The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-13
Councils Action Taken to In
dicate Position FavoFing
the Construction Of New
Span at Main Street.
TRIP EXPENSE IS MET
County Reimburses Mem
bers Of Official Family
Who Made Inspection in
Pittsburg.

The county council passed m appro-
priation this morning allowing $647.11
for the purpose Of defraying the ex-
penses Of making test bores at the
site Of the old Main street bridge. and
also 10 reimburse the members Of the
Pittsburg junketing trip.
This action by the council members
is taken 40 an indication of their atti-
tude toward the construction Of new
bridge at Main street. A resolution
Twas also passed stating that all pre-
iliminary expenses of new bridge at
Main street will be included In the
Ibond which will be issued. This will
Include the appropriation made out OF
1.-THE general county fund this morning,
las well as $500 for the construction
Iof temporary bridge. . |
| Vote 10 Unanimous.
The appropriation Of $500 for the
lcost of making test bores was included
hin the sum OF $647.11, as preliminary
lexpenses of q bridge. Every member
lof the board voted for the appropria'
tion.
A report of the members Of the Pitts
burg junketing trip was made to the
county council In q written statement
prepared by County Auditor Bowman
The members Of this party were Coun'
ty Engineer Mueller. Mark Stevens, q
member OF the county council; L. s.
Bowman and the three commission
ers. The cost of the trip was $147.11
II believe the trip was OF great value
in determining the kind OF bridge
that should be built" said Mark Ste
vens when asked to make partial re.
port. when I left l felt that the
trip would be useless, but found out
differently. We gained information on
the way to finance undertakings OF
this kind as well as information on
the s4Jpas Of bridges Tor dtelorsnt ~
calities that could not be secured In
any other way except ftrst-hand In
spection. .s.<s,e.---
Lee Nusbaum. president q the
board. was not In favor Of reimbtrsinG
the members OF the party for the Ok.
pense of the trip. and said that It waf
lcne In the interest Of the taxpayers
I Advises slow Action.
There Ia no need to be In hurry
about building a new bridge. said
Mr.. Nusbaum. "The temporary bridge
10 nearly completed and this will NEE,
the demands LOT WUuOs OF uASu tus
people know what they want at the
Main street bridge site. These pre-
liminary investigations must be made
and l believe that this Is the proper
way to make them" iii
When the question of making tes
;bores at the site OF the old Main street
bridge was brought up, one Of tht
board members raised the question
whether favorable action on an ap
preparation would commit the council
to the construction of q new bridge.
Il do not believe that voting fol
these appropriations will commit thu
council any more than voting $500
for q temporary BRIDGE" said Presi
dent Nusbaum. "That is the only wa,
accurate information can be secured
on the proper kind Of bridge to b
built and the estimated cost"
County Bridge Engineer Muellel
said that this action would not commi
the council members In that 1t wouls
be necessary to find the kind Of found
alton in making an estimate of th'
total cost of new bridge, to be uset
in q comparison with the total cos
Of repairing the old bridge.