The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-16
COUNCIL To FORCE
USE OF REGULATION
CITY STREET CARS
Law Specifying Entrance at
Rear on Right Hand Side
and Requiring Conductors
Ready to Pass.

An ordinance was introduced in
second reading, which if passed will
eliminate Richmond's several topsy-
turvy street cars, to board which citi-
fled citizens run all about and finally
discover the entrance to be in the
front part, and which compels the
street car company to have conduct
ors on all of its cars. 1t has been the
custom to operate cars through Fair
view and along Richmond avenue and
West Fifth street without conductors.
The company has objected to
placing conductors on these cars, say
ing the revenue from these lines did
not justify such action, but expressed
a willingness to place mirrors in the
front of the cars so the mOtOrmen
could see when passengers had safely
boarded the cars or alighted from
them. Council is Of the opinion, how
ever that these mirrors would be i'm
practical.
The second section Of the ordinance
aims at the ''tOpsy-turvy" cars. 1t
provides that only cars where passen-
gers can enter or depart at or near the
rear end on the right hand side can
be operated Violation of this Ord-
nance provides fines for both the COM
pany and the mOtormen operating
them.
WaideIe Wants Conductors.
Councilman Waidele said that there
was no reason why conductors should
not be placed on west side cars and
l1t hn nj in fl,n
cOmpany's assertions that these lines
were being operated at loss. He
said if such was the case it was high
time that the company be placed in
the hands of receiver.
The revised dairy inspection Ordi-
nance was introduced in council last
night by the ordinance committee, but
referred back when it was discovered
that by an error of the stenographer
the provision requiring the delivery of
all milk, in quantities of a gallon or
less, in bottles, had been left out The
other amendment provides for the
standard sterilization of all milk bot
ties and vessels.
Under suspension of the rules an
ordinance was passed appropriating
$4,000 for the payment of Fremont
Clifford as a fee for collecting Sc
Questered taxables. This matter has
been in litigation over five years and
recently the supreme court ruled in
favor of Clifford. Councilman White
said he had heard that at one time,
several years ago, this claim could
have been compromised for $500.
RepIenished Fund.
There goes street Improvement
and two sewers" lamented Mayor
Robbins after the passage of the ordi-
nance.
Extensive imprOv have been
made at the city building the last few
weeks and the miscellaneous public
building fund has been exhausted, so
council last night appropriated $500 to
repleuish that fund.
The weed question came up for con-
sideration last night and it was de-
clared this nuisance was particularly
bad in the west side. Councilman
Waidele said the West Seventh Street
park looked like a COW pasture and if
the city could not keep its property
properly cared for, it should not eX-
pect the citizens to give attention to
their property. Clerk BesCher said
the weeds along the west river bank
were so bad that in self defense he
would have to get out and cut them
himself very shortly.