The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-03
Council lndorses Mayors Ac-
ton Rejecting Cab Fare
Regulation Bill.
SUPPORT FOR ALBERTsoN
COUNCIL DOES NOT AGREE WITH
MAYOR THAT THE TREASURER
SHOULD PAY ALL OF HIS BOND
COUNCIL NOTES.

Mayor Zimmerman's veto to the cab
and transfer ordinance was sustained
by a vote of six to five at council
meeting last night. The mayor had
vetoed the bill because he thought the
rates charged for carrying passengers
into West Richmond fair and eQuit-
able, even though they were double
those charged citizens living east OF
the river. The vote resulted as fol-
lows: Not to sustain: Waidele. Bar
tel, Evans, Englebert and Burdsall.
To sustain: Williams, Thatcher. King,
Kaufman. Weishaupt and Vessel.
However, the city fathers refused to
sustain the veto to the ordinance ap-
propriating money for payment of half
the official bond of county treasurer
Albert Albertson, acting as city treas
urer. The vote was unanimous. May
or Zimmerman had stated in his veto
that any city official who could not
pay his bond should resign.
An ordinance appropriating 500 for
additional appropriation for city con-
troller's office expense was passed on
| third reading, unanimously.
As to Street Sweeping.
The matter of sweeping the paved
streets and alleys, which is now being
done under the contract system, was
discussed. AS it is reported to be
| carried on at present, the streets be-
| ing swept without first being sprink-
| led. councilmen frankly expressed
| themselves that a change should be
| made and new contractor employ
ed.
| An ordinance was introduced on
first reading by the streets and alleys
committee, proposing the improve
ment of North Fifth street by con-
struction of six foot cement sidewalks.
curbs and cutters, on both sides OF the
street from Main to North d.
| Another ordinance was introduced
providing that persons throwing lacks,
tin cans, glass, hooks or other sharp
matter on the streets and alleys of the
city, should, on conviction in the pc.
lice court, be fined not more than $50
nor less than SIS.
/ Inc smoke nuisance.
| Council instructed the ordinance
committee and City Attorney A. M.
Gardner to draw up measure which
would regulate the smoke nuisance.
This matter will be reported on at the
meeting, May Is.
| Complaint was made about the torn
up condition of North Eighth street
| There are one or two business houses
on the west side, In the first square
which cannot be reached very easily
by reason of the sidewalk being block.
ed on the south by the Improvement
/ to the bank and the street cannot be
crossed owing to the street railway
improvements in this square.
Property owners near West Sew
enth and A street lodged complaint
because the water works company
would not lay mains to their proper
ties. The company said that until
the city specified the size of the main
it could not act
Councilman Bartel complained oil
the bad condition of South e stree,
between Tenth and Twelfth streets
and also South Tenth street between
Main and A streets. The matter was
referred to the board
+ Fountain Stopped Up.
i Councilman Burdsall stated that the
water fountain on Ridge street was
stopped up and over flowed, causing q
very unsanitary condition to exist He
also complained of the bad condition
of the sidewalks on John street and
numerous cross walks in the west side
which are said to be in need of repair
The matters were referred to the
board of works.
A petition was presented to council
by Councilman Budrsall for new fire
alarm box in the eighth ward ives,
of the G. R. & I. crossing. The peti
3 ton was signed by the Richmond Fur
niture Manufacturing company ani
4 thirteen others. The fire chief an6
| board of works will consider the mat
ter
Attention of council was called tt
the bad condition of South stree,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
q streets by Councilman Kaufman. Il
is said that the water pipes In places
are fourteen inches below the Ieve
OF the street and the thoroughfare IL
badly torn up. The board will inves
tigate the matter.