The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-15
To TAKE ACTION ON
PETITIONS MONDAY
All Petitions For Street Oil
ing Must Be Filed BY
That Time.
SOLUTION PASSED
That City Will Pay For Oil
ing in Front of Its
Buildings.
ESOLUTION PASSED

The board of works today decided
that in case any person refused to pay
for oiling streets under private con-
tract, petitions to include only such
portions of the streets can be present
ed to the board and the property own
ers forced to pay for the oiling. The
board will take action on petitions for
public street oiling at the meeting
next Monday, the date set several
weeks ago. All petitions, according
! to members of the board, must be filed
at that time or previously in order to
secure action on the part of the city
Petitions presented later than Mon
day probably will not be considered,
as the oiling could not be done until
too late to be of much benefit. If any
petitions are not signed by majority
of the property owners, other property
owners residing on the street can le-
| gally demonstrate.
c.. E. Davis, of Connersville, stated
| to the board this morning that in al
most every case of private petition
some person or persons in square
refused to pay for the oiling. The
question has been taken up as to
whether or not the city would have
the portions of the street oiled under
public contract, thus forcing property
owners to pay for the oiling.
| City Attorney Bond stated that this
could be done. Petitions in this case
would read: For the oiling of the
street at all places where no oil was
previously placed" In this way the
citizens favorable to the oiling will
not be forced to wait for the street to
be oiled under public contract, but can
in front of the residence of remon-
strator.
Mr. Davis stated that he will receive
10000 gallons of oil within few days.
The increased demand for oil has made
a scarcity of cars in which to ship the
oil. The amount which will be re-
squares, he says.
The board passed a resolution to the
effect that the city will pay for the oil
in front of any property which it owns.
provided that the majority in the
square desire the Oil.
Street Car Sprinkler.
| A proposition will be taken up with
the Street Car company in regard to
sprinkling the paved streets with a
street car sprinkler Two years ago
the Street Car company agreed that a
sprinkler would be furnished If the
city would provide the water. BY this
method the entire length of Main
Eighth and North E streets could be
sprinkled.
Third Street Unimproved.
Wilfred Jessup accused the board OF
works of being lax in the matter OF
improving North Third street. Mr.
Jessup said the board had an excellent
opportunity to make the much needed
improvement and has refused or neg
lected it on the ground that the city
did not have the money.
'The city should not stand back in
making the Improvement" said Mr.
|Jessup. with all the means of Sc
curing funds for improvements avail
able to the city, there is no excuse fol
backing out.
Henry U. Johnson appeared at the
meeting of the board in behalf of re
monstrator against the improvement
of an alley in West Richmond. The
board will go to the location of the
alley and look over the ground. The
petition was as follows: For the i'm
provement of the first alley south Of
the national road, running from South
West Third street west to alley west
of Third street, running north and
south; also the alley west of South
West Third street running from frs
alley south of the National road, south
to South West D street, by the con
struction of a cement roadway the full
width thereof"
| May Condemn Ground.
The board will institute condemna
tion proceedings against the Light
Heat and Power company for the open
ing of ground to make an extension
from the present end of Johnson stree,
in the river bottom to the property
line of the Starr Plano company.
A contract was entered into today
between the city and the Starr Piano
company for the use of the ground a
South Second and streets for a pub
lie playground. The company offered
the use of the ground for two year:
provided that the place should be
called the Starr Piano playground
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