The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-27
CHANGES IN LIGHTS
OLD LOCATIONS DISCONTINUED AND
NEW ONES, TAKEN ON.
Result of the Examination by the
Mayor and the Board of Public
Works-S1O,OOO Saved.

The investigation that has been made |
by Thomas Tallentire under the direction
Of the Board OF Public Works to the |
location of lights has been completed and |
the Board of Works yesterday announced |
the changes which it would make in the |
location of lights. The investigation |
showed that the Sullivan board, for polit- |
ical purposes, established lights any place
where they would be of benefit politically
In doing this lights were placed, in some
instances. outside of the city limits and
in other instances where there was no
need of them and they were of no bene-
fit whatever All that was necessary TO
get light of some sort was for ii Demo-
cratic politician to intimate that 1t would
be of benefit TO him in his canvas and the
board located the light. Sim Coy had sew
eral hundred lights located in districts
that gas and vapor lights have been main
tained almost under electric lights and in
one or two instances there would be a gas
lamp upon one corner of street, a vapor
light upon the other and but a very short
distance away an electric light. Lamps
have been maintained in fields and in dis
trictS where they were only seen from
distance and of no practical benefit what
ever. On account CO this the city was eX-
ceedng the limit allowed for lighting and
it became necessary 10 make some sort of
made by it will result in a saving of $4,000.
The net reduction of electric lights was
Gas lamps were discontinued as follows:
Henry and Missouri, Grant and West, Nor
ris and Chadwick, McCarty and Maple, Ray
and Maple, Hanway and South Meridian,
WOodlawn avenue and Laurel Woodlawn
avenue and State, Harrison and Noble, Har-
rison and Pine, Lord and Noble, Pine and
Dougherty and Wright, Olive and
Willow Orange and Olive, Spann and
Linden, Woodlawn avenue and Dillon, St.
Mary and Alabama, Fort Wayne avenue
Vine and Plum, Ash and Vine, Arch and
Plum, Railroad and Michigan, Davidson and
North Vermont and Railroad, Park and
Eighth, Yandes and Seventh, Malott and
Columbia, California and First, North and
Ellen, California and Vermont. Vermont
vania and Eighth, Mississippi and Thir-
tenth, Pine and Meek southeast cor
BB eth Flake BaFe T rst E nSnth of M El4a
gan; Bright, first south of Vermont;
New York, first west of Pennsylvania; I'LL
nois, first south OF, First; First, first east
of Illinois; Pennsylvania, second north of
Second (east side; Pennsylvania first
of Seventh Meridian between Second and
Fourth; Seventh, first west of Delaware;
Bellefontaine, first north of Home; Central,
first south of Christian; Park first south
of Home; Park, first south OF Lincoln:
Park, first south of Seventh: Park. first
north of Seventh; Delaware, first south of
Sixth; Alabama, between Home and sixth;
East first north of ST. Clair; New York,
/ first east of East; Delaware, first south Of
Maryland; Ohio, between Alabama and
New Jersey; Market, between Pine and
| Highland, in Dorman; john east of Peru;
| Plum. first north of Cherry; Cherry, be
| west of Linden; Olive, first north OF VIII
| low; Olive, first south of Willow; Coburn,
| first west of Wright; Merrill, first west OF
| New Jersey; Virginia, between Huron and
| South; Fletcher, first east of Noble; Louisi-
ana, between Noble and East; Bates between
| Noble and Leota; Georgia, between Noble
| and Dillon; Garden, first west OF Iennes-
! see: Garden first west OF Illinois; alley
! west of Mississippi, first north of Washing
| ton; Union, first north of Ray; West, first
| south of Rude; alley west of Illinois, first
| north of Ohio; Maryland, first west OF Del
aware; Pennsylvania, first south of Mary
VAPOR LIGHTS KILLED.
The following vapor lights were discon-
tinued: Gray, south of Morton, 2; Single
| ton, south of Morton, 2; East first south
| of Iowa; Michigan avenue, between State
and Sharp, 5; Michigan and Detroit: State,
second south of Michigan; Michigan avenue
| and corporation line; English avenue. first
two east of Auburn, 2; English, first three
| east of c., c.. G. * St. l.. railway, ); En-
glish, first east of Laurel; Fletcher avenue
west of Big -Four railroad; Fletcher first
| east Of Reid; Lexington avenue, at north
vest corner OF kSnre TSt f62e es
| of Reid, 3; on Deloss, 4; on Geneva, z;
Auburn first two north of Big Four rail
| railroad; st. Paul, first south OF Big -Four
railroad: Frank, first south of Lexington:
Frank; at Pleasant and Reid; at Prospect
| and EvisOn on south side of Orange, at
Everson; at Prospect street and Harlan;
at Prospect street and John; on Warren.
first east Of Reid; Villa, first north CT
Pleasant run; Pleasant. first south of Pros
pect: Pleasant. four south % Pleasant run,
| 4; Harlan, first north of Pleasant run; on
Sycamore, 4: on orphan, east OF Spruce, 3;
on Clyde. east of Spruce 3; On sylvan, 2;
snnl< "A
BILE north of South; on Georgia, between
Benton and Noble; on Benton, between
| Georgia and Meek; English. first two west
of Linden, 2: on north side of English ave
nue.; at Olive; at northwest corner Lexing-
first west of Linden: Merrill, first east OF
East; Bismarck first west of Virginia ave
nue.; on Nebraska, g. East, first two north
coin lane, .; on Cottage avenue, s.; on
Leonard. 2; on Roll; 2; south of Sanders.
between Wright and Barth avenue, 4; on
Sanders. between Wright and East, 2
| on Morris, between East and McHenry.
3; at Willow and Olive; at Orange and
/ Olive: Arthur. first south of Pleasant
run; Linden, first north of Willow; Laurel.
first north of Orange; all in Nalcott' eX-
| cept first two south OF Michigan, 0; all IN
| Ohio east OF Johnson avenue. 3; at Excel
| sior avenue and Monroe; Jefferson, nfst
| south of Clifford avenue; at Michigan ana
! BeVlle avenue; FOREST avenue, IlrSt nOltH
! of Ohio; Temple. first south OF Ohio; East
/ ern, first south of Ohio; Temple. nrSt nortn
! of ohio: Rural. first north of Ohio; Michi-
gan road. second light east of Washington;
/ Benton, first two south of Washington, :;
/ Pine first south of Washington, Spruce first
south of Prospect at Miami and Highland,
at New York and Archer, New York first
east of Archer. Vermont first east or Arch
| err at Hanna and ST. Clair; Hanna. south
of Miami, 2; st. Clair, first east of Arch
err in Peru avenue. 81 at Greenwood and
Fourteenth, al StOughton and Brookside
avenue, ,: at Newman and Brookside ave
nue., at Sheldon and Eighth, at Beeler and
Eighth, at Beeler and Eleventh, at Hillside
avenue and Seventh at Illinois and Six
! tenth. at Greenwood and Fifteenth At FIT