The mayor presented document
heing the REIMBURSEMENT by the oil
company and their successors of a.
rights TO cross this bridge so long a
the Doran bridge is in good repair
The CITY attorney, being asked for a,
opinion, said the company had IN
l.