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• Of fi ce of 13.0a rd of Public Works
City of Richmond , Indiana;
Monday January 28th , 1924.
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The Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond: , Indiana, met in
regular session at the office of said Board Monday January 28th,
1924, at 9 o' clock A. M. All the members of said Board , Messrs , Land ,
McFall and Henley being present : The following proceedings were had,
to-wit :-
The Board met to hear all persons - interested or whose property is
affected byythe improvement of the alley between the C .& 0. Ry.Co.
tracks and South 7th Street , by constructing a cement roadway the
full width thereof, from South "H" to "J" Street, under Improvement
Resolution No. 699-1924. After hearing all persons interested who
appeared, and being fully advised in the premises, ' the board decides
that the benefits to property liable to be assessed for said improve-
ments are equal to the estimated cost of the same as reported by the
City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action on said resolu-
tic n as originally adopted, the same being confirmed without modifi -
cation.
The Board met to hear all persons interested whose property
is affected by Improvement resolution No. 70.1-1924. for the improve -
ments of the 1st alley south of Main Street, by constructing a cement
roadway from South 22nd to 23rd Street. After hearing all persons in-
terested who appeared, and being fully advised in the premises, the
board decides that the benefits to property liable to be assessed for
said improvements are equal to the estimated cost of the same as re-,
ported by the City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action
on said resolution as originally adopted, the same being confirmed
without modification.
The Board meets to hear all persons intere s t ed or whose prop erty is
affe cte d by Impr,ovement Re so lutio n No. 702-1924, for -the impr ove ment
of the alleybbetween North 16th & 17th Street ,by- constructing a cem-
ent roadway from North "B" to "C" Stre e.t. After hearing all persons
interested" who appeared, and being fully advised in the premises,the
board decides that the benefits to the property liable to be assessed
for said improvements are equal to the estimated cost of the same as
reported by the City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action
on said resolution as originally adopted, the same being confirmed
without modification.
The Board meets to hear all persons interested or whose property is
affected by Improvement Resolution No. 703 -1924, for the improvement ng
of the alleybbetween South 7th & 8th Street, by constructing a cement
roadway from South "T" Street, north to the north terminous ; thence
east to South 8th Street . After hearing all persons interested who
appeared, and being fully advised in the premises, the board decides
that the benefits to- the property liable to be assessed for said im-
provements are equal to the estimated cost of the same as reported
by the City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action on said •
resolution as originally adopted, the same being confirmed without
modifi cation.
The Board. meets 'to hear all persons interested or whose property is
affected by Improvement Resolution No. 704-1924, for the improvement
of Southwest 10t t Street, by constructing cement curb & gutter, side-
walks both sides thereof, and 1..ving the roadway with Cement , Rock-
Asphalt,Sheet Asphalt, or Bituminous-Macadam, from National Road
to West Main Street . (cont'd. , next page)
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Imp.11es . 704-co nt d.,
after hearing all persons interested who appeared, the question
of gas main and services being brought to the attention of the
Board . The Board continued hearing on said improvements until
. Monday, February 8th , 1924, at 9 o' clock A. M. unti 1 the cost of
- . placing gas ri n in said street would be , and whether the owners
.of lots would be willing to pay the cost of same . , ._
The Board received a petition for the improvement of the alley
1st north of National Road, by cement roadway from Southwest -10th
to 11_th Street, the same was referred to Engineer for plans , etc. ,
The Board purchased from the Dickinson Trust Co. Trustees, by
Special warranty Deed A part of Lot #5, Richmond. Trading & Mfg.
Co. , Addition, for the consideration of ' 17 .65 and .3.48 delin-
quent takes for 1923 , and ordered the- Deed be recorded and delin-
quent taxes be paid.
The Board received bids for 500 feet of 21-" internal diameter fire
hose with couplings , for City Fire Department as follows ;
" New York Belting & Packing Co. , bid:
Double Jacket "Blue Line" - .85c per linear foot
. " U.S.Rubber Co. Eureka Fire Hose Dept . , bid: -
Paragon �il.40 ft. Trojan ,Double Jacket- $1. 20 foot .
" Boston Wooven Hose & Rubber Co. , bid;
Bos ton Fire Jacket Brand. ; Double Jacket fire hose--'1.30 foot •
. Bay State Brand, II
- " " " -- 1. 20 "
- Paramount " " " " " -- 1.10 "
Upon the recommendation of Fire Chief Miller, the Board on
motion award the contract to the Boston Wooven Hose and Rubber Co.
nor 500 feet of Bay State Brand , Double Jac ket , at price named
in their bid.
- The Clerk was directed to noti fy the Richmond City Water Works, to
place water mains in South 18th Street to Soutil "E" Stre et.
The Board approved the contract & bond of John F. Hipskind con-
tractor under Improvement Resolution No. 697-1923.
Claims in amount of $10,055 . 2.1 were allowed & ordered paid .
