The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-29

many OIIuSe Improvements /
To 70 over the budget for the 1911
tax rate. Mayor w. w. zimmerman
called n meeting OF the mayors cab
inet and members OF the finance CON-
mittee OF council for Wednesday night
at s:l5 o'clock In the Office Of the
board OF works. Heads OF all depart.
monts were told to make all recon.
mendations for improvements In their
respective departments and to be
very liberal with them. Those be-
Meved unnecessary will be eliminated.
"This way" declared the mayor.
"we'll get all the improvements that
are likely to be petitioned for By the
citisens. and there can be no kick
from property owners"
Much street Work.
The big improvements will. within
the scope OF the street department.
Fred Charles. city engineer. and
President Hammond Of the board Of
works have been working ON the
street department Improvement plans
for several weeks and have them al
most completed.
PAVING North q street from Tenth
10 sixteenth street 10 to be recon-
mended and this viii be one of the
biggest improvements Of the year. It
has been suggested that no side walk
be built on the north side Of the
street and that the street be convert
cd into q factory thoroughfare entire
ly: also that the paving be built up to
the factories.
According to this plan a sidewalk
will be built on the south side of the
street, which will be about ten feet
in width. Metropolitan block is fav.
ored as a material for paving. II IL
agreed that Il street will always be
factory street and little objection is
May Pave North o.
Another Improvement considered
practically necessary 10 the paving Of
North d street from Fl. Wayne ave.
nue. to the Doran bridge. There 10
much heavy hauling on D street in
taking goods to and from the Pennsyl.
vania freight house at Fifth and
North d. and to the C. & o. freight
station. and the board considers II
useless to make the street again with.
out pavement.
Washington avenue viii probably be
paved with ''nigeer heads" large
black rocks. There is especially heavy
travel here. going TO Gaar. Scott & Co.
and the street department believes Il
would he wasting money to use any
other material.
Then there are many other street
improvements planned. including West
First street. probably to be macadam-
from Thirteenth; West Main. to be
built through to West Eighth street;
South Eighth street. An attempt will
be made to get resolution through
for the Improvement OF North Eighth
street from A to z with metropolitan
block. II IL expected this improve
ment will meet a great deal of op-
position. however,
er,doss Need Repairs.
Bridges. In bad repair. are another
thing which will increase the 1911
budget. According to President Ham
mond Of the board of works. all the
HUI UIIuSCu III ntCuIklVuO Will nave
10 be painted In the spring. These
are the Main street bridge. the Doran
bridge and North Tenth street bridge.
New floors will be placed In the
Doran and North Tenth street bridges,
while the two wooden bridges on
Bridge avenue will be extensively re-
paired. II 10 likely a new concrets
arch will be necessary for the North
Twelfth street bridge.
DR.. T. H. Davis. Of the health de.
partment will ask for a new crematory
and seevral new garbage wagons. as
hts equipment this year has been
found extremely deficient. The pres.
snt crematory has been In use q great
many years and has never been en-.
larEed. Dr.. Davis tried to get one this
year but failed.
Although not having gone over the
situation carefully Nimrod johnson, OF
the municipal light plant states he
will probably ask for new unit there.
All Of these items are extras and
not figured In the regular appropria-
tious BY heads Of departments. There
- little doubt that the tar rate will
- raised five cents.