Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-07
CITY Fathers HOLD
LONGEST SESSION
World of Business Comes 10
City Council At Its Regular
Monthly Meeting

Richmond city council has held
years waded though lot Of bus
mess at the regular MONTH
session Thursday evening.
/ Several of the members cam
to the meeting with lists of thing
they thought needed attentio
and the session was a busy on
from start. to finish.
Councilman Sim Turpin, VIII,
has been away for some time
was the only absentee when May
or O'Neil raped for order abou
8 o'clock. w. E. Blanton, wa.
acting clerk in the absence o
Clerk Hugh Samuels. Attention
was called to omissions in the
minutes that the repeal of the
live stock driving ordinance pro
vided that stockmen taking cat
tie through the main streets O.
the city must have attendants or
each side of their herds to kee1
them off the grass of residents
also thatythe police are to notify
young children seen on nth,
streets after nine O'clock at nigh,
that it's time they were at home
in bed.as t q
Reports from the city officials
showed: collections by City Col
lector Jesse Dykes Of $595.16 dur
ing the past months; fines assess
ed by Police Judge Murray Smith
amounting to $3.50 and collection
of fines by the Chief of Police OF
$3.50. Councilman Crutcher want
ed to know why the discrepanc,
between the amount of fines an
collections. These reports went to
the Finance Committee.
Mayor O'Neil was directed t
order car of sewer pipe of var
iOus sizes.
Former City Attorney Joe P
Chenault told the council of the
status of the telephone compan
late suit. He said that Fedora
Judge Cochran had appointed hi
Chief Clerk J. w. Menzies a
master to hear testimony, anG
the telephone company is giver
until August 1st to produce it
evidence that its rates are not ex
orbitant. He said no time had
been placed on the city to give it,
evidence.
Considerable time was taken II,
with discussion of the liability Of
Richmond Water and Light Com
pany to pay for repairs to the paw
ed street on East Main caused bv
leaks in the water main. Attor-
ney A. r. Burnam said the water
company had no desire to engage
in controversy with the city and
would not, but pointed out that
the contract with the ely provid-
ed hat the city was to pay for cost
of moving or lowering mains
when new street construction
was ordered. He said that cap
ltal, most of it outside the CITY
had spent some $250,O00 on the
water company and had not made
4 dollar out of it. He said the
company was willing to rest its
case with any fair minded Jury.
However, after Councilman Ham
llton and Mayor O'Neil had stat
ed the city's side of the conten-
ton, the council voted unanimous
" to make the water company
pay the cost of repairing the,
street which amounted to ST, 200.
The city's contention is that pro-
per diligence and care was not
used in making connections with
the main pipe by employees of the
water company. thus causing a
cock which took water off the
main pipe to the home of E. ",
Elder to leak and cause the trou-
bic on East Main. The COMPANY
contended that heavy traffic with
the street contractors trucks
the cock and caused the
leak. Both sides agree the bill
as above stated, made by Lamp