The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-07
One Granted lnterurban Com
pany Is Now Ready for the
Ratification of the City
Fathers.
SUIT AGAINST CITY
MAY BE DISMISSED.
Traction Line Will Take This
Action and Will Also Pay
Cost of Litigation During
Past Year.

Secre tary Z. NJ Haas of The Rich
mond Commercial club returned from
indianapolis yesterday afternoon bear
ing with him the traction franchise
agreement. drafted by the board of
public works. to which was attached
the signature of the officials of the
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern
traction company. AS the franchise
had already been signed by the board
of public works. it is now ready to be
submitted to the city council for rati-
fication. There is no doubt but that
council will ratify the agreement, thus
ending the squabble between the city
and the traction company which has
extended for over a perior of a year.
Mayor Schillinger stated last evening
that he would probably call a special
session of the city council Tuesday
evening. at which time the franchise
agreement will be submitted to that
body
Revenged Motive.
The general public was not in the
least surprised at the action taken by
B. b. Johnson of the board of public
works in refusing TO sign, as a men,
ber of traction committee of the Com
mercial club. the statement prepared
by that committee and the r. p. A.
committee generating Henry w. Deu-
ker from any ulterior designs in the
efficient services he rendered the COM
mittees in effecting a settlement on
the traction question.
At the last council meeting Mr.. Deu-
ker stated that he had received sever
al complaints that the local ice trust
the firm of Rettig and Johnson, was
giving short weights of ice. This state
ment had the effect of greatly dis
gruntling Mr. johnson and 1t Is the
general belief that his refusal to give
Mr.. Deuker "a certificate of good
character" was a slap at him for bring
ing to the attention of council the al
legged action of the ice trust in giving
short weights of ice
General Satisfaction.
General satisfaction has been OK.
pressed by the business men of the
city in the settlement of the traction
question. The two committees which
have been working to effect this set
tlement succeeded I'm doing SO in
about four weeks time. Business men
are now wondering how much fonger
it would have taken the board of pub
lie works to have reached an under.
standing with the traction company,
had not the T. P. A and the Com
mercial club taken a hand In the
game.
The traction question first came to
crisis little over a year ago. Since
then the city and the traction com.
pany have been involved in litigation.
The board of public works and City
Attorney Study have been content to
let this question, the settlement OF
which meant so much to the business
ihteleSIS vi the CITY, quietly sIumDef
away in the federal court.
Thanks TO the efforts OF Mr.. Haas,
the traction company. after signing
the franchise agre ement, which was
prepared by the two committees but
the authorship credited to the board,
through the courtesy of these commit
tees, has entered into a verbal agree
ment to pay all the cost of litigation
resulting from the local difficulties
and, in all probability, the company
will this week take steps to dismiss
the suit against the city now in the
federal court