The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-20
THE CITY'S LAW MAKERS.
The Railroad Companies Must Build
Span Bridges Over Pogue's Run.
Another Rilt Taken at the Western Union
"A Proposition for a West Market
Place-Street Railways.

The City Council met last night in regular
| session 7:30, central standard time. The
mayor reported the following collections for the
month Of October, which, on the 10th of No
vember, he paid into the city truasury: Mar
shal's fees, $171.2O mayors fees, $110 TO- fines,
$4.1O; total( $2s5.4O.
| The following contracts and bonds were re-
ported and accepted: Hanway & Cooper, grade
and gravel first alley north of Michigan street,
from Pennsylvania to Meridian, bond $780,
same, to grade and gravel roadway of Railroad
street from Ohio to Masket bond 1000.
The city civil engineer reported first and
final estimate in behalf of j. l.. spaulding for
grading and paving with brick the sidewalks of
Chestnut street, from Madison avenue to Hill
street-2O82 9O-1OO linear feet of paving at
| 32l9c $676.95; 225 2O-1O0 linear feet of walk
stone, at 69c, $1,000; 81 1900 square yards
OF bowldering, at 69c, S67.05; total, $4,000.
An ordinance was introduced, prepared by the
city attorney, regulating the issuance of licenses
to open and carry theaters, dance-houses
and concert halls The annual license fee is
fixed at 500.
The chief fire engineer sent in communica-
| ton asking that the Council and Board of Alder
men offer standing reward for the arrest OF
| incendiaries. Mr. Pierson moved that a rev ard
OF $50 be offered for the apprehension and con-
diarsm. Adopted.
The city attorney reported as follows In the
case of the city vs. VIM. 8. Hubbard, to enforce
the collection of an assessment against his prop
erty on account of the opening of Fourth street
between Illinois and Meridian streets, in 1974,
| Judge Taylor has sustained defendants de-
| murrer to the citys complaint, holding that the
city has sufficient remedy under the statute to
| collect her assessments in such cases. Under
the old statute, which is the one governing this
| case, the city has never been able to induce any
one to bid and hence, in fact, the city is prac-
tically without remedy unless she can enforce
these claims by suit. as attempted In this case.
On motion of Mr.. Pearson the city attorney was
ordered to enE3al the case.
| The proposition of the water works company
to supply the City Hospital with water for all
purposes at the rate of ten cents per thousand
/ gallons from the date of acceptance of PROPOSE
| ton until Jan, l, 1889, was accepted.
The report of she Board of Health showing
| the number of deaths for the first half OF the
month of November TO be forty-six, was re-
ceived.
The following report on the new west market
was presented
To the Mayor, Common Council and Board of Alder
| men:
Your committee on markets, to whom was re-
| ferred the communication of Daniel Z. Reagan.
Offering the city his new market-house free of
any charge ami paying into the city treasury 25
per cent. of the receipts thereof on the follow
|
| be abolished forthwith. SecOnd-The structure
erected by the said Reagan to be recognized as
nv I've & ;b anu TCne n 70 t Ue his
| That Daniel E. Reagan be duly appointed
master Of. said market. The building contains
fifty two stalls ten feet square, is intersected by
| a ten-foot drive running through IL and under,
| all parts easy OF access. We recommend the
| acceptance of this proposition and the passage
of the ordinance H. j. MAUER,
| PATRICK HAROLD,
Committee.
|
to the judiciary committeeman the city attor-
| ney. So referred.
The resolution appropriating 5000 to the
| Home for Friendless Women was laid upon the
| table.
The petition Of John W. Schmidt. Edward
| Schmidt and August Hook, asking for vacation
| of an alley running from McCarty to Wyoming
| street, in outlet 107, was granted. .c
A resolution was passed that the name Of the
| first street west of the st. L., w. & p. railroad
| be named and known as Weaver street.
| The ayes and noes were called on concurring
| in the following motion from the Board of Al
| dermen, adopted by that body at the session of
Nov. IL, 1883: 'That the Citizens Street Railway
| Company be- and the same is hereby instructed
| to run its cars on North Pennsylvania street not
| more than eight minutes apart; and that it is the
i sense of the Board of Aldermen and Common
| Council that the use of 'T rail within the city
| limits should be discontinued, and the company
| is hereby instructed TO remove the same and
| substitute the most approved rail-"
| Ayes Bedford, Brundage, Bryce, CayIor,
! Cole, Dean, Egger, Knodei, Mauer, Morrison,
Pearson, Pritchard, Reichwein, Stout Thalman,
| Nays-COy, Bowling, Fultz, Harold, Roller.
| Concurred in. t11"
men was presented: THAT the superintendent of
| the Western Union Telegraph Company at Indi-
| annapolis is hereby requested TO hereafter make
| no charge for delivering messages in the city
limits, and that if said company declines to COM
| ply with this request said superintendent ia
| hereby requested to at once notify the Council
| and Board of Aldermen of such determination
| and the reason OF said company therefor"
| Considerable discussion took place on the mo-
I P4lr 1por,r
| that enjoyed valuable privileges in this city for
! which it paid nothing, was III the habit of charg-
| ing from ten to twenty-five cents each for the
delivery of messages at no greater distance than
| a mile frequently less, from their Office Mr..
Pearson thought the company should be brought
| they would accommodate citizens by placing
two or more outside stations here, as was usual
in other cities ties OF no greater smde size
| said, our streets and alleys with
poles to the great hindranee Of the fire depart
| ment, and making the hazard of property greater
| by fire. for all of which they paid about $65
| year into the city's treasury. The company only
| lists its entire property in the city at $4,000.
Mr.. Pritchard hereupon remarked that there
was not a line in any ordinance giving the tee-
| graph company the right to put up arsfngie mole
| in the city-a point That may be considered val
| liable for future reference. The motion was con-
| Cured in.
| The resolution passed at previous session of
| the Council, and concurred in by the Board of
| Aldermen, regarding the removal of the railway
| treste bridges which serve distractions IN
/ the bed of Pogue's run was inquired about in
| regard TO what move the city attorney had made
| toward bringing suit against the offending com
panies. The city attorney explained that notices
| had been served on the Wabash company and
| others, by the street commissioner, that il by
| week from next Tuesday at l p. NJ some begin
ming had not been made toward removing the
| obsUructing trestle bridges and replacing them
| with span bridges, he would at the expiration of
| that time take force of men ami tear the OBJ
| structions away The city attorney thought this
the better plan of procedure as, If the roads did
| not wish to comply, and would out an in
| junction against the commissioner, the matter
| would then come into cOnrt in better form. The
| opiu1on of the city attorney concurred in.
| The Council adjourned to meet on next Mon
| day night.