The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-03
The Common councn.s Proceedings.

The councilmen, last night, in regular session,
began their business with the usual details of
small contracts relating to curbing sewers, side
walks and street improvements. City Clerk
Shields reported the amount of orders for the
several departments and other calls for expendi-
| lures drawn by him on the city treasury during
| the month of July. The total was sos. 753. II.
| Treasurer Miller submitted the receipts, and
disbursements made by him during July on ac-
count of the city: Balance July J. $500, O56. 90:
| collections tax duplicate. 1888. rs; mscel-
aneous receipts, $21, 248 20; total 1929, 639 49,
Redemption of city orders, $98, SOC. 81; balance
Aug. /, $130 1876. 85 Both reports were RECEIVED.
The monthly report of Superintendent Wish
ard of the City Hospital. showed the number of
patients treated in that institution during July
| to have been eighty and the total monthly
| expenditures ST.. 1897
Councilman Pearson, of the committee on pub
lie buildings, reported that the insurance on Tom
| linson Hall had been Cancelled. He did not
favor, in view of the $lO 900 reduction of the
| tax duplicate, the placing of any insurance on
| the building, Out of this grew a dis
| of the Board of Aldermen to upon the
| committees action in placing the insurance be-
| fore any steps looking to cancellation could be
| taken by Council 1t was argued that com
nittee had no right to incur an expenditure
| without the consent of Council and aldermen
| Mayor Denny explained that it was with this
| view that the committee acted. necessity
| arose for immediate action in the matter at the
| opening of the hall, but it was contingent on
| the consent of Council and aldermen. The
original report is pending in the latter body.
| Mr.. Swain sought to widen the discussion by
| asking if the committee had not incurred ex-
penses on its own responsibility in building the
hail. He was informed that every action of the
| committee therein had been passed upon by
| Council and the Board of Aldermen, The mat
/ ter thus far was settled by the adoption of a
motion instructing the building committee
to cancel all insurance placed on the
| hall But the question came up in
| another form through the willingness of
| Council TO hear the bids offered for this insur
| ance Councilman Thalman, however checked
| it by moving reference of the matter TO the
| building committee, with instructions to report
such bids as are presented to them, stating the
names of each company and price offered by
! each firm. The motion prevailed.
| Councilman Swain, from the committee on
water reported new contract with the Indian
| apolis Water Company. Its rates the same
as those in the contract about to expire, and no
| material change is expressed. except in the lay
ing of new mains This part of the service is re-
stricted to 900 feet for 1887 and $500 feet for
| each Of the years following to 1892 inclusive It
| is also stipulated in this new contract
that there shall be one fire plug for not less than
| 500 feet of mains. The ordinance was read the
first time and referred to the Mayor, city attor-
ney and finance committee.
| street improvement reported that the contract
1 therefor be not awarded or the bond approved,
and that an ordinance be passed repeating the
| ordinance providing for that work. The report
was concnrred in.
The appropriation ordinance as far as wages
| of the janitor of Tomlinson Hall was concerned,
caused cross-6re of questions as to how that
| employe wanted So. % per day when it was un.
| derstood he was to get only So per day. A wage
| account for two extra ianitors also appeared,
| and everybody wanted to know who authorized
/ their employment. No one. not even the COM
mittee. could explain it. Councilman Pearson
| thought the ianitor should be discharged as he
did not have ''brains ability suit the posi-
/ ton" He thought that employee was too
great for the position. He wanted to do the
| bossing, and let others do the work Such a
i system, the councilman urged, would bankrupt
1 the city if continued. Councilman Reynold s
thought the janitor was not so much to blanc as
| the committee. Councilman Pearson energet-
| ically acclaimed against the ianitor who needed
watching. The janitor's bill was reduced to SO
/ per day.
| The cow ordinance came once more to the
! front through motion requesting the supern-
tendent of police to erect sufficient COW pounds
within the city and to at once enforce the ordi-
nance. Councilman Coy wanted it referred to
| the finance committee, but it did not prevail
The motion was then passed, after being amend
ed so as to provide for pound in each quarter
| of the city. Councilman Thalman suggested
that the one to be built in Councilman Coys sec
l k;ou of the cikv ha of draosad lnunhar