HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-26-1935 104
Office of the Board of Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
Tuesday March 26, 1935.
The Board of Works of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, met in the offices of said Board,
Tuesday March 26, 1935 at 9 :00 o ' cluck A.M. I/
Messrs. .Joseph M. Walterman, Simeon Hodgin,
and William Kelley being present the following
proceedings were had, to-wit :
Minutes of the preceeding meeting were read
and approved.
City Engineer Hodgin reported that he had
decided on a Ford car for the engineers office,
he also stated that the Water Works Company was
now laying the water mains on North West 17th
Street .
Mayor Walterman stated that he had a petition
for a water main extension on South 5th and Q. Street,
but no action was taken on this petition by the
Board.
A request for an arc light at the point on North
West 13th between Main Street and the National Road
this request was referred to the City Engineer and
the Superintendent of the Light Plant for their
investigation.
The Clerk read several names of individuals who
were interested in securing the use of certian
property of the City for gardening purposes, the
Board ordered these people be referred to Mr.
Burkhardt, Superintendent of Streets.
Fire Chief Harry Williams appeared before the
Board and stated that he had a vacancy on the Fire
Department due to the pensioning of Everett Ogburn,
and that he recomended the name of Beryl McConaha
for this vacancy, Chief Williams also stated that
there was also a vacancy for a First LL:eutenant
and that he recomended Earl Miller for this
promotion. A motion was made by Mr. Hodgin and
seconded by Mr Kelley, that the recomendations
of the Chief be accepted.
Mr Now6rd ' Dill of the Watev Works Company was
before the Board in regards to the water main
extension on South 0 Street between 9th and 14th
and the Board ordered the Clei°k' to notify the
Company to make this extension.
105
The Mayor stated that it was his opinion that
some effort should be made to fight the hordes
of mosquitoes that infested our City and asked
the Clerk to write to the United States Department
of Health, in aneffort to obtain the cooperation
and advice of the Goverment .
The Mayor set aside the week of April 1 - 6
as clean up week and asked the press to give
this notice to the public .
Mr. Wilfred Jessup appeared before the Board in
the interest of the Dayton Purification Systems
Inc . and presented a petition to the Board requesting
that a Board of Engineers be appointed to investigate
the different types of systems . Mr Hodgin explained
that the very thing that was reouested by Mr. Jessup,
was now being done by Mr. Chas . H. Hurd.
Claims to the amount ofJ' ,, 96 sere allowed
by the Board, and the Board then adjourned.
/ Pr ldent of t e Board
///://
Attest : /�� /� 14�
CClerk.
ity 1