The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02
REJECTED ALL THE BIDS
Board of Public Works Declares They
AreToo High and Better Can Be Had.
Many Improvements Determined Upon
Charges Against PatrOlmen Preferred-PO-
lice Powers Granted Department Reports.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Number of Important Paving and Sewer
Resolutions Passed.

Number of Important Paving and Sewer
Resolutions Passed.
The Board of Public WORKS yesterday
took final action on the following sewer
and street-improvement resolutions.
For local sewer in New Jersey street, from
Morrison street 10 Home avenue. Length, SI4
feet; size, IL by 10 inches
For local sewer in Walnut street, from Ala
bama street to first alley west OF New Jersey
street. Length, 294 feet; size. By IL inches.
For a local sewer in Pearl and other streets,
from Missouri TO California street. Length. .si3
feet; size. foot 10 inches by 2 feet inches TO
Is by Is inches.
For local sewer in Miami street, from Ala
bama to Delaware street. Length, 49, feet;
sizes, 10 inches TO II by / D inches.
For local sewer in Miami street, from East
street to point 700 feat east OF last, East street
For local sewer In the first alley north OF
Ohio street TO point 10 feet west OF East
street. Length. l75 feet; size, by 10 inches.
For grading and grayeling Hamilton avenue
from Michigan street to the second alley north.
Length, 623 feet; width, 80 feet.
Leonard street and paving the walks with
brick from Cottage avenue 70 Kohl street
Length, 572 feet; width. go feet.
For grading and graveling the roadway OF Al
vorc street, from Massachusetts to Home ave-
nue.. Length, 1.l05 feet width 30 feet.
Yesterday was the last day for receiving
Inconsistencies against the Improvement OF
Walnut street, from Meridian to Tennessee
street, with asphalt. and there were filed
with the board sufficient signatures to
make MP two thirds foot frontage of the
street. This throws final action on the i'm
provement into the Council. and 1t will 60
there.
A remonstrapce signed by all of the
property owners on Market street. between
Pennsylvania and Alabama streets. was
received against the letting of the contract
for paving that street at the proc named
by the lowest bidder on the work-West-
ern Paving and Supply Company, $1,000 to
Sll.2l, according to curb.
The demonstrators say that the bid 10 at
least 80 per cent higher than for the came
WORK on Delaware. and that they object to
1t. There was no action taken. The fol-
lowing sureet-improvement specifications
were adopted by the board:
For paving with cement the walks of Pennsyl-
vania street, from St Clair to Seventh street
Length, 7.I67 feet; width. 8 feet
For grading and gravelng the roadway OF Lin
den street.. from Prospect to Orange street
Length. $50 feet; width, 30 feet
For grading and graveing the first alley north
of Ohio street, from Preston to Highland street.
Length. 216 feet; width, Is feet. -
avenue, from Clifford to Brookside avenue.
Length, 3. 144 feet; width, 6 feet.
Carty street. from Meridian 10 High street
Length, ,sl7 feet; width. 80 feet.
For paving with brick the eaat walk OF Missis.
sippi street, from South TO Merrill street, and
the west walk from Henry to Merrill street
Length, 1871 feet; width4 feet.
For paving with brick Susquehanna street,
from Vermont to Michigan street. Length, 4l9
feet; width, 90 feet.
For local sewer in Dillon street. beginning at
Fletcher avenue extending south to alley south
Of Hoyt avenue, and then east to pointtwenty
three feet west Of Reid street. Length. 1887
feet sizes, feet q inches by 3 feet inches
to inches.
The final estimate on the improvement
of the first alley south of Catherine street,
from Missouri to Chadwick street. by
grading and graveling, has been completed.
and is as follows Cost to property owners.
$1,000. and to the city, $3.50. making o
total of S117. The final estimate of the
cost OF paving with brick the west walk OF
Missouri street. from Merrill to McCarty
street. is as follows: Total cost to prop
erty owners. s3l7.63. and to the city. s2Z63,
making total of S3i5.26.