The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-04-23
INDIANAPOLIS LABOR LEADER
HELOFOR DYNAM|T|NG CHARGE
AN INJUNCTION IS
GRANTED TO REED
Citizen Takes Action to Pre-
vent Oiling of South
Thirteenth Street.

Backing up his assertion made yes
terday that he would enter suit for in
junction, if necessary. to prevent the
oiling of South Thirteenth street, on
which he lives. Albert W. Reed.
through his attorney, A. G. Linde-
muth. filed complaint in the Wayne
circuit court last evening asking for
temporary restraining order to pre-
vent Charles +. DAVIS. contractor.
from beginning the sprinkling OF the
OIL Monday morning. The order was
granted by Judge Fox about Z o'clock
in the evening, and the first step in a
fight to prohibit the use of oil on the
streets of Richmond as a means to
eliminate the dust nuisance had been
taken.
The complaint against NJ. Davis also
petitions for a permanent injunction
and hearing on this request will be
held in the court as soon as the GUS
tomary procedure has been gone
through with. 1t was set forth in the
complaint that the date was too late
to permit service being made on
Davis, who is a resident of Corners
ville and that the issuance OF tenn
porary restraining order was the only
way by which Davis could be prevent
ed from beginning work tomorrow
morning.
Will Cause DAMAGE,
1t is on the grounds that an oiling
of South Thirteenth street will cause
great damage and expense to the resi-
dents. through the tracking of sticky
and greasy mess, which it is alleged
the oil will make upon the street. into
their houses, running carpets and all
floor coverings, and because of the
alleged ultimate necessity of rebuild
| ing the street if it is oiled, that Mr.
| Reed seeks to prevent the application
of OIL
He charges that it will be private
and public nuisance and that it will
develop conditions that will work
against the comfort of himself and
| other residents Of the street.
that if oil is once placed on the street
it will be but a short time before it
will be necessary for the roadway to
be torn up to depth of eight or ten
inches, and be rebuilt. entailing a
large, unnecessary expense to the
property owners and taxpayers Of
Richmond in general.
Reeds Complaint.
The oil will saturate the ground
and surface of said street to a consid-
| erable depth and will mix and COM
mingle with the dirt, dust, soil, ground
gravel, rock and sand on said street
and will render the same soft, mushy,
sticky, black, oily and greasy, and
will stick and adhere to the tires of
all vehicles, and upon the feet of all
animals and persons, and will be
tracked onto the street crossings, side
walks, private walks of the residents.
and into their houses. injuring and
| destroying the carpets"
| 1t is also alleged in the complaint
that the oil will saturate the cement
cutters and curbing and will render
them soft and destroy their life and
durability. To this Mr. Reed adds
the charge that the oil will cause a
constant, unpleasant and obnoxious
odor upon the streets and will inter.
| fere with the comfortable enjoyment
of himself and family, and the other
residents.
An explanation of why the oil treat.
ment will bring about such undesira-
BILE results, contrary to the claims of
the Standard Oil companys represent
ative and Davis. the contractor, is
contained in the following paragraph
of the complaint:
by reason of the argillacious and
clayey character of the soil and cov-
ering of the street the Oil will satur-
ate the ground to considerable depth
and with the rain and moisture will
render it soft, muddy and sticky, and
thereafter it will not pack or become
hard or firm
The allegations of Mr.. Reed are in
direct contradiction to the claims
made by advocates of the oiling plan
1t is claimed by them that il the oil
| is properly applied and allowed time
to soak into the ground that no greasy
sticky mess that can be tracked onto
the sidewalks and into the houses will
result. Mr.. Lindemuth declared that
he knew of a great many instances
where oil had been tried. but to his
knowledge not one of them had ever
resulted with success Mr.. Reeds op-
position to the proposed oiiing is be.
cause of his knowledge of the failure
of the experiment in numerous cities.
The advocates of the plan declare
that proper application has not been
made where it has resulted unsatis-
factorily.
pIIIMRERC, or AM