The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-05
CITY TO ASK APPEAL
OF RULING AWARDING
LAND-DILKS DAMAGES

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Motion to appeal the Land-Dfks
damage suit decision, which set the
amount of damages to be paid by the
city at $4,000. will be filed as the re-
suit of council action Monday. The
city was sued by the company for dam
ages alleged to have resulted from
defective sewer which allowed the
, basement of the plant TO become
flooded.
The company asked $4,000 damages
and after a trial lasting several days
the jury awarded the company $4,000
Council voted unanimously to appeal
the case, on recommendation OF the
city attorney.
Despite the assertion of Frank
Waidele, councilman from the seventh
ward, that business men of the city
were losing business because Of the
operation of the daylight saving plan,
council voted to continue the ordf-
nance at the meeting Monday evening.
John E. White, Frank Benn and Harry
Stillinger voted with Waidele for the
repeal of the measure.
Daylight saving works a hardship
on the working man, who loses an
hour of sleep in the coolest part of the
morning" said Mr.. Waidele. Some OF
the business men of the town have
told me they are losing the trade OF
their out of town customers because
of the operation of this plan"
Claims Opposition
Frank Bonn also manifested active
opposition to the plan. Some fam
lilies In the city are going by both
times" he said "That means they
must have two sets of meals, one for
workers following the old and one for
those following the new time. All over
the city are families split up in this
way"
Council voted against the repeal of
the measure six to four. The vote
stood: For repeal, Benn, White. Still
niger, Waidele; against repeal, Fahl-
sing, Salzarulo, Steinkamp, Strate,
Waterman, Williams.
Acting largely upon the insistence of
Councilman Waterman, who said
conditions required immediate action,
council passed an appropriation of
1915 to install a lighting system in
South Seventh street park An ordin-
ance appropriating money for a truck
for the Municipal light plant and the
trading in of an old truck was also
passed.
Restore Police Fund.
1t will no longer be necessary for
persons or firms holding bills against
the city police departments to wait for
council to take action" before they
are paid. Council passed the $1,700
appropriation which restored the po-
lice fund 10 its former state of af-
fluence, Monday evening The fund
had been empty for two weeks.
Amendments to the traffic ordin-
ance. brought in by the ordinance COM
mittee, were discussed and ordered in
corporated into the body of the meas
ure which comes up for reading at a
later meeting
Action to have the alley between
North ThhIaenth and Fourteenth
streets paved, a matter which had been
brought before council, was delayed
indefinitely. Objection to paving the
alley was expressed by some property
holders because, they said, they could
not pay for it at that this time.
Council also decided to allow the
question of paving the alley between
South Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets TO take its usual course. A re-
monstrance had been flied against the
improvement and the matter had been
referred to the council by the board OF
works. The ordinance has two more
readings before action will be taken.
Another measure which council de
cided not to hurry was that of exclud
ing carnivals from the city. An ordin
ance providing for this was introduced
and given first reading. 1t absolutely
forbids the showing of any carniva
within the city limits, and the use Of
advertising in the. city for any carniv
al showing within two miles of the
city.
An ordinance regulating the activ
tiles of hawkers, and establishing thei1
location in the future to South Fourth
street was passed through the SECOND
reading. A resolution was passed in
structing the court to appoint apprais
ers for the truck to be traded in b,
the light plant.
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