Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 276, 27 September 1913 — Page 50

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM,

PROMINENT IN SULZER TRLVL HOME BUILDERS MAKING PROGRESS WIDE EXPERIENCE IN SHOE BUSINESS

CITY GOVERNMENT PLAN EXPLAINED Comparatively Few Citizens Know How They Are Governed.

Suffragette Who Alarms Three Nations

INTERESTING STORY OF COM WS START Richmond Coal Company Organized in 1906 by O. O. Smith.

OUTLINE DEPARTMENT

Power of Various Bodies Restricted by City Charter.

Until recently there was little opportunity for citizens to learn the plan

of government undr which Richmond is run. As a rr;railt, few citizens know the plan of city government except those who have actually taken part in ir at some time, or who have made a study of it. The city governments are being taught in the schools now under the head of civics which embraces also state'and national government and passes quickly over city government forms. It is hardly possible to study the government of any city fro ma book, because such a book necessarily would be too bulky and would contain only the forms under which cities are governed. Every city in Indiana is governed under a charter, granted with powers to rule in classes arranged according to population. City in Third Class. There are four classes of cities, of which Indianapolis is the only first class city in the state. Of third clasB cities, consisting of those with a population of more than 20,000 and less than 35,000 inhabitants, there are seventeen. Richmond will belong to this class after January 1, 1914. The elective offices of Richmond are the mayor, city clerk and twelve councilmen, eight from wards and four from any ward In the city. The legislative powers of the city are held exclusively by the council although the board of works hands down rulings and decisions on exigencies. The power of the council Is limited to handing down ordinances which concern Richmond only and are not in conflict with the state or national laws. Many city ordinances are framed for emergencies and become "dead" after a few months. As a consequence, there are hundreds of city ordinances which are not and never will be enforced. Other Departments. The mayor,' city clerk, police and other departments of the city carry out the administration and execution of the government. In turn the police department is entirely under the jurisdiction of the board of metropolitan police commissioners, an exclusive body not accountable to any oficer in the city but appointed by the mayor.

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One wagon and three or four mn ; were able to take care of the busi- j ness of the Richmond Coal company t when it was launched in 1S"" by o. : O. Smith. Today the company oper- . ates eight and nine wagons and em- j ploys from twelve to fifteen men. ! The company was started wthn Mr. , Smith purchased a carload of real to deliver anion? a few persons he wa J acquainted with. There was a demand ; for the brand of coal he was selline I and although he had nt anticipated J devoting his time exclusively to this j business, his customers increased in number until now he has handled j more than 7,000 tons of coal during i

the past year. The first two years the business

was conducted near the Rettig Ice i

company's buildings on Chestnut street. It was moved later to the present location, occupying the block between North West Second and Third streets and north of Chestnut street. There are several toul sheds and office on the grounds and the business is now permanently located. In seven years, the owner of the company 6. O. Smith has become recognized as one of the leading coal dealers of the city.

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When it was learned that Mrs. Emmelinr- :.khurst, militant leader of the English suffragettes, was to pay tlie United States a visit, the officials of one more country were given instructions to look into the past record of the famous equal righter. and as a result it is announced that when Mrs. Pankhurst reaches Ellis Island she will be deported as an undesirable. A short while ago Mrs. Pankhurst was released from prison in order to prevent her from starving herself to death. She was released under the "Cat and Mouse" act, under which the government releases the 'starving" prisoner, but only until she has recuperated, when she returns and serves her time. It was while under this release that Mrs. Pankhurst escaped to France, where she alarmed the officials of that country and she was watched day in and day out. It was from Paris that the announcement was made that she wah to invade the United States, and undoubtedly the announcement was not received by French and English officials with much regret.

sent to the city clerk who notifies the appointee officially. Clerk's Duties. The clerk is clerk of all formal meetings of any city officers. He holds all city records and makes records of any thing official which

happens in official circles.

The Home Huilders, an incorporated company :s cm b!is.hed January 1.

