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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-03
THIS LOOKS PECULIAR
County Burial Contract Let i'm a
Queer Secret Session.
Commissioners Award 1t to One Firm
at Prices Much Higher than
Another Firms Bid.

The careful regard of the County Com
missionars for the obligations imposed upon
them was fairly demonstrated yesterday
afternoon in the letting of the contract for
the burial of the %county's poor. The speci-
fications under which bids were TO be made
required bids on three sizes of caskets, as
follows: Three feet and under. over three
and under five feet, and five feet and over.
Bids were also made for muslin lined cas-
ket, robe, hearse and grave with the small
est size, n the same with the addition of
one hack in the other two sizes. The grave
is required TO be six feet deep, burials TO
be upon the grounds of the county asylum.
There were four bidders, and FoutZ &
Fftzhugh were the lowest, but the contract
was secretly awarded to Collier q Murphy,
though their bid was much higher than
over $l6. Tn bid Of Foutz & Fitzhugh was
the bid OF the successful bidder last year.
The bid of Collier 81 Murphy was as fol-
lows: Three feet and under, 49,; over three
and under five feet, Sl2; and five feet and
over, SIG. The bid of Foutz & Fitzhugh was
as follows: Under three feet. $t.55; three
feet to five feet, $7.95, and five feet and
over. S11.25. The bond submitted by Foutz
& F1tzhugh represented property Of the
value of $4,000, and the commissioners rec
ogniZed that they would not dare refuse 10
allow them the contract were their bid
made public. While representatives of the
press were present they announced that the
contract would not be let until to-day.
Later in the evening. however, it was
awarded to Collier Il Murphy at the higher
figure.
AN undertaken, who once held the con-
tract for the county burying, quoted prices
TO a Journal reporter. last night, showing
the profit TO be made by the contractor.
The cost of the burial is as follows: Three
foot coffin, SIS; skeleton box. 80 cents;
trimmings, % cents; raw 90 cents; hack,
s.; total. $50. This is the smallest size
coffin, for which the contractor receives,
under the contract, as awarded by the
commissioners, yesterday, SIP. The cost of
burial il a coffin five feet or over is SAT-,
for which the contractor receives SIG under
the new contract. The cost for the smaller
size is 81, for which the contractor receives
s. under the new contract. 1t is not
strange that the County Commissioners
should have so little regard for economy
and the law recurring them 10 award con-
il is remembered that Martin Murphy, of
the firm OF Collier x Murphy. was former
~ bailim of the commissioners Court and
is in the inner circle of the courthouse
ring. The Commissioners had no discretion
in the matter and were, by force OF cir
c~umstances, compelled. at all hazards. TO
award the contract to Nfr. Alurphy's firm.
The Journals informant also said that
relatives Of a pauper often desired a little
extra trimmings put UPON the coffin, for
which they were willing to pay. In this way
the contractor often received extras which
amounted to considerable in the course of
the year.
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A NEW PATROL WAGON.
Board Of Safety Orders Bids-Changes
I'm thu. Enr.cS

