The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-16
THE CITY COUNCIL.
An Uneventful and UnimpOrtant Session
The Health officer Ordinance.

The regular meeting of the Common Council
last night was of no special interest, and the
session was unusually brief.
Upon the recommendation of the city civil
engineer, estimates for work done according to
contract we're allowed as follows: To j. II.
Freaney. $53Z50; William J. Freaney, $S4; ].
L. Spaulding, 1913 56; D.. A. Haywood. $3O4O5.
The city civil engineer and chief fire engineer
were directed ITO procure plans for building the
new engine house contemplated, at a cost not to
exceed So"
The board of public improvements reported
that the expenditures upon street repairs, during
November, amounted to SO, O39. 80, and the total
for the year, up to Dec. 1. was $40, TO. SO.
The committee on public property reported
that they had found, on making a visit to Gar
field Park, that the place was in bad condition.
The fences have been removed, and the amphi-
theater has been torn down, and the lumber car
ried away. The buildings are in a dilapidated
condition. The committee recommended the i'm.
provement of the park and the repair of
the buildings, besides putting a flood
gate over Pleasant run at the
north end of the grounds. 1t is stimated that
the improvements can be made at q cost of $500,
and it is the opinion of the that there
are trees enough on the ground, which can be
sold for lumber, to pay the greater part of the
expense.
A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen
was held TO consider the new health board ordi-
nance. the object of which is to give the board,
instead of the Metropolitan Police Commission
ers, the control of the sanitary officers and
assistants. An amendment was adopted pro
vidlng that the sanitary officers shall be
appointed by the Health Board, subject to the
,--ua-o1 - tAo GD,,,a onI Tnconh Y Shnltnn
William Griffin and George Newcomb were
named for the positions. In this form the ordi-
nance was passed by the aldermen, but when it
came up before the Council it was defeated by a
vote of 10 to 8, and was referred to the commit
tee on public health, with instructions to report
upon the matter at a special meeting to be held
on next Monday evening for its further consld-
Grafton.
An ordinance appropriating 81. 106.2 % for the
payment of the salaries of the city officers, and
81, 3l2. 30 for the salaries of the members of the
Common Council and Board of Aldermen, for
the quarter ending with the present month, was
passed, under a suspension of the rules.
The street railway company was ordered to at
once open the street crossings that have become
INSTRUCTED By the use of their snOw-plows.
The city attorney was instructed to paepare
an ordinance requiring the Big Four railway
company to erect safety-gates over the tracks at
the crossing on West Washington street.
The city civil engineer was directed to locate
the line Of the south side OF Massachusetts ave-
nue. from Peru street to Clifford avenue. with
a view of condemning or purchasing a strip of
ground, if necessary, to properly widen and
straiehten the avenue after abandoning the tri-
angular strip on the north side, claimed by John
w. Ray"
The city civil engineer and the committee on
streets and alleys were instructed to investigate
the matter of widening East street at its inter
section with Morris street
A resolution was adopted namingthe street ex-
tending from White river to Hill avenue, next
above Tenth, Eleventh street.