The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-06
SOME CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The Board of Works DispOses of Paw.
Ing and other Matters.

AT the meeting of the Board of Public
Works, yesterday morning, bids were read
and contracts awarded as follows:
For paving with asphalt Chesapeake
street, from Pennsylvania street to Della
ware street: Western Paving and Supply
Company-Blue oolitic limestone, 1851;
stratifed limestone curb, 1919; Berea sand
stone curb, $S.79; Parkhurst curb. 1919
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Company
Granite curb, $409; blue oolitic limestone,
$.74; stratified limestone, 1874; Berea curb.
S:74; Parkhurst curb, 1914.
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Company
at S4 per lineal foot blue oolitic lime
stone to be used.
For paving with cement the sidewalks of
Meridian street. East side, from Four
teenth to Seventeenth street. West side,
from Fourteenth street to south approach
of Fall creek bridge: Acme Paving and
Contracting Company. H.35; Dearinger &
Niemeier, S1.S5; Keller Bros, $1.20; W. G..
WATSON & Co. CSC; William r. Tall. Sc
liam r. Tall, at 81 cents per lineal foot.
For the construction of a main sewer in
from the intersection of Meridian and ST
Clair streets to the first alley east of AL
ALBANIA street, in Fort Wayne avenue: Ro-
ney * Spauhng, 1897; A Bruner, 1915: w.
$354; Acme Paving and Contracting Com
pany, $50. The board awarded the con
tract to the Acme Paving and Contracting
Company at $3.50 per Iineal foot.
For the construction of local sewer in
Indiana avenue. from Mississippi street to
a point $50 feet northwest: w. G. Allen &
Co.. $L59; III. c. Rooney S1.50; Acme Paving
and Contracting Company, $140; A. Bruner
$40: p J. Hoffba9er. $ISs The board
at $l.39 per lineal foot.
For the construction of a fire cistern in
Boyd street, between Parker and PawpaW
streets, capacity, 1,20O barrels: Gansberg &
Roney N,375 for cistern complete: X. y
Cunning. $1,095 for cistern complete. The
board awarded the contract TO X. +. Dun
ming al 81 0q5
A petition was filed with the board ask
ing for the construction of a bridge over
Pleasant run at Spruce street No action
was taken.
y petition for asphalting Pennsylvania
street, from Maryland TO South street, was
granted and the engineer ordered to pre-
pare the necessary papers for the work.
The petition of II. r. Martin and others
for permission to construct local sewer,
under private contract. in the first alley
east of Water street. from McCarty street
to the first alley north. was granted and
the city engineer ordered to see that the
sewer was properly constructed.
Upon the report of the city engineer II.
G. Long was granted the permission he
asked for-the construction of a building
over POgue's run on Garden street.
The city engineer was ordered to prepare
the specifications for a drinking fountain
at the corner of West and Ray streets.
The board took final action on the i'm
provement resolutions for paving with
brick the first alley east of Meridian street,
from Second 10 Fifth street. For paving
with brick the first alley south of Fifth
street from Meridian TO Pennsylvania
street
Peter Healing the owner of a lot at the
corner of Virginia avenue and Maryland
street filed a protest against the assess
ment of his property for the sewer in the
latter street. He says he has already paid
an assessment Of several hundred dollars
for the construction OF the Nirginia-avenue
sewer. with which all connections had been
made, and the Maryland-street sewer was
of no benefit to the property. The board
took no action on the petition.
The board entered into a contract with
James l.. Bradley for the lease of the
ground on Kentucky avenue. at present oc-
cupied by the hay market for a period Of
two years and nine months from Nov. 1,
1898 The price 10 be paid is $75 per month.
psYable quarterly.