Board of Safety Orders Bids-Changes
ia the Forces.
The Board Of Safety yesterday morning
instructed Superintendent of Police Powell
to obtain specifications for a new covered
patrol wagon weighing about 100 pounds,
and to advertise for bids. He was also d.
rected to make the necessary repairs to the
room occupied by the police surgeon at the
station house.
The Board Of Health stated that the ser
vices Of A. o. Robinson were no longer
needed as a sanitary policeman and he
was ordered to report to the police surgeon
for examination before he returns to the
regular force. William Colbert's resigna-
ton as a patrolman was accepted. ). e.
McAfillen was directed to report for exam
ination for a place on the fire force. Here
after the board will nave men amine
before appointing them on either the police
or fire force. Special police powers were
granted Dayton Rinker, NJ. z. Iaughlin
and Fred Reinecke,. watchmen. VIM y.
RuSie was dropped from the fire force roll
on account OF his physical condition n
complaint that small boys were making a
practice of jumping on moving cars over
the Big Four tracks was referred to the
patrolmen in the proper district. The po-
lice were instructed to see that the Citi-
zenS' Street-railroad Company allowed
none of its wagons to stand on Tennessee
street between Georgia and Louisiana. A
communication from Superintendent Pow
ell asking for a new cow pound and the
repair Of the old ones was referred to the
Board of Works.
The following are abstracts from month
ly reports of the department for Deem
Der:
Police-Prisoners taken to the police sta
ton. Ill: stolen property recovered. S752.S2:
total arrests, sos. The matron had 81 pris-
oners under her care at various times dur
ing the month, and Of these 80 were under
twenty years of age.
Building Inspector-Inspections made, 1874;
value Of licenses, $56,6l0; chimneys con-
demned, 81.
Police Surgeon-Applications for medical
attention, 1872: post norton examinations, 3;
patients treated, So: visits made, 12L.
Humane Officer Cases observed, 60.
Court Bailiff-Cases before the court. sos.
Clerk Board Of Safety-Receipts, $500. 20.
Market Master-Fees collected. S214.75.
Fire Observation-Disclosures of fires, Al.
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\ SEWER IMBROGLIO
Suits May Be Brought if Bell
Street interrogation Is Not Built.
WOrks-Changes in Police Depart
ment-Garfield Park Lake.

Charles Martindale made a long argument
before the Board OF Works yesterday after
noon. urging the members to order the Bell
street sewer built, despite the opinion of the
city attorney, who holds that property out
side of the city cannot be assessed by the
board for the construction of the sewer. Mr..
Martindale cited a number of authorities,
most Of them In Indiana cases, to show that
for public Improvement purposes authorities
In a city or an incorporated town could as
sess property outside of the city or town.
IN certain cases people living outside OF cor
porate limits were assessed where they sent
children TO schools inside the city limits.
He held that the law did not contemplate
political divisions in certain matters of i'm
provements. He urged the board to pass
the declaratory resolution for the sewer.
and let the contract with the understanding
that the work was not TO be done IL the Su-
preme Court held. in a case TO be tested.
that the property outside Of the corporate
limits could not be assessed.
Mr.. Martindale promised that If the board
did not take steps % relieve the drainage
In the northeastern part of the city in ac-
cordance with the plan of engineer Herring
there would be innumerable damage suits
against the city, and injunctions would be
HOooAN - eO 49, 49,
for the Fourteenth-street sewer, which is
q part OF the State ditch drainage system,
as planned by the engineer. He showed a
decision by Judge Elliott where it was held
that a city is liable to damages if an i'm
provement is continued when the city knows
that the system under which the improve
ment is being made is defective. He con-
tended that the Fourteenth-street sewer Is
only a part of the State ditch system, and
that the engineer, in his report, distinctly
stated that the Fourteenth = street sewer
would not answer the purpose unless pro-
vision is made by an interceptOr for drain
ing the water north of Bell street into Fall
creek. If the interceptor is not built the big
Fourteenth-street sewer will not fully serve
the district, and the people will not be ben
Gifted To the value of the money which they
will have to pay for the sewer. He wanted
the board to assess the property owners in
the district northeast of the city. The board
took the matter under advisement and will
consult again with the city attorney.
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HUSTLING FOR PLACES
Plenty of Men Want to Be Men,
bers ofthe Board ofAgriculture.
Official Reports Heard by Delegates
Yesterday-Meeting of Short
Horn Breeders.

