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CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA,
FRIDAY DECEp. ER 3, 1937.
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, met in the offiee of said Board ,
Friday December 3, 1937 at 9 :00 o' clock A. M. Messrs.
Joseph N. Waltermann, Simeon Hodgin and William Kelley,
Jr. being present , the following Proceedings were had ,
to-wit :
The minutes of the preceeding meeting were approved as
read.
Mr. Hess reported on the cost of the revising the traffic
light installation at 16th and Main Streets, and the Board
authorized this change at a cost of 965.00, said work to
be completed or paid for before the first of the year.
Mr. Dill of the Water Works Corporation was before the
Board regarding the installation of the water main on the
New Paris Pike and reported that work would be started on
this at once.
Mr. Dill also reported that he had received a circular
from his company advising of the danger of the water being
contamnated due to back syphoning of air conditioning
plants and flush ometer toilets, andstatedTthat.. he;::was
goingtb exam ne the plumbing code to see if provisions
wre made to prevent anything of this nature occuring. Mr.
Dill was asked to consult with the Building Inspector on
this Question.
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Fire Chief Harry Williams stated that when the new high
school was built that it would be necessary to remove the
water main in Dodge street and that this would leave him
without fire protection on the east side of the school.
It was decided to have the Chief, Mr. Dill and Mr. Bate
get together and arrange some way that this condition
could be corrected.
The light plant v{as authorized to place the first light
on the west side of North 9th and just north of Main Street
on the allnight circuit.
Superintendent of Streets Burkhardt asked permission to
purchase a hot water heater for the street department garage,
Chief Williams stated that he thought that there was an old
heater in the basement that could be used and Yr. Burkhardt
stated that he would look at this to see if could not be used.
A petition for the issuance of ::45, 000. 00 of bonds for
the construction of the East and Southeast Sanitary Sewer
System, the said petition bearing the signatures of 56
taxpayers , the Clerk was instructed to present the Ordinance
authorizfbng the issuance of $45,000. 00 of bonds for this
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purpose, said ordinance to ready for the Council at their
regular meeting of December 6, 1937 .
City Attorney Kelley read an ammendment to the Building
Code, which had been requested by the Building Inspector,
and Mr. Kelley was authorized to have this ammendment ready
for the Council on Monday December 6, 1937 .
Claims to the amount of • $2, 655.46 were allowed after
which the Board adjourned.
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Attest : f/
City Clerk.