The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-01
CITY IMPROVEMENT
FUNDS EXHAUSTED
Board Decides to Authorize
No More Street Work
During the Year.

Having spent or having arranged for
the spending of S25,S65 for street i'm
provements this year, the board Of
works at the session this morning an
nounced that no more permanent i'm
the entire appropriation for this pur-
pose having been exhausted, and in ad-
dition it was necessary to transfer
about $5, 900 from various other depart
ments to take care of the improve
ments already ordered
The street flusher will not be bought
until next year. The board needed the
81, 100 it would cost for the streets,
and as the machine which they had
practically decided upon is being i'm
proved and will not be on the market
this season, it was thought best to
wait. The rest of the money was Sc
cured from other departments, some
being taken from the crushed stone ap-
preparation and some from the labor
account.
In order to come out eyen make sew
eral improvements and still keep the
promise he made, not to borrow mon
ey to carry on the city government,
and leave a debt for the next admin
tstratfon the mayor suggested that sev.
eral proposed improvements be drop
ped. The cement sidewalks, curbs and
cutters improvement on South Sixth
street, which was to have been pre-
sented to council tonight, following the
failure of the board of works to get
the measure passed, will be called up.
The property owners demonstrated
against the improvement in such num-
bers that the board could not order
which was also to have come up for
action by the city council tonight, has
also been deferred indefinitely.
A petition with the names of TWEEN
ty-four property owners attached, ask,
ing for brick paving from the bridge
to West Fifth street, was presented to
the board of works this morning. Pin,
ned to the petition was another pa.
per signed by fifteen property owners,
announcing they We're neither for nor
against the improvement.
A resolution for the paving of the
street was adopted and the plans al
ready drawn up will be used. Several
councilmen have announced they will
vote in favor of the paving of the
street this time, if the matter goes to
| council.
| A petition addressed to the council
asking that the city cooperate in
making North Tenth street from
| Spring street in Spring Grove, to
| North H street, was read to the board
sented to council tonight following the
| The board went on record as favoring
the proposal if the paving of the city S
share of the improvement, from II to
| 100 feet north of the bridge over the
| Whitewater, would be of brick. The
J township and city could combine and
| pay part of the cost of the improve
ment. and the property owners could
pay the rest. City Attorney Gardner
was appointed to try to make ar
irangements with the other interested
parties to this effect. He will report
at a meeting held soon.
Free Mud Baths and NO Fishing
| Allowed" were two signs decorating Fl
| Wayne avenue north of the railroads
to F street Saturday, but the mayor
will have them changed to read This
street is to be paved" The board
adopted a resolution providing for
| the bricking of one square. Plans will
| be prepared blythe city engineer.