The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-20
Mayor Lectures Seventeen
Employees of the Street De-
partment on Right Way to
Do Their Work.
|GLEN MILLER LINE
PROBLEM UP AGAIN
Question of removing Tracks
to Be Discussed at a Joint
Meeting at indianapolis
Next Week.

Seventeen men employed by the
city in removing trash and garba ce
were before the board Of public works
Monday morning. Mayor Zimmerman
explained to the men that people were
complaining about the way the ashes
and trash were being removed, and
that objections were beinS raised be-
cause the ashes in barrels rr boxes
were being emptied Oh the sidewalks
streets or alleys and then shoveled
into the wagons. The mayor explain
ed that by this system great deal OF
time is lost and the streets alleys Or
sidewalks are unnecessarily strewn
with refuse.
Several garbage men explained that
at this time of the year the ashes are
frozen and the only way to get them
into the wagon is to dump them frcn,
the receptacles to the street and then
shovel them in the wagon. The may.
Or then suggested that the men knock
or pick the ashes until they can be
uumped into the wagons. This meth
Cd will be followed at least for a while
Ordinances are Read.
Ordinances touching upon the gar.
bage and trash question were read
to the men and they were instructed
not to haul more than one load of
trash or ashes from one busines house
hotel or shop a week. Three or four
wagon drivers said that they had been
hauling from five to six loads OF
trash from one place during a week
They were ordered not to haul more
than one load unless the owner of the
property or the renter was willing tc
pay the city 81 a load for doing 500
This is specified by city ordinance.
The old question of having the track
in Glen Miller park removed was rails
ed again Monday and upon motion OF
the mayor, the board of works mem
bers and the city attorney will go tC
Indianapolis one day next week to
! confer with the officials of the Terre
Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern trac
| ton company in regard to the mat
ter. The proposed agreement sent te
| the city officials some time ago, anC
which was revised by the city attor
ney and sent back to the company
has never been acted upon by the
traction officials. The mayor is work
ing on another plan which he will no.
divulge at the present
| The city officials will also discus:
| with the company officials the ques
tion of the company paying for the i'm
prOvement of a street on which it!
tracks are laid, even though the i'm
provement is not considered perma
nent. City attorney Gardner hold.
that even though a street is macadam
/ lied the street car company is oblig
ed to pay for it's stare of the improve
ment, between it's tracks. 1t is be
lieved that the company is willing t.
do this.
! Favor Brick Paving.
The board believes that all streets
should be paved with brick, so tina
| Tie emeul y" III Uc
Members of the board declare tina
within a year or so after a street il
macadamized it needs repairing again
and it will not be many years befor'
it will need to be rebuilt The boart
recommends that Sheridan street b.
paved with brick instead of improving
it by macadam.
| 1t is not improbable that the pro
posed "boulevard" running from Kin
sey street to South A street. alon,
the west bank of the river will be en-
dorsed by the board of works, as tn
mayor instructed the civil enginee
today to draw plans for it.
Final assessment rolls were approx
ed on the Improvements of Kinse.
| street and West First street.
a petition for an arc light at tn
| corner of North Eleventh and +
streets was taken under advisement