The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-22
THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY COUNCIL.
The Contract for Heating the Hospital FL
nallv Awarded to Farrell & Co.
The Council met last night, the last regular
session of the present body.
The report of the committee on contracts, ia
voripg the following award of contracts, was re-
ceived: To Fred Gausberg, to gravel first alley
south of Stevens street, from Water to Virginia
avenue; to same, to bowlder second alley south
OF South street. from Tennessee to Eddy; to j.
l.. Spaulding. to gravel first alley north of Pratt
street, from Illinois to first alley west of Illinois;
to same, to pave with brick north sidewalk
of North street, from Mississippi to West;
20 Fred. Gausberg, to gravel first alley west of
East street. from Merrill to Stevens place; to
David Haywood. to bowlder cutters of Broadway,
from Eighth to Ninth; to j. W. Cooper q Co., to
gravel roadway of River street, from Kentucky
avenue to White-river bridge; to Joseph Ber-
nauer, to pave with bricks the sidewalks of
Grove street, from Virginia avenue to Dillon; to
j. l.. Spaulding, to pave with brick the west
sidewalk of Blackford street, from Michigan to
Vermont to Joseph B%ernauer, to pave
with brick the sidewalks of Ray street, from III
mos TO Maple; to same, to pave with brick south
sidewalk OF McCarty street, from Tennessee to
Maple; to same, to pave with brick east sidewalk
OF Shelby street, from a point thirty-eight feet
south OF the first alley south of Prospect street
to Pleasant run; to same, to pave
with brick north sidewalk of North
street, from Noble to Pine; to same, to pave
with brick sidewalks of Grant street, from West
street to a point 545 feet west; to James M.
Hudson. to pave with brick sidewalks of West
street, from McCarty to Morris: to D. Haywood,
to oowlder and curb cutters of Park avenue,
from Eighth to Ninth; to r. 2. Dunning, to pave
with brick sidewalks of Rose street, from West
to second alley west thereof; to Levi Wright, to
gravel sidewalks of Hall place. from Eighth to
Ninth.
The report of the city commissioners was re
celved. 1t showed that they had opened and
feet off the west side of lot IA in M. E. & w. P.
Mobiles subdivision of outlot 81, and reduced
Eighth street, between the east line of Illinois
street and the first alley west of Pennsylvania
street, to a width of forty feet.
An ordinance was introduced fixing the fire
limits and repeating former ordinances on the
subject, making it unlawful to erect any building
whatever unless the outer walls be of brick,
stone or iron, within the limits of New York,
Missouri, South and Liberty streets.
The steam-heatiDg matter of the City Hospital
was called up by Mr.. Hauch, who moved to re-
consider the action of the Council awarding the
contract to Kelly, Jones 81 Co., of Pittsburg.
Several speeches were made upon the subject,
some councilman advocating the letting of the
contract to John S. Farrell IL Co., for the reason
that they were home bidders, and had, after the
opening of the bids. offered to do the work 1866
lower than their former bid, and at the same
price bid oy the Pittsburg firm.
The matter finally took shape in the following
motion by Mr.. Spahr:
Resolved, That the action of this Council in award
ing the contract for putting Steam heating apnaratuS
In the City Hospital be rescinded, and that The con.
tract be awarded to J. S. Farrell s. Co., at So,
the bid of Kelly, Jones & Co.
Mr.. Edenharter opposed the resolution for the
novel reason that it was $465 lower than Farrell
d Co.'S previous bid. He wanted the work done
by a nome firm but wanted them paid their full
bid.
Mayor McMaster-This is a strange course of
action proposed by the Council in this matter.
Advertisement was made that this work was to
be let to the lowest and best bidder. 1t was not
limited to Indianapolis, or to Indiana, but was
open to the world. Sealed proposals were called
for and were submitted. Kelly, Jones & Co.
were the lowest bidders, and / understand there
was still another firm lower than Farrell & Co.,
and next to Kelly, Jones G. Co. We tell the non
resident men simply this: We have opened your
bids, and laid them before your competitor, and
said you can have the work if you will come
down as low. There has never been a word of
objection urged against Kelly, Jones e. Co., and
now We 60 to work arbitrarily, without cause,
and give the work to men who bid higher.
Messrs. Thalman and Pearson spoke in similar
vein, though the latter and Mr.. Newcomb said
they would vote for the resolution rather than
have the patients at the Hospital suffer.
The Spain resolution carried by 16 yeas to 7
nays, as follows: Yeas-Benjamin. Coy, Curry.
Bowling, Doyle. Haugh, Mack. Moran, New
comb, Rees, Reinecke. Reynolds. Sheppard,
Spahr, Wharton, Wolf. Nays-Edenharter, Gal
lahue. McClelland, Pearson, Smither, Thalman,
Trusler.
Ordinances were introduced to pave north side
walk of North street, from New Jersey to East:
to gravel west sidewalk ot Shelby street, from
the Belt road to Raymond street: to pave side
walks of McKernsn street, from Buchanan to
first alley north of Coburn street.
Mr.. Pearson moved that when the Council ad-
journed it be to meet next Tuesday evening,
Dec. 20. at 7:30 o'clock. Carried.
Mr.. Thalman moved that a special committee
of three members of the Council, the city at
torney and civil engineer ba appointed TO inves-
tigate the matter of the United Lines Telegraph
Company coming into the city under the ordi-
nance granted the Bankers and Merchants Tel
egraph Company, and report the result of such
Investigation.
Pending the appointment of the committee the
Council adjourned.