The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-01
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
BOTHERED COUNCIL
HAD LONG DEBATES
Action Postponed on Two
Measures At the Meeting
Held Last Night.
KILL FLY ORDINANCE
The Councilmen Believe the
Latter Measure Would
Not Be Enforced.
KILL FLY ORDINANCE

Two ordinances which council be-
lieved would effectively prevent con-
gestion at Eighth and Main streets.
were referred to the ordinance COM
mittee for revision after they had pass
ed second reading last night. One of
these ordinances would prevent driy-
ers of automobiles and other vehicles
from stopping within IT'S feet of Eighth
and Main for any length of time. An
other measure would make it unlaw-
full for more than one street car to be
within IT'S feet of the same corner at
the same time.
Merchants in the prescribed zone
say that the traffic ordinance would
injure their business
superintendent Gordon, of the street
car company, is opposed to the street
would prevent the cars from running
on any schedule.
Had Heated Argument. -. 49,.
A heated argument followed Coun-
gate traffic conditions. Councilmen
Williams and Vessel asked that the or
dinance be withdrawn. Matt Won Pein
chairman of the ordinance committee,
asked If it preferred to withdraw the
ordinances or bury them by referring
them to the ordinance committee
Our citizens" said Won Pein, look
with pride at the hustle and hustle dis
played at Eighth and Main streets and
when they bring visitors they call at
tention to the fact that Richmond is
no longer a toy village Citizens like
to watch automobiles, wagons, street
cars and pedestrians hurrying to and
fro across the corner. If we kill off
everything that makes us look citified,
our citizens will not want to bring Wis
itors here, and 10 ok va.etts. ~ fa:t-S.t
to dead looking town anyway"
His argument altered the opinions OF
the councilmen, who were Immediately
in favor of allowing traffic puzzles to
be worked out by traffic policemen.
Let Policemen Handle 1t.
The solution Of the problem, coun-
cilmen believe, is in George H. Knoll
lenberg's suggestion that an ordinance
be passed giving the traffic policemen
certain powers. He cited the large
surrounding cities as examples of the
perfection with which traffic is hand
led.
"Give the traffic policemen a whis-
tle," he said, land pass ordinances
compelling all traffic to stop when they
blow their signals. With one motion,
the patrolman can summon all east, or
west, or south or north bound traffic
to cross the corner. Street cars and
interurbans can be regulated In like
manner"
For one hour and thirty minutes, At
torneys Henry Z. Johnson and Wilfred
Jessup debated about an alley in West
Richmond, the improvement of which.
William Boyd, through his attorney,
Mr.. Johnson, strenuously opposed. AL
though Boyd was not present at the
meeting, Johnson threatened to appeal
the case to the circuit court If council
passed the resolution for the improve
ment The resolution was unanimous
ly adopted. The alley in question is
located between Third and Fourth
streets from Southwest TO Southwest
D street
Fly Ordinance Killed.
Because councilmen did not believS
the FLY ordinance would be enforced,
it was voted down, seven voting for its
rejection and four for it's passage.
Councilnen believe that the ordin-
ance could be enforced only If a spe-
cial "fly" policeman was employed to
inspect alleys and unsanitary places.
An ordinance creating a park fund
was introduced on first reading. By
this ordinance, all fees collected at
parks from concessions and other
sources would be kept in a separate
fund instead of being placed in the gen
eral fund.
Several councilmen attempted to
railroad" the ordinance repeating the
| vehicle or tag license ordinance. 9th
crs objected and after the second read
| ing the bill was allowed to take its
regular course.