The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-01
WILL ASK
COUNTY BOARD FOR
new Cement ROAD
Improvement Body Votes to
Circulate Petitions Tor
Highway Under Gravel
Road Law.

II the petition which is being pre-
pared by the property owners OF falr-
view. to be presented to the county
commissioners, is approved, Fa1rvie"
will have over two and half miles Oh
he best improved streets In the city.
It was the unanimous opinion OF
the members of the Fairview Improve
ment association. which held its meet
Ing last evening in the Sevastopol
school house, that a petition should
be presented to the county commits
sioners asking for the construction OF
a street in Fairview under the three
mile-road law. Reinforced concrete
was favored as the best material 10
use, consequently this method or I'M
provement will be specified in the pc
tition, which Is to be circulated within
the next few days.
At the last meeting of the Fairvlew
improvement association committee
was appointed to Investigate the pro-
posed improvement. This committee
outlined route for roadway in It's
report, which was accepted.
Outlines Routes.
Streets which need improvement the
most have been included in the route,
although more work will have to ne
done on some of the streets than on
others. The route proposed In the
petition Is as follows: Beginning at
West Fifth and Center streets, east on
Senter street to Second, Second street
to Charles, west on Charles to Hunt,
north on Hunt to Linden avenue, west
on Linden avenue to West Fifth, north
on West Fifth street to School street,
east on School street to Sheridan,
south on Sheridan to Doran bridge.
The committee which made this re-
port was composed Of ]. p. Evans, D.
N. Davis, Benjamin Wicket, Ora Lit
tie and Harry Ireton.
All but three of twenty-five persons
present favored the construction OF a
concrete roadway in preference to
brick or macadam. 1t was brought out
that concrete was cheaper than brick
and much more durable than mac
adam. The question of widening some
of the streets was also discussed.
Frank Brown, president Of the asso-
c'''' stated that Sheridan street is
V that a large wagon has to
on the sidewalk to pass a
+. He recommended that this
/. .ttt tie widened at least two feet on
each side of the car tracks. This mat
ter will be taken up with the city OF.
ficials after the petition is presented
to the county commissioners.
The motion to include in the petit,
ton, "to be constructed of reinforced
concrete" was made by B. c. Wicket
To Circulate Petition.
The petition will be circulated i'm
mediately, according to Frank Brown
He said there would be no trouble in
getting signers for the roads in Fair
view are in poor condition, and it is
time something is being done fol-
them
Whether or not the commissioners
will take favorable action on the pc
tition is matter of speculation All
of the commissioners have made the
statement that they are opposed to any
more country road improvement I'M
til some Of the present Indebtedness
due to road built under the three mile
road law is paid. Residents of Fair
view contend that the people of Rich
mOnd are entitled to a larger share in
the benefits Of new road construction
under the three mile-rOad law since
the corporation pays SO much tax into
this fund which would be applied di
rectly to the city If the commission
ers would allow a road to be built in
the city under this law.