The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-08
MUNICIPAL LAW MAKERS.
The Council Decides to Not Disturb the
Central Union Telephone Company.
Passage of the Ordinance Providing for the
Improvement of Washington Street with
PutnamviIle Stone-0ther Action.

81 600 more, 81 $50 in all, upon the Sls COO guar
providing for building inspector was read and
refe-rai to the committee on public property. 1t
provides that inspector shall be elected by
the joint convention of the Council and Board
when other appointive officers are elected; that
he shall serve two years, shall inspect all build
ings and plans for buildings. and determine
if they are in compliance with the laws of the
city The report of the committee recommends
that a schedule of fees be fixed. so that the
salary of the inspector and his assistant, should
one be necessary, may be paid out of them.
The city engineer presented communication
recommending that the foundation OF Washing
ton street pavement be six inches OF cement
concrete. and that the ordinance be amended
accordingly. The matter went to the committee
on ordinances.
County Treasurer Miller presented report
for each month of the time that he has been
treasurer of the city. The balances in favor of
the city at the eLd of the different months
were follows: January, $lS 998 SO; February,
$50 600 sc; March, $l47, 692 SO this includes
1874, 0408 So, the proceeds of the temporary loan)
Diu"Ayf Vooi3O'O.oo kinSiuuih6 P-o,VoV Ao"u
$32, 100 realised from sale of city bonds and
$173, 958. 20 of collections on tax duplicatel The
full report for May was as follows Balance
1891. 678 90; collections on city duplicate, $685.
464 &c; collections on miscellaneous receipts,
$43, 49, II; bonds redeemed and interest paid by
Patterson, $685. 042 total, $780, 900 49, city orders
redeemed in May, 1882, l12. SO; balance. 1924
808 40. The report was received.
The Board of Health reported that it had held
u meeting, and had sent the cancer awed-steer
case to the grand jury had found that there had
been no MANNED or crippled cattle sold for food
in the city; that no oeomargarine had been sold
without being properly labeled, and that there
was not evidence to show that "bull beef had
been sold. Mr.. Cummings said every body had
lied" DR.. Wands told him that bull beef" had
been sold in the city markets. and now in this
report he denied it. After some discussion of
the report it was referred to the health COM
mittee.
The board Of pdblic improvements reported
expenditures for May at 81, 3l4 Ii, and total eX-
pendtures to June / at $l2, 1872 48.
The adoption of the report of the City Hall
committee, stating that it had placed $780, O00
insurance the City Hall at 81. 90 for three
years, and policy of $4,000 on the chairs and
Mr. Cummings He thought no fire could
do $780, 900 of damage to the City Hall before
the fire department could put it out. Mr.. Haugh
said he had been told by represer tatives of in
SurduCe companies Cudt tHey WOulO pldCo pOll-
ces on the building at 81 rate. MIR. Pearson
explained that the committee had only an hour
to think about the matter, and on the advice OF
the architect had put on the building insurance
amounting to one-half the value of the building.
He considered it wise provision in view of the
numerous lights and decorations that had
been in the building during the past
week. Mr. Thalman said he thought
the insurance was too large, and that the mat
ter be referred back to the committee, with in
,tc he inc 70
and to place this $50, 600 in those companies
which gave the lowest rates. The motion was
adopted, and the proposition from several com
panies, presented by Mr.. Haugh, offering to
take the insurance at a 81 rate was also referred
to the committee
The building committees report, recommend
ing that Architect Bohlen be instructed to pre-
pare plans for the proposed new market house.
and that bids for the construction be advertised
for as early as possible was concurred in Messrs.
Cummings, DELL Dunn and Stuckmeyer voting
in the negative.
The building committee was instructed to
carry out its reported plan Of arranging the
lower part Of the City Hall building for butchers
stalls only, and auctioneering them Off to the
highest bidder. The estimated cost of so arrang
ing them was about So 900 and the annual reve-
nue. to be derived from them was about S., 600.
The committee on bridges reported that the
stills, floor and all woodwork in the West Wash
in ton street bridge were in bad condition, and
agreed to put in new ground floor one
half the bridge.
The Council concurred in report of the COM
mittee on public property recommending that
bridge be built over Pleasant run, near the west
entrance to Garfield Park, and that riprap be
built along one side of the stream in the park to
protect the bridge.
On motion, j. Fl. vajen was appointed in
spec.or and Frank Reynolds and George w.
Stout AS Judges of the Third district for the cleo
ton of School Commissioners, instead of j. G.
Douglass, as inspector, and James G. Douglass
and William Mansur as judges.
The ordinances prepared by the Union Rail
way Company. asking the vacation of certain
Depot. were read by title, and were, on motion
of Mr.. Benjamin, referred back to the special
railroad committee, with instructions to
report at a special meeting of the Coun-
dent Maott and other officers of the Union Rail.
way Company. well as Messrs. Seidensticker.
A. H. Brown and large crowd of spectators
who had come to see the quarrel over these or
dinances, left at this point. Remonstrances
against the ordinances were presented by Mr..
The monthly appropriation odinances were
passed
communication from the officers of the
Home for Friendless Women, asking that the
city make an allowance of 81, 900 per year to the
institution, was referred to the finance commit
tee.
An ordinance. introduced by Mr.. Reynolds,
allowing the Wabash railroad to construct
switch across Lincoln avenue, was passed under
suspension of the rules.
Thomas Quill was granted further time in
which TO make assessments on city property.
The water company was directed to lay mains
on the west side of Hall Place street.
A motion that the committee on public prop
erty inquire into the propriety of changing the
stand for express wagons from Circle Park. and
that the committee report an ordinance requir-
ing owners of such wagons to keep the cutters
near their stand clean, was referred to the COM
mittees on streets and alleys and public property
Mr.. Tsxt.lan moved that the Central Union
Telephone Company, in accordance with a petit
tion from many citizens, be allowed to keep its
poles and wires up until the new company got
ready to give service, provided that no new poles
wires be erected, and provided. further, that
new telepones be put in when applied for. Mr..
Cummings said that he met one of the new tele-
phone company's men yesterday, and asked
WHY the companv had NOT haonn work