The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-28
Traction Officials Agree to
This II They Can Put the
Line on Some Street.
CITY OFFICERS WILLING
INFORM TRACTION PEOPLE THEY
CAN RUN FREIGHT CARS ON
MAIN, NORTH e AND ON NORTH
10Th STREET.

The Terre Haute, Indianapolis ana
Eastern Traction company is willing
to remove its freight car tracks from
Glen Miller park on the condition that
the use of some street of the city is
given for a freight car line. The
Board of Works is in favor of permit
ting the cars to be run on Main, North
Twentieth or on North e street. As
soon as satisfactory arrangements
may be made by the board the street
car company will remove the rails
from Glen Miller.
In order to come to some agree
ment with the company, Mayor Zim-
norman, President Hammond. City
Attorney Gardner and Engineer Fred
Charles, went to Indianapolis yester-
day to confer with the traction Off
Gals, especially Chief Counsel Ferdi-
nard Winters. The board was received
with great courtesy by the tranction
officials and 1t is believed no trouble
will result from the order to the COM
pany to remove its tracks.
What street the freight cars will be
placed on is question which Is CIV
ing the board much trouble, as there
is little doubt but that the residents
Of practically all the streets on which
there are now car tracks will raise a
big kick on the use of their respective
streets for freight cars.
What the Mayor Says.
Were not answering any more
nuoc fiope coiA The -, "a vor ssIHy> oau,x
tell yet just what is to be done about
the car tracks, but the board is in
favor Of getting them out Of the park
and putting them on public street.
The park is not the place for street
car tracks and the street Is"
The T. H. I. & E. claimed that 1t
had been driven into Glen Miller with
its freight car tracks after protest that
the streets would be much more salts.
factory for the purpose.
The Board Of Works under the
Schillinger administration was respon.
sible for placing the freight car tracks
In Glen Miller park. The council ap
proved the old boards action. Several
months later, after q great protest
from the public, the council recon
sidered it's action and voted to re-
move the tracks. However, the board
refused to reconsider.
The agitation was not dropped by
the public. An association, in which
Paul Ross, c. B. Hunt and George Hill
took leading parts, was organized fol
the express purpose Of removing the
tracks from the park. Several indig
nation meetings were held and people
interested in civic beauty made stir
ing speeches. A petition was gotten
out and widely signed but still the
Board of Works took no action.
Legal proceedings were instituted
by George Hill to test the legality Of
placing tracks In the park but the case
was never tried. Mayor Zimmerman
made the issue one of the planks on
which he fought his campaign fol
mayor. Soon after he came in office
the tracks were ordered removed from
the park, but the traction company de
layed action, giving various reasons.
The board is of the opinion tina,
there are a few people on East Main
street who will oppose having the
freight cars on Main street. but that
the majority of people do not care par
ticularly where they are operated.
Besides the track matter the board
asked the company to place new street
cars in Richmond. Officials of the
company will look into the advisability
Of this and have promised either tc
operate more cars or use larger ones
1t was admitted that Richmond had
poorer cars than the city deserved.
The car question is growing worse
and worse every day. The health de
partment was ordered this morning tt
examine and clean several Of the Fair
view and West Richmond cars, as they
are reported to be filthy and very in
furious to health.