The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
WILL RESIST AN ABRoGATIoN.
Designating Company Chains 1t Is Full
fNinr Its Amended Contract.

fiNing Its Amended Contract.
Next Tuesday the members Of the Board
of Works will visit the crematory of the
Indianapolis Desiccating Company. Yester-
day the board received the following letter
from F. M. Bachman, president of the
company, which is in answer to the letter
sent by the board:
with references to your statement that
you understand we are not LIVING up 70 our our
eonraet Itself II thaa a
garbage and night soil and are to dispose
Of the same by cremation or by chemical
treatment and evaporation. We have re-
ceived every pound of material brought to
quantity from others, running from IS to
$50 loads a day. As garbage consumer
o oess furnace It mas has 0e Consumed as high as
seventy-five tons a day. We were not
before aware that this treatment of the
There is no furnace made that will con-
sumo night soil, nor is night soil being
cremated by any. city. The great mixture
of foreign substances, such as bottles,
bricks tin-cans, surface water. etc., Is one
she Pc Sane b so erg
farm: with the con, consent Of the Board Of
drawing off the liquid and by mixing the
residue with ashes and evaporating or by
Of garbage He and night soil was s2Hss
quarter, but while the methods described
b5 5
the contract price We have complied with
all of the contract, except the part men
Sioned, to which variation the city for
valuable consideration fully and freely con-
scented. -
chemically and to convert it into a fer
tilizer. This is to be done at Sellers farm
ing the foreign substances ' to ore render the
product marketable. We are able to ex-
hibit to you at the furnace. specimens of
fho ma ri 10 hfa soil tho
ketable product OF course this change
does not contemplate q continuance of
the deductions from the quarterly pay
Eve have been much injured in the
are going about Il seems to be taken for
granted even in quarters where we should
d1a Wthoat sesnee &c ay be
wrong. We have made a heavy investment
in entering into this contract. We want
and we are sure that we shall receive fair
treatment. 1t would be fair to us also il
the public who are interested would make
an inve est We desire that you shall
examine the present method and the pro-
posed method of treating night soil, and
join in the investigation.
Good Prospects for building.
The building permits issued during the
past few weeks show a marked increase
in building. The permits issued last month
were double in value those issued in
February of the previous year. This does
not include the permit for the gas company's
s325,oo0 building Building Inspector Fender
CAST says the outlook is very hopeful. He
is kept busy examining plans for new build
ings.. 1t is noticeable that a great many
and many OF them residences that will
add to the beauty of the city. large nu1n-
add to the reputation of indianapolis as a
city of homes Work is under way for the
College of Indiana at the corner of Missis-
sippi and Market streets and for Bren-
neke's dancing hall at the corner of Illinois
and North streets. The work OF preparing
for the foundation of the gas company's
building has commenced. Aside from the
permits. of buildings and houses. of sone
pretensiors a large number of permits
are being taken out for repairs, additions
and improvements. All of this. seems to
indicate that people better fixed finan-
cially this year than they were last.
When some of the firemen voted for
trustees for the Firemen's Pension Fund
they evidently did not appreciate the seri-
BUSINESS OF the occasion. From the votes
counted yesterday it seems that many of
the members of the department were in
joking frame of mind when they cast
their ballots and for this reason it will be
necessary to hold another election Mayor
Clerk Carter counted the ballots and decided
that there was no election. Several of
some voted for President Cleveland and a I'd
several votes were cast for members of the
department who were dead Other votes
were cast for men net candidates and some
voted for all the candidates, when there
are but four trustees to be elected Some
of the ballots were due TO mistakes. but
a majority OF them We're due To POPULARITY.
Hoard of Health Routine.
Drs. Hays and carp. of the Board of