The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-28
City Officials Plan Exhibit.


New Orleans, LA conference of
the heads of various city departments
and organizations was held recently
regarding representation of the city in
the Chicago international municipal
congress in the fall in Chicago. Var
ious cities will have displays that will
represent different phases of munich
pal progress. The city council has au-
thorized Mayor Behrman to arrange
for an exhibit from this city.
Police Will Help City Beautifiers.
Houston, Textile chief of police
has announced the inauguration of a
police campaign to enforce the city's
ordinances requiring proper DISPOSE
ton of trash and garbage, the main
tenance of clean walks and premises
and the ordinance governing the plac-
ing OF signs in and over public streets.
The police have been notified to warn
all violators and to arrest where citi-
zens persist in violations. 1t is the
streets and alleys and to help official
ly in the identifying campaign inaugu-
rated by public spirited citizens.
Demand For Paving Embarrasses City
Indianapolis,-"Ne before has
the demand for street improvements
been what it is this year," says City
Civil Engineer Henry w. Klausmann.
There may be necessity for special
! levy, provided for by the new street
intersection law, to pay for intersec-
lions before the year ends. II not.
many of the petitioned improvements
cannot be made, because the city
treasury will not Withstand the cost of
all the intersections involved. Several
years ago the city government prac-
tically had to force street improve
ments upon the people affected, but
now the value of the improvements is
realized and they are being demanded
faster than the city can supply them"
For several months petitions have
been pouring into the office of the
board of public works for improve
ments of various kinds in all parts OF
the city, and it has been found diff.
cult to obtain sufficient money to pay
for the street intersections, $4,000
appropriated a few weeks ago already
being exhausted and another $4,000
will be necessary. Mr.. Klausmann de
plored the passage of the law requir
ing that street intersections be paid
out of the general wund of the city, In
solar as it applies to indianapolis.
For IA or Is years property owners
within half a block of the street in
|tersection have had the cost of thai
intersection assessed among them,
The said, "and now through the new
law they are being required to hell
pay for street intersections throughout
the entire city. 1t is not equitable
Had the city always paid the cost o
intersections it would be a differenl
matter, but now property owners who
ALREADY have paid for all street in
ltersections affecting their property di
Irectly must contribute to the cost o
street intersections in all parts o
1.-The city. OF course, the city will no
alweys be SO greatly hampered II
making street improvements because
lof lack of funds for street intersection
as it is this year, for hereafter spe
cial levy can be made to provide sui
lficient funds for this expense. Bu
this year the law caught the city with
out any provision for this additions
Iexpense and with considerable more
than $780, 900 to be spent for street in
ltersections.