The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-19
Ordinances Restricting Trade of Farmers in Richmond
Were Repealed or Amended and Pedders of Pro-
duce Can Now Sell at Any Time Without
paying License Fee to the City.
TRACTION AGREEMENT WAS TURNED DOWN
Despite Approval Given 1t by Board of Works. Council
Refuses to Permit Freight Cars to Operate on Main
Street-Counciman Thinks r. c. w. W. Co.
Treated Unfair, but He Was Rebuffed.

had been approved and signed by tho
board of public works The mayor had
conferred with Governor Thomas r.
Marshall. personally, he said. about
this matter and the Governor Is alleg-
ed to have declared it was illegal to
have the tracks in the park. Council
does not want the cars in the Glen nor
on Main street and every councilman
present voted against the ratification
Of the compromise. which was In the
form of an ordinance bill. They aeser-
ted that freight cars operating on
Main street did not look right in q city
of this SIZE
public sentiment was very strong
against the freight cars operating ON
Main street. He said that within twen-
ty-fve years the city will have had .
large growth and that freight cars
would be great hindrance.
After the meeting the mayor was
asked his opinion on the meter and
he said that he would make no stats
ment.
From the statements made by the
city fathers, II WAS gathered that the
agitation against the tracks in tho
park will never cease until they are
removed. It has been suggested that
the freight cars run down North
Twentieth stree. from Main to =
street.
In connection with this subject
Councilman WAidele saad that the r.
ppss- ID Tia 6aaaY0r u ~ shataveen tho
lefty and the intsrurban company In
regard to the alleged violations OF tho
i traction company was not prepared az
yet. Mr.. Waidele alleged that the
speed maintained by the interurbans
on the Main street bridge would, soon
er or later destroy it. He declared
that the speed was not slackened until
the cars had covered two-thirds the
distance across the bridge. He asked
| why the police did not see that the or
dinance prohibiting this was enforced.
Councilman Williams asked about
the high tension wires of the traction
| company on the bridge He said that
the wires should be removed to a place
where there would be no danger OF pc
Protest by Kaufman.
| Exceptions were taken to the article
in the Palladium's Sunday morning Is
! sue concerning the conference be-
tween Howard Dill. superintendent Of
the Richmond Water Works company.
and the committee of the Young Mems
Business Club. by Councilman Harry
| Kaufman. Mr.. Kaufman said the
article was very unfair. He was asked
to explain by the mayor and other
councilmen, as they declared that they
saw nothing unfair in It,
Mr.. Kaufman gave detailed his
tory of the water works case, and con-
cluded by saying that the company
should be allowed to submit a modi-
| fed bid without proceeding further
with an investigation of the books Of
the company.
| "I'll state that the board of works
asked for bids to include a purchase
clause" Kaufman began both bids
were unsatisfactory Then the resolu-
ton handed in by the Y. NJ. B. c. ask
| ing for an investigation was accepted.
Mr.. Dill met the Y. NJ. B. c. commit
tee and the committee voted down the
proposition TO recommend that the
company submit modified bid That
| was not right said Kaufman.
| Mayor Zimmerman ruled Mr. Kauff-
man out of order. The city's executive
asserted that the board of works had
the matter in its hands and in due
time the board would either reject
both or one of the bids.
| 1t is the belief OF Councilman weis-
haupt that the city should not reject
either bid. He believes that IL both
bids are rejected and the city asks
for modified contracts that the Camp
/ field company will not submit second
bid. He declares that the Richmond
/ City Water Works would then have
full swing" Mr.. Won Pein expressed
the same opinion as his colleague say
ing that cheaper rates could not be Sc
cured IL there was no competition.
Should Ascertain Earnings.
Again Councilman WaideIe came 70
the front, and as chairman Of the con-
tract and franchise committee declar-
ed that inasmuch as this matter was
a big proposition the books of the COM
pany should be investigated in order
| to ascertain the earnings and Ax the
rates.
Councilman Won Pein asserts that
as this matter has to be voted on by
the people at last that the city should
wait until the next election when the
matter can be submitted to the people
and can be voted on He said that the
cost would amount to little
All the people want fs the right to
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