Richmond Palladium (Daily), 17 December 1901 — Page 1

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IMPORTANT MEETING LAST NIGHT. Inter-urban Railway Ordinance Introduced and Discussed Other Matters of Interest. ' Mr. Genn presented an invitation for the council to attend the celebration by the South Side Improvement association tonight, signed by Fred Von Pein, William F. Kloecker and Edward Temme, committee on arrangements. On motion of Mr. Whelan the invitation was accepted and council will attend in a bod v. WAGES RAISED. Mr. Genn presented a resolution that whereas council had decided by resolution to pay 20 cents per hour for unskilled labor on the streets the proportion was not right in the payment of 22 J cents per hour for a driver and one horse as was now done, aud that the price for a one-hor-e wagon and driver be fixed at $2.75 per day. So ordered. THE ASH NUISANCE. The street commissioner was. instructed where business men or others allow ashes to accumulate in their alleys for him to haul them away; if it took more than one load to take them away he shall remove them but present the bill to the party putting them there. Mr. Kennejohl moved that a space from 30 to 50 feet on Washington avenue just east of the bridge be paved, and that same go to the board of public improvements. So ordered. The superintendent of the crematory asked for the improvement of the road to the crearnatory. To the board. The last 5 per cent, due William Renting, amounting to $134 75, on walk on west Kinsey, west Pearl and west third street, was paid. Necessity for an electric light at the corner of State and Boyer streets was referred to the committee on lights. Attention was called to the need of street running west from Sheridan street, and chief of police was orderdered to notify the owner of the property to have it done. Attention was called to the fact that the electric lights go out so early in the morning that the work men going to wok. e left ia th darkness. The scneduie was read sho win i that the lights were notto go out until 6:10 in the morning. The police go off duty at 5 o'clock a. m. and report all lights that are out at 4. but after that time uo one is out to see if they are not burning. A motion wa offered that the city civil engineer be required to watch these lights f morning but was lost. Mr. Leftwick moved that an ordinance be prepared for the government of the electric i light plant, with schedule of prices, etc., and asked that the committee prepare svch ordinance. Baing told that the committee were to meet again Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock for that purpose the resolution was withdrawn, Mr. Genn inquiring "at which church the meeting was to be held." CLEAN YOUR WALKS. A resolution was passed instructing the superintendent of police ti enforce section sixteen of the city ordinances. The sec tion provides that all tenants of buildings on any street must clean their sidewalks of snow or ice by 10:30 o'clock of each morning. Mr. Whelan stated that the walks were i i a disgraceful condition from snow and ice, and the fault lay with the property holders and not the council. Mr. Genn asked the gentlemau if the passage of that short skirt ordinance would not teed to abate the desira t ility of this resolution. The major siattd that if any one would file complaints be would see to the enforcement cf the ordinance. Tee s'reet commissioner was instructed to remove all unused lamp prists. Nine new chairs were ordered purchased for the police court room. A bill was allowed to the Varney Construction company as follows. Pole line f 1 008 Insulators,&c 5 380 Wire, Ac 126 Two barrels linseed oil 70 Miscellaneous 75 Labor 1 025 Transformers 3 000 Eighty per cent of above $3 632 Ordered paid. The railroad committee reported progress to date on the new Panhandle depot. The city clerk reported that the building permit for the new railroad station was granted today. Mr. Kennepohl said the stone was ordered and to be placed on the ground inside of two weeks. STREET RAILWAYS. The ordinance committee reported

the ordinance regulating the building of street railways in Richmond. Mr. Kennepohl moved that the ordinance be tabled, as the moit "gauly" proposition he had ever beard of.' The motion di 1 not pass. The ordinance reads as follows: An ordinance regulatiog and deGning the manner and way of inter urban railways being granted fran

