The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-25

out on State and Woodland avenues the
people had TO shut up their houses or eat
dust all the time. Another complaint from
Dela~ are street said the street was not
sprlnk kled twice q day. Sarah Henderson
and mum ber of neighbors living on Belle
fOntaine, between Home avenue and Irwin
street. wrote that the street was only
sprlnkled twice = day. and that the last
sDrinkling was done at 2:30 O'Clock in the
afternoon. At Seventh and Alabama streets
stagnant pool was reported, due from the
Door street work.
Several sprinklers appeared and wanted
to talk with the board about the alleged
Rouging by the water company in the mat
ter of water rates. The.board told the men
that it was q matter entirely between the
eprInklers and the company. The sprink.
lers are afraid that the company is going
TO charge them for the water that goes on
the street intersections.
Clarence Kenyon got permission from the
board to have what flushing he wants done
for his new sweeping system. He proposes
to begin his test on Circle and Market
streets next Monday. The men he Will en-
ploy to be paid S1.50 day. and they
are 10 work ten bours. In the residence
portion he thinks one sweeper Will do for
every two or three blocks.
The foreman of street repairs was ordered
TO put Meridian. from Louisiana to WASH
inaton street. in good condition and have
necessary bowldering done in the cutters.
Before the Encampment.
The Wsrrsn-Scharf Company was In
structed to begin work at once on the
asphalt pavement on South Pennsylvania
between Washington and Maryland
streets. and the company was told not to
begin the improvement if it could not get
it done before the encampment The final
estimate was allowed this company for the
Tslbott-avenue asphalt.
Papers were ordered for the improvement
with brick of the center alley between
Illinois and Meridian. from Washington TO
Georgia. Improvement resolutions were
passed calling for brick sidewalks on the
south side of North, between Blake and
Douglass, and on the north side OF the
same street. FROM Fsyette to the first alley
west. Another resolution provided for
sewer along Wabash. from East street to
Liberty; also for the grading of the south
sidewalk of East street from Blake to
Douglass. Advertisements were ordered
for bids on the work of laying brick walks
on both sides of Summit. from Ohio to
Roller avenue. Like action was taken on
the main sewer improvement on Massachu-
setts avenue. from Bellefontaine TO Tecum-
sch street Bids are to be received on ce-
ment sidewalks for Fayette, between Sc.
CLAIR and First. The Wabash sewer, from
Liberty to East. Is ready for Oids.
The ohuokholes on Fifth street, from Me-
rIdian to Illinois street. are to be hlled up
with gravel from the Illinois street i'm
prOvement Frank HelwIG again wrote
the board that he wanted the Western Paw
ing and Supply Company to I'LL mp the holes
left by the imprint of horses feet on the
Walnut-street asphalt. He says the teams
of the company were driven on the street
before the asphalt was dry. and the holes
left do not iron themselves out as the CON-
pany would claim. j. j. Cameron COM
planned of O sewer that runs from Bates TO
Ion olxa haH ir md
fills his cistsrn with water. One man came
in to complain about the manner In which
tho paving next to the street-oar tracks in
q certain portion of the town is being done.
few minutes he told tho board; Il think
you are doing everything to please the
street-oar company and yourselves"
Do Not Want It Widened.
There was . larRe-sized remonstrance
against the reduction in width of Central
avenue from the ditch to Fourteenth street.
Complaint was made that some man had
blockaded the alley just north of Fletcher
avenue with dirt. The foreman was in
| structed to set sail for the offender. The
| p, c.. c. & st. l.. Railroad Company noti-
| fed the board that the company was will
| ing to remove the switch box near the
| Home brewery If the city would find q bet
| ter place and guarantee the company
| against damages for loss of life j. A.
| Everitt was given permission to put In
| street scales In the alley Just south of
Washington and west of Tennessee. The
| cost of a local sewer on New York, from
| Alabama TO a point 2l0 feet west was re-
ported at S34S 20. A job of printing W IS
ordered awarded to the Sentinel Printing
| Company on bid of $50. A remonstrance
| was filed against the paving OF sidewalk
| on Fay ette, between st. Clair and First
| with cement.
| Sat Down on n Gas Company.
| The Manufacturers' Natural Gas Com
pany petitioned the board to use route
| for their downtown supply line IS follows:
| From Missouri and Georgia street. east on
Georgia and Louisiana to Illinois and then
| across Illinois to the Union Station. The
board refused to grant the company the
| route and insisted that the company only
| use Louisiana street for it's line. The cOm-
| pany will have TO take this route but IL
| will be unable TO reach the Union Station
unless It digs under the train sheds.
| Petitions for water mains and lights
| were sent in from Lincoln lane to Ray mond
| street, also from Bellefontaine. between
| Christian and Home avenues. There were
| petitions asking that electric lights be
| placed at the intersections of Bright and
| North, and on Hsnway and Morris streets
| where they CROSS the j.. III. ~ /. tracks.
| A Dangerous Curve.