The delegates to the State agricultural
convention are manifesting greater interest
in the election, which occurs this after
noon, than for several years past. a num-
Der of candidates are On hand from nearly
every district where a vacancy occurs. AT
the Denison, last night, some very lively
electioneering was in progress, which was
continued until a late hour. In the first
district Robert Mitchell, of Princeton, will
probably have no opposition, though the
friends of Samuel Hargrove may put his
name forward. James Mccoy. in the sec
ond, will have no opposition, as he has
been on the board but a single term, and
two terms are generally conceded an ac-
ceptable member. L. Q. A. Sieg, from the
third, will not be a candidate for re-elec-
ton. w. w. Stevens, of Salem, and t. S.
Getzendamer will contest for the place. In
the fourth district Stephen w. DUNCAN will
give way, after a service of ten years, and
w. b. Seward. of Bloomington, John Til
son and Jap Lagrange, of Franklin are
making an aggressive fight to succeed TO
the place. In the Indianapolis district Hi
ram b. Rowland, the present incumbent.
will be opposed by w. B. Holton and G. s.
Darnell. both of this city. c. b. Harris, Of
the fourteenth district, believes he will have
no opposition, although the friends of j. A.
McClung, of Rochester, may put his name
forward. w. A. Banks, of LaPorte, who
has been the member from the fifteenth
district for a number of years, will retire
from the board. The vacancy will be filled
by either Aaron Jones, of South Bend, d.
w. Place or n. w. German, Of New Car
Isle, who are all putting forth their best
exertions TO represent the agricultural in
terests in this section of the State. In the
sixteenth district a determined fight is be-
ing waged by the friends of j. Il. Mcdonald
to displace r. NJ. Lockhart, of Waterloo,
who has been a member of the board for
twenty years, and is a candidate for re-
election
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GARFIELD PARK LAKE.
Engineers RepOrt-Men to BE Put to
Work To-day.

III = ~ DS -
Work To-day.
The plan Of putting men who are given
rations by the Commercial Club relief COM
mittee to work on the streets under the
direction OF the city authorities was not
put in operation yesterday. 1t was post
poned until to-day. when gangs will be put
10 work on the streets and down at Gar
field Park. A committee from the relief
called on the Mayor yesterday
and had a talk with him. The committee
wants the city 70 increase the amount
usually expended on the streets to about
$500 a week. and use most of the money
in the employment of teams, so that the
men who are aided by the committee at
the food market may have an opportunity
of repaying the committee by working on
public improvements. All of those aided
who apply to-day Will be given work, which
they are expected to do in payment for the
food they have obtained from the commit
tee.
The city engineer made a report yester-
day on the cost OF the proposed lake at
Garfield Park. He says ii will be neces-
sary 10 build a dam in order TO make the
lake at the junction of the two streams in
the park. he proposes to locate the dam
about fifty feet above the bridge across
Pleasant run. The depth of the lake at low
water would be five fest. The dam would
be of stone and will cost 5000. not in
GLIDING the earthen embankment. Ii will
cost 5000 to excavate twenty thousand
cubic yards of material for a bed. The re-
port continues as follows:
This lake viii have a nearly constant
water line, floods increasing the area of the
lake but little. Ii will be about three hun
dred feet square at the lower end, with
two branches, each about one hundred feet
wide and seven hundred TO eight hundred
feet long. Any increase in size will require
materially greater amounts OF excavation
for each square yard of area added. There
Is room near by for the deposit of at least
forty thousand cubic yards of material,
which can probably be excavated for about
SlO.J10. The lake formed by ~eXcavating
forty thousand yards Will be slightly larger
In all its dimensions. except depth, than
the one above described.
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SESSION.

