The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
SAWED CEDAR BLOCKS
TO BE LAID ON BROKEN STONE on
NORTH MERIDIAN STREET.
DesiccntinE Company Claims 1t Is Full
filling It's Contract and Asks
an Investigation.

The Board of Public Works yesterday
afternoon adopted resolutions to pave Me-
ridian street, from New York to Seventh.
with either red cedar or white pine. 1t
was decided to lay the blocks on a broken
stone foundation eight inches in thickness,
with a sand cushion of two inches. Messrs.
Holton and Atkinson signed the resolu-
tions. Mr.. Osterman, being in favor Of a
concrete foundation, refused to sign. AS
there is some objection upon the part of
property owners to broken stone a re-
monstrance is being prepared and the board
will hear it Saturday. Judge Martindale
was the most vigorous remonstrant before
the board yesterday. He appeared in be-
half of a sand foundation. When he learned
that the board under no circumstances
would agree to a sand foundation Mr.. Mar
tindale said:
II thought this board would pay some
attention to the wishes of property owners.
That was the great sin of the old board,
and thought we had had q change
I'VE have paid attention to the wishes of
the property owners, and 1t is after con-
Suiting those wishes that We have decided
upon a broken stone foundation, replies
Mr.. Holton.
Mr.. Martindale said it was unjust to COM
pei the owners of property to pay for a
broken stone foundation. He wanted the
board to use the present foundation, which
is sand and mud, and which has proved I'M
Il am in favor of $3.50 street. said
Mr.. Martindale, and the board told MIN
that such a street would not be laid. Mr.:
Martindale said he believed q. majority OF
the property owners were in favor of sand.
Mr.. Osterman replied by saying that Geo.
W. Sloan was getting up quite petition
for concrete.
YES; and do you know what kind of a
citizen he is" asked Mr.. Martindale. HE
has been working against the passage of
the bill to compel the street-car company
to pave between the tracks"
Judge Martindale left the presence Of the
board promising to return by saturday
with a. remonstrance sufficiently lengthy TO
defeat the adoption of broken stone. He
said he would rather have concrete than
stone.
of the board is in the nature of COM
promise. Two petitions have been pushed.
One asks for a sand foundation and the
other for concrete. Messrs Holton and At
knson thought it would be better Tor me
trees to have broken stone, and the city
engineer agreed with them. Neither mem
Der of the board favors sand. john ):
Spann appeared before the board and asked
for an asphalt pavement. There nave Deen
several requests for asphalt but the ma
jority of property owners favor cedar or
pine blocks. The only differences have been
upon the foundation, and upon this subject
there have been several heated arguments
before the board. The latter listened to
these arguments all of yesterday afternoon,
and after the property owners had departed
the members of the board began to argue.
Mr. Osterman tried to persuade Mr.. Holton
that a concrete foundation should be laid.
The argument, which lasted for half an
hour was heated but friendly. Mr.. Atkin-
son sided with Mr. Holton, and neither OF
the majority would give in. Had the per-
sons who have called the present board the
terday they would have been sadly disap-
npinted.