Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 139, 16 April 1912 — Page 6

THE RICHMOND PALIiADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRA3I. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1912.

rPAGE SIX. SLOW PROGRESS 111 PAY j H G OF TAXES (Most of the Largest Taxpayers, However, Made Settlements by March 1.

," County Treasurer Albertson has ieent to the state treasurer 10,000 in accordance with the call sent out to 'each county treasurer in the state for 'twenty-five per cent of the money on hand in the various counties. It is said 'that Wayne county is one of the few 'counties in the state which have compiled with the call for money, so far. The call was issued, it is understood, because of their being but little in the state coffers and because of a number of outstanding bills which must be bnet at once. Treasurer Albertson and his office force are in the midst of the busy taxpayins period. With only two weeks rejinaininK in which to pay the first installment of the 1911 taxes large nurafbers of taxpayers are literally rushing In the treasurer's office in order that they will not be classed delinquent. The advice contained in the old anaxim, "Come early and avoid the irush," apparently was not followed by 'the majority of taxpayers in this county, as up to last Saturday only a de.cided minority had visited the treasurer's office. A few of the heaviest tax payers, Aowever, settled their taxes ueror iMarch 1, in order to be assessed for "the money they intended to use in the payment of taxes. Persons owning land in more than cue township or town or desiring to pay for property not in their names ;are always requested to call the treasurer's attention to the matter. Taxjpayers should also examine their receipts carefully before leaving the treasurer's office to ascertain if the receipts describe all property, both perjsonal and real, and if they are otherwise correct. The Theaters AT THE MURRAY. Frederick Miller at the Murray this week is an amusing Comedian. He is the star performer in a sketch called "A Lesson at Jl P. M.," in which he impersonates one "Bill Jones' a burglar. It isn't Jones that's funny. It's Miller. While this rather controverts the usual argument against personal theatrics, in vaudeville it's excusable. More than that. It "carries over." The sketch itself is the usual triangle of jealous wife and . husband, 'husband doing the accepted stunt staying out late. There is no originality, either in theme or treatment. But Miller is good. Possessed of positive, not negative, comedy talents. The bill is opened by a singing affair in which a man with a dramatic voice and a woman in effective costume give solo numbers and duos :which please their audiences, followed jby a juggling act that has potential possibilities. The man juggler is clever enough and the mise en scene, so to speak, Is different from the general run. The Hamilton Trio, made up of two .girls and a. man, do some amusing singing and dancing and the whole goes with considerable verve. E. G. W. CITY PLANT REPORT FOR MARCH ENTERED The report for the city light plant for the month of March was submitted to the council last evening. It was accepted. The receipts for the month are 511,112.88, and the disbursements .$6,041.77. Out of this sum, however, $2,883.60, the interest for six months on the $144,000 bonded indebtedness of the plant, was paid. Building and equipment took $966.14 of the funds and $660 was paid into the sinking fund. The sinking fund has a total of $7,667.91 in the treasury now. The municipal fund has $31,008.75 and the municipal sinking fund has $11,449.43. Laying aside the sum which the city owes the plant for lighting the streets of the city, and which sura is not actually' paid to the plant, the plant's excess of receipts over operating expenses were1 $3,032.37. TUNNELS UNDER RIVERS. They Are Built on a Plan Taught to Man by a Worm. There are now many great rivers with tunnels under them. Even when one is sunk to such a depth and carried so far along as the one under the Hudson -at Storm King for the aqueduct it excites only a moment's wonder. Such tunnels are generally driven under the water on the same plan, and that plan was taught to an engineer by a worm. The first attempt to make a tunnel under a river of any size was the Thames tunnel In London, which was built by the famous engineer Brunei. He had so much trouble with the water that oozed through that he came near giving-up the job as impossible when be happened to see a piece ot rotten wood into which a worm had bored under water. As the worm ate its way into the wood it left a deposit like lime all around the hole, and this got quite hard and waterproof, so that the worm could always get out the way it came, and the bole remained true and firm. Brunei did the same thing, He made large steel tubes and pushed them into the earth, and then he forced cement In between the tube and the wet ground about it. so that it set as hard as a rock. All tunnels under water are built on the same plan now. Mew York Sun. One western city has a highly accomplished mayor. He is a. lawyer by profession, the fastest shorthand ; writer in the city and the best tromvbone player.

AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED REVOKING CAR FRANCHISE

Action by the city council, revoking the T. H. I. & E. company's local street car franchise was delayed last night, two councilmen voting against rushing through the ordinance revoking the franchise. The ordinance will be passed at the meeting two weeks hence, it is believed. The committee on the street car question submitted a long report, which is appended to this article. Under a suspension of rules the ordinance was read the second time by title. The third reading followed and councilmen Von Pein and Engelbert voted against rushing it through. They gave no reasons for their action. Von Pein occupied the mayor's chair, vacant because Dr. Zimmerman was ill at his home and unable to attend. The ordinance charges the following violations of the company's franchise: Not keeping the street between and on the outside of the rails flush with the tops of the rails; not painting the poles, and failure to place all new inventions and improvements on the cars. Every street in the city not bricked, and on which is a car line with the exception of Richmond avenue, which is being repaved, and West Fifth street, which was repaired and macadamized last fall, was named in the ordinance in proof of the charge that the street car company violated section twelve of its franchise, which requires the company to maintain the streets between and on the outside of its tracks at a grade flush with the tops of the tracks. No poles except the iron ones are painted so the ordinance alleges. North E street and Ft. Wayne avenue were specified as streets vrhere the tracks were not maintained at grade. The committee alleged that it could not find on the street cars any new inventions or improvements, such as lights, heating systems, vestibules, fenders, etc. A legal battle is imminent according to the city attorney, for the traction company as soon as the ordinance is revoked, will take the matter into the courts. He believes the city will have a suit on its hands as soon as the ordinance is revoked. The committee's report follows: To the Mayor and Common Council ot the City of Richmond: Your committee appointed March 4 to investigate local street car conditions has finished its work, and has placed tfce results of its investigations in the hands of the city attorney with the recommendation that the street car company's franchise be revoked. on complaints and violations of its charter which the committee discovered in the course of its investigations. This step was taken after due thought and deliberation. We have met in several homes of the committee members and have gathered much information as to th;B local street car conditions. The information gathered we placed in the hands of the city attorney at a recent meeting. He agreed with us that we presented a clear case of violations of the car company's franchise, and agreed fiat our course, as we decided upon, i. -e. revocation of the franchise of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company granted in 1889, and the one granted to P. Freeman and John Lontz and since placed in the hands of the T. H. I. & E. traction company, was justified by the conditions as we found them. The many violations we found are embodied in the ordinance to be presented by Mr. A. M. Gardner revoking the franchise. We believe it is due to the citizens of the city of Richmond, that the council consider the many violations and without delay, revoke the franchise. This will result in the traction company either repairing their system to the extent designated by our complaint, or losing a valuable franchise. The legality Of this course, we are assured by the city attorney, is unquestionable. Aside from the many violations of the franchise which we, working as your committee found, and duly reported to the city attorney, many conditions were found which were violations of the laws of hygiene and sanitation, and which are such that the public is forced to endure physical discomfort when riding on the cars. Such conditions the committee desires to report with the recommendation that they be considered in the light of changes which should be made by the street car company. The changes we desire made, we believe, would result in better service to the citizens of the city, and although the cost would be considerable, we believe the increased popularity of the cars would Induce patronage and result in the return to the company through this increase in patronage, of the amount spent in making the changes. The committee has compared conditions here with the conditions in other cities of this state having the same population. The service and cars have been considered in this investigation. We find that the service afforded local patrons of the car system while not admittedly bad, could be improved. Morning, noon and evening, the shop men should be given more consideration' in the matter of accommodations. We found in the course .of our investigations, many shopmen who would ride the cars .to and from work if they could make connections and be at their places of business at the proper time. The small antiquated cars, and lack of a suitable schedule for the accommodation of the men results in them walking. Aside from this not enough cars are supplied at the busy hours to supply the shop men, and many are forced to walk because they cannot find room on the little cars. We also find that the belt car operated at the Main street. North Twentieth street. North E street and North Eighth street route, does not serve to relieve the situation. In our judgment it is a menace to the public by reason of the extreme speed which it is compelled to maintain in making its schedule. The speed the car attains, makes Jit dangerous to the traveling public,

and we suggest that an additional car be placed on the belt line. This would enable the cars to go slower and to carry more passengers, and relieve the congestion at the busy hours. We also suggest that the North Eighth street car which at present stops at North Sixteenth and E streets, go to Twentieth street. By investigation we find many who walk rather than wait at Sixteenth street after walking from their homes to the end of this line. They prefer walking all the way to the heart of the city, rather than walking to Main street or Sixteenth and E. streets to catch a car. This step has been advised by the residents of this section of the city. The committee found by investigation, that the car crews in a majority of instances, run fast to Sixteenth and E streets and then wait there for from four to six minutes before going back to the center of the city. This would seem to enable them to go to Twentieth street within the time limit and make their schedule easily. In deference to the demands of the public and for the safety of the lives of the children of the tax payers of the city, conductors should be placed on the Easthaven, Fairview and West Richmond lines, the conductors to remain on the cars for the entire round trip. Just recently a small boy was injured so that be will probably be a cripple for life. He was stealing a ride on an Easthaven car, which would not have occurred had the car been in charge of a conductor. This condition exists in Fairview and West Richmond also. Several accidents have been reported, which although they did not result fatally, caused much anxiety, annoyance to patrons of these three lines. Small children ride on the cars jumping on and off when they are going at high speed, because no conductor is there to stop this practice. The motorman cannot do so and retain control of his car. The motorman cannot watch his passengers alight and be assured they are safely off the cars thereby endangering their lives by starting too soon and throwing them to the ground. Although this change cannot be compelled by law, the law of common justice and regard for the life and safety of fellow man, demands that this step be taken by the traction company. We found also that the motormen and conductors after arriving at Eighth and Main streets, continuously

