The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-02
COMMON COUNCIL.


The meeting of the Common Council, last
night, was of no special interest or Importance,
and the session was comparatively brief.
The city treasurer reported balances to the
credit of the different funds General fund,
$685. 80; Tom1nson estate, 55,76o.06; adj
ditional city-hal fund, S2S,36S 80, and sinking
fund, S14,99736. The city clerk reported ex-
penditures during September amounting to
$44,515,o6.
The city attorney reported that in the case Of
Richard Clark against the city, wherein the
plaintiff claimed So, 900 damages on account OF
diseases contracted while a prisoner in the STA
tion-house last winter. and a verdict for 5000
having been given by Superior Court jury, he
had filed motion for a trial, but reported
that unless additional evidence could be found
the motion would not be urged, as the verdict
might be much larger next time.
The third quarterly report of the chief fire en-
gineer, ]. H. Webster, submitted, showing
receipts amounting to $5s7.14, of which $279.96
had been disbursed, while the expenditures for
supplies amounted to So, 694.
Changes in the judges and inspectors OF the
forthcoming city election we're made as follows:
FIRST ward, second precinct, Hiram Altland,
judge, instead of d. NJ. Osborne. Fifth ward,
first precinct, Stephen X. Fletcher, inspector,
instead of E. o. Cornelius. Seventh ward, sec
ond precinct, W. c. Pyle, judge, instead of T. 8.
Rollins. Eleventh ward, third precinct, John Fl.
Vajen, Inspector, instead of John G. S. Harrison,
and Frank Reynolds, judge, instead of John H.
Vsjen. Eleventh ward, first precinct, John NJ.
Kitchen, Inspector, insJe ad of James C. Yohn, and
Granville NJ. Ballard, judge, instead of Isaac @.
Walker, Twelfth ward, first precinct, Charles
Johns, judge, instead of Wilson Morrow.
Nineteenth ward first precinct, Hiram Seibert,
inspector, instead OF John T. Pressly. Twenty
second ward, first precinct, Richard 8. Coter,
inspector, instead of NJ. Steinhauer. Twenty
fifth ward second precinct, John Brown, judge,
instead Of Andrew Cain. Second ward, first
precinct, jackson Landers, judge, instead of
John j. Cooper Seventeenth ward, first pre-
cinct Andrew Oehler, judge, instead of John
Geiss. Fifteenth ward, first precinct, Daniel
V0lmer, judge, instead of Patrick Manly. Fourth
ward, second precinct, John MCGEE, judge, in
. stead of Andrew Baumau; and l.. the first pre-
c1nct Andrew Bauman, judge, instead of John
MCGEE. Sixteenth ward, second precinct, Ham
ilton Kimberlin, judge, instead of A s. Pauter-
son. The voting place in the second precinct of
he Sixteenth ward was changed TO No. ST West
,1aryland street, from No. 124 South Tennessee
rect.
The city civil engineer was directed to prepare
a estimate for a bridge across Pogues run at
ilk1uS street.
cOrdinances appropriating money for the cur
7pt expenses of the fire department, the city
ispital the station-house and for miscella-
pus expenses.
lhe contract for the improvement of Michigan
Jet was awarded to s. W. and r. Fl. Patterson
13t9 cents per foot for bowldering and AZ
1s for curbing.
~ Gansburg was given the contract for the
improvement of South Meridian street, at "a
cents for bowldering and AZ cents for curbing.
The contract for the improvement of Market
street was awarded to Hanway Cooper at
81 Oh per lineal foot.
John A. Whitsett was awarded the contract
for the construction of brick Sc wer on Madison
avenue, between McCarty and Ray streets, at
$1.3S per foot for sewer, $50 for man-holeS and
$40 for oatch-basns.