The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-20
Next Monday at Board Meet
ing City Attorney Will
Present It-Provides Re-
moval Of Park Line.
MAY BE OPPOSITION
TO 1T IN COUNCIL
Board Contracts for Police
Flash-lite System, which Is
to Be Installed in City
Next Year.

The board of works assures the east
end citizens that there will be no ne
ressity OF guerrilla warfare tactics in
removing the freight car tracks from
Glen Miller park, as was suggested by
Councilman Il. Il. King. of the Fifth
ward King said all the east end peo-
pie wanted to make raid on the tracks.
was n leader.
President Hammond of the board.
says within four or six months the
freight tracks will be out OF the park.
At the meeting OF the board this morn
Ing City Attorney A. NJ. Gardner. had
the revised proposition, which will be
submitted to the street car company.
Recently the company gave the board
u tentative contract. In this contract
one clause was substituted by the city.
provided that no freight cars shall
run on Main street, between Fifth
and Twentieth street, between the
hours of IL noon to / o'clock, or 5 to
$3.50 o'clock p. m
What Contract Provides.
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Terre Haute. Indianapolis & Eastern
Traction company shall remove it's
freight line from Glen Miller park. BY
so doing the company shall receive
the privilege of using Main street. ex-
Cept at the hours named: OF using
North Twentieth, North T. and Ft.
Wayne avenue at all hours OF the day.
AS Mayor Zimmerman was not
present at the meeting Of the board
this morning, City Attorney Gardner
did not present the revised contract.
but he will do so at the meeting next
Monday morning. 1t is understood 1t
will be accepted, and then referred to
the street car company. II accepted
by the street car company, the con-
tract will be presented to council, as
an ordinance. for consideration.
Though council IL expected to pass
the street car franchise. opposition
IL anticipated. About month ago
the matter was discussed in council
and several OF the city dads" said
they would rather see the tracks in
Glen Miller. than to see freight cars
on North Twentieth. residence
street, and on Main street. There is
little opposition to the cars running
on Fl. Wayne avenue. One of the
councilmen said he thought the peo-
pie on North r. and Twentieth streets
deserved "A little consideration. He
could not see the harm of the tracks
In the park,
The city will be at the expense of
Hlling up the ditch from which the
tracks are taken. AS there is nearly
five hundred yards of track. this OK
pense will amount to considerable
sum of money
For Fiash.lite System.
The Richmond Home Telephone
company entered a contract by which
II will furnish the fiash-lite patrol sys-
TEN to Richmond. II agrees TO install
% boxes at $40 apiece n year. Mr.
Hammond said that there was now a
movement afoot to increase the police
force. but by the installation of the
flash-lite system this would not be ne
ccssary. The system would be cheap
cr. he said.
On n motion OF Mr.. Hammond, the
installation of the system was laid
over until next year. on account of the
scarcity of funds. At the April meet
Ing OF the board of metropolitan po-
lice commissioners. the board was rec
commended to install the fiash.lite sys-
TEN next year.
Another matter laid over until next
year by the board this morning was
the Improvement of West Main street
from the bridge to Fifth street, by
paving the roadway. At council meet.
ing Monday night a petition signed by
about half the property owners was
presented for the improvement. II
came to the board this morning.