chises, and to enforce section 19 of a franchise granted to the Richmond Citv Railway company, on March 11, 1889. Sec. 1. Be it ordained bv the com moo council of the city of Richmond, j t a rvi . t 1 M inaiana mat on appucanou ux uy , franchise to use any of the streets of said city of Richmond, said franchise so asked for shall state the point and the street where they desire to enter said corporation, giving the name of the street, the direction they desire to go, and the distance on said street or streets to be used by them, with a map, profile and blue print of the proposed interurban railway in and through said city of Richmond. Sec. 2. That whenever any interurban railway asks for a franchise to use any of the streets of the city of Richmond said city of Richmond shall enter into a written contract with said company or corporation asking for a franchise, said contract to be ordered by a resolutioi of the common council of said city of Richmond, that said city shall enforce Section 19 of an ordinance ordained on the 11th day of March, 18S9, said section heing as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 9. The right to operate said railroad shall extend to the full time of fifty years from the passage hereof and the said city of Richmond shall not, during all the time of which the privileges hereby granted to said company shall extend, grant to or confer upon any person or corporation any privilege which will impair or destroy tee rights and privileges herein granted to the said company:Provided, however, that whenever the common council may deem it expedient that a line of street railroad should be constructed along any street or streets, or part of a street, upou which siid company has not construe'ed any line of street railroad, they may declare the same by resolution and order and direct that said company shall construct the same; and it sball be the duty of the city jlerk to serve a copy of such resolution, attested by the mayor and city clerk, upon the president, or, in his absence, upon any other officer or director of said orapt ny; aad it shall ha thfa duty of aid company, within thirty days after the service of such notice, to officially certify to the common council a copy of a resolution of their board of directors, ordering the construction of said line of street railroad, with the affidavit of the president attached, that it is the design, ia good faith, of said company to proceed immediately to the construction of of said line of street railroad; and on failure to do so, the common council may, by resolution, declare all privileges and rights of way over and to said line of street railroad designated in the resolution requiring its construction as forfeit ed. Should said company certify tneir intention to proceed with the immediate construction of said line of street railroad, a period of time therefore shall be allowed for such construction equal to sixty days for each one thousand feet of such proposed line of street railroad, and after the lapse of such time, should such line of street railroad not have ' been constructed, the common council may by resolution, declare ail privileges and rights of way over and to the proposed line of street railroad forfeited, and the common council may themselves construct ;.ucb line of street railroad, or grant the right of wav to any other person or assocition, as fully aud entirely as if this grant bad never been made: and said common council, person or associa-:' tion, to the extent necessary for the proper coostruetiou acd running sued line of street railroad may cross i "u uai uju uuun mis Kiaui. jjiu-. vided, however, should not the com-. mon council, within one month after) the dite of any such forfeiture. 1

i either have commenced to construct j p&Dy was jn the city engineer s ofj a railroad (upon such forfeited iire fice waiting; that he had been at two iof nulioad) or have grauud the i meetingS D( council waiting on their J right of way to some person or asso- j pleasure and had really waited fur i ciation, who shall commence to be at ! th sir wppIts. and that now thv

work in good faith in construction of such street railroad, within one ure, the rights and privileges herein granted to tnis compary, suaii rein vest, and shall be held bv them the same as if no forfeiture had taken place; provided, further, that when a notice Das oeen served to I construct a line of street rail- j ! road, no notice to construct! j another line of street railroad shall be served until after the expiration of ninety days; and should the company certify an intention to comply therewith, no notice to construct another line of railroad shall be served more than ninety days before the time in which the first line of railroad is required to be completed as ! hereinafter provided: And provided further. That said

company shall cot be required to build any road or line of route be- The Woman's Foreign Missionary tween the months of October aud i society of Whitewater monthly meetMarch." itS of Friends will meet at the home Sec. a Wneneverany inter-'-rban of Mrs. Charles G. Carpenter, 35 "ailwav com Dan v asks for a fran-1 ennth tMrtoonth ctrmt rHnsiv

j chise to use any of the streets of said

city, said City of Richmond, throusrh its proper officer, is Jto at once give notice to the Richmond Street & Inter' urban Railway Co.. its successors or assigns, as piovided in section 2 of this ordiuaoce, and require said Richmond Stret & Interurban Railway Co , its successors or assigns, to lay its track and fully equip the same with the proper trolley and other wires,on toe street or streets granted by the common council of the city of Richmond to any interurban railway company, said work to be com-

