The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-23
Cluster Lights on Main Street
Rejected and Better Guard
ing of Crossings Is to Be
Demanded.
EARLHAM is TOBE
GIVEN ASSISTANCE
City Is to Aid in Movement
to Protect Campus Trees
from Ruination by High
Tension Wires.

Important issues were dealt with
by the board of public works at its
regular meeting this morning. Tho
discussion Of the high tension wires
OF the traction company along tho
Earlham campus: the decision agains.
the installation of clrster lights ON
Main street: Of forcing the various
railroads running into the city to
maintain electric arc lights at all
crossing and to station flagmen at the
crossings, night and day: and final
arrangements with J. F. Cronin, who
has the contract for the National road
improvement. featured the meeting.
The board decided that it would do
everything in it's power to cooperate
with Earlham college and the traction
company in securing the consent OF
property owners and the company to
remove it's high tension wires to the
alley north of the National road.
A committee composed Of President
Robert H. Kelly, Benjamin johnson
and Leander J. Woodward. represent
ing Earlham college, and DR.. Gros-
venor. Will Robbins, Charles Moore
and Thomas Elleman, representing the
West Richmond improvement assocta-
ton. urged the board Of works to as
sist in having the wires removed from
the Earlham campus.
Pres. Kelly Spoke.
President Kelly stated that tho
trees had been on the campus for the
past fifty years and they were q credit
to the city in general and to the col
lege in particular. and they should not
be butchered by the wires Of tho t1ac-
ton company. He said that It will 10
necessary to trim the trees again on
account of the wires, and that this
would not only effect their beauty but
in all probability their life.
The board will confer with the per.
sons whose property touches the alleys
north of the National road in an effort
to ascertain whether they would OBJ
ject to the wires being run there. IL
they do not object the matter will be
taken to the traction officials.
Upon the statement of Nimrod John
son, superintendent of the Municipal
Light and Power plant, the board OF
works decided not to acquiesce to tho
plan of the business men ON Main
street in regard to the proposed install
lation of the cluster light. The mem.
bers Of the board of works are hear
tily in favor of the idea but Supt. john
son declares that the city plant cam
not pull" the additional load during
the months of December, January and
February.
Next year the plant will be enlarged
and another unit installed. The board
believes the lights can be installed
next year, after the city plant is en-
larged. Supt. Johnson says that this
could be done then, but during the
coming winter months the plant has
all it can do to furnish light and pow.
er for its present business.
Must Guard Crossing.
Orders were passed by the board
to force all the railroads to keep their
street crossings lighted during the
night and to keep watchmen at tho
crossings day and night. The Penn
sylvania company probably will be
requested to station two watchmen at
the North Twelfth street crossing. in
asmuch az it il said to be the most