The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-20
THE COUNCIL DEFERS ACTION
All Telephone Companies Given An
other Chance for the Franchise.
The West Syndicate's Ordinance, However, Is
introduced Democratic Councilmen
Talk Unkindly About Each Other.

There was crowded lobby, composed, for the
most part of persons interested in the several
rival telephone schemes, and q stormy session
was expected. The telephone gentlemen. how
ever, were long kept in painful waiting before
their phase of business was reached the regular
order of proceedings of the Council being fol-
lowed with exasperating detail prior to what was
expected to be the piece de resistance Of the
councilmanic ail Of fare Of the evening
The committee on contracts recommended that
George W. Buchanan, as the lowest bidder, be
award the contract for grading and Rraveling
Tenth street and sidewalks, from Central avenue
to Greenwood street. which was concurred in.
A communication was received from the Mayor
recommending that an ordinance be prepared on
the subject Of licensing pedddlers, hucksters.
auctioneers, ETC., the present ordinances being
imperfect and doing injustice to resident mer-
chants in many cases. Referred to the commit
tee the judiciary.
The Mayor and city clerk reported having exc
cuted two time warrants for $40, 0S0 each, due on
or before May II. 1886, with interest at 5 per
cent per annum, and that funds upon the same
had been negotiated with Hiram w. Miller,
treasurer Of the city funds. at par.
The city attorney reported that he had inves-
tigated the question as to whether a suit for en-
bezzlement against ex-City Treasurer Pattison
could be maintained, and was of the opinion that
it could not.
Ordinances were passed TO bowlder and curb
the south gutter of Merrill street. from Alabama
to Delaware street; to bowlder and curb the gut
tiers OF Christian avenue, from Ash street TO
Bellefontaine avenue; to pave the walks of
Olive, from Prospect to Orange: to pave the
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the first alley south; to pave the west sidewalk
OF Peru, from Seventh to Eighth; to gravel the
first alley west of Paca street, from Pratt to
First; to pave with brick the south sidewalk of
Washington street, from State to first alley
west; to gravel McGinnis street, from Nc
curb the north gutter of Second street,
from Meridian to the first alley east of
Meridian; to pave the sidewalks of Ninth street,
from College to Central avenue; to pave with
brick the north sidewalk of st. Joseph street.
from Pennsylvania street to the first alley west;
to pave with brick the south sidewalk of Gregg
street, from New Jersey to East; Co gravei the
FIRST alley west of Meridian street, from Eighth
to Eleventh; to gravel the first alley west of ILL.,
nois street, from Seventh to Ninth street; to
gravel the FIRST alley north of Seventh street,
from Meridian to Illinois street; to gravel the
first alley west Of Meridian street, from Seventh
to Eighth street; to bowlder and improve
the roadway of Wabash street, from Delaware
of Park avenue, between Tenth and Eleventh
streets; to gravel the first alley west of Park
avenue. from Tenth street to the State ditch; to
pave the sidewalks of Fifth street, from Illinois
to Mississippi to gravel the west sidewalk Of
Shelby street, from the Belt to Raymond street,
to pave the sidewalks Of John street, from Mass
achusetts avenue to Hanna street; to pave the
sidewalks Of Wright streat from Buchanan to
Coburn; to pave the sidewalks of
avenue; to gravel the first alley east of Alabama
street, from McCarty to Merrill; to pave the
sidewalk of ST. Clair, from Massachusetts ave-
nue. to Ree-line tracks; to gravel the second alley
west of the intersection of Noble street and
Massachusetts avenue; to curb with stone the
east gutter OF Greer street, from Stevens street
to the second alley south; to gravel the first
alley south of Huron street, from Noble
to Pine streets; 10 gravel the first alley
east OF Virginia avenue, from Huron
and sidewalks from Tennessee to Mississippi;
to gravel the first alley east of Alabama street,
from Seventh street to the State ditch; to gravel
the first alley east Of Park avenue. from Chris
tian avenue to Butler street; to pave with brick
the south sidewalk Of Vermont street. from
Mississippi to Ellsworth street, where not done;
to pave with brick the east sidewalk of Pine
street, from Market to Washington street, to
pave the east sidewalk Of Dorman street, from
Michigan to st. Clair street; to pave with cedar
block the roadway of Delaware street, from ST.
Clair street to Seventh street
An ordinance was passed authorizing the l.,
P. & c. Railroad Company to lay a switch across
the first alley west of Alvord and Ninth streets
Mr.. Cummings introduced an ordinance for
the building of a sewer in Washington street.
from Mississippi to Missouri street. Referred
to committee on sewers.
An ordinance was passed to regulate the news
boys and bootblacks.
An ordinance was introduced investing the
indianapolis Fuel Gas Company, organized with
han Chor Nrf1v
Byram John H. Stewart, Valentine A. Dell,
Oliver III. Root and George r. Root as stock
holders, with the privilege Of furnishing gas,
other than for illuminating purposes, to the city
and its inhabitants. Referred to committee on
light. An ordinance for the laying of pipes for
supplying of natural gas was introduced, and re-
ferred to the same committee.
An ordnance was introduced to pave with
brick the sidewalks Of Davis street from Bicking
street to its southern terminus.
Mr. Rocker introduced by request a. motion
that the committee on streets and alleys be in
structed to inquire into the propriety Of re-
naming the streets and alleys of this city. Re-
ferred.
THE TELEPHONE FRANCHISE ORDINANCE.
Mr. Rocker, from the committee on judiciary,
reported an ordinance granting to the West
Telephone Company the franchise withdrawn
from the Central Union, and asked to be re-
lieved from further consideration of all matters
relating to the subject The ordinance provides
q. J That Solomon Claypool, John w Murphy.
Washington c. DePauw, Edward F. Claypool,
Frederick Ostermeyer, Franklin Landers, DAN
iel M. Ransdell and Cass Byfield are granted the
right to erect and maintain poles or towers and
string wires upon and over the streets and al
legs of the city for the purpose of furnishing the
inhabitants with telephone service. (2.)
That no poles. or towers shall be
Common Council and Board of Aldermen as TO
the route and the approval of the city civil en-
gineer as to the particular location of all such
poles and towers shall have been first obtained,
while the city also reserves the right to require
the removal of any pole or tower from one loca-
tion to another, whenever, in the opinion of the
city civil engineer, street commissioners or chief
engineer of the fire department such removal be-
comes necessary. g. The company shall have
the right to attach their lines of wire to any and