The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-18
COUNCIL C0MMENDS
POLICE FOR NABBINC
SPEEDING AUTOISTS

commentator or the police depart
ment for its strict enforcement of the
state laws against speeding was a fea-
ture of the council meeting Monday
night. The matter came up when
Councilman Waidele presented a res
olution to this effect. 1t was passed
unanimously.
The ordinance to limit loads cross
ing the Doran bridge to a gross of six
tons was read for the third time and
passed.
Matt Won Pein, representing the
board of works, made a short report
on the proposal to place a comfort
station downtown. He said it was
useless to think of getting the station
placed in any business institution He
also said il would cost about $4,000.
The basement under the city light
plant office on Eighth street was men
toned as a possible location.
On motion of Councilman Joe Wal
terman, the matter was referred back
TO the city engineers office with in
structions to draw up a set of plans
and an estimate of the cost.
Ford Protests.
Al Ford registered protest against
the employment of two extra clerks
for IS precincts in the city, during the
coming election. Explanation by var
ious officials brought out the fact that
these precincts were located in the
thickly populated sections of the city
and the extra clerks were to insure
that all the people got a chance to vote
there.
City Clerk William Stevens agreed
to take the matter up with the board
of election commissioners and reduce
the number of clerks il they were
found to be too numerous.
A resolution appointing election in
spectors for the various precincts of
the city was adopted Names of the
inspectors and their posts in the city
follow:
First ward, sixth precinct. Howard
Ridge, seventh, George Brehm, eigth
Charles A. Thomas, ninth Charles
Mcpherson Second ward, tenth pre-
cinct. II. II. Kemper Eleventh, Robert
F. Davis; twelfth, f. o. Marlatt; thir-
teenth, c. R. Woodhurst. Third ward
fourteenth precinct, w. H. Wooley
fifteenth, L. NJ Jones, sixteenth, Elmer
ftdll, oeNSHlctIllu, y. iNCy hoAN
Fourth ward, eighteenth precinct
Walter a. Johnson, ninteenth. +. n
Davenport, twentieth, Frank Crump
twenty first, Andy Roser, twenty
second, F. Z. Threewits. Fifth ward
twenty third precinct, John Dietz
twenty fourth, E. T. Hall, twenty fifth
H. H. Haynes, twenty sixth, H. )
Jones, twenty seventh, Ira M. Tucker
thirty-sixth, Frank Connor. Sixth
ward. twenty-eighth precinct, Harvey
Brown, twenty ninth, John Moss
thirtieth. Henry Weisbrod. Seventh
ward, thirty-first precinct, Charles E
Bell, thirty second, ]. o. Edgerton
thirty third, w C. Bass, thirty fourth
Mrs. Minnie Schneider, thirty fifth
Chas. N. Towle.
Wants Trees Removed.
suggestion that a number of dead
trees on South Fifth street be re
moved, was presented by Councilman
Waterman, who also brought up the
question OF scarifying and rolling that
street. Residents were complaining
that the street was so rough that when
they drove their cars through that sec
ton they had hard work to stay with
the machines, he said.
City Engineer Dell Davis replied
that the city equipment was busy or
other streets at present but he hoped
to reach that stretch before the enc
of the fall season.
Two requests for street lights were
received by the board of works. One
was for a light at the intersection o
Bridge Avenue and Grant streets, the
other at Twenty-Second and North
streets.
Councilman Oscar E. Williams occu
pied the chair in the absence of Mayo
Zimmerman.