The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-19
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

South Meridian Street to BE Paved with
Granite-Minor Improvements.
The Board of Public Works, at q meeting
held late yesterday afternoon. passed on q
number Of street resolutions and came to
final decision on the I'm provement of South
Meridian street. from Washington street
TO the Union tracks.
South Meridian street within the con-
fines named is what is known as the
wholesale district" and Is where q larger
portion of the heavy hauling of the city is
done. When the board declared that it
would improve the street during the pres
emit season. 1t became matter OF general
interest to the merchants doing business
on the street. and there were q num-
Der of mass meetings held to discuss
the situation. These merchants even went
30 lar as to organize an association, elected
officers and adopted number of resoiu-
tlons relating to the improvement of the
street There was division of feeling in
favor OF asphalt and brick. which was sl-
~ brought round Co almost o unanmity for
the former. OF some twenty individual
petitions presented to the board all but
two of them were for asphalt, and those two
were for brick. The members of the board
matter. and finally decided on granite.
Messrs. Conduit and Scherrer voting for
1t and MIR. Defrees voting for asphalt. The
city engineer was instructed to prepare pa
pers for the improvement at once. and it
will be ordered within the next few days.
The board adopted the following street.
Improvement resolutions:
Improving with brick the first alley west OF
Meridian street. from Pearl street tn Maryland
street; length 200 feet, width 10 feet.
Improving with brick Maryland street, from
Kentucky avenue to Pennsylvania street, length
1925 feet. width so feet.
m ~ W. IA frcf O a xra NJ
Illinois street from Market street to Court street,
length 1875 feet, width 10 feet
Improving with brick the first alley east of
Market street; length 40 feet width Is feet.
Improving with brick Pearl street, from Ten
nessee street to Missouri street, length 419 feet.
Improving with asphalt Prospect street, from
Dillon street TO Reed street; length 2,574 feet.
width so feet.
Improving with asphalt Pennsylvania street.
from Virginia avenue to Maryland street, length
800 feet, width 30 feet.
Local sewer in Dickson street. from Market
street 10 point $50 feet NORTH siZe 10 inches
by inches.
MISUNDERSTANDING with cement the west walk
of Park avenue from Thirteenth street TO Fiji
teentn street: paving with cement the east walk
of Hudson street. from Michigan street to Yer
mont street, paving with cement the east walk
OF Bellef0ntaine street, from Home avenue
TO Lincoln avenue; paving with ce-
ment the east and west walks of
Bellefontaine street, from Thirteenth street to
Fifteenth street; paving with cement the east
and west walks OF Tacoma avenue, from Wash
ingtOn street to Michigan street; paving with
Meran sfee TO streea pasnr Wh
brick the east and west walks OF John street,
from Lexington avenue TO Prospect street;
paving with brick the east and west walks of
Highland avenue from Ohio street to Miami
street. paving with brick the north and south
walks OF Miami street. from Archer street to
Preston street; paving with brick the east and
west walks of Archer street, from Vermont
street to Miami street