The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-14
The Water Works Company
Wants to Supplant Four
inch with SiX-inch Main TO
Spring Grove.
.GORMON DEMANDS
LIGHTS FOR ALLEYS
Mayor Zimmerman Urges
Oiling of Streets and Says
Auto Owners Should Not
Object to Tire Wear.

Superintendent Howard Dill of the
Richmond City Water Works present
ed a proposition OF running a six inch
water main from the city limits
through Spring Grove and out TO the
Reid Memorial hospital TO the board
OF public works today. According To
Mr.. Dill's report il will greatly inn
prove the fire protection at the hos
pital and also in Spring Grove. The
board of works did not act on the mat
| ter, stating that the present four inch
pipe would have TO be adequate and
that the city would not pay the cost
OF the improvement
President Kennepohl said that the
corporation ought to pay for the extern
sion, as the improvement did not
benefit the city tax payers and that
the cost of the additional hydrants
which would be necessary would be
too much for the city to bear nov.
The board decided that it would con-
slider the question of paying for one
hydrant and would advise the trus-
tees of the hospital to pay for the in
stallation of the other two. The new
six inch line would extend from North
Tenth street and the use of the old
four inch line from the corner Of
North Eleventh and J streets will be
discontinued, il the hospital trustees
agree with the plans of the board and
the water works. The first protection
in Spring Grove is very bad and in
case of a big fire the department will
be greatly handicapped. because of the
present water pressure. according to
Chief Miller.
| Cluster Lights.
Once more the proposition of CIV
ing the city cluster lights may be con-
sidered. Secretary Charles w. Jor-
dan of the Commercial club sent a
letter to the board of works asking il
TO do all in its power to secure them
for the city. The little town of Ken
dallville, Ind. has them and our city
is four times as large" stated Mr..
under advisement.
In behalf of John NJ. Underhill, who
formerly collected garbage on the
west side, a petition for his reinstate-
ment was made by a number of his
neighbors. Underhill was dismissed
from the service of the city because
of complaints against his work. IL
was alleged that he was impudent 10
the people on his route, that he broke
garbage cans and did not keep his
wagon clean. The signers of the Pc
tition in mis- behalf deny these charges
and state that il was through spite
work that he was taken off the city
force. He will be given an opportun-
ity to testify before the board on
Thursday
The question of oiling the streets
of the city ought to be taken up and
the contracts ought to be fulfilled by
the city," said Mayor Zimmerman
when the question of what TO do with
flying dust was being discussed. "All
the streets ought to be oiled and then
We would not be put TO the continual
expense of watering them. The main
objection against oiling streets 10
from automobile owners who say that
oil is hard on tires. II a man cannot
buy tires he ought not to have an
automobile" #.aa
Tree Mutiiation.
More complaints were made against
the telephone company for mutilating
shade trees At one place on North
Fifth street a complainant alleges
that his trees were badly damaged.
City Attorney Gardner was ordered to
notify all companies that no tree
trimming is to be done without the
permission OF the board of works.
The work of repairing the sewer
on South L and Liberty avenue will
be done by the city but as il is along
the border of the city limits, the coun-
ty will have to contribute toward the
repairs that are made.
Street Commissioner Gem will flush
West Main street and also North Sew
enth street where the new pavement
is completed. The loose sand which
was laid over the bricks has caused
property owners TO demand that the
two streets be cleaned. Seventh
street will be flushed tomorrow after
noon and West Main street later.
4 Alley Lights
Chief of Police ]. A Gormon request
ed that the board take some action
regarding the poorly lighted alleys
back of Main street "A criminal can
J hide in these alleys and there is no
way for the police TO find him. The
recent murder mystery which has baf-
fled the department might not have
been committed If there had been
some sort of illumination there" ex-
planned Chief Gormon 20 the board
Mayor Zimmerman asserted that
these alleys are under the watch OF
the patrolmen along Main street and