i menced by said Richmond Street & ; Interurban Railway Co , its succes sors or assigns, whenever said interraUroad Co. has its grade for its said railroad completed to within three miles of the corporation line of said city, and to push said works to completion as rapidly as the same can be don. Sec. 4. The notice as r quired to be served upon said Richmond Street & Interurban Railway Co , its successors or assigns, shall be served by the city clerk, attested by the mavor of said city, upon the president or any officer or director of said company, and shall within fifteen days after the service of e Jch not ice officially certify the same to the common council of the city of Richmond. . Sec 5. In the event of any interurban railway, asking for a franchise over the right of way and tracks of the Richmond Street and Interurban Railway Co. failing to make satisfactory arrangements as to the use of the tracks and power of said Richmond Street & Interurban Railway Co. , and the price to be paid by any interurban railway company for the use of the tracks and power of said Richmond Street & Inter-urban Railway Co , all said matters, upon which any inter-urban railway asking for a franchise for the use of the tracks and power of said Richmond Street & Inter-urban Railway Co., which is not satisfactorily settled by and bet ween said railway companies, the same shall be referred to the common council of the city of Richmond, and their a't'.on is to be final and binding upou said later-urban Railway Co. and the Richmond Street & Inter-uiban Railway Co. Sec. 6. This ordinance shall be in force and f ffect from and after its passage. A long discusssion ensued, between all the councilmen. Mr. Whelan moved to lay on the table till next May, which was voted down. Mr. Kennepohl contended that while the city hadffiven the present company a blanket franchise, it was notandwWild hot" be an exclusive franchise This ordinance practical-1 ly gave the present company the right to dictate to any other company desiring to come in here, which power council had no right or power to give. Mr. Whelan thought the matter should be left open and let the companies make their own arrangements. Giving any company that asked a proper franchise, equal rights. The ordinance passed to second reading. The o'dinanee granting a fran chise on south sixteenth street from E to Main, down Main to eighth, from Main north to E. from E north over Ft. Wayne avenue and from tenth to the city limits to the Richmond, Eaten and Hamilton Traction company came up for second reading. It was moved to lay over to next meeting, and the attorney for the company aked that this be not done, as it had a bearing on their action of financing the road and they wished the ordinance passed or voted down as early as possible, that they might know what was going to be "done by the city. The entire right of way from Hamilton to the city limits was bought, and they were now waiting on the city. They asked tKa nuncant flnmnann if it fKrrhiilsl Hnilrl the liriA on smith sixtffnth street hv which they desired to enter the city, , - j an(i the company had said they would j sot. His company would prefer the present company should build it if j they wouM. The readme or tne ordinance was over until Eext meeting. The attorney for the company then c0 ; desired to withdraw their application for a franchise and would ask for a franchise to all the streets of the been granted ! city, the same as has the other company. A petition Tor a tire piugat Lincoln and west fourth street was re erred to the fire committee. Final report of the city commissioners in the making of the west second street alley was laid over. THAT EXTRA PAT. The report ot the street commissioner in the matter of the extra pay for unskilled labor was read and the amount was ordered paid. The men were instructed to call for their money on Wednesday. The street commissioner's pay roll for the past two weeks at 20 cents, amounting to $7.9, was allowed. afternoon at 2:15.

ACETYLINE LIGHT. For Photographic Use 0. H.Hampton Claims to Have Perfected the Process. J. B. Hampton went yesterday to Lewisville and Muncie where Acetyline plants are being put into two halls and two churches by himself and his father, O. II Hampton. The latter has been building Acetyline machines for several years and meeting with excellent suetss. The work was done at Peter Johnson's until a year ago when he started a jctory at Fountain City which has increased until now it is quite extensive employing several men, with Dave Eliason of this city as foreman. Tbey are now so far behind that they will again increase their capacity room. They are about to engage in the manufacture of a special machine for use in photograph galleries to which the Acetyline light is very applicable as it is strongly actinic and does." not throw the strong shadows and again the harsh effects of the electric light. Several Richmond photographers are going up Wednesday evening to see the light in actual operation and if it looks as well as has been represented will introduce it in their galleries. Then pictures can be made just as well of evenings or on darkest days as at any other time. It will be quite a stride ahead in the photographic art and Richmond will be the first to use it. It will be the second great improvement in the art emanating from Richmond parties. The other was the process for enlarging direct from the negatives, invented by G. W. Stigieman, and which he sold for f 20.000 sp.t cash and then only got a fifth of whi't it was worth.

