The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-06
NEW PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Board of Health Passes Over Brennan
and Ramsey and Appoints W. I. Judd.
Free Ambulance Service to Be Established
Paving Questions Before the Board OF
Works-Hunicipal Briefs.

The City Board of Health held q meeting
last night and settled the much-vexed
question of who Is to be plumbing in
spector. Neither James Brennan. the can
didate of the master plumbers. nor Alex.
Ramsey, the candidate of the journeymen's
union. gets IL. The light between the two
had become so bitter that the board hit MP
on q compromise man In the person of w.
+. Judd. who. il is claimed, Will prove sat
isfactory TO both Sides. The board yester-
day visited eight plumbing firms and got
their consent. and then obtained the con-
sent of Ramsey. Smith and Arnold. the
Union winch had the interests of the union
IN this matter IN charge.
Judd is now q master plumber. dong
business at 147 East Seventh street. but has
not been out of the Jour" ranks long. lie
was president OF the union for two years,
and 10 o man not more than twenty-five or
twenty-six years old. The board appointed
Messrs. James McGally, Patrick Froaney
and Thomas Clark q committee. as required
by the ordinance, to examine judd. Inc
examination Will take place to-day.
The board also determined to establish o
free ambulance ser vice. and ask the Council
TO aDDrOUTlaE6 EOUU 10 LUhlIthlu ~ Until tDO
end of the present fiscal year. The charter
authorizes the board TO keep an ambulance.
but 1t has not been done heretofore beeause
the u~ndertakers OF the city have been
keeping free ambnianees- The under
takers. however, have come to the con-
clusion that this Is O rather expensive
method of ad vertIsiDg their business and
have notified the board that they will dis
continue the practice.
One OF the ambulances at the City Hos
initial will ha uaah hv the hoard and IL will
be maintained at the livery stable near the
City DisDensary. All emergency calls. in
cases of accident. ETC.. will be responded to
and the ambulance will always carry o
physician from the dispenssry.
The only other business transacted was
the appointment of Is. j. Ferrell from the
Central College, as chemical assistant as
the dispensary. The Indiana Colleges
assistant has not yet been selected.
Street Paving Questions.
The Board of Public Works yesterday
ordered the city engineers to prepare pa
pers for the paving of Shelby street with
asphalt. and as soon as they can be gotten
In shape and the contracts let work will be
begun on it. This is q practical settlement
of the long-winded dispute which has
arisen between the property owners on
that thoroughfare as 90 the relative merits
of asphalt and brick. Petitions for each
have been before the board, and the two
factions have been hammering at it's men,
bers tn secure the ordering of the one they
preferred for several weeks. The board at
first stood to one side and said that il
would not have anything to do with the
controversy, but found that it was COM
PEELED TO act as the referee and make q
final deci sion. A numb-r of the shelby
street asphalt people were present when
the order was made out. and they could not
conceal their qualification st 1t. A day will
probably be set to hear any remonstrances
that the other side may wish to make.
About the same fight that has been waged
down on Shelby street as to whether 1t
should be paved with brick or asphalt is at
present going on with varying success TO
either side among the citizens of Arsenal
avenue. The missionaries OF asphalt seem
at present to be getting In some very lnsid-
ious work. Yesterday morning. at the
meeting of the board. two of the property
owners OF that street came in and said that
they had had their names attached to q
petition for brick. but that they wanted to
change them in favor of asphalt. This they
were allowed to do, and they said that
others of the brick men would be In for the
same purpose during the day. Their names
were Valentine Schaaf and George L.
Krause.
A delegation of q half dozen or more
West street property owners
Wcso uciuIo VIC UO6Iu 10 urge tho early
commencement of the improvements of the
street. They were told thnt as soon as
the sewerage plans had been investigated,
and it was seen that the proposed work
would not interfere with them, it would be
done.
The city en- gineer was Instructed to pre-
pare papers for the paving of the first alley
west of Illinois street. from Market street
GO the hrst alley north of Washing ton
street, providing that IL had been properly
dedicated to pupiic use.
Will Offer n Compromise tn Mr.. English.
City Attorney Jones and the bers of
the Board of Public Works held q private
conference at the close of yesterdays reau-
lar board meeting. at which was taken ND
the consideration OF the suit which w. II.
English has now pending against the city
for $40, coo damages. oceasioned by the over
flow of water from Poeue's run at the
time the grade OF Washington stree
was lowered. Mr.. English claimed
that tho damage done his property at
this point aud adjacent was, at the
lowest figures. about 1880, and that
he would not accept a settlement for q less
amount. The city authorities have shown
o disposition 20 compromise the suit and
IN this Mr.. English has met them. The re-
suit OF the conference yesterday was the
determination 70 offer him q. 100 as a full
settlement of all claims against the city in
ciuded In the suit brought. and 1t will be
accepted.
ohj"cting 10 the Location of Lights.
Quiie q number of protests about the ar
rangement of the new lighting system
were received by the board yesterday. as
usual. One was from X. H.. Barnes. who
evidently is not acquainted with the
capacity of the board to recsive kicks.
for be started In with apologlzing for ad-
dressing the board, and then IN the most
delicate manner possible called its atten-
tion TO the fact that unless there was an
alteration in the plans existing now there
would be no electric light on the square on
Broadway between Eighth and Ninth
streefs. A petition was also received for a
light at the corner of Central avenue and
Twelfth street.
Water Company's Tart Reply.
Several days ago the board sent q COM
mnnication TO the Indianapolis Water
Company to the effect that, unless they
tnrnea on the water in the public fountains