The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-25
TIRING THE BOARDS EARS,

The Complaints A x anst the Ad ain istration's
sprinkiinG Are Almost without Number.
The farce of cleaning the streets of In
dianapolis. by the sullivan administration,
brought rows of smiles at the Board of
Works yesterday morning. Even the two
members of the board. Messra Scherrer and
Defrees. smiled as citIzen after citizen filed
in and registered his complaint against
the farce which the city is maintaining at
80 great an OK pense to the property own
ers directly. Two men talked in very plain
langua1e to the board. casting reflection
on the boards manner of transacting pub
lie business. The board began to chafe un-
der these successive robukes, and the
members turned about to Jump on the
sprinkling inspector and the sprinklers.
Almost the entire morning was taken
mp In hearing these complaints against
the inefficient system which the
SullivanItes heralded abroad rs one of the
great accomplishments of the adminis-
tration. 1t is quite probable that the board
will have to abandon this system of clean-
ing the streets, as the protests are too loud
and mighty for them to turn away with
cold stares and other weapons the board
uses when citizens appear before them and
u
contractors fatteninG Off the people who
pay taxes for sprinkling that Is not half
done. Finally. another order as iesucd to
the sprinkling INSPECTOR to Jog no the slow
sprinklers. and to remind them that they
would be the losers by two days pay for
every day they neglected to sprinkle q
street
James NJ. Copeland, of 90 Davidson street,
appeared and began To stick pins in the
board Tor lev minutes. 1T is ridiculous
for man 10 pay taxes" he said. 81 have
been here half-dozen times and have sent
numerous communications. L have got
pretty tired of IT. If | can't get justice l
will GO and see the Mayor. and If / cannot
get justice there will go to the newspa-
pears. Then L will go TO the polls for JUS
tioe. That man tpointing TO Clerk Parkerl
has made out enough petitions for me-"
Just about this time one of the clerks from
the controllers office came in and told the
board that Frank Dell had Just telephOned
in that be had complaint TO make against
the sprinkliDg on the same street Finally
Mr.. Defrees collared tho man snd took him
on the outside to show him how he erred IN
supposing that the business administration
wOnld have anything done In o slipshod
fashion.
An elderly man from North Delaware
street was the next TO unfold his tale. This
time it W as North Delaware above Seventh,
that had seen no water One block has
not been Wet since the co Ntract was lot.
Charles krauss said Il Q noise and dust
III tuc sptIhhhHk VI win chnsS " anio 10
unbearable. AT all hours of the night the
wagons rumble by. and to the noise Is
oftcntimes added the swearing and shout-
ing o. the men who olean the street. Mr..
Krsuss was appointed n commissioner by
the neIgh borh0od To file a complaint at the
Board of Works office. On that same night
the contractor forgot to clean the street.
and the nei q borhOod slept In peace. Tho
next morning the neighbors eli
gathered around Mr.. Krauss and
thanked him with tears In their
eyes for the great service he performed
in persuading the cold-hearted board to
stop the noise He felt several twitches
of con nscience at receiving so much Ie " ard
for bis neglect. hut like Mark Twain. he
bore them bravely, and the next morning