The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-04
COUNTY COUNCIL TO
VIEW BRIDGE SITE
Improvement Assoc'n Wants
New Bridge Across Riv-
er at South L.
]. w. JUDKlNS RESIGNS
Additional Appropriations for
County Management Are
Voted by Council.

For the purpose of making appro-
priations TO cover expenses of the
county for this year, which We're not
estimated at the time the yearly bud
get was made up the county council
met this morning. Appropriations to
the amount of S2,941.75 were made
The appropriations included expen-
ses for auditors office S10O: expenses
county superintendent office, s5050:
assessment, two townships. s1So.90;
county Jail. slOO: poor farm (wages
for help s4S5.16; supplies for poor
farm, $3.50; bridge engineer, s532:
Swayne bridge, $500; Scanlon bridge
fill. s549S; Juvenile court, s133: and
expenses at Home for Friendless wom-
en-, s10O.
County Auditor Bowman read a re-
port at the meeting, showing that tho
total of all appropriations made in
1912 amounted to $3.50, ,9S3. OF. and that
the total spent was S152,14560, leav-
ing balance of s2S.6s7.47. A large
amount has been spent on the build
ing and repair of bridges this year.
South Side Bridge.
A committee representing the South
Side improvement Association, COM
posed of Adolph Blickwedel, Hans
Kohl, B. A. kennephol, John Habing,
and Anton Stole appeared before the
council in regard to the location of
the proposed bridge to be construct
ed across the Whitewater river in the
south part of the city. The association
desires the bridge placed at South L
street.
1t was decide that the county COM
missioners, county council and the
committee will visit the proposed site
next Tuesday and decide definitely
just where the bridge should be plac-
ed. B. A. Kennepohl, member of the
committee and president of the city
board of public works. stated that in
| case the county officials decided
j where the bridge should be built. with
in the next few days, the city kcould
haul dirt for the fill and the 4 1t of
construction would be reduced. =
Judkins Resigns.
John w. Judkins of Cambridge City.
representative-elect, rendered his res
ignation as a member of the county
council this morning. Mr.. Judkins said
that he resigned because attorney.
general Honan had advised him to do
SO. Mr.. Judkins takes up his new du.
ties as member of the Indiana general
assembly the first of the year His res.
ignation was accepted
| The council must meet within the
next ten days and appoint some one
! to f1ll the vacancy caused by Mr.. Jud.
kins' resignation.
| Association Elect.
At the meeting of the South Side
Improvement association last night all
/ the old directors of the association
were reelected and three new ones
! appointed. The new directors are Fred
Hackman. Fred Miller, August Sturm
! Thirty five persons attended the
meeting and enjoyed a sociable even
ing. Refreshments were served The
members of the association were par
! ticularly pleased with the report oi
the progress being made in the con
struction of the Verneer Door factory
d, This factory promises to be one of the
strongest corporations in the south
side. Another meeting will be held the
! first Tuesday in January at which time
the officers for the ensuing year viii
be installed
Cash BeaH and B. A Kennepoh
were appointed a committee to confer
with the officials of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad company in the at
tempt to get the company to place
back at least one of the trains taker
off. The association feels that the TAX
ing off OF the two trains has injured
business in the south side