The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-05
THOSE WET STREETS
AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT INDIs-
CRIMINATE Use OF GARDEN HOSE.
COMMITTEES to Confer Regarding Pur-
chase OF Water PlantIndex Ordi-
nance still I'm Committee.

The Capital Paving and Construction Com
pany is having difficult time getting the
money which it forfeited to the city through
blunder OF the Board of Public Works
The board awarded the contract for paving
Kentucky avenue to this company, giving
the company to understand that lot owners
in Greenlawn Cemetery would be assessed
for its payment. In the course Of time the
board discovered that II was in error in
making this sort Of a contract, as the lot
owners could not be legally assessed. The
contract was then annulled; but in the
meantime the company's certified check for
500, which had accompanied it's bid, mad
been turned over to the city controller, and
1t went into the city's bank account The
board had no means of refundilg the mon
ey, once turned over to the controller, and
the controller was likewise helpless.
AT the last meeting of the Common Coun-
Gil a resolution was passed appropriating
the amount to pay the obligation. Last
night the Mayor returned the resolution to
the Council with his veto. informing the
Council that 1t was not lawful to appropri-
ate money by resolution. The Council will
make another effort at future meeting
by passing an ordinance to accomplish it's
object A minority of members voted
against the resolution on the grounds upon
which the Mayor vetoed it.
The Board of Works, in a communca-
ton, asked that the Council appoint COM
mittee of three to act with the board in
considering the matter of purchasing the
city water works. President Costello ap-
pointed Messrs. Rauch, Golfer and Murphy
for this important mission. The Board of
Works further asked that each councilman
inform the board just how many electric
and the location desired for them. This
caused smile. but all agreed to make
their demands.
knight & Jilson permission to lay side
track across Pennsylvania street just north
OF the Union tracks. An ordinance was in
troduced to prohibit indiscriminate sprink-
ling of paved streets, this work to be done
only under the directions of the Board OF
Works. Another ordinance introduced pro-
for permission to sell at auction stocks of
goods brought into the city for the purpose
of being sold at auction.
The ordinance annexing territory ad5oin-
ing North indianapolis so as to take into
the city the township schoolhcuse which
is now made to do double service for botn
city and township pupils, was passed. The
ordinance requiring the owners or occu-
pants Of property adjoining paved side
walks to keep them clean was also passed.
Mr.. Montgomery moved that the ordinance
appropriating $500 to pay ex-City Clerk Nix
on for indexing the journal to the Council
proceedings, and authorizing the present
city clerk to do the same work at the same
figure, be called from the committee and
disposed of forthwith. The chairman OF the
committee, however, gave good excuse
for the delay and the subject was dropped.
1t appeared that three members of the COM
mittee favored the ordinance AMI three op-
posed 1t, while the opinion OF the seventh
member had not been secured.
The ordinance passed last fall granting
the American starch works the right to
erect a plant in the city was repealed, II be-
ing shown that the company had abandoned
the intention of establishing itself here.