The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-29
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The Street Car Co. Asked to Extend Its Lines
Flower Mission Nurses Employed

The Board of Aldermen met last night in reg
ular session, all the members present The
Council having reported their adherence to theiI
former action in recommending the extension Of
the sewer pipe from Railroad street to Massa
chusetts avenue, the board on motion of AL
derman Pritchard, adhered to their former &C
ton, and he moved that a committee of confer
ence be appointed. Carried.
The action of the Council in awarding con
tracts on the 21st instant was concurred in.
The motion from the Council ''That the hos
pital board be directed to employ the Flower Mis-
sion nurses for six months at an expense not
to exceed 5000 per month-the sum equal to
what it would cost to employ unskilled nurses,
deeming it better to employ skilled nurses than
unskilled, when the cost is no more, was con-
Cured in, Aldermen Bernhamer and McHugh,
only, voting in the negative
The action of the Council in concurring in
eight estimates of the city engineer for street
improvements was concurred in. The action of
the Council in awarding contracts was also con-
Cured in.
The action of the Council recommending the
appointment of pest-house physician at a sal
airy of 81, 600 year, was not concurred in.
The Councils action in regard to sanitary
measures recommended by the Board of Health,
was concurred in.
The resolution from the Council that the Citi-
zen's Street Railway Company be requested to
extend their line of tracks College avenue
north to Bruce street, passed by vote of 8 to 1,
Alderman Bernhamer voting in the negative
The Council resolution that the chief fire en-
gineersbe requested to remove P. Johnston and
reinstate Robert Braxton, was referred to the
committee on fire department.
The resolution of the Council that the Reagan
market-space be leased for a term of FIVE years,
was not concurred in
Ordinances were passed appropriating ST.
42S. 81 to pay Thomas Cummings for building
abutments of the Wilkins street bridge requir-
ing the Big Four, the W., st. L. & P. and the
l., B. & w. Railway Companies to maintain
fagman at the Michigan street crossing of their
roads.
The finance committee reported expenditures
during the first six months of the fiscal year to
the amount of $2T3, 746 03. The estimates for the
same period were $273 $50. The amount expended
in excess of the estimates is $4,000 The fol
lowing departments have kept within their estl-
mates: Board of Health, bridges, civil engineer,
cisterns, gas, markets. salaries, street improve
ments, taxes refunded, water rent, street signs,
and city hospital addition.
The committee on public light reported against
the passing of ordinances which would provide
for sixty additional posts at an expense of 500
a year,
The report of the printing committee, recon-
mending that John Foil be awarded the city bill
posting, was concurred in.
Alderman Bernhamer moved that the superin-
tendent of police be requested to notify all par
ties having manure piles and manure boxes in
the rear of their premises to remove them at
once, and upon their failing to do So that they
be fled against in the city court Carried.
Alderman Cox introduced a motion that the
city attorney prepare necessary resolutions ETC.,
looking to the Instrumentation of unimproyed lands
north and west of the old mill race and Fall
creek.
A resolution was introduced requiring the G.,
l., st. L. & G. Railway Company to cease VIC
latng the ordinances of the city by allowing cars
to stand on the tracks along Missouri street and
using the said tracks for the makingup of trains.
1t was referred to the committee on railroads.
A motion was carried that the street commits
sioner notify the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific
Railway Company to Immediately proceed to
build the span bridge across Pogues run at Lib
erty street, and that the city commissioner is
ordered to tear out the present structure, as
heretofore ordered.
Alderman Pritchard moved that the city at
torney appear for Chief Fire Engineer Webster
and defend him in the injunction proceedings
recently brought against him by George W.
Spahr and others in the Superior Court Car
ried
The Board then adjourned.