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Office of the Board of Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
Friday March 6, 1936.
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, met in the office of the Board of
Public Works, Friday March 6, 1936, at 9 :00 o' clock
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A.M. Messrs. Joseph M. Walterman, 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 in Council.
The Mayor read a communication from the Department
of Commerce that the Aviation Program of the Department
ends officially June 30, 1936, City Engineer Hodgin
reported that Mr. Wentz of the WPA had informed him
that no additional grants would be made until::_after
July 1st, Mr. Hodgin was requested to see Mr. John
Nixon inregards to the lease on the Airport Property.
The Board ordered safety lines painted at the cross
walks around the different public schools and instructed
the Clerk to communicate with Mr. Bate and try to have
the teachers train the children to use these cross walks.
The Market Master stated that it was time to receive
bids for the renting of the concession for ice at the
market . The Board instructed the Clerk to have bids for
this concession ready for the date of March 20, 1936 .
Fire Chief Harry Williams asked permission of the
Board to purchase 3 miles of #10 hard drawn copper
wire, to be used on the alarm system. The Board granted
this permission.
A communication was received from Mrs,John Hinskey
in regards to an arc light at the corner of 9th and
Richmond Ave. The Board did not feel that there were
sufficient houses at this location to justify an,arc-'_
light , but they were going to investigate through the
Light Plant and see if it were possible to install
a light at this location which would be cheaper than
an arc light .
The Board discussed the proposition of removing the
two old houses from the Glen Miller Park and moving
the present occupants to the old Lemon property on
Main Street, and the Clerk was instructed to give
notice to the present occupants of the Lemon property.
The question of the amount of food being served the
prisoners in the City Jail and the Board decided that
the City was not getting enough food for the money that
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being spent , and decided that each prisoner should
receive at least an ordinary lunch, and that if
this could not be had for 20/ then the amount should
be raised to 25/ and if there was any charge for
delivering this food to the jail, one of the police
on duty should carry this food and save the added
expense.
Claims to the amount of $14, 658.76 were allowed
after which the Board adjourned.
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