The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-12
Corporations Controlling the
Poles on National Road
Anxious to Have the Com
promise" Go Through.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP is
AGAINST AGREEMENT
1t Is Intimated that When the
Commissioners Meet Again
They Will Decide to With
draw Proposition.

The hand of big interests" as op-
posed to the wishes of people of
Wayne township, is being manifested
in the trouble between the board of
county commissioners and the Terre
Haute. Indianapolis and Eastern Trac-
tion company in reference to the loca-
tion of the company's tracks on the
National road. Not only would the
proposed compromise be opposed to
the will of the people but it is argued
it would be a most dangerous prece-
dent for the Wayne county commits
sioners to establish, for ali other coun-
ties between Richmond and Indiana
polls, which may wish to improve the
National road as Wayne township has
undertaken to do.
Backing the traction company's .
stand in refusing to comply with COM
missioner's orders to observe the pro-
visions of the contractors contract,
which the company's attorneys in.
spected and 20. KID" before the adop-
tion of the specifications by the board
of commissioners, are corporations
operating wires along the road, ac-
cording to report circulated today.
Should the traction company be
compelled to abide by the orders of
the commissioners and the highway
be widened to 46 feet, then all poles
would have to be moved off the high
way, this making it necessary to Sc
cure private right of way for the poles.
Favor Compromise.
in favor of the proposed compromise
proposition.
The general opinion in Wayne town.
ship is that the commissioners
should not compromise, but should
stand by their guns" and see the
fight out. though it may delay the
completion of the improvement and in
volye the township to some expense
in the litigation. In credit to the
council employed by the commission
ers to fight the mandamus action
against the company, they on Monday
morning demanded of Judge Fox o1
the Wayne circuit court that he close
the rule on the case, because of dila
tory tactics of the counsel for the trac
ton company in answering the com
plant In case the court had done al
requested the case would have beer
ended, so far as the circuit court j:
concerned, with a verdict for the com
missioners. But Judge Fox in fairness
to the traction company set Wednes
day as the time for closing. the rule
of practice, unless in the meantime
the complaint is answered.
The prayer of the commissioners i:
| that the company be compelled t.
comply with the specifications for thu
Improvement and get off the forty-sil
foot highway. OF course if the pro
posed compromise goes through, thi
suit will be dropped.
That to amend both the present spe
cifications and contract for the i'm
provement to provide for a forty foo
highway would not cheaper the cos
of the improvement SO far as the tax
payers of Wayne township are con
cerned, is attested by state statue O
which provides that the unuse'
amount raised for the improvement O
public highways shall revert to th
treasury to be used for improvement
of free gravel turnpikes in the dis
trict in which the money was raised
| No date for special session OF tn
commissioners has been set. It |
likely that when the board does NEE
to consider further action on the com
promise its decision will be to droI
consideration of all compromise pre-
positions.