Al
At the opening of the afternoon session
Governor Matthews was introduced and
welcomed the delegates to the capital. He
said:
81 only desire TO express to you a thought
or two that comes into my mind. You
should place men on the board who will
advance the great interest of agriculture in
Indiana with energy and determination
You come together in a time OF. great de-
preston. You find the great industry you
represent languishing. The year 1893 viii
sbe remembered as a year of settlement and
balancing of accounts. The agr1culturlst
of to-day is thoroughly imbued with the
progress that was so manifest in the dis
plays at the great worlds fair just closed.
He recognizes his responsibilities to keep
up with the great march of progress and
to advance it in this State wherever and
whenever he can" The Governor well
coined the delegates to the capital and eX-
cused himself from talking further, plead
ing pressing official duties.
Mayor Denny then welcomed the dele
gates to the city of indianapolis in a few
remarks. He excused himself for not he
ing prepared with suggestions that would
interest the delegates regarding the mutual
interest of the citizens of indianapolis with
their efforts in the direction of holding the
yearly State display. He recognized the
mutually of interests between the city and
the State Fair Board in making a success
of the State Fair. He thought sufficient at
fractions should be procured to keep the
people here during the whole week and thus
be of increasing benefit both to the Agri-
cultural Board and the city.
Prof. Fl. A. Huston. of Purdue Univer-
sitv. read an address on THE Sugar Beet in
Indiana He maintained that the soil and
climate of the State was adapted to the
successful culture Of the sugar beet and
cited experiments that had been made by
the United States experimental station that
proved this beyond question
Mrs. Virginia c. Meredith. Of Cambridge
city. addressed the convention on "The
Mission OF the State Fair"
The following is the programme for to-
day:
900 a. m.-Rol-call of delegates. Report
of committee on credentials.
1000 a. m.-Nominations for eight men,
bers of the board.
1915 q. m--Address by Mrs. Julia d.
Waugh. Of Charlottesville. Ind. farming;
It's Sunshine and Shadow" Discussion.
100 p. m.-Election of directors; adjourn
ment.
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THE old bridge lying on the ground in
the park can be utilized 10 carry the road
on the north side of the lake over the
arm Of the lake running up Pleasant run.
Abutments will be required for this bridge.
1T is possible that the soil Is SO porous
that the water Will run out through the
bottom OF the AXE unless il is covered
with stiff loan or clay. II SO IL Will cost,
perhaps. $500 TO SO cover the bottom.
The first thing 10 do is the excavation Tor
the bottom, and that can be proceeded with
in such manner as TO leave q proper lake
basin should the work be stopped at any
time. additional excavation simply increas-
ing the size Of the lake. But little Of the
excavation will be under water as above
laid out. the soil being taken OUT TO the
iow-water level, and the depth of water
produced by the lam. rhe depth can be
increased at any time to anv desired eX-
tent by eXcavating Below the water level
by dredging or otherwise, but no eXcaVa-
ton is Included in the above plan.
1.-The above estimates are rough, but are,
7 think, fully large enough"
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Paying the Vehicle Tax.

The controller issued over 100 vehicle IL
censes yesterday. the first day for the pay
ment of this tax. He expected a greater
rush of business. a number came and made
inquiries. but did not pay the tax. Several
small boys came with dollars which their
papas had given them for the payment of
the tax on bicycles, but when told that boys
under fourteen did not have to pay they
departed with smiles-and some of the papas
Will have an illustration of the legal saw
relative to possession and nine points. There
was a big jam in the ~treasurer's Office,
where people were waiting to pay their
sweeping and Spinkling taxes.
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FAST HORSES VS.. FAT CATTLE.
Spirited Discussion at the Meeting of
ShOrt-EOrn breeders.

The Indiana Short-horn Breeders Associ-
alton began their twenty-second annual
convention at the Statehouse yesterday
morning. The large attendance denotes an
unusual interest in their meetings. After
the transaction of routine business and an
address by the president. Hon. James NJ.
Sankey. a paper on ''Our Interests at
Fairs was read by James d. Williams.
Of Bond Creek Mills. Ind. Among other
things. he said that he did not believe in
the general practice OF agricultural fairs
Offering as much as $1,000 in a purse for a
horse race and then at the same time Civ
ing no more than $50 as first premium for
a whole herd OF fine cattle. which cost
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Mourus His Oyerconf.

