The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-20
MAKERS OF MUNICIPAL LAW.
The City's Expenditures Shown To BE
in Excess Of lis Resources.
A Petition From Prominent Physicians for
Representation on the City Hospital Staff
Legislation Proposed and Completed.


The city treasurer submitted his report for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1884, which showed the fol
lowing balances on hand Jan. l, 1885: General
fund. $685. 81 81; Tominson estate, $64, COLTS;
additional city hall fund, $45, 749 o.; sinking
fund $50, 845 81.
Contracts were awarded for grading and gray
cling several streets and alleys
The city clerk reported that warrants aggre-
eating 1852, 54S. II were drawn the city treas
urer during the past year.
1t was moved and carried that the street com
missioner be instructed to notify the Beeline.
", St L. g. p. and the l., b. & W. railroad
companies to open the drains and cutters
TO afford a free passage for the water under their
tracks where they cross railroad street, and that
if not done in ten days of service of notice. that
the city will do the work and collect the cost
thereof of them. The street commissioner was
ordered to proceed to do the work if not done
by the companies in said time.
The city civil engineer reported first and
final estimate in behalf of George w. Sebert, jr.,
for grading and bowldering the cutters of Mis-
sssippi street, from Maryland to Washington
street; $77207.
The contract for building bridge over Pogue's
run on East street, was awarded TO 5. ID. God
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81 25l. 81. The Big Four road and the c., FL. e.
l. railroad join the city in building part of the
bridge
The attention of the Council was called to the
fact that certain parties living the lot known
as tha Park, between Noble and Liberty streets,
are willing to pay the city for quitclaim deed
TO the lot. Received and referred to committee
GU public property
Coucilmen Thalman and Pearson, as a major
ity of the finance committee, presented report
The expenses Of the city fer 1884 were shown to
be $54S, 600 SO: the revenue for 1884 was shown
by the tax duplicate of 1883 as $419 25O incident
ais including Belt railroad interest, $50 000 poll
: tax So 000--$543, go. The hospital Improvement
of $27, 456 adds quite figure in this years
expenses otherwise could be considered in
side our revenue We are convinced that 80
cent levy, with care and economy, will be sufi
Gent to meet all necessary requirements, There
has however been a constantly -grow wing increase
IN the cost of water and gas, which,
In the opinion of the committee,
can be checked without creating inconvenience.
The committee recommends that resolution be
passed and strictly adhered that further
expansion of mains erection of lamp posts
be ordered during 1888. They also recommended
that rule be established that street improve
mont ordinance be passed without petition
companying it from the property owners along
the line owning at least half the number of
linear feet of the contemplated Improvement
Adopted. Mr.. Renecke, the other member of
the committee. presented a minority report as
to the proposed action as to water-mains and
lamp-posts.
Ordinances were introduced for the erection of
lamp-posts on Michigan street, between Noble
and Pine; to grade and pave with brick the side
walks of Greer street, from MeCarty to Buch
anan to provide for the building of brick
sewer on and aopg McCarty street, from Della
: WSrs % hfadis0n a7eHJc; 10 grade and bowder
and curb the east gutter of Madison avenue
from Downey to Nebraska.
Mr.. Bepjamen moved that a committee of five
be appointed to see what can be done to lessen
the expenses of the city government He made
a speech asserting that the expenditures ex-
ceeded the resources last year by $34 600. The
motion was referred to the finance committee
Mr.. Edenharters resolution that water mains
be laid on Highland street. between Ohio and
Market, was referred to the committee OH water
INDICATED MUss.
A number of papers were presented by Mr.
Haugh, among them an appeal from the City
Hospital board in the matter of the discharge of
DR.. Joseph Eastman from the hospital
staff, and the refusal of the board to
give proper representation ON the staff
to the College of Physicians and Surgeons The
first petition was signed by Drs John NJ
Kitchen, John r. Featherston e. s. Elder g.
V. WOollen, L. N. Bryan. L. L. Todd, +. S.
Newcomer j. G. Waters, VIM. Wands, J. H.
WOODBURY., Allison Maxwell, J. X. Bigelow L.
D. Waterman, nj. H. Fields. s. A. Butterfeld
A. W. Patterson, p H. Jameson
lows: Whereas, DR. Joseph Eastman has been
for nine years past connected with the staff of
the City Hospitals that during that term of serv
ice he has faithfully discharged the duties of his
position not only with credit to himself
or to the advantage of the hospital
as also to the satisfaction of the classes
of young men who have assembled there
each winter for instructions that whereas he
has lately been deposed from the position he has
so long held on such staff and denied the rights
and privileges of the City Hospital without any
Just or valid reason for such action, thereby de
priving him of the advantages of nstructing
students of the medical college of which he is q
professor and so violating heretofore existing
law in relation to the teachers of medicine and
surgery who give their services gratuitously to
the city and are allowed the opportunity of
making clinical lectures to students who come to
this city for the purpose of obtaining medical
education. and who pay annually a specified
sum into the city treasury for such instruction.
at the same time depriving the city of the ser
vices of one who as surgeon is favorably and
widely known throughout the State: that the
course pursued in the recent reconstruction of
the staff on the part of the superintendent is
without precedent in the history of the CITY
Hospital, as it is uni ust and abuse Of the a,-
thority attached to the positions that such an at
tempt on the part of the superintendent to use
the City Hospital to the exclusive advantage of
the Medical College of Indiana, not
withstanding he may hold minor position
in the way of a lectureship in the same In con
sideration of such action. But considering the
fact that this, as all other institutions of its
kind, which ore supported at public expense and
are created and maintained in the interest of a
class of those who can rightly claim the benefits
of such charity; that it should not be allowed TO
be turned in as part of the assets of any mel
teal college, nor be established ms the instrument
in the hands of any set of men
for the exercise of professional jealousy or per
sonal dislike; that such action as that aluded
to meets with disfavor from the best class OF
men in this city who not connected with
the medical college their petitions to your
board will show, doing violence To one against
whom no charge can be made of professional
incompetency character as a man. as also
depriving the city of valuable sci vices and in
asking your honorable body TO restore his rights
we desire to make no innovation upen existing
customs. % violate no principle or to utter no
"a dennSrn e