The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-04
BILL CALLING FOR
$4,000 IS ADOPTED
Council Unanimously Passes
Appropriation for
Light Plant.
CONTROLLER REPORTS
City Attorney Gardner Ex-
plains Damage Case
to Council
CONTROLLER REPORTS

One of the shortest sessions of the
city council opened last night with
Mathew Won Pein. councilman-at-large
in the chair. Mayor Zimmerman being
absent because of a severe cold.
The bill for the appropriation of
$4,000 for the improvement and re-
pairs to the Municipal Light Plant re-
ceived the third reading and was
unanimously adopted. Bids for the
work will be received as soon as pos
sible and the building will begin at
the earliest possible date This will
mean that the capacity of the light
plant will be doubled and that 1t will
be capable of supplying the entire city
with electricity.
The plans and specifications for the
work were drawn up last week and in
clude new boilers, generators. engines
and a new wing added to the present
building. The wing will be larger
than the old part and there will be a
new radial brick smoke stack built ad-
Joining the upper end of it. The coun-
cilmen visited the light plant Sunday
and all expressed satisfaction of the
manner in which the work is conduct
ed there.
The January report of City Control
Ter McMahan was read and shows a
balance in the general fund for the
month ending January 81, of sS3, 3,090.7
The balances in other funds are as fol.
lows: Sinking fund. $12,3f4a1; spec.
ial fund, s1,350.O4; street improve.
ment fund. s3.ss3.65; chautauqua
fand 1888 80; Municipal Light Plant
fund. re4447s.
RaIston Verdict.
A bill for an appropriation Of $1,675
to pay the judgment against the city
awarded to Mrs. Edna Ralston in the
Wayne circuit court, January IS. was
read for the first reading. City Attor-
ney Gardner explained to the council.
the coroner's report on the death of
Frank Ralston, whose widow is to re-
ceive the amount of the judgment.
The verdict stated that the man was
not killed by electricity.
( The board of works report was read
by B. A. Kennepohl, president of the
board and showed the improvements
passed on by the board during the past
month. Nothing was done in the pro-
posed construction of cement sidewalks
on South B street between Ninth and
Tenth streets. Councilman Williams
recommended that the board order a
cement walk on North Sixteenth street
from E street to F atreet. The side
walk on North Eighth street from
Main to A street has not been repair
ed and it was ordered that it be at.
tended to at once.
Complaints Registered.
The remainder of the time was ia.
ken up with complaints on sewers and
alleys and dumps. Alleys in West
Richmond were reported in bad con
dition but this was attributed to the
heavy rains.
The improvement of the alley be
South A to South b street, which was
rejected by the board was referred to
council and councilman Bartel recon-
mended that the city attorney draw
up an ordinance for the improvement
Numerous objections followed from
other councilmen and the matter was
dropped. The building code commit
tee reported that the new building
code is almost ready for presentation
to the council and stated that it was
much better than the present code
Its adoption was recommended.
/ West siders complained about the
trees on West Seventh street, saying
| that they are too low TO allow a per
son to pass under them and it is nee
essary to walk in the street in places