The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-06
CITY AFFAIRS.

Small Street-Improvement Contracts Let by
the board Of Works.
The Board of Public Works had q rather
dull session yesterday morning. About the
most important business was the opening
OF bids for public improvements az follows:
For grading and paving with. brick the
roadway OF Tennessee street, from the
north property line OF South street to q
point $40 feet north, Capitol Paving and
Construction Company-Canton repressed
brick, $50 per foot on each side; Wabash
CLAW Company brick. IS. Fulmer IL Sell
bert-Canton repressed brick. S7.95; Wa
bash Clay Company brick. $50. robert
Wabash Clay Company . brick. $3.50.
Robert Remington being the lowest bid
der the board awarded him the contract at
$3.50 per foot, Wabash Clay Company
brick and stratified curb to be used.
For grading and paving with brick the
roadway of New Jersey street. from q point
on u line drawn from the south west corner
OF square 81 10 the northeast corner of
South street: Capitol Paving and Con-
structiOn COmpany-CantOn repressed
brick. So.y5 per foot. each side; Wabash
Clay Company brick. $500. Robert Ken
nington-Canton repressed brick. 1856;
Wabash Clay Company brick. $3.50. Full
mer ~ Seibert-Cantoh repressed brick.
S.. IS; Wabash Clay Company or Malvern
brick, $50 Fulmer Il Seibert were
awarded the contract at $40 per lineal
foot, each side. Wabash Clay Company
brick to be used. and stratified curb.
For grading and graveling the first alley
north of Elizabeth street. from the east
property-line of Douglass street 10 the
west prOperty-llne of the second alley east
81 cents per lineal foot, each side; Fisher IL
Tallent,re. IS cents: L. l.. Philips. SO cents:
Daniel Foley. % cent?; John Greene. 27l9
cents; George W.. McCray. 81 cents. George
w. McCrsy being the lowest and best bid
der. the board awarded him the contract.
For grading and RraveIing the first alley
east of Douglass street, from the south or
west property line of Indiana avenue to
the north property line of the first alley
south of Indiana avenue-GeOrge II. Nc
Caslin. 32l4 cents per lineal foot. each side:
Fisher n Tallentire, &c cents; Daniel Foley,
% cente; T.. T.. Phillips. % cents; John
Greene, u and Is cents: George ". McCray.
10 cents. George w. McCray was awarded
the contract.
For grading and graveling the road way,
grading and paving with brick the side
walks of Clifford avenue. from the east
curb line of Tecumseh street TO the west
curb line of Jefferson avenue tsouthl-Geo.
II. McCaslin. $3.50 per lineal foot. each side;
Daniel Foley, 81. ID; Fulmer II SeiberJ, Sl.yS;
Fisher X Tallentire. Sl.95; z. +. PHILIPPE.
sl.49. Pc. Phillips was awarded the con-
tract.
For grading and graveling the roadway,
grading and paving with brick the side
walks of Clifford avenue. from the west
curb line of Jefferson avenue (south) to the
east property fiDe OF keystone avenue
(south)-George III. McCaslin. Sl.s2 per
lIneal foot. each side; Fisher ~ Tailentire.
S1.S4; Fulmer 81 Seibert, Sl.69. Fuimer IL
Selbert being the lowest and best bidders,
the board awarded them the contract.
For grading and graveliDg the roadway.
grading and paving with brick the side
walks of Eureka avenue, from the north
property line of Michigan street to the
south property line of Clifford avenue
Geo. Ii. McCaslin. $3.50 per lineal foot. each
side; Fulmer * oeibert. Sl.o4; Fisher ~
TallentIre. $3.50; Daniel Foley, SLIGO; John
Greene, Sl.55; T. Fuehring IL Co., SL.38
Obstruction of business Streets.
There never has been a time in the his
tory of the city when the business streets
were so much INSTRUCTED as they ave been
lately. The street-car company had Penn
sylvaDia and Washington streets torn I'D
and ockad during the State fair, and.
now Meridian street looks like q gravel
bed. In the meantime, the street-car COM
pany goes ahead disreUarding the orders of
the Board of Public Works to make It's
tracks conform to the grade of the streets.
Municipal Notes.
The city controller yesterday paid the
police and fire forces. The payroll
amounted TO $4,000.
The board yesterday ordered the engineer
to prepare the necessary papers for q big
sewer in East street ana adjacent thorough
fares.
A petition was fled with the Board of
Public Works yesterday for the perma-
nent Improvement of Central avenue. from
the State ditch to Seventeenth street. No
action was taken.
Charles scholh was granted permission
by the board to lay cement side walks in
front of 81 aud 50 indian avenue. James B.
Black IN front of $50 North Pennsylvania
street. and the English Lutheran Church,
OIL the northeast corner of Pennsylvania
and Walnut streets.