The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-13
Many Important Questions
Will Be Brought Up for
Discussion at the Meeting
Monday Evening.
| TAYLOR TO ANSWER
CHARGES OF EVANS
Glen Tracks Feud to Reop-
en-, Ordinance Revoking
Car Company's Franchise
Is to Be Presented.

The final step in the fight for better
street car service is scheduled for the
council meeting Monday night AL
phonse Weishaupt chairman of the
councilmanic investigation committee.
stated today that the committee had
prepared its report which would be
submitted to the council Monday
night. A meeting of the committee
with City Attorney Gardner to inspect
the ordinance revoking the company's
franchise, which the city attorney re-
| Gently prepared, is scheduled for to-
night. The ordinance will be presented
Monday night. 1t is expected by the
| committee that the ordinance will be
passed under a suspension of the
rules. The specific complaints which
the committee has incorporated in the
ordinance are not divulged.
! The agreement between the city and
the two traction companies for operat-
ing freight through the city, under the
terms of which the tracks in the Glen
are to be removed, comes up for third
and final reading Monday night. This
will be the signal for a fight. Several
of the councilmen have announced
they will not vote in favor of taking
! the tracks from the Glen. Residents OF
east Main street and North Twentieth
street, the route over which the freight
cars would run if the Glen line is elimi
mated, have prepared a remonstrance
and will be present in body to fight
against the agreement being ratified
by the council.
Taylor is to Reply.
r City Marketmaster Taylor, who was
attacked at the last council meeting
and given sound rhetorical drubbins
for alleged neglect of his duties, will
be present and defend himself against
the charges. He says he will give evi
dence that he has not neglected his
work. He is supported by the mayor
who says the marketmaster should no'
be required and is not required by Law
to play detective and policeman il
catching short weight dealers and wag
on drivers.
The cluster light proposition fol
Main street, proposed by the Y. NJ. B
c., will be argued pro and con, up ant
down, and through and through. Supt
Johnson of the light plant declares the
light plant should not be required tC
furnish free current for the cluster
lighting system. The Y. NJ. B. G. com
mittee views the matter in a differen
light.
The question of providing an arcf
at the Glen entrance on Main street
and for a cement storm basin for the
ravine between the first bridge ant
: Main street at the Main street en-
: trance, will come up again if the may
or so orders. Parliamentary law is in
volved in the legality of this measure
By the mayor it is claimed the meas
ure is dead, but by several members o
, the city council, it is claimed thu
: ordinance appropriating funds for thi
; improvement, is up to the third read
ing. This will be decided Monda,
: night.
| The dog ordinance. providing for
: checking system, will be up for frs
reading Monday night. Several chan
= ges in the workings of the ordinanc,
: had to be made before it was in tn
: proper legal condition for action b.
' the city council