The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-29
STATE AND LocAL-UnsettIed, with
local rains tonight or Tuesday.
TEMPERATURE.
YESTERDAY.
MAXIMUM ............. I'll
DRAFT RULE CODE
TO PROTECT PLANT
City Officials Say Tenants
Move From Houses Leav-
ing Light Bills.
CLUSTER LIGHTS SOON
Matter of Fire Hydrant Rent
al Taken Up By the
Works Board.
CLUSTER LIGHTS. SOON

To protect the city light plant, a
! code of rules will be made up by the
board of works and the superintendent
of the light plant, to become effective
| January /, 1914. In the code will be
some provision by which the electric
| light bills of certain houses are guar
! anteed.
| Superintendent Johnson reported to
! the board today that the monthly loss
of the light plant through persons
moving out of houses, is growing, and
! that some means must be obtained to
protect the plant. He suggested con-
tracing with the house owner that all
light bills be paid or the current will
be turned off. However, this plan is
not believed practical.
| The members of the board and City
Attorney Bond favor a deposit of IS
from every tenant who might move
from a house within a short time of
moving in. This plan probably will be
adopted.
! The code of rules will be printed
and circulated when the new rates be-
| come effective.
Wants Cluster Lights.
II The mayor says clrster lights on
!gornamental posts will be the mode of
! lighting for Main street next year un-
less something better is obtained. The
superintendent of the light plant has
had this matter in charge and has in
vestigated almost every practical
method of lighting the streets of the
! business section finally deciding up
ON ornamental cluster lights.
The present ornamental gas light
! posts on the Main street bridge will
| be removed and electric cluster light
| posts will supplant them. The board
desires to have the bridge more bril-
liantly lighted. There are only six
! lights on the bridge now.
Discuss Hydrant Rental.
A new plan to protect the city from
paying for unnecessary fire hydrants
may be used if the extension of the
water main is made in Railroad street
| from Sheridan street to Northwest
First street.
There will be five consumers along
| the line and the revenue will be $29
| a year at present, while the agree
ment of the city is to the effect that it
| will pay $40 a year and take a fire hy-
drant if the annual revenue is less
than $40. However, Howard Dill, su-
! perintendent of the water works, sub
mitted a plan to charge the property
owners for the total cost of installing
the line and rebate to them for every
| new consumer. When the cOnSump-
tion of water increases to $49, the
| property owners will have been paid
, back their money.
Award Contracts.
The contract for the construction of
| cement alley between South and
H streets, west of South Seventh
street, was awarded to Daniel Burk-
hardt. The contract will amount to
about 5000.
The primary assessment roll for the
sewer in the alley between State and
John streets and between State and
William streets from Sheridan to
Northwest Second, was approved. The
total cost of the sewer is $4,229.70, of
which the city pays $1,463.47. There
are SO properties along the sewer
which will be assessed.
Bids for lumber to repair the Tenth
street bridge on the hospital road will
be advertised for and work on the new
floor will be started within few
weeks The board will petition the
county commissioners for a new
bridge next year.
Contractor Cronin was granted an
extension of time on the completion of
the sewer in Reeveston. Cronin has
not started on the work although the
contract was awarded in the spring.
The primary assessment roll for the
improvement of South B street be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth was ap-
proved. Six foot cement walks,
cement curbs and cutters were con-
structed. The city will pay S6S,96.