! leave the cars to mingle and talk to their fellowmen, it resembles a family reunion. This practice should be stopped. We also find upon investigation, that the Fairview line, which is admittedj ly one of the best paying lines in the City, is not given the service the reI ceipts seem to warrant. The residents ! of that suburb are at present, only giv en thirty minute service. They demand and want fifteen or twenty minute service, and it seems that this should be given them. Also, the cars to Fairview, do not run to that suburb late enough. The last car for Fairview leaves the center of the city at 10:30, giving the residents the option of leaving functions and business in the city at an early Jiour, or walk home. We recommend that the service be continued in Fairview until a later hour. The cars, as regards general conditions are very bad. They are an eye sore to our otherwise beautiful city. Why the residents of the city continue to ride in them is a mystery. They are too small to be of any material value in a rush. They are for the most part, dirty and unsanitary. They are stuffy and ill ventilated. They are of the antedated type found only in corporation ridden, cities. They are a source of derision from the visitors to our city, who ask why they are allowed to run "loose" over the streets. Vaudeville jokes are aimed at the cars and car system, they are the subject of cartoons and criticism in the daily press. They should be superceded by better cars. In our investigations we found many cars that were really filthy and a fruitful source of disease. The windows showed very few traces of ever having been washed. The seats were so dirty in some of the cars that, a white handkerchief, one of the members of the committee thoughtlessly wiped off the seat with, was irretrievably ruined. Women with good clothes disdain to ride in some of the cars. The heating system in vogue is such as to be a fruitful source of complaint and jokes. When the weather is warm the cars were too hot and passengers who asked that the windows or doors be opened for the purpose of letting in pure air, are liable to be refused. On the other hand, when the weather was cold, the interior of the cars were so cold that the frost would collect in a solid mass orf the window panes. The only warm places in the cars were directly over the heaters, and occupancy of this favored seat was liable to result in burning of clothes. This happened in one case, and the street car company was forced to reimburse a lady for. a ruined coat. Then, the motorman at his post in front of the car, in the little vestibule, is not given any heat. He is forced to stand the severe weather without any protection from the weather except the variety afforded by any common cow shed. The appearance of the cars is detrimental to the reputation of the city for thorough up-to-dateness in matters of public utility. The cars are old and dilapidated. Some of them leak. One of them was recently ordered into the barns by the superintendent as it was admittedly dangerous to allow it to remain in service longer. The vestibules of the rars are too small. They will not comfortably accommodate more than two passengers at a time, and anyone desiring to remain on the platform for any reason does so to his positive discomfort. When they are forced to do so by this crowded condition, often forces passengers to get off the cars and walk. The cars should be provided with a system of lighted signs so that passen

gers may know where the cars are bound. The present system of small signs, which may or may not tell the destination of the cars, should be abolished and illuminated signs, visible alike by day or night, should be installed. Only by making arrangements with the head of the street car system, which is controlled by the T. H. I. & E. traction company can any one party or corporation make arrangements for any additional car supply. In cases where demands are made on the system for an extra number of cars to carry passengers to and from an event liable to draw a crowd.'the local superintendent informs us he is without power except after securing consent from Indianapolis. We believe this should be abolished, and a superintendent placed here to be empowered to make arrangements of this nature. The local superintendent 6hould be empowered to arrange for extra cars whenever public sentiment asks that this accommodation be arranged.Many events, notably the motorcycle races last fall, dangerosuly bordered on the failure line because of an inadequate car supply to carry the passengers. The superintendent should also have power, so we believe, to arrange for any change in the local car system or to make any repairs or extensions necessary and demanded by the public, through the city administration. We also believe that inasmuch as the city policeman at the corner of Eighth and Main streets from morning until night is occupied mainly in directing traffic, as he would not be forced to be so employed were it not for the congestion made by the street cars, that the street car company should pay the salary of this traffic officer. We should also ask that this be given consideration and that steps be taken immediately to have this matter brought before the traction company. It is also asked that this man, who may be appointed by the traction company or the city police board as arranged, be placed under the jurisdiction of the Richmond police department, and be given police power to more faithfully perform his duties. This officer is mainly employed in caring for traffic at this congested corner, and signalling for tie street cars and wagons to cross over the crossing. As this is his main occupation the city seems to be paying for a man who really is caring for the best interests of the traction company. This should be changed. If the above suggestions appeal to the members of the common council of the City of Richmond and to the Terre Haute and Indianapolis and Eastern traction company, we ask that they be adopted and placed in effect as soon as possible. When adopted, we believe the above suggested reforms will do much toward placing Richmond where she rightfully belongs, at the head of the 6tate in matters of public utility. We believe that if these reforms are adopted, the citizens of Richmond will join hands with the traction company and cooperate for a common end, the best interests of the city and the traction company. These interests must be one. Friction wears and will wear on both, and an adjustment of the above mentioned reforms will result in good to both the city and the traction company, we believe. Having investigated the situation thoroughly and arriving at the above mentioned conclusion, we as a committee, ask that the above mentioned changes be made.

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MUST PAY DOCTOR BILL SAYS MAYOR Tells Two Negro Fighters That the City Will No Longer Be the Goat.

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