The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-14


were when an improvement was con-
templated. He stated that after the
Passage of the resolution the board
held a conference with the property
owners and had before confirming the
resolution. carefully taken into consid-
Grafton the arguments advanced
against the proposed Improvement. He
said that the board had even gone so
far as to call one of the principal prop
trty owners before the board after the
close of the conference and had once
more with him. thoroughly gone over
the matter, asking him numerous Ques-
tons regarding the opinions of the va
riOus property owners. He said that
when this property owner told him
that they would all stand pat on the
recommendation made by the CONNER
cial club. the board promptly confirm
ed the resolution. Mr. O'Neal stated
that the proposition made by the city
to pay over one-third the cost of the
paving was a good one and the proper
ty owners should realize it, He said
that the city really did not have to pay
one cent toward such an improvement.
Mr.. Seidel states that he was the
property owner" referred to by Mr..
O Neal, and that the numerous ques-
tons addressed TO him, were to the eff
feet would the property owners agree
to the paving of the street if the &C.
ment curbs, cutters and sidewalks fea-
ture were Ultimately"
Sede Speaks Mind.
Mr.. Seidel pointed TO the fact that
the property owners on North F street
had petitioned for brick paving, but
that the board had declined to consid
er this improvement and were incon-
sistently attempting to force on the
North E street property owners a sim
liar improvement which those proper
ty owners did not desire
He said that North e street had
Keen positively neglected for twelve
or fifteen years. while on North
Twelfth street last year a splendid ma
oadam road had been constructed. He
said that the City's income from taxes.
real and personal, on North Twelfth
street. was annually S4559, while the
income of the city, annually, from the
property owners on North K street,
from Tenth street to Sixteenth street,
was $1,000 He said that now the
board asked that North E street, which
had been neglected by the city, be re-
paired at the expense Of the property
owners.
Attorney r. X. Shiyeley, represent
ing some of the property owners. stat
ed that all the streets in the city which
had been improved by brick paving had
been placed in this permanent repair
on the petition of the affected property
owners. He stated that the Hoosier
Drill and the Pennsylvania railroad
could well afford to pay their share
of the assessment for the proposed
North E street Improvement and that
probably such an improvement would
not be Objectionable to these big corpo-
rations, but that they were considerate
enough of their less wealthy neighbors
to demonstrate against the improve
ment. Mr.. Shiveley stated that he
knew sOmt of the smaller factories af-
fected by the proposed Improvement,
would be hard hit if forced to pay an
assessment. These small concerns, he
said, had been having a hard time to
keep their men at work this year. THE
city should encourage these struggling
concerns. and not burden them with
additional taxes and assessments he
said.