A. Mcdonald. of West Lebanon, mourns
the loss of a SO beaver overcoat. that some
one exchanged at The Statehouse during the
ag1icultur2i convention yesterday. leaving
a very seedy garment that does not re-
semble the one taken in any important par
color. and evidently built for an individual
of much smaller stature than Mr.. McDcn-
old
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Il W0maR'S Letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:

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New Pile Remadv

Has created a sensation among physicians
by its wonderful effects in speedily curing
every form of Piles. 1t is called the Pyramid
Pile Cure. 1t is cheap and simple to use, but
nothing removes the disease so quickly safely
and surely. Any druggist will get il for you.
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The assessment roll bureau has complain
ed that the sweeping contractor for North
Pennsylvania street has been careless again
in his work and that the street sweepings
were allowed to lie for several days on the
street after they had been heaped into little
piles. Two days pay will be deducted for
this neglect on the part of the contractor.
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The Indiana Bicycle Company held a
meeting at the Denison yesterday evening
and effected a reorganization by electing
II. Z. Galloway. OF Cincinnati. %, vice
president and manager. and rsiliD Goetz.
also of Cincinnati, as treasurer. The other
officers OF the company remain the same.
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Hospital and Dispensary Bills.
The total bills for the City Hospital for
December amounted to s., O51.94 and for the
dispensary $i4f.6S.
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XENZrEyHTNs sEH S 81. s5d FHH Ass

IRON Indianapolis Union Starion.
Trains ieave 4Vf 81 Louis 100 a. m, IL :5o
a. IN, 80 4. m. LIZ Il. IA. Trains connect
at Terre tiaote Tor T. & Il. II. points
Evansville sleeper ON IL 20 u. IN. train
Trains arrive from st. Louis S:35 a. M.
4:40 a. m, ZOO p. m, . p. m. 7:s0 u. m.
Terre Haute and Greencastle
ton arrives at 1000 q. IN. and leaves at
200 p. IN.
Sleeping and Parlor Cars are run on
through trains. Dining Cars on trains 20
and 81.
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Statesmen to sell goods TO merchants by
sample; 500 a month for workers; sam
pies and lr&6 ease furnished MRG 20 frssN; n Rdos
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IOtdl o'o
Treasurer Wildman's report showed total
receipts S47, 907.6 60, expenditures $44,ol..oo,
leaving a cash balance of $3,39O.I0, against
which there is outstanding orders amount
ing in the aggregate to $2,44-2o. Superin-
tendent Reed and the superintendent or
the various departments connected with
the State Fair submitted reports and rec
tha fair
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WANTED-Three times as much made by
canvassers as by either building and loan
or life insurance agents. Indiana Loan
and Security Company, Ga East Market
street indiana DOliS.
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WANTED-Special, District and Local
Agents TO represent the Fidelity Mutual
Life of Philadelphia Best policies, best
terms, best commissions, best company
for agents. High rate or low rate poll
cies. Premiums at age of 80 from $l2.13
TO 5000 per $1,000, according TO kind OF
policy. Other ages in proportion. Assets
20 times liabilities. Easy to work. Adj
dress, giving experience and references,
w. S. WYNN, Manager, Room S. Thorpe
Block, City.
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AGENTS-Make s. a day. Greatest kitchen
utensil ever invented. Retails S5c. Two
TO six sold in every house. Sample, post
IN, Cincinnati.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE OF ELECTTON-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Ply
mouth Savings and Loan Association for
the election of three directors, will be
held on Saturday, Jan. 20, 1894, at the
office of the Association Rooms, > and 6
Vinton Block, between the hours Of 1880
and $50 p. m.
EDWARD GILBERT, Sec'y.
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old Process" a pure. old-fashioned,
handmade sour mash whisky.
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WANTED-A location for a glass manu-
good supply of gas can be obtained, and
where a bonus will be paid TO manu-
facturers. Address GLASS WORKERS,
Wellsburg, w. Va, Z. o. Box 40.