The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-09
pnanimouS Action Was Taken
Commencing Stand of the
Board of Works and Coun-
Gil on Traction SquabbIe.
iSHOULD BE NO RETREAT
ON TRANSFER CLAUSE.
Accompanies Should Be Prohib-
tied the Use of the Streets
Unless They Make Conces-
SionS---Text of Resolutions.

The Commercial club of the City of
iRichmond Monday night adopted reso-
f1utions commencing the action of the
board of works and the common coun-
I Gil, in asking for transfers to and from
iinterurban cars operating in this city
expressed by unanimous and rising
vote on the resolution that the inter-
urban companies entering Richmond
should be prohibited the use of the
streets of Richmond unless the COM
I panies comply with the provisions of
! the new franchise within a stipulated
time, which, as the resolution says,
should be set by the board of works
! and common council as the latest date
on which the interurban companies
could accept the franchise.
The feeling expressed in several
speeches was that the city had been
held up long enough by the interurban
companies, the city receiving nothing
as remuneration for the use of the
streets and it is fair and just that the
city should receive some favors when
the new franchise is adopted. The
question of forcibly bringing the inter
urban companies to time was favored
in the majority of instances while the
tenor of the speeches showed that
under no consideration should either
the board of public works or common
council give in.
Resolutions Presented.
After John Mccarthy, president of
the club had called the meeting to-
gether, Ray X. Shiveley, a member of
the Commercial club committee which
was appointed to frame the resolutions
in regard to the local interur
ban question read the resolutions
new interurban franchise are reasona-
BILE, and affected large number of
people. Not only are the men en-
ployed here coming in and going out
of the city affected, but our own peo-
pie are affected by the transfer clause
as well. The attitude of the interur-
ban officials has very much dis
pleased the people of Richmond. The
interurban officials have persistently
DELAYED the matter of settlement un-
necessarily. The city has been fooled
with long enough and it is time that
the interurban officials be made to
do business. The limit of endurance
has been reached. The time is passed
when we should cringe to the corpora
tions. The resolutions prepared by
the committee were then read by Mr..
Shiveley, who moved their adoption.
President Merrill Heard.
In the general discussion of the
question which followed, President
Merrill of the board of works, specifi-
cally told the Commercial club mem
bers just what the board had asked of
the interurban companies in the
way of transfers. The question came
up as to where transfers would carry
a passenger and it was shown that
the papers were good only to the city
limits.
Guy s. McCabe brought up the point
that il the interurban companies oper-
ating through Richmond and owning
the local street car lines, were made
to operate city cars west on the half
would be of much more interest TO the
people of Richmond than the question
of transfers He said that the inter-
urban cars should be run independent
ly of the city cars.
The question of commuter tickets
was next broached by President Mer-
rill who stated that the board had Civ
en- in to MCGOWAN on this question, in
sisting on the transfer clause to the
new franchise. it being more import |
ant to the boards mind. President
Merrill stated that the board of works |
has not since il made it's first demands |
of the interurban railway company |
in the least altered its plans |
or demands and the demands which |
we're last registered with the interur-
ban railway officials would be ad- |
hered to throughout.
For the Working Men.
p. A. Reid, of the Elliott & Reid |
Fence company of the west side. stat |
ed that there is another question |
which is of vital importance which |
should be Incorporated in the fran |
chise since it would be operative for |
thirty-two years and that is a clause |
regulating the schedules of the street |
cars in favor of the working men. He |
said that the city would in the next |
thirty-two years grow considerably |
and many working men living on the /
outskirts of the city should be fav- |
ored.
The present system of running in
terurban cars, instead of the city cars
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