The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
MOVIE MEASURE
IS SUBMITTED TO
CITY COUNCIL
Ordinance Regulating Thea
tres is Read-Street I'm
provements Are Discussed.

MOVIES, upkeep or city streets, anC
the Light, Heat and Power company
occupied the attention Of city council
Monday night. The high school class
in civics attended the meeting and
were interested listeners.
Matthew VonPein, chairman Of the
ordinance committee. presented fol
reading and discussion the new movie
ordinance. Provisions of the ordin
ance are as follows:
First-No films except those being
used shall be in the booth unless en-
closed in a metal fire-proof box.
Second-Actual personal supervi
sion by the machine operator shall be
continuously given. Operators must
not leave the booths while the films
are being displayed on the screen
Doors opening into the booth must be
closed.
Third-No smoking is to be allow.
ed in the theatre in any department
Fourth-No persons will be allowed
to stand except back of the last row
and not to exceed in number the mum
Der of chairs in that row.
Fifth-No baby-cabs can be left in
the foyer or in the passage ways.
Sixth-The chief of the first depart
ment, in conjunction with the police
department, is authorized to enforce
the ordinance.
Seventh-A fine of not less than
SO nor to exceed 800, with jail
sentence of 30 days affixed to the sec
ond offense, will be imposed for the
violation of this ordinance.
Street Matters Up.
Manager Holland of the Murray and
Manager Gruenwald of the Washing
ton, both liked every provision of the
ordinance except the one providing for
standing room only behind the last
chairs, which they said would be hard
to enforce and might inconvenience
patrons. While the section providing
that baby-cabs could not stand in the
foyer might be hardship on teh
mothers who came to the movies
Grunewald said the managers might
be able to make a solution Of the
problem. Third reading was post
poned until next council meeting.
City Engineer Davis talked to the
council on the city streets. Life of
any one of Richmond's twenty miles
of macadam streets, he said, varied
from two to seven years, according to
the amount Of traffic.
Inc CITY, ne Sdlu, mas spent 41o,5LU
fir rebuilding streets each year from
1913 to 1917. total of S53,4s9 Be
cause of this large cost, the board OF
works had decided upon a plan by
which tarvia would be placed down
the center of each street in an effort
to conserve.
WaideIe Nominated.
Determined opposition to any at
tempt on the part of the Light, Heat
and Power company to slip over pay
ment of per cent on its notes for
$450000, as part of its operating ex.
penses and thus show that its income
was too low and it's rate must be rails
ed, was expressed by city attorney
Robbins.
Frank l.. Waidele was nominated to
succeed Councilman Richardson from
the Seventh ward. Richardson has re-
signed to live in Brookville A spe-
cial meeting will be called to elect a
councilman for the place after the
next regular meeting and Waidele.
no has been in council long time,
,ill probably be elected.
Because council had not provided a
one-cent levy for the Fairgrounds.
they might have to be abandoned for
a while. council was informed. and
Mayor Zimmerman ruled that no dog
had the right to appear on the street,
unless led by leash by its owner.
The parking ordinance was finally
passed