The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-04

demonstrated its intention of occupying
Talbot avenue il will be in no hurry 10
push the work.
How about that plat and profile you
were going TO hlei" asked Mr.. Defrees. Mr.
Steele said he bad been greatly surprised \
couple of hours before TO learn that the
papers for this and Plum street had not
been filed. He thought they had and
would see that it was done right away as
they were also at work on Plum. Then a
moment later he wanted to know what
they meant by file and profile" and ASKED
if simple communication describing what
kind of rails were to be used and when
they were TO be laid would not be enough.
After some little consideration the board
decided that this would suffice.
While Mr.. Steele was before the board he
announced the intention of the company to
take up the English-avenue line in the
near future and lay new tracks all the way
out on Fletcher avenue, or rather to place
there some of the old light rails taken up
elsew here.
That is wide street, said Mr. Defrees
why not lay your tracks there at the
sides OF the street. after the Rochester
planw
How do you meaD?v asked Mr.. Steele
up one side and down the other, within
the curbr
electric line"
But it will not be an electric line this
year. Mr.. Steele said it would be pretty
sOOn," but not this year. He thought the
Rochester plan good one where the streets
were wide and straight.
As soon as Superintendent Steele had
left the room Judge Ayres appeared to ask
what had been done about the State-a
nue. bridge over Crooked run. Nothing had
the matter had been referred back to the
engineer; the engineer understood other
wise and the clerk had no record of the
matter at all The board SO referred it then
and there and the engineer promised to re-
port on Wednesday.
The people of Irvington, East Washing
ton street and State avenue will be in
great good luck if they see electric cars
running by Aug. 20 or week later. I'VE
had hoped to have that line In operation by
Aug. TO-" said Superintendent Steele the
other day. but Pm sorry to say that We
ars not likely to get it running by the Goth.
We have TO have two enormous twenty
foot fly wheels in onr pOwsr-hOuse.
and as they couldn't cast them
at Worcester, Mass, when We
bought the engines 1T had to be done at
Fitchburg. They just got one of them out
yesterday, and shipped il. Now if they
put the other In right away, 1t VIII take
ten days at least to cast it, and then it has
got to be shipped and set after it gets here.
Nothing of the construction work is left
but a square of poles and the stringing of
wires, all of which can be done in q couple
of days. We are little short on cross
bars. but they have been shipped. and VIII
be here in a few days"
About three fourths of the construction
work for the North indianapolis line Is TN
iShed.
w. T. Cox returned from Chicago yester-
day. whittier he went TO negotiate with the
Edison com pany for the construction of
the old Broad Ripple road. There is little
or no prospect of the deal going through
The new Broad Ripple company proposed
that the Edison company should construct
the road for an agreed price. $4,000 TO be
paid it upon completion to the city limits,
$4,000 more in cash within q stated period
of few months. and the rest in bonds
Mr.. Beggs the Edison company's district
manager. replied that the company could
take no bonds. He wanted $4,000 down,
$4,000 more upon the completion of the
road and the rest in short time notes. The
two propositions, as will be seen, are very
wide apart.