I of this year, and it has bui't up a laite business and is firmly established I The Home Huil-lers -eii houses which they contract to build and sub con j tract t the Mtll. r Kemper company, i a closely allied organization comiK'si od of the same officers. ! The Home Huilders has proved itj self a benefit to the city. in:imuh as j in its nine months' rxlrtt m n has M'Pened three additions and ha.- caus

ed all the permanent improvements to be placed in the streets of each one. It owns sixty-six lots in Kevvsun addition, and contracts for the inr,roelik'tits of the streets on which the lots are located have been let-

The company began its activities in ( platting out Bungalow Hill, an add! ticn on Pearl street Ivtmtii Wom Fifth and Seventh streets. The com pany not only made the streets in the additiou but had water, electricity iiini iras nut there and the streets ini-

i proved wiih cement walks and gutters. Fie houses have been built and: : Mli there and ten more will soon bo , I under way. I tllen View Tark addition, opposite the 'Clen at Twentj third and Main 'streets is being de eloped by the torni pany and six houses will be built on it. i ! Already the cement curbs and gutters

" " jhave been laid. Park View addition on Gutta percha. now obtained from the I South Ninth street is composed of leates of the caoutchouc tree, is paid t small bouses which can be sold cheap-J

Operate an Up-to-Date Store. "TeepW. 71 Main street, is nse of the modern and up-to-date sho stores in the cit y I H Teeple. who ha had mid experience in the sho business, be1'eves that the Richmond people want good shoes at reasonable prtces and his sin-cess is due to the quattT and good service, which his pftrofcs re- , i el c This tore has lately put in factory hoe repair department with the f.i-.e-t workmanship of an repair shop tn the city.

Aaron J. Levy, chairman of the Sulzer impeachment board of managers, who is confident that William Suizer will be convicted and removed as governor of the state of New York. Included in the eleven charges against Sulzer are the following: Misuse of $io0.00 in Wall street bribery and coercion of It gistlators, and use of v ife's name.

! houses under construction. The officers of the company are Edwin U. (Kemper, president; Charles Shti- ; maker, vice president; O. H. Miller, secretary and treasurer; board of directors. E. G. Kemper, president; Charles Shumaker, O. H Mil!er and Charles Herr.

Of the mayor's cabinet, very little is known by any person and nobody but one or two members pays any attention to it. There are fifteen members and never have five been present at a meeting. The cabinet is the result of previous campaigning, in which the present mayor promised to "group about hfm all the heads of all the departments of the city for the purpose of bettering conditions in the city." Chief of police; chief of the fire department; superintendent of public parks; superintendent of the creamatory; superintendent of the light

plant; dairy inspector; chief of the department of law; president of the board of works; city controller; superintendent of the streets; city health officer; city meat inspector; city engineer; sealer of weights and measures; sanitary inspector. Some of these officers are left for choice to the heads of other departments. For instance, the sanitary iQspector is not directly chosen by the mayor. The city health oficer, previously selected, chooses his sanitary inspector and recommends his appointment in writing to the mayor. This is approved by the mayor and

to bo more durable than that obtained by tapping the trunk and is coming into use in France for insulating sub-

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ine cit) controller, is lue eiij uwn- , keeper and holds an important posi- j . . . . . . . .

tion. He has charge of any thing con- j cerning the city's finances except the t actual cash, which is under the care j

of the city treasurer who is the county treasurer. However, the controller and treasurer act as a check on each other in the keeping of the city funds. In the event that the mayor if the city is incapacitated in any way, the fjffice would be filled by the controller. The mayor may take away the powers of any appointive oficer by writing his reasons to the city coun

cil. The vacancy is then filled by an j election of a new member by the other members at a meeting held not j less than two days nor more than J fifteen days after the vacancy occurs.

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kind here. It ' features its houses as ! P't out at the same time.' "

the "Bestbilt." There are now ten

Prootem or ne two jck. Here's a Judj;e CrutebfiVM story from Riehaior.d: "Two fellows charged with gambling !id in defending themselves that tner were not gambling, but merely pUyin with the deck, seeing if they could jet two jacks out at the same time. "Crutchfield looked them over carefully and said slowly; "I will j;lve yon six months, suh. and you twelvemonths. Now. ee if ytu two jarka

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