The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-22
WANT SOME ACTION
AGAINST PEDDL[RS
Council Last Evening Loudly
Crowded at the Ice
Cream Vendors.
MlxUP OVER STREET WORK
COUNCIL PASSES OVER MAYORS
PROTEST ORDINANCES APPRo-
PRiAriNo sioo TO The ART A.
ISOLATION.
MlxuP OVER STREET WORK

In enforcing the peddlers' license
against the foreigners who are retail
Ing ice cream cones in the city AT the
meeting last evening Councilman Eu-
glebert inquired why the city could
not follow Dayton's plan and are these
transtents from the city This h Inn
possible according to Attorney study.
and it is probable that an investigates
will be made to ascertain what the
foreigners do with their unused cream,
1t Is probable that they can be dealt
with for selling impure food.
The city fathers became entangled
with the parliamentary rules In con-
sidering the improvement OF South
Eleventh street between c and e
streets. by the construction Of cement
sidewalks. curbs and cutters. This I'm
provement had been successfully re-
monstrated against at q meeting OF the
board OF works and recently. How
ever the walks are SO badly needed
that the matter was referred to the the
attention of council and an ordinance
was presented last evening authoris-
ing the improvement.
oartsi Changed Mind.
A motion to suspend the rules ana
place the ordinance on passage was
killed by q negative vote Of Council.
man Bartel Of the Fourth ward. Coun.
Gil soon afterward adjourned and II
was explained to Mr.. Bartel that counr
ellis approval was 10 evident that he
should withdraw his negative vote and
vote for suspension Of the rules He
attempted to do so but was declared
out of order Mayor Schillinger In
structed Sergeant Little of the police
force to call . special session 1t once.
but City Attorney Study also ruled
against this procedure. holding II ille-
gal. The ordinance will therefore come
up for final action at the next meeting.
The ordinance passed two weeks ago
appropriating 800 to the Richmond
Art association. which Mayor Schillin-
ger refused to sign. was passed last
evening by unanimous vote. The may
or's failure to sign the ordinance prac-
tically amounted to q veto. -
The committee ON accounts and
claims brought in an adverse report as
to allowing william Decker's claim Of
$31O for damages to his fence which
was caused by the IRE department
running into 1t several weeks aeo.
Council sustained the action Of the
committee.
Won Pein Complains.
Complaint was made by Council
man Won Pein a. to the custom Of re-
moving old macadam from one street
to another In order that the former
street might be macAdamixed. He de-
clared such was being done by remoy-
ing old macadam from South Seventh
street to High street. The bad coudi-
ton Of the South Seventh street park
walks was also reported by Mr.. Won
T0in. Both complaint went to the
board Of works.
Inquiry was made by Councilman
McMahan concerning chuck holes on
Main street from the bridge to EIGHTH
street The board has called The a.
tention of the proper ooeporations-
the water works company and the
street car oompany-to the necessity
of immediate action on their part.
These corporations In making excava-
tons failed to replace the pavement
in as good shape n they found It.
Want Walk Made.
Roy r. Cooper. r. A. Cooper. wal
ter L. Brooks and John e. Elliott
through Councilman Ogborn have Pc
titioned for the construction Of . six
foot cement sidewalk on North
Twelfth street between I and J streets.
The petition was referred to the board.
Mr.. Ogborn also had . number q
complaints to make about the bo4
condition Of streets and Sidewalks in
Riverdale.
To the committee ON franchises wus
referred the petition OF twsnfy I'VE
property owners ON Central avenue Tor
the changing Of the name Of this stroet
to College avenue.
A resolution for the improvement ~
South A street between Sixth ana
Ninth by the. construction Of cemeut
sidewalks on both sides and . ogmoot
curb and guttes on the north sado 49,
presented by. Couneilman BnrteA Il
was referred to the streets ana alley
committee. Some Of the council mean
bers favored extsnding the s1deW1lk
q square or % farther east