The Board awarded the contract for Tarvia 'B" to be applied on
streets , to the Hayes Construction Co. , of Indianapolis , Indiana.
The Board unanimously adopted- the following Resolution, to-wit: .
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond
_ Indiana , that, Whereas we have this day rec eive d a repo rt from the
Superintendent of the Municipal Electric Light & Power Plant re •
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_' lative to the •status of the peti. do n fi led by the Board with the
Public Service Commission of Indiana , which report of the Superin-
tendent is in the words and figures following, to-wit : -
To the Board of Public Works
• of the City of Richmond ; •
Gentlemen : •
C.omplyi ng wi th your suggestion he r e t of re on the _day
of 19 23, a petition was filed with the Pub lic Service Commmssion
asking fore an order requiring the terre Haute , :Indianapolis &
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Eastern Traction Company to desist from r .ki ng physical connection
at the state line between Ohio and Indiana with the transmission
lines ,of the Dayton Light and lower Company®and further asking an
order requiring the said Terre haute , Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Company to desist from soliciting business and goi ng into compettt--
ion with the Municipal Electric Light & Power Plant of the City in
territory developed and now served by the said Municipal Electric
Light & Power Plant and outside of the ci ty gene rally but in the
vicinity of the City .
The petition remained on file , and subsequen-
tly, upon the advice of the Chai rman of the Public Servi. ce Commission,
the Mayor together wi th myself and the City Attorney were requested
to come to Indianapolis for a conference with the Chairman of the
Commission, which we accordingly did on the 24th day of January, 1924,
_ In consultation wi th the Chai rman of the Commissic n, we were inform-
ed that there was no way by which competition outside of the City
limits could be restrained or interfered wi th by the Commission,and
consequently under the circumstances any uti lity setting itself up
as such could go into competition with the Municipal Plant outside
of the city limits without possibility of relief from the commission
and we were fur ther lead to believe that in the event a ri.ght -of-way
over private property could be obtained by any industry in the City
of Richmond from its location to the city limits at a suitable point
for• physical connection with an outside utility in competition with
the Municipal Plant , that the City would have no relief against this
situation from the Commission,
Further the consultation with refer-
ence to the regulation of rates developed the fact that lower rate
even than the cost of produc ti on cou ld be offered in compe titian
wi th the Municipal Plant under the circumstances and condi t ions above
reci ted.
It was further intimated that the rates fixed by the Commis-
sion for the Municipal Plant w.oaRld necessari ly be fixed upon a pro-
fitable basis and no rate would be waranted or permitted that would
be under the cost of pro due ti.on.
Under the for egoi ng circumstances ,
I beg leave to repo-rt that it appears that the coporate lines of the
City of Ri chmond have a great deal to do wi th the protection of the
local M.E.L.& P.P. In other words , if the industri_ es now outside of
the City of Richmond were included within the City, it seems evident
that they could not be served by any out si de competitor under the
condi tions above recited, and in this way it is very material whether
or not these industries are included in the City at this time in so
far as any future competition with the Municipal Plant is concerned.
I wish to observe further that the physical and financial condition
of. the Municipal Dlant is such at th is time as to justi fy the be -
lief that it can enter fairly in compe ti do n with any plant of its
si ze on a question of rates wi thin a reasonable distance of its lo-
- cation, but nevertheless that its load factor as compared with its
strength -and producti on capaci ty has a great. deal to do with the
lower co st at this ti me made possible .
The load. reasonably at this time outside the corporate boundaries
of the City of Richmond, including the load of the Liberty Light & Dow
Power Co. , would possibly constitute one-third of the total load
of the plant and a loss of business to the extent of this load would
greatly cripple the plant and make it impossible to produce current
profitably at the present rate.
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Accordingly, it appears from a standpoint of the preservatio n of
the Muni ci pal Plant purely, the passage of the annexation ordi-
nance as Mb present outlined wou ld be of enduring benefit in
the preservation and ulti mate growth of the Plant .
D. C. Hess, Sup t t. . M.E.L.& P.P.
We have no desire to attempt to influence your action on the annex-
ation ordinance but we do desire to Eirterapisc impress upon ,you your
responsibility in the. protection of the Municipal Electric Light
_ and Power Plant , and finding the recommendations and suggestions
of the Superintendent to be well taken at this time and believing
it to be for the best interest of the Municipal Electric Light and
Power Plant and its ulti na to preservation and deve lopement , we
respectfully recommend to the Offi cers and Members of the Common
Council of the City of Richmond that the facts stated in the said
report be seriously taken into consideration by the members of the
Council before voting on the annexation ordinance now pending be-
fo re the Council.
The Board on motion order copies of the above resolution together
wi th the report of Superintendent Hess, be forwarded to each mem-
ber of the Common Council of the City of Richmond , Indiana , and
copies thereof be presented to the Richmond -newspapers .
The Board then adkourned,
Prest. of Board
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