The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-25
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Passage of the Ordinance for an Addi-
ton to the City HOpital.
An Amended Meat-Inspeetor Ordinance
The Usual Miscellaneous Business.

The regular meeting of the Board Of Aldermen
was held last night The most important bust
ness of the session was the passage of the ordi-
nances providing for the City Hospital addition
and for meat inspection.
A report was received from the finance com
mittee, recommending the building of a sewer
for the drainage of the southern part of the city
in the vicinity of Meridian, Union and Hill
streets, the estimated cost of which is about
$l5O0 Mr. Pritchard thought the recommen-
daton of the committee very strange to say the
least in view of the fact that the
explicit statement had been made that # the
City Hospital addition should be built, at cost
of $25, 600, there would be no funds in the city
treasury for the construction of sewers; and, ac-
cordmgly, no estimates for any sewer building
whatever had been made. If the City Hospital
addition is built, Mr.. Pritchard said, there will
be no surplus revenue for the construction OF
sewers, and if any sewers are built, there viii
be no funds for use in the erection of the hospital
building. In the estimate of the city's revenues
mistake of $50, 600 had been made. The hos
pital and sewer could not both be built The
Board concurred in the recommendation of the
committee, by vote of to t.
AN EXPRESSION OF OPINION.
For the purpose of obtaining an expression of
the members of the Board upon the expenditure
Of the surplus revenue either for the erection of
the hospital addition the construction OF
sewers, Mr.. Pritchard offered the following
Whereas The finance committees of the Council
and Board IN making their estimates of the moneys
necessary to build wing TO the City Hospital;
have left out all estimates for sewers, and agreed
among themselves that no money should he used for
sewers this year, thereby saving $4,000 for the
hospital the same being last years estimate for sew
ers; therefore
Resolved That, in concurring in the recommends
tons of said finance committee, and awarding the con
tract to build the wing to the hospital pledge
ourselves not to vote a single sewer contract
dollar for sewers during the year 1854
The aldermen voting aye upon the resolution
were Cobb, Cox, King McHugh, Pritch-
ard and Rorison-6 Navs-Bernhamer.
Endlev' Prier, and TallentireN4 The action of
the Council in awarding the contract TO Peter
Reuter- for the erection Of the hospital addition,
at a cost of S25, 900, was eoncu11ed in, Alderman
McHugh alone voting in the negative.
BY a unanimous vote the territory in the
Twenty-ffth ward which has been in dispute was
annexed to the city's corporate limits.
The ordinance granting S. 5. Badger and 9th
eTs the right to operate an electric-hght company
in this city was adopted.
THE MEATINsPECToR ORDINANCE.
The judiciary and finance committees submit
ted a substitute for the meat-inspection ordn-
ance passed by Council the provisions OF which,
Mr. Pritchard stated, were covered by the stat
utory law, and it would therefore, be void. The
substitute was adopted by a unanimous vote.
The provisions of the substitute are ~ that an
office for meat inspection shall be established as
an auxiliary to the Board of Health; %
the inspector shall have two assistants;
the Board of Aldermen and Common Council
shall meet in joint session on the first Friday
evening after the final passage of the ordinance
and elect the inspector and his assistants. The
provisions for the inspection of oil animals
Slaughtered for food are the same as in the old
ordinance, and the fees of the inspector are the
same. Tie inspector shall make sworn reports
to the Board Of Health as often as once month.
| The inspector shall give q bond and the city
shall not be liable for his compensation.
The city attorney was instructed to prepare
an ordinance prohibiting the establishing of any
hospital within half mile from the intersection
of Washington and Meridian streets. The
Board then adjourned.