The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-14
Club MdOrSeS Street Closing
Commercial Club Directors Send Letter and Resolutions tt
the Board of Public Works and the Council.

The directors of the Commercial
club held a special meeting this morn
ing and discussed the proposed clos
ing of North F. street, near the White
water river and adjacent to the plant
of the Gaar, Scott & Company. The
company wishes the street closed that
it may enlarge it's plapt. The Com
mercial club directors are unanimous
in their approval of the action and
have addressed their letter and resolu-
tions to the board of works and coun-
Gil. The letter and resolutions are as
follows:
Resolutions Adopted.
Observation-Disclosures that your
honorable bodies would be glad to
have the opinion of the board of di-
rectors of the Commercial club on the
matter of the closing of North F street,
special meeting of the board was
called to consider the matter. In Or
der to act intelligently in the matter
the board went in body to the prem
ises and made a thorough inspection
of the proposition, both as to the util-
ity of the street and the purposes for
which Gaar. Scott & Co. intends to uti-
lie the ground. The board found that
the company owns all the abutting
property to the street and alleys pro-
posed to be closed and. therefore, have
eliminated the question of injury to
abutting property owners, and as the
street is of but little public utility
and would require a detour of but 400
feet by the few who might desire to
cross at this point. it was regarded as
no hardship upon the public to be de-
prived of it's use.
AN inspection also revealed the fact
that If this manufacturing plant de-
sires to expand. there is no physical
possibility to do SO in any other direc-
ton except the one proposed as the
river and railroads preclude it on all
other sides.
To Build Large Shop.
ut was also learned that the COM
pany intends to utilize this ground to
build large shop to provide facilities
for the manufacture of an entirely new
line which recent developments in
their line require and which are now
being constructed elsewhere. This
would therefore. signify that a large
number of additional mechanics and
laboring men would be employed and
would be equivalent to adding a new
factory to the city.
IN view of the fact that this COM
pany pays out to Richmond wage earn
ers approximately half a million dol
lars annually, and now proposes to ex-
pand and greatly increase the num-
Der of employees, great benefits are 10
be derived by the enlargement of the
plant. or the possible loss to the city
of this great institution. II the city
prevents expansion the only alterna-
tive would be to locate elsewhere, and
other cities would be glad to proffer
all the ground required free and add
many thousands of dollars as bonus.
ALSO the construction of this new
addition will be larger than almost all
the factories seeking new locations
where free sites and bonuses are of
fered, and as the company petitions
for nothing but some ground over
which the public has right of way,
OF but slight utility, the Board unani-
mously adopted the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved. That the Board of Di-
rectors OF the Commercial Club fav-
ors granting the petition of Gaar,
Scott & Co. to the Board of Public
Works and the Common Council of the
City Of Richmond for permission to
vacate North F street and adjoining
alleys, all of which are described in
the petition, the same to be on condi-
ton that it shall be without cost or
compensation to the city.
I'VE respectfully submit this to
your honorable bodies for your consid-
GRAFTON and trust the petition viii re-