The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-09-02

marked to q Journal reporter, "for it would
be killed, sure"
declaratory resolution was passed for
paving Indiana avenue with asphalt. from
Illinois to Missouri street.
Ordinances for paving the following
streets were passed: With brick-St. Mary,
from Alabama to Fort Wayne avenue; Ala
bama. from Washington to Morrison; Pearl.
from Illinois to Pennsylvania With With
lngton; Pennsylvania, from South to Wash
lngton; Mary land. from Illinois to Virginia
avenue; Meridian. from Washington to
South; Georgia, from Delaware to Illinois.
With asphalt-W ashington, from Missis-
sippi to Missouri; Delaware. from New
York to st. CLAIR: Meridian. from Seventh
to Twelfth. The Council then adjourned.
Mr.. Woollen's Report.
The minority report on the street-rail-
road ordinance Mr.. Woollen had ready to
present last night was:
The committee. with the assistance of the
Mayor, prepared ordinance No. 80, and unani-
mously agreed to recommend its passage to the
Council 1t was prepared without any confer
6treetrairoad Company. or of any of its officers
and attorneys After ii had been offered in the
Council, the company. by its officers and attor-
neys, appeared before our committee and OBJ
jected to certain provisions, and the under
signed, by way of compromise, agreed to certain
notifications Of the original ordinance. which
ported to the Council In consenting to these
notifications, he was led To believe that were
they made the ordinance would be acceptable to
favorably reported to the Council by the rail-
road committee than the company demanded
other and further changes In the ordinance
1t has succeeded in inducing a majority of the
committee to report in favor Of making further
concessions, but its arguments were without eff
feet upon tho undersigned. He prefers to stand
by the committees action, when it was deliber-
ateiy made without the presence or solicitations
or Interested officers and attorneys, rather than
by the action OF the majority in the recOmmen
officials. He believes that an extension of the
charter for fifteen years. making the franchise
to be the extreme limit for which charter should
be granted; he believes that the proposed
amendment. allowing the company until JAN L.
1893, to put on conductors and double platform
cars, unwise and against the will of the people;
he believes that the proposition to exempt the
company from the payment of any part of the
expenses OF the streets It may occupy, for which
contracts for Improvement have been made I'M
just and wanting in equity; ard, finally, he
| considers that the provision giving the company
thirty-year franchise, and at the same time
allowing it for ten years the privilege of putting
down its tracks on any all of the streets OF the
| city, unwlse and against the hest interests
of the people. Under such charter Tennessee,
Meridian, Delaware, Ohio, and all other we'll
| improved streets may be virtually taken from
| the people and given to the company. To this
| the undersigned cannot consent, believing it
| the franchise OF the company should be condi-
toned on the city's regaining the control of such
| streets as are not already occupied by the rail-
| road company And insomuch the railroad
company has proved itself TO he unwilling TO ac-
| cept OF any extension of its charter compatible
with safety TO the city's interests the under
| signed respectfully recommends that ordinance
No. 30, 1890, be stricken from the files.
The report was not read on account of
the action taken in postponing the ordin-
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