The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-24

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ORDINANCES INTRODUCED.
The following special ordinances. providing for
public improvements, were introduced:
For grading and paving with brick the south
sidewalk of Dougherty street, from East street TO
Wright street.
For grading, bowldering and curbing the east
gutter of Delaware street, from Wyoming street
TO Madison avenue.
For grading and paving with brick the east
sidewalk of Greer street, from Stevens to Nc
Carly street.
Fer paving with brick the north sidewalk Of
street.
For grading and crawling the first alley east
OF Ash street, from Ninth to Tenth street.
For grading and paving with brick the side
walks OF Fayette street, from North to st. Clair
street.
For grading and crawling the first alley west
OF Pine street, frOln Meek to Bates street.
For grading and paving with brick the side
walks Of Holmes street, from Bradshaw to Blu
For grading and gEaveling the first alley
north of Michigan street, from PENNSYLVANIA to
Meridian street.
For grading and paving with brick the side
walks of Bradshaw street from Sullivan street
to Virginia avenue.
For grading, bowldering and curbing the gut
tiers on Davidson street, from Market to North
streets
For grading and paving the sidewalks on
Broadway street, from Home to Lincoln ave-
nues.
For the construction of a brick sewer along
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
An ordinance was also introduced making it
unlawful to sell produce from railroad cars
without a license.
A supplemental ordinance relating to the Off
cial board of the city government, urging the
appointment of two additional members, one of
whom shall be Democrat, was also introduced.
The employment of DR.. Henthorne at a salary
or 5000 year TO attend all smallpox cases in
the city was ordered.
A resolution was introduced by Mr.. Pritchard
stating that houses were being built and rented
on the west market space by rental agents
at from $40 to SIS per month, and order
ing that the COLLECTIONS should be stopped
at once. The resolution was referred
TO the committee on markets, together
with the city attorney for investigation. A mo-
ton was subsequently, adopted directing the
committee to prevent the further collection of
rents or that they should he paid to the market
master or to the city treasurer. The committee
was also directed to make new lease of the
market space for five years.
The city treasurer was directed to report to the
Common Council the amonnt due the city on
count of the opening and widening OF streets
and alleys, giving the uames Of the denduents.
IMPROVEMENT oBDINANcET PASSED.
The following ordinances providing for street
improvements were passed:
For the Improvement of College avenue, from
Christian avenue to Seventh street.
For the improvement of Noble street, from
Washington street to Massa chusetts avenue.
West sidewalk of Linden street, from Orange
to South street,
Ohio street, from the first alley west of Hanna
street TO Arsenal avenue.
OHIO street, from Pine street TO 222 feet east
OF Harvey street.
Sidewalks of Buchanan street, from East street
Sidewalks of Georgia street, from East to No
BILE street.
North sidewalk of Louisiana street, from East
Roadway of Rose lane, from Orchard to
BrOokside avenue.
Roadway of BrOOkside avenue, from Rose
lane to Rural street
Peru street, from Lincoln avenue to Seventh
street.
Cutters and sidewalks of English avenue, from
Dillon To Linden street.
Yeiser street, from Madison avenue to East
street.
South sidewalk of St. Clair street, from Penn
syivana to Delaware street
Cutters and sidewalks of Morris street, from
East street TO Madison avenue.
Sewer in New Jersey street, from New York to
WashingtO street.
street to POgue's run.
South sidewalk OF St Clair street, from Fort
Wayne TO MasSac husetts avenue.
North sidewalk of Vermont street, from Merid-
ian 10 Illinois street.
Sidewalks of broadway street, from home
avenue to Seventh street.
Sidewalks of Georgia street, from East to No
BILE streets.
Linden street, from Prospect street to Pleasant
run.
Shelby street, from Prospect street TO Pleasant
run.
Sidewalks of Woodlawn avenue, from Dillon to
Linden streets.
THE STREET RAILWAY ORDINANCE.
The ordinance supplemental to the charter of
the Citizens Street Railway Company, requiring
certain notifications and improvements in the
system of operation, was taken up for considera-
ton, on the motion of Mr.. Morrison. An amend
ment to the motion by Mr.. Thalman calling up
for action, instead, the Metropolitan
Street Railway ordinance, was de-
feated by vote of fourteen to eleven,
and motion by Mr. Weaver providing for the
transaction of other important business relating
to street improvements before considering the
streat-raiway ordinances defeated. In the
discussion which followed the reading of the
ordinance, Mr. Thaman said that it would hard
ly be just TO the Old company to require conduct
Ors ON all the lines, but simply upon the lines
most largely patronized. MIR. Prtchard said
that the best thing that could be done under the
circumstances wonld be to adopt the ordinance,
but that IL would have no effect until every pro-
vision had been accepted by the directors OF the
street-car company. Section of the ordinance
was amended, requiring conductors only
ell may sS'" direct, 'S ami the 'Ns time 0of for
building line to Crown Hill Cemetery was ex-
| tended 10 one year. provision for repealing
any part of the ordinance at any time was also
adopted. With these changes the ordinance
then passed, with only one dissenting vote, which
was cast by Councilman Bowling.
A motion to place the Metropolitan Street
Railway ordinance upon its passage was de-
feated by a vote Of Is to 10, namely:
Yeas -Messrs. Cowe, Dean, Knodel, Pearson,
Prltchard, Reichweln, Stout, Thalman, Ward and
Weaver-l0
Nsys-Messrs. Bedford. Brundaee, Bryce, Cay
lOr, Cole, Coy, Bowling, Egger, FuiLz, Harold,
Hartmann, Roller, Mauer, Morrison and Yoke
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The Council then adjourned.
THE CITY IN BRIEF.