The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-28
BEER GARDEN
ON DUMP SITE
KERN'S ADVICE
German Resident Suggests
Novel and Profitable SOlu-
ton of Perplexing West
Side Problem.
Sings for Works Board to
Prove PatrOlman Unjusti-
fled in Ordering Him to
Keep Silence.

Jacob Kern one of Richmond's best
known German-American citizens, en-
tertained the members of the board of
public works today by urging the paw
ing of Randolph street under the three
mile law, the Transforming of the Ran
beer garden and, in conclusion, humor.
ously complaining against the action of
q policeman in forbidding him to sing.
He said the song entitled, I'VE Never
~ good song and was not rendered by
him for the purpose of tormenting
some neighbors who had ignored his
in opposition to the Randolph street
park project. To prove to the board
that I'VE Never Speak as We Pass
By" was absolutely inoffensive, Mr..
Kern sang the chorus in a cracked
tenor voice:
I'VE never speak as we pass by,
Although tear be in her eye,
She never speaks of her past life,
When we were loving man and wife"
Asks Boards Opinion.
II don't like to be told by police
man not to sing. Why should I not
sing? The Salvation Army sings-am
! right or am wrong?" demanded Mr..
Kern. This query was addressed to the
board following Mr. Kern's rendition
of the we'll known ballad, which was
received with hearty applause by the
city officials, reporters and people on
business before the board.
Mr. Kern asked the cooperation of
the board in an effort to have Ran
dolph street improved under the three
mile act He promised if this improve
ment was made to build ''bunkalow'
on that street.
Asked for his solution of the Ran
dolph street dump problem. Mr.. Kern
promptly suggested that it be convert
ed into a beer garden
The city could rent it for $4,000 a
year." he asserted, land on Sundays
maybe there might be 5000 people
there. II you want to go to church
why can't you. and if you want to go
to decent beer garden, why can't
you-am I right or am | wrong?"
But, Jake, you could not establish
q beer garden in the Seventh ward. 1t
is dry because it has been declared a
residential district" remarked City
Clerk Bescher.
Advocates Beer Garden.
Rats" replied Mr.. Kern. The city
can do what it wants to do" He then
argued that the locality where the
dump is is no place for park because
It is business section of the city. Be
sides, he said, the city had enough
parks. 1t had the Glen, he pointed out,
two in the south end and an apple
orchard in our end of town
Two claims against Fl. E. Hinton, to
whom W. r. Payne sub-let his contract
for graveling South G. street, were pre-
scented to the board today. The board
ruled that this was a matter for Payne
end Hinton, who surrendered his sub
contract, to settle between themselves.
II Payne cannot secure settlement
from Hinton then the amounts involv-
ed will be deducted from the city
share of the cost of the Improvement
and paid over to the creditors. G. and
w. Kramer company claims $7.3S due
from Hinton for 13 loads of gravel and
]. NJ Clark claims $1S.75 due for 80
loads Of gravel. Other claims are
pending the board was informed.
City Attorney Bond informed the
board that Thomas Williams had com
planned to him that his machine was
damaged when it ran over a defective
manhole on North J street, recently
paved by the county under the three
mile law The city attorney said pos
sibly the county was responsible but
this might be disputed because the ac-
cident occurred on city street.