The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-02
Small Local Factories Ask Aid
in Increasing Their Busi-
ness and the Club Will Take
Action.
STREAM PURIFICATlON
BILL is NOT FAVORED
Idea Regarded Good One, But
Application Would Bankrupt
The City, Directors Are
Nominated.

The Commercial club board held al
unusually long session last evening.
Quite a number of important matters
were considered. A very large num-
bearing on all sorts of subjects, COW
ering wide range of territory as
we'll. All asked for some sort of sup
port or aid either for public or private
enterprise. They came from as far
north as Nome, Alaska; south from
Pensacola, Florida East from New
York and west from Seattle. Quite a
number asked bonuses for factories;
others congressional aid; others local
support for some cause. etc.
They Cannot Attend.
Letters were read from Gov. Dur
bin and also Governor Harris regret
ting there inability to be present at
the next meeting of the club to make
addresses, but both promised to do so
in the future. Probably one of them
will be at the March meeting and the
other at the April meeting. Ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor Hugh T. Miller win
address the club at the May meeting.
The board instructed the secretary
to prepare resolution in keeping
with the Merchants Association OF
New York resolution favoring an in
crease in the salaries of the judges
Of the supreme court of the United
States.
Letter From kirkman.
A letter from Mr.. Kirkman was
read in response to the reoue st of the
club that he support the reform bill
for public accounting. He says: 1T is
my intention, at all times. to favor
legislation protecting the public from
unnecessary expenditure of public
money. You may locate me on this
side of the question whenever the
question is properly understood by
me-"
There were some propositions pre-
sented for endorsement by several of
the smaller LOCAL factories, who desire
to enlarge their plants and business,
and for that purpose desire to in
crease their capital stock. The board
thought favorably of these projects
and appointed a special committee to
nook into the matter further and make
club. The committee appointed was
G. H. Eggemeyer, A. L. Jenkins and
c. H. Kramer.
Steam Publication Matter.
The matter of the proposed law re-
Quiring the cities to put in publication
plants which had been referred to the
club by Representative Gardner for
opinion, was referred back to the COM
mittee and the services of the secre-
them in obtaining facts necessary to
give intelligent expression on the sub
ject. The board thought 1t would be
a very desirable thing to have, but
the matter of expense to the city
would probably be so large that it
would be a tremendous burden on the
tax payers and property holders.
1t would require the construction Of
large trunk sewer running down the
Whitewater river from the most east
ern sewer outlet on the north side of
city and into this trunk all the present
sewers would empty. and the sewage
be carried through this to some suit
able point south of the city where one
great publication plant would be con-
structed. 1t was thought that this
would ultimately be required but that
the city at this time could scarcely
undertake SO stupenduous an improve
ment without taking some time to get
ready for it. Owing to the fact that
the river flows on bed rock almost all
the way. the probability is that it
would cost a tremendous sum to con-
struct this large sewer. The commit
tee will consult the city engineer be-
fore making recon mendation to the
local representatives.
Regret Humpc's Leaving.
The members of the board express
ed their regret at the departure OF E.
J. Humpe. who had been one of its
members for the past two years. He
has been an efficient and very useful
member committee was appoint
ed to draw suitable resolutions to be
presented to the club at its meeting
next Monday night.
Directors Nominated.
The committees appointed TO pre-
pare tickets for the election of direc-
tors. to serve for the next two years.
made report
Committee No. l consisting of Geo.
H KnolIenberg. Pettis Reid and Theo.
H. Hill. reported as follows: Adam H
Ba-te1, Henry Gennetr. Edgar F.
Hiatt. y c. HeironiElus, A. L. Jenk-
ms, c. FL. Kramer and VIM. II. Quigg
These are all mem bers of the present
board. except Mr.. Quigg, who was sub
stttuted for Mr.. Humpe.
Committee No consisting of G. o.
Ballinger. John F. Hasemeier and
Paul Ross reported as follows. Walter