The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-14
ONE OF ATTORNEYS IN HIS AR
GUMENT, SAID CITY SHOULD
ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURERS
IN THEIR EFFORT TO KEEP
THEIR CONCERNS RUNNING.
DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED.
To Show That Board Had Not
Treated Manufacturers Rightly
From the Start.

With the members of the city coun-
Gil sitting as court of final appeal.
large number of property owners.
affected by the resolution adopted by
the paving of North f street from
Tenth street to Sixteenth street.
placed the board of public works on
the grill last evening at the council
chamber. In a most vigorous man.
ner the board members were roast
ed" for the alleged lack of considera-
ton they had extended the property
owners and the alleged high handed
methods employed in ordering the
proposed improvement. The property
owners also in an equally vigorous
manner informed the councilmen that
unless the city paid the entire cost
of the paving they would object to the
improvement. AT the close of the
conference. Attorney w. II. Kelley,
representing a number of the proper
ty owners, made a motion to the eff
feet that it was the sense of all af-
fected property owners on North +
street that the city should macadam-
ize the street to a depth of twelve
inches. This motion was unanimous.
ly carried.
Council Was Impressed.
1t could be seen that the arguments
advanced by the property owners
made a favorable impression on the
councilmen and at the regular council
meeting next Monday night. it is quite
probable that council by the required
two-thirds vote will overrule the ac-
tion of the board in ordering the pro-
posed improvements. The meeting
last night was lively one and all the
speakers talked straight out from the
shoulder. George Seidel, president
of the Seidel buggy company. threw a
sarcastic broadside into the board;
w. II. Kelley accused the board of a
lack of courtesy and Councilman Deu-
ker advocated the trial of a macadan
roadway.
Deuker Accused.
Mr.. Deuker's remarks caused W. p.
O'Neal OF the board to go OF the
reservation" He Indignantly accused
Mr.. Deuker of being two-faced In the
| matter stating that on a motion made
| by him at a star chamber session
held by the board and council mem
bers, prior to the passage of the
North Z street resolution by the
| board, council had promised to sup
port the board in the matter TO the
! finish.
| Mr.. Deuker defended himself from
the attack his brother receptive can
didate for the republican mayoralty
nominal ton. by stating that he had
made this motion with the understand
! ing that the board would. before TAX
ing any action on the proposed i'm
! provement consult with the affected
| property owners. He said, that when
the councilmen adopted the resolution
| he had offered, it was the impression
OF the councilmen that If the board
and the property owners got together
on the matter an understanding sat
| isfactory to both the property own
ers and the city would be reached, and
that the board would act accordingly.
| He said that if this program had been
carried out it would have only been
| right for council to support the
board. but, he added, the board had
not abided by its part Of the agree
ment il entered into with the coun-
ell, and had passed resolution for
the paving of North E street, together
with cement curbs, cutters and side
walks, without holding any confer
ence with the affected property own
ers. This being the case, Mr.. Deuker
said he did not think council should
support the action Of the board and
| he recommended that North e street
| should be improved by being macad-
amiZed-
W. H. Kelley. on behalf of the prop
| erty owners. stated that when a pub
| lie improvement was authorized a Pc