The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-18
.Police Chief Gormon Said
Bill Was Best Ever Pre-
sented-Another Arch to
. Be Built At Glen Park.
LIGHT PLANT SHOWS
BIG JAN, RECEIPTS
Discussion Held Over Smoke
Ordinance-Gardner Says
That Street Commissioner
Should File Affidavits.
Another arch for Glen Miller Park

Another arch for Glen Miller Park
was the announcement by Mayor Zim-
norman to the city council last night
at the regular meeting. The proposed
arch will be placed at Twenty-second
street. u
BY a vote of to the bill for lights
in alleys, courts and dark Railways at
night was killed j Nimrod Johnson, SUI
perintendent of the light plant, pre-
sented the report tor the Municipal
Light Plant for the month of January,
showing the excess of receipts over
the expenses to be $5,157.49.
The bill for the ordinance compelli
ing the placing of lights in alleys,
courts, dark exits and Railways, in
ces within limits set by the chief of
police was the subject of sharp dis
cussion by the mayor and councilmen.
The bill received the third reading
last night and roll call brought forth
vote of two to one against it. Sever
al of the councilmen became very
heated In their arguments for and
against the bill.
1T is an injustice to the people of
Richmond to compel them to bear the
expense of keeping light burning all
night" said Councilman King. "The
city streets are poorly lighted and to
tax the people when the city is not
doing its share, is wrong. After the
city has placed the proper number of
lights on the street corners is the
time to ask the people to light the al
.leys. Until additional lights are plac-
en- on the streets, I will vote against
the bill for the ordinance" he stated.
Several Of the other counci1men ex-
pressed the same view, killing meas
ure which in the opinion of Chief Of
Police Gormon is one of the best bills
ever introduced in council.
Poor Street Lighting.
Complaints were made by several
of the councilmen relative to the poor
street lighting in certain parts of the
city. Councilman King stated that 1t is
impossible for person to walk on
North Sixteenth street at night with
out coming to some disaster. The cor
ner of North B street and Sixteenth
street is one OF the darkest corners
in the city, Mr.. King stated.
A heated discussion of the artistic
qualities of the arch at the entrance
to Glen Miller park followed the read
ing of letter of the editor of the
American City, civic improvement
magazine. A photograph of the arch
was sent to the American City for
criticism and the reply was received
yesterday by City Engineer Charles.
The editor stated that he had shown
the picture to John Quincy Adams,
secretary of the Art Commission of
New York City, and found that his
ideas on the arch coincided with the
editors. The reply stated that the
arch was very good specimen Of ad-
advertising although it's artistic quail
tiles had been overlooked in the de-
sire to make known the fact that be-
hind 1t lay Glen Miller park of Rich
mond, Indiana.
Williams Likes Arch.
The councilmen were very much
pleased with the criticism and Coun-
Gilman Williams stated that he would
not trade his photograph of the arch
for $4,000 painting which a promi-
nent local man has recently purchas-
ed, although that man had expressed
sharp and unfavorable views on the
arch. Some of the councilmen differ
ed as to the conformity of the display
letters on the arch. Mayor thinner
man stated that it vas the desire Of
the council at the time the arch was
built to make conspicuous the words,
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