The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
MUNICIPAL LEGISLATION.
But Little Business Transacted Street
Car Smoking Ordinance Passed.

The Board of Aldermen met last night in reg
ular session. The committee on contracts sub
mitted report, stating that they had awarded
the contract for the improvement of the first
alley west of Illinois street, between Maryland
and Georgia street
Mr. McHugh moved to non concur, saying
that the improvement of this alley had been
pushed through the Council in an underhanded
way, and that the majority Of property owners
interested do not want it improved. Mr.. Nc
Hugh's motion failed, and the Board concurred
in the committees report
The Board failed to concur in the action of the
Council in granting Joseph Hayes the use of the
city scales, West Washington street
Ordinances We're passed to provide for grading
and bowldering the first alley east of Ala
bama street from Washington to Pearl
street. to provide for grading and crawling
the first alley west of Illinois street from Mary
land street to Kentucky avenue; an ordinance
supplemental to an ordinance requiring plumb
ers to be licensed before digging trenches and
making other forms of excavation in the various
streets an alleys; an ordinance prohibiting the
change alteration or extension of service pipes
connecting with the mains of the Indianapolis
wafer company.
The Board concurred with the action of the
Council (of the same evening" in awarding con-
tracts; in allowing Hanway & Cooper $780, II for
work on New York street, and other action, ex-
cept that in the case of the award CT contract to
j. L. Spaulding to grade and pave with brick
the south sidewalk of Michigan street from
Blackford to Blake, the work is not to be done
before Jan. l, 1885. The petition Of the Dime
Museum for a license was granted.
A motion was introduced by Mr.. Pritchard
hiatt aaf ba of fha nd of
Aldermen that City Attorney Denny have his
office in the courthouse. and that he be request
ed to remove to the room adjoining that of the
Board. Adopted
Ordinances were passed to grade Hall place
street from Seventh to Eighth; to grade and
pave with brick the west sidewalk of College
avenue, between Lincoln avenue and Seventh
street, to grade and pave with brick the north
= side of Seventh street, from Central avenue to
Railroad; to pave sidewalks of Massachusetts
avenue, where not already paved, from Delaware
to North street. to pave south. sdewalk of North
street from Wood street to Indiana avenue; to
grade and gravel alley south of Seventh, from
Delaware to Alabama street
The ordinance prohibiting the smoking of any
cigar, cigarette or pipe upon the street cars in
the city of indianapolis while such cars are car
rying passengers, or while waiting on any public
street for passengers, was then passed by vote
of seven to one, Mr.. BerHhamer voting in the
negative. Under penalty of fine not to ex-
coed 500, and imprisonment not to exceed thirty
days the officials of the company are to request
passengers TO comply with ordinance, and to
post in conspicuous letters the notice not to
smoke with the penalty attached, in each car
The passenger violating the ordinance is also
subject to the fine and Imprisonment as before
named. The board then adjourned.