Play at Fountain City. ? Oa Saturdav evening of this week the farce "A Cheerful Liar" will be given at K. of P. ball by an am. teur cast, the proceeds to go for the benefit of the'r fire department. The play ha been in preparation for some tme, reuearsed by Charley Williams, who is an old time minstrel man and hks drilled the performers so tbat tiey put the play on in splendid style. - There will be a full orchestra, of which Fountain City has an excel:ftftncm& by Prof., Jooper, wt6 Hr?s there whetf not orx tiie road or playing at the summer resorts. The cast includes twelve people, and the affair will be one of the most important of the winter there. The house was nearly all sold out last evening. FIIlflOSPECT. The Building Permits for December Unprecedented in Richmond, Last evening there was granted a building permit to E. W. Sproulefor the P., C, C, & St. L.railway company, for a brick and stone depot, on north E street between eighth and tenth streets, to cost $100,000. The permit is for 180 days six months indicating that the coo tractor really intends to have the work done by June 1 next as promised. This brings the permits for December of this year to the highest point they have ever reached in any December in the history of the city. Not only that, this addition gives 1901 as the banner year for building in the entire existence of Richmond. The permits have been of the most encouraging character also many good big ones, but most of them small, showing that the prosperity has not been confined to rich class but has extended to all. The amount of small improvements to homes, adding to their comfort and beauty, in this city, this year, has been unprecedented. Both in amount of money spent and in class of improvements the record has been splendid. AFTER MONEY. But Can Not Get it For Several Days to Come, Likely. The offices of the city clerk and treasurer have oeen besieged all day by men interested in the granting of that extra five cents per hour back pay by council last evening, but it did no good. There is a certain amount of red tape in such things to comply with the law, that can not be avoided and will take a day or two. l do not think we can pay these claims before the last of the weec," said Mr. Need ham ' "as I must have legal notices to pay and other things which take time. Another thing is the ruling of council that if these men owe bills, and the bills are filed here, they must be deducted from the allowance. A good many bills have been filed and were coming in right along all day. I prefer, of coarse,

that these should be settled by agreement between the parties, but under ny orders I will pay until the bill is satisfied in some way." In one case where the man had $79 coming to him, a bill of $t0 for doctor bills

i was filed against him. There are 139 j names on the list of beneficiaries, amounting to over $2,o00. Preble County Pioneer Dead Levi Lough died at the home of his only daugbcer, Mrs. Abner Howard, Eureka, Kansas, December 14. i n his 931 vear. He was the father of Major W. H. Lough.of this city, and for maDy year a resident of this j vicinity, previous to lbl. ARM HURT. Wm. Barker Gets His Arm Caught in a Rattler at Gaar's. Wm Barker was taken home in the ambulance this morning with a badly injured arm, caused by getting caught in a rattler at Gaar's, at which he was working. Dr. Zimmerman was called and found the ligaments had been torn loose and lacerated at the elbow making an injury that is even worse than a broken bone would have been. The injury will lay him up for some time and is very painful. Meeting of the Wayne County Agricultural and Horticultural Society. The annual December meeting of the Wayne County Agricultural and Horticultural society was held in tbe society 's room on the afternoon of the 14th. The minutes were read, corrected and adopted. Under agriculture, Richard Sedg- j wich. Rev. Laughman and others i made the general report, indicating that wheat bad lost much in condition during the last two weeks. Clover is in fair condition at present. Some corn is being shredded in some localities, while some shocks are still left unshucked in "the fields ' 1 he president believed tbat Wayne county's yield of corn would ba larger than is necessary to carry the stock through the winter. A greater value should be placed on clover hay as a feed than is generally shown. Richard Sedgwick exhibited the Baldwin, Winesap, Indiana Favorite, Ben Davis and Smith's Cider apples. He advocates greater planting of the Ben Davis variety as it is a good sure bearer and a good seller. Attention was directed to the various methods of keeping apples for immediate or later use. J. P. Norris finds that apples when moved, even but a few feet, wi 1 sweat and decrease in keep ing qualities. Sauford Henning reported that the season had been a profitable one to the market gardner. Good demand and good prices, but the home supply was somewhat limited. The late wet spring followed by the dry summer and fall lelt the soil in poor condition for the seed to properly germinate. Our markets are for potatoes $1.25 to $1.50, turnips, 50c; cabbages $1.25 to $1.50 per barrel; celery 45c dozen; onions $1 to $1.50; and apples, $1.50. The president's written report of the recent meeting of the State Horticultural society at Indianapolis, was interesting, and indicated that the interest in horticulture in the state is equal to former years. The display of fruits consisting of apples psars and persimmons on the tables equaled some of the state fair exhibits. Tbe annual financial statements of the secretary and treasurer were read and accepted, which were re ferred to liev. laugbman and K. aeagwiCK as an auditing committee, who examined and approved the i i same. A balance of 22.13 was ! ; shown. I The election of officers for the enj suing year resulted as follows: j President Caleb W. King. Vice President Rev. Ii. D. Laugh- ! man. Recording Secretary Walter Ratliff. Treasursr J. P. Norris. Corresponding Secretary J. C. Ratliff. Executive Committee Caleb W. King, ex-officio; Richard Sedgwick, Hon. Joseph Ratliff, Hannah N. Grave, Mary Dickinson, Dacie Hopkins and Anna I. Garwood. This committee is expected to meet in this room in two weeks from this session and arrange the program for tbe coming year. Nothing further appearing, the society adjourned till the second Saturday in Januarv. C W. Kis, Pres. Walter Ratliff, Sec The Women's Home Missionary soeiety of the First M. E. church , will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. E. K. Shera, 114 north fourteenth street.

