The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-02
Board Of Public Works Took
Matter Up at Meeting To-
day. = Engineer Mueller
Was Present.
IMPROVEMENTS AT
CITY LIGHT PLANT
Special Meeting Is Called for
Tuesday When the Nature
Of improvements Will Be
Decided Upon. l.

The subject of having a new bridge
ent bridge to a new location in the
south end, was discussed at the board
the opinion of the members that this
plan would prove the safest and most
satisfactory in the end and it will meet
with further discussion at the next
meeting of the board
Bridge Engineer Mueller of Newcas-
tie stated that the bridge that now
stands at Main street will not last
over six or seven years at the most
unless 1t is taken down and gone over
thoroughly. If the bridge would be
painted as it stands, many defective
places would be missed and the crew
ices could not be promptly filled, he
said, whereas if the bridge were taken
down, it could be sandblasted and dip
ped and made to last thirty or forty
years more If the bridge is taken
down it could be moved to the south
location without any more expense
than would be required to build a new
bridge at the south end and leave the
old one at it's present location, Muel-
Ter declared.
May Level Bridge.
AThe plan Of making the Main street
bridge level was also discussed. City
Engineer Charles stated that there is
now drop of fifteen or sixteen feet
from the west end of the bridge to
the east end. Charles said the bridge
could be leveled and a graded cross
ing placed over the C. and o. railroad
crossing at Main street. This would
make the bridge safer and more con-
venient and lessen the wear caused
by heavy traction cars
The matter of appropriating money
to widen and pave North Third street
from Main street to North d street
was brought up at the meeting and the
city engineer was instructed to draw
up specifications for this proposed i'm
provement.
In case this is done there would be
from the business section of the city
to the c. and O. railroad depot. 1t is
not believed that this improvement
would cost the city much as the situa-
ton of the houses and factories along
the street will make the widening of
it easy to accomplish.
The advisability of placing new
bridge at the Fifth street crossing of
the Chicago division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad was discussed. The
present bridge is inadequate, officials
say, as only one vehicle can cross it at
time and the approaches to the
bridge are on steep slope. A new
bridge would eliminate the danger at
the crossing.
Plant improvements.
The board will hold a special ses-
sion Tuesday to discuss the proposed
improvements for the city light plant.
Nimrod Johnson, superintendent of
the plant, met with the board this
morning and gave his ideas of what
should be done to increase the eff
ciensy of the system and asked for an
entire days discussion on the plans.
Whether new engines and genera
tors or new turbine is wanted, has
not been decided as yet The placing
of new boilers, new smoke stack and
other improvements that will be made
at the plant will be decided at the spe-
cial meeting Tuesday.
1t is not known how much the pro-
posed improvements to the plant will
cost