The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-17
CHANGES MADE IN
TELEPHONE CONTRACT
Board of Public Works Ac-
cepts Agreement For Po-
lice Telephones.
MAY GET PLAYGROUND
Piano Company Officials
Makes Proposition to the
City.
MAY GET PLAYGROUND

At the meeting of the board Of
works this morning, a new agreement
was presented by the Richmond Home
Telephone company, embodying
changes in the police telephone sys-
tenn asked by Chief of Police Gormon.
The agreement which contains the
terms for the use of three systems,
differing slightly in the kind of tele-
phones furnished by the company, was
passed by the board and will be acted
upon further as soon as possible.
The change asked by Mr. Gormon
is the kind of telephone to be furnish
ed. He believes that the system will
be improved by the use of telephone
boxes with the instruments inside. By
this system each patrolman will be
given a key for the box and will not
have to carry an instrument in his
pocket as formerly planned. The sys-
tenn of lights has not been changed
and when the contract is let, these
will be placed as planned by Mr.. Cor
mon and William Bailey, manager of
the telephone company.
Clarence Gennett of the Starr Piano
company asked the board to defer &C
ton on the making of the street
through the Starr Piano company's
property below the light plant on the
river bank He stated that the COM
pany does not want the title of their
property disturbed. According to City
Engineer Charles, all the water front
owned by the company was washed
away in the recent high waters. The
matter will be taken up Thursday.
Proposed Playground Site.
Mr.. Gennett stated to the members
of the board that the Starr Piano COM
pany owns a piece of property over
looking the river, south of the Main
street bridge, which would be very
desirable as children's playground
and that the city could use the land
for that purpose as the company would
have no need for it for several years.
The property is believed by the city
city officials to be an ideal location
for a playground,
Plans were ordered for a trunk sew
er from street to H street in the pro-
perty west of South High street. For
several years, the sewers draining this
territory have been stopped up by fills
made in property below and small
lakes form there during heavy rains.
A complaint was sent to the board
by Henry III. Johanning, plumber,
about the fountain on South Tenth
and c streets. He stated that the foun-
tain was in an unsatisfactory condi-
ton and that it leaks badly Mayor
Zimmerman asked Street Commission
err Gem to order the fountain repair
ed
Owners of property in Reeveston
Place asked the board to change the
petition for improvements in Reeves
ton at the next hearing so that all
streets up to half way between Eigh-
teenth and Nineteenth may be improv-
ed. AS the improvements are at the
expense of the property owners, the
board consented and will make the
changes.
To Remove Main.
Legal notice will be served on the
Light, Heat and Power company for
the removal of gas main in South
west A street from Fifth street to Sew
enth street. The roadway in that
street is being graded preparatory to
making improvements and it was
found that the gas main was so near
the surface that it was in danger of
being bursted or of being caused to ex-
plode. The main will be relaid deep
enough to allow the making of the
roadway.