The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-02-02
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III the bridge is placed at G, you
cannot get into the city without going
under the Fifth street C. e o. viaduct
You say e street is narrow. What
about G?. This street must be widened
to make 1t accessible. If you go east
on that thoroughfare you will cross
the &. d .. tracks at a grade crossing
on South Sixth street You will have
to buy more property on G than you
will on E. Property between Fifth
and Sixth on G. must be condemned to
widen that street
"The other day furniture van had
to stop at the Fifth street viaduct and
unload before it could pass under the
structure. You can not get big load
of hay under the viaduct."
The speaker then went on to show
how the E street site would cost less,
how it would be nearer the shopping
district, and how the property damage
would not be heavy
Starr Not Interested.
John Reed took exception to the
statement of Mr.. Blickwedel that the
Starr Piano company opposed the
South E street site, saying that both
Harry and Clarence Gennett had as
sured him that the location was only
a secondary consideration. He said
the company was interested only in
one phase, namely, to prevent the
backing up of water into it's plant
John Lux denied the assertion Of
Mr.. Newcomer that a deep slope
would be formed at South Fifth and
f by the proposed bridge. He assured
the members that South street
would be level from South Fourth
and South Fifth street
Mr. Hunemeier called attention to
the advantage of belt line car oper-
ating through West Richmond and
over the E street bridge to Main
street. He also questioned the dispo-
sition of So. -, the special bridge
fund, saying that he had been told
that this money could be appropriated
for any structure on the south side
He was assured by Mr. Blickwedel,
who said that no street car company
will build belt line, as this is a
money losing venture.
Property damage on South E street
will amount to $4,000" said Mr..
Blickwedel "E street must be widen
ed. There will be no trouble in low
ering the grade under the c. & O..
viaduct on Fifth street. At e street.
the county or city will have to pay
one-third of the cost of the proposed
viaduct, the railroad the other two
thirds The excavation will be
through rock The G. street site is
near the Joseph Moore school house.
South West E street is only AZ feet
wide, entirely too narrow for a main
thoroughfare. The Starr piano COM
pany is opposed to the South E street
site and wants the South Side I'M
provement association to fight this
location
Would Contest Action.
Mr. Blickwedel also insisted that if
the commissioners located the bridge
at South E street, the South Side
Improvement association would con-
test legally the right of appropriating
the 100000 in the special bridge fund
for this span.
Mr.. Hunemeier and Mr.. Lux de-
MED the existence of deep strata of
stone beneath South e street, assert
ing that tests showed there was soil
structure of six feet, giving plenty
room for the viaduct. Both insisted
that the cost of the viaduct would not
be heavy one. They reiterated their
position that G street is as narrow as
South +.
County Engineer Mueller was de-
tanned at Cincinnati. Mr.. Kohl said
Mr. Mueller had informed him that
the South E street site was out of the
question. He said the engineer held
the site would work injury and not a
benefit to the city.
John Reed argued that bridge at
G street gives the southwest side no
relief Few persons live below South
f street. A bridge at G is of no bene-
! fit to those living between Main and
e streets 1t will offer as little relief
as does the Doran bridge.
He said the district near South