The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-20
LAST STEP In THE PROCESS
Board of Public Works Makes Final
Orders for Asphalt Improvements.
Several Cement Sidewalks 0rdered-Fitchey
and Board-New Canal Bridge-Tennes-
see Street mbered-Complaints.

Final Action Taken Paving Several
Streets

Final Action Taken Paving Several
The Board of Public Works. at its meeting
yesterday morning, took final action on
the following improvement resolutions:
For paving Pennsylvania street with asphalt,
from Virginia avenue to Maryland street.
Length. 800 feet; width. so feet
For paving Broadway with asphalt, from ST
Clair street to Seventh street. Length, 1857
feet: width 80 feet.
For paving Talbot avenue with asphalt, from
Fourteenth TO Seventeenth street. Length,
1879 feet; width, "a feet.
The following specifications were adopted:
For the paving with granolithic the outer walk
of Monument Place to q width OF twenty-five
feet inclusive OF the lawns.
For the paving OF the east and west walks Of
Meridian street, from Monument Place to Ohio
street, with granOlithic, TO q width OF ten feet
For the paving of the east and west walks Of
Meridian street, from Washington street to Mon
ument Place, with granolithic. to width OF ten
feet.
For the paving of the north and south walks
OF Market street. from Pennsylvania street TO
Monument Place. with granolthic to width OF
ten feet
For the paving of the north and south walks
OF Market street. from Illinois street TO Monu-
ment Place. with Rranolithic.
For bowldering the alley west OF College ave-
nue., from Home avenue TO the alley north
Length. l7o feet; width. Is feet.
For grazing and gravetng the roadway OF
Fountain street. from Glenn drive TO Lawrence
street.
from Ohio 10 New York street. Length, 900
feet; width, 10 feet.
FOR a local sewer in Wabash street. from Della
ware to Alabama street.
The board rescinded it's action in tho
adoption of the papers prepared for con.
structlnR the Georgia-street sewer. and
| changed them to read so that Its course
will run up Pennsylvania street instead of
the first alley east OF Pennsylvania street.
The city engineer was instructed TO pre-.
| pare papers for laying OF cement walks ON
Pennsylvania street from ST Clair to
| seventh street.
| Building inspector Fitchey had his day
| yesterday with the board. The latter some
time ago granted a permit to remove o
house from 2i5 South Alabama street to 176
| Louisiana street. and the inspector IN
| formed them that to remove q house from
| out Of the ire limits TO inside of 10 was not
! permissible. The board very obediently
| rescinded it's action.
The board ordered the city engineer to
| prepare papers for the construction of q
bridge over the canal at Pratt street, in ao-
| cordance with q petition presented some
time ago by the property owners.
A complaint from Thomas Madden was
reserved on the condition of Fifth street.
| between Meridian street and Illinois He
said that there was continual pool of
water standing there. and that it was very
| detrimenta tai to the health of the neighbour
hood. The engineer was ordered to inspect
| the condition OF Fayette street. from st.
| SIdlT I'D lE5t 6tEect, ANU IL IL 10 WdIEaOt
ed. TO prepare papers for the construction
| of cement walks on is.
w. s. Ludlow was q caller at the Office OF
the board yesterday. He is the represent
alive of the benzine process of disposing
of garbage, and he has bid before the
board for the erection of q plant in this
| city. He asked If anything had been done
toward letting the contract. a1d was told
that there had not. He had private con-
sultstion with the members of the board
but received no assurance as to what would
be done.
A complaint was received about the con.
dition of Cornell avenue. from Lincoln ave.
nue. TO Seventh street Ii was the usual
one about water standing in the street
and was referred TO the street commits
sioner. A petition for fenumbering Ten.
nessee street, from Pratt to Nineteenth
was granted. Petitions for grading and
graveling Bates street. from Hill place
TO State street, and summit street, from
Michigan avenue to Bates street, were
granted. Also q petition for a local sewer
in New jersey street from Washington
street to the Union tracks.