The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-04
LIGHTS on TROLLEY
POLES C|TrS POLICY
DECLARES ROBBINS
Mayor Says Additional Cost
of Other System Would
Rest With Property Own
ers After Council Votes
$4,000.

An ordinance was passed by council
last night appropriating $4,000 out Of
the funds of the municipal light plant
Tor the construction of q new street
lighting system.
Mayor Robbins read a communities
ton to council in which he declared
that the administrations policy would
be to suspend lamps to trolley poles
In the business districts unless bene-
fitted property owners agreed to meet
the additional cost of the ornamental
standard and conduit system and
would guarantee against any loss the
city might incur In the collection Of
any assessment against said property"
Council in passing the apprOpria-
ton ordinance did not openly declare
itself IN favor of or against the trolley
pole lighting system. 1t saw no OBJ
lection, however, to providing the ap-
preparation pending the settlement of
the question in dispute.
Robbins Statement.
The mayors communication out
lines the Administrations street light
Ing plan as follows:
'First:-That the residence sec
lions be fully Illuminated with lamps
Of four ampere capacity and that such
lamps be far more evenly distributed
than at present, giving to all resi-
dences, regardless of location a fair
distribution Of light.
"Second:-In regard to the business
sections of our city, the board of
works after careful consideration rec
ommends great white way" of six
point-six ampere lamps, the same to
be suspended on brackets from each
trolley pole on Main street in the bus
mess section, and also in the business
sections Of Fort Wayne avenue and
North E street and in the more i'm
portant sections that are adjacent to
Main street both north and south,
said trolley poles being ornamented in
such manner as is consistent with
the financial condition of the city.
Standards Too Costly.
This policy, nevertheless, has met
with some opposition, and the PROPOSE
ton has been made to the board of
works that the city should place the
lights on ornamental poles in the bus
mess districts, but this plan although
be considered by the city because of
its enormous cost and therefore would
be rejected on that account
to all, we have and do hereby submit
the following proposition to those
wishing a more costly and so-called or
namental system:
"First:-That if the majority of the
property owners along the street in
the business section wish ornamental
poles and are willing to pay the diff
ference between the cost of the brack-
ct system and their proposed system,
the board will be glad to take the mat
ter under consideration and work for
the same.
To Cover Loss.
Second: THAT as such PROPOSE
ton must necessarily come under our
public improvement act, and must go
through all the various steps of petit
ton and remonstrance, action by the
board Of works, appeals to council,
and a possible test in our courts, we
hereby ask that said promoters of said
propositions give to the city suffici-
ent guarantee against any loss that
the citJ might incur in the collection
of any assessment against said prop
erty.
III the property owners wish to
add this additional cost to the light
ing proposition and pay for the same,
this administration will aid them all
that it can on the above and afore-
mentioned conditions.
Therefore. gentlemen, I most re-
specially ask you to consider this
proposed appropriation that we at
least can be able to pass upon the
bids that have been submitted to us
for lighting. and we most earnestly
invite you to meet with the board Of
works, either in body or as individ-
uals, and to help said board consider
each and every bid as to the cost and
efficiency Of the various lamps and all
the appurtenances thereto, that the
city Of Richmond may have the best
and most efficient lighting system of
any city OF it's size in the entire coun-
try"