DECEMBER

ROOMING ALONG

THE BUILDING OF THE NEW PANHANDLE DEPOT. The Wrecking Co. Here to Tear Down the Old OneGround Staked off Some Idea of the Structure. Mr. S. I Shane, president of the Western Wrecking Co. of the south side yards at Chicago, is in the city. His firm is the one which is to tear away the old depot, and be is here to superintend the work. He has wired for his men and machinery and starts work in the morning. In the meantime Mr. Fred Burnham, the supervising architect, is busy, and intends to begin building where the others leave off. He ia driving the stakes today, and this gives the first real idea hare" of exactly where the building is to stand. The east end wil be exactly on the west line of north tenth street, and the building extends west 142 feet, which brings the west end to just inside of where the east towers are on the present depot. When that is torn away the space will all be clear except for the train sheds. The building ia to be 48 feet wide and two stories high, of brick and terracotta, a beauty outside and in. The basement will be finished too. making practically another story to the building. The ground floor is all taken for public uses, the second floor for rooms of officials, clerks and operators and will be vrjr tinein apiointments and equipment. It starts Hush with the sidewalk, and at the middle is the main entrance, with a beautiful portico supported by brick pillars, crossing the walk. The train shpd is4i0 faet long. 70 feet wide and 43 feet high at the peak, ibtand airy, of iron, iron Tussels supporting the roof which will confain lots of glass. They cover the trains and walks between rails, and are connected with the depot by a portico of glass. The shed extends 200 feet and west from the middle of the depot, so it will commence pretty near eighth street and run to above 4he middUo tbt - Bqware- .between tenth and eleventh streets. "We are going to hnrry this as it never was hurried before," said Mr. Burnham. We expect to get the building started by the first of the month and push it. Stone will begin arriving at once, and the terra cotta will ail be here by February 1 at the latest. " A. M. UNDERHILL Engineer Maintenance of Way Dead Was Married Here and Had Many Friends in Rich mond. Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 17. A'. M. Underhill, engineer maintenanteof way on the main line of tbe Vaudalia railway, died this morning of Bright 's disease, aged 36. He served on the Pennsylvania lines at Pittsburg, Richmond and Logan sport.I Tbe above press dispatch was received at noon today, and L. T. Lcm- ! on received a dispatch from Mrs. 1 Underhill saying that Mr. UnderI hill died at 7:25 this morning. Tbe i remains will arrive here at 11 o'clock ! Thursday morning and taken to the' j home of Mr. L. T. Lemon, 30 north j thirteenth street, whence the funeral ! will take place at 1 o'clock p. nr. Mr. Underhill married Lillian, the daugh- ; ter of Joseph G. and Ida Z. Lemon, aoout twelve years ago. tie leaves four children, the eldest a daughter.f 10 vears of age. Prominent Woman Murdered. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec 17. Harriet P. Murphy, prominent in church and society circles and treasurer of tbe -Kingsley House Fund, was murdered by a burglar at her home, 6221 Howe street, east end, at 3 a. m. The murderer escaped. Miss Murphy was 3t years old and lived with her brother. Councilman John A. Murphy, and two women servants. She was an expert with a revolver and kept one. within easy reacn. The burglarbroke a glass in her window. It is' supposed the burglar saw her witki the revolver and fired. She was found dead by her brother. Mrs. McKinley's Condition. Canton. O., Dec. 17. Mrs. McKinley's condition remains much the same as it has beet, since the funeral. She does not need medical attention, althorgh physicians her once ortwice a week.