The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-27
WEST
Tax Levy for the Year Fixed-SOme
Money Collected.

transacted business Monday night with
slow and measured step. There have been
to date but four bids for the Kentucky
avenue Improvement, and these were re-
jected. The town clerk was instructed to
readvertIse for bids. 1t is not even sur
missed how soon this improvement will be
made. as bids are slow to come in, and are
too high when offered. A committee of the
merchants of Belmont petitioned the board
TO aid them in supporting q mer-
chant police. as the one which
Is now being employed by the
merchants receives but g q week. and the
ofhcer cannot support himself with this
sum. The board. according to law, cOnld
not aid IN this matter. and did not feel dis
posed TO appoint a deputy for this particu-
lar locality, AS the other parts OF the town
wonld like Wise clanor for police protection
and the iiatness OF the tire asnry would not
warrant any suoh actions. Oct. 10 was ap-
pointed as the date on which to hear the
report OF the town engineers estimate of
the kappa-street Improvement.
The Indianapolis Water Company again
placed It's bill of S66A42 before the board.
This bill WAS laid over till next meeting,
as the money for paying 1t was lacking.
and 1t was not known what kind of notes
or warrants the water company would &C
cept. Town Clerk Finch reported that he
had collected SG57.51, IN which was in
cluded four saloon Licenses. three peddlers'
licenses. the rest being money turned over
to him by Marshal Mandolin. The board
then proceeded TO allow the few small
bills standing against the town. The
ready cash was allowed. The fire
department. had incurred bebts tn
the amount of 1918. Handouts. nails and
screen wire cost the town Sl0.45.- A bill
from the Journal to the amount of $3.50 for
advertising was thought to have been paid
and was laid aside for Investigation. s.
c. Barnett presented a bill of 81, the bal
ance due him Tor making a sewer at How
ard street and III avenue. This was
laid over indefinitely until it was seen that
the sewer proved satisfactory. The Bah
cock Fire EXtiDguisher Company did not
seem pressing and consequently their bill
of SIS was laId over. The freight of the
newly bought hose for the fire department
amounted to s..
Deputy Hughes. thoughtful of the well
fare OF the citizens. presented two resoIu-
tIons. In one he asked the board to take
action as TO the matter of persons carrying
concealed weapons. In the other he asked
that the board insist that dogs. particular
ly vicious dogs. be confined To the property
of their owners. AS there are State laws
concerning both these resolutions, the
board took no action thereon.
Trustee PIerson then moved that the
Hsrding-street Improvement be reconsid-
cred. he said that he had talked with all
property owners who had previously been
thought to be opposed to tdls i'm
proyement, and that he had found no one
against t. he motion was then carried,
and The Improvement ordered. The I'M
provement will be made in two divisions.
the first being from Morris street TO the
Belt railroad. and the second being from
the Belt railroad to the Vandal1a railroad.
BY dong TINS the cost of the north i'm
p~rOvemeDt will be somew less than that
of the south half. The former bid for all
this Improvement was S1.4T a foot. but 1t is
expected that either bid will not exceed 80
cents q loot.
The board then took up the important
work of the evening. the ~levying of the
town and school taxes. Much time was
wasted IN nOnsensical talk. but finally the
following levy was agreed upon.
School Tar.
speclal. 10
.O3
%
Total. .43
IOrR Tar.
Corporation 80
schoolhouse. 10
Sinking fund .O6
Road .O5
81
This was an increase of 2 cents on the
special and / cent ON the library fund. and
an increase of i cents In tie schoolhouse
bond.
The board thought il necessary 10 make
this increase on account of the great in
dehtedness of the town. ana, also. the evil
dent need in making improvements about
the schools. Ii Is thought that with this
Scent levy for a library. that this. in adj
ditloL to the already accumulated amount,
will enable the town TO build q library OF
its own within the next two years.
Marshal Maholm called the attention of
the board TO the fact that an amount was
due 10 Mrs. Dave Robinson for forty-twO
loads Of gravel. used some time ago. No
action was taken. The hour then being
1850 p. NJ. the board adjourned without a
dissenting voice.
West In oianapolis Burglary.
The house OF John l.. Cordell, No. 81
North Harding street. West Indianapolis,
Was entered by thieves last night. who Sc
cured $50 worth OF dress goods, a valise
valued ut s., n gold watch and cham valued
Mt $50. and also three pairs of trousers. The
thieves entered the house through = win
dow on the north side. and they evidently
must have known the situation. as articles
were not scattered around. as is usually
the case. MIR. Corde!l found a pair of his
trousers a short distance from his house,
and near the Vnndalia railroad he found
one of his handkerchiefs. This is believed
TO be n blind" as certain parties are aus
pected who live in exactly the opposite
direction. MIR. Cordell has a standing re-
ward OF SIS for any ciew as to the identity
of the thieves.