The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-20
Regarded as Highly Probable
Council Will Order I'm
provement at Special Ses-
sion, Monday.
PAVING OF STREET
CANNOT BE DELAYED
Longer, Is the Opinion of
Most of City Officials-ln-
spection Is to Be Made
Saturday.

Regardless OF the overwhelming
number OF resident property holders
fighting the paving OF North d street.
from Fl. Wayne avenue to the Doran
on Monday night is expected to ap-
prove "a resolution for permanent i'm.
provcmcnt. or to order the City Engi.
necr to draw up new resolution,
which. besides calling for pavement.
will provide for widening the street
by six feet.
Saturday afternoon the councilmen
and several city officials will make a
personal inspection OF the condition OF
North d street. when Engineer Charles
will point out the advantages of paw.
ing and widening the street. The In.
Opection is to be made by order OF the
mayor. who heartily favors the propos-
ed Improvement. for he believes, as do
many citizens. that North d street
% badly In need of brick paving.
10 Heavily Travelled.
Persons favoring the Improvement
claim North ID street. between the
points included in the pavement reso
luton, is the most heavily Travelled
street In Richmond. without exagger.
alton II may be said. according to rail.
road officials. thousands OF tons Of
freight are moved over North d
street every day. as the Pennsylvania
freight depot is located on this street.
Besides the Pennsylvania station. at
North Fifth and D streets. the G. and
o. freight station. IL located on North
Third and c. 80 that much c. and O.
freight Is hauled over d street.
City officials point out that the ex-
pense OF the Improvement will not
fall so heavily on property owners, as
was at first expected by these per.
sons. lnasmuch as there Is car line
Of the T. II. I. & Z. traction company
on the street. the cost OF paving be-
tween the tracks and IS inches on each
eide would have to be paid by that
company. Then large portion of the
north side of the street would be paid
for by the Pennsylvania railroad while
q certain share OF the Improvement
must be paid for by the city. Thus 1t
% seen the property owners would not
be put to a great expense.
North ID street traverses residence
section where many OF the property
owners are of moderate means and 1t
n for this reason the Improvement
has been fought with such vigor. They
claim that the pavement will not great.
ly increase the valuation Of their prop
critics, which some councilmen believe
II true. II would really be hard.
ship In many cases.
An amusing episode illustrates the
way some North d street property
owncvs regard the proposed improve.
ment:
Seeing Harry Minck. who conducts
. saloon at North ID and Sixth streets.
ON Main street yesterday a friend said:
Wants Ferry Boat.
"Why. hello. Harry. haven't seen
you up town for long time. What's
the matter?"
"Today's the hrst time d, street
has been frozen over SO ! could get
out of my place. Guess I'll petition
council for a ferry service. or buy a
row boat next spring when the ice
breaks up" Minck replied.
Mayor Zimmerman said this morn.
ing there is no reason why ID street
should not he paved. He said he was
sure 1t would go through council Mon
day night. President Hammond ex.
pressed the opinion that council would
decide to improve the street. The
chief question is whether the street
shall he widcned.
Criticism Is heard among city OF.
ficials OF the law applying to the paw.
ing Of streets. II Is claimed that where
an Improvement Is public necessity.
as Is regarded the case on North ID
street. the resident property holders
should have no opportunity to prevent
such improvements and that the inn
provemcnt should be made at public
expense.