The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-07
John Taylor, Marketmaster,
Said to Have Informed a
Coal Dealer that He In
tended to Weigh Wagon.
TF TRUE HE MUST
RESIGN"-BARTEL
Mayor Delivers His Annual
Address, Two Bills for
Ordinances Regulating Au-
tomobile Traffic.

Serious charges were made against
Marketmaster John Taylor at the
meeting of the city council last night.
Taylor was reported to have weigh
ed a load of coal being delivered to a
consumer and found the load to be for
ty pounds over weight. Taylor made
the examination at the suggestion OF
the council One of the councilmen
last night said that Taylor had inform
ed the coal dealer of his intention to
weigh the coal and the dealer threw on
an addition of forty pounds.
"If Taylor is doing that kind of work
he will have to resign his position
said Councilman Bartel. 81 move that
committee be appointed to investigate
the charges which have been brought
against Taylor. If he is innocent he
can prove it." Councilmen Bartel,
Kaufman and King were appointed to
act as the committee.
The new laundry installed at the
Reid Memorial hospital was highly
praised by the councilmen who have
inspected it, The council will visit the
hospital in a body sometime within
the near future. The cost of installa-
ton was paid for by D. G. Reid A let
ter of thanks was ordered to be sent
Mr. Reid by the council The cost of
The laundry was s5,646.9S.
Mayors address"
Mayor Zimmerman delivered his an
nual address to the council last night.
II wish the council Happy New Year
and may svefyayesE TO >soaEe he , 8 sassc.s
cessful as the one which has just pass
ed The year which has just passed
was the best year for the city of Rich
mond that / can remember. Through
the action of this council and the
mayor We have prevented any bonded
indebtedness and still have made some
fine improvements. We have not been
compelled to borrow any money. |
consider the fact that we have not
had to borrow any money an excellent
showing. Future years such as the one
we have just passed will enable us to
own more municipal corporations. Had
we bonded the city further we would
have had to give up the idea of own
ing the water works. We already own
our own light plant and | believe we
should have a city ice plant If the
city's bonded Indebtedness is paid off
in future years as during the past
year We will be able to do all these
things. If you plan to make more i'm
provements next year than we have
had during the past year make the tax
rate higher, so we can accomplish
what is desired.
The city should share in all profits
made by large corporations which pro-
vide necessities for the people of the
city want you to support me during
the coming year as you have before"
Following the mayors address Coun-
Gilman King said he was glad to hear
the city's executive talk as he did. "A
prominent citizen of this city told me
yesterday that the council did not
amount to a dern. l am glad some one
thinks it does"
Naughty Nora.
The question of licenses was then
discussed. One of the officials an
nounced that Nora Britton, a young
fortune teller. was telling fortunes
and did not have license. She has
even separated families through these
fortunes" continued another member
OF the body. Mayor Zimmerman said if
this was true she would be brought up
and would be compelled to pay a H.
cense for doing so.
Councilman King reported that hors-
es had chewed his young trees and
they had died as the result. He asked
that the horses be hitched, as they
are along Main street. Mayor thinner
man said it was because of the lack
of hitching posts that the horses were
not hitched. 1T takes me longer to
hitch my horse than it does to make
a professional call said the mayor
Councilman Weishaupt asked that
an ordinance be drawn up prohibiting
automobiles from stopping on Main
street between Seventh and Tenth
street. This is the cause for several
accidents" said Weishaupt l saw a
milk wagon, an express wagon and an
automobile collide and one of the
horses was almost killed. Besides my
boss run over woman and l be-
lieve it should be stopped
A Live Ordinance.
Councilman King asked if the re-
port that vehicles be compelled to
keep to the right and left was dead
letter." was true. Mayor Zimmerman
said it was the "liveliest" ordinance
enforced in the city today.
Councilman Bartel asked that the or
dinance prohibiting people from spit
ting on the sidewalk be more rigidly
enforced. The matter was referred to
the board of health.
Councilman Kaufman asked that a
city ordinance be drafted comzelling
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