The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21


The Board OF Works yesterday awarded
to A. A. Mccray the contract for Eraveling
the roadway and paving with brick the
sidewalks Of N.nkner street, from New
York street to Astor street Cost. s. cef.ts
iineal foot each side The bids ranged
as high as 81 cents.
A. A NcCray received the contract Tor
graveling the roadway and paving with
brick the sidewalks OF King street. from
Beacon to Aston street. Cost. IS cents .
lineal foot.
The contract for constructing local
sewer In the first alley east Of Meridian
street. from Georgia street to the Union
tracks. was let to Gansberg a Roney q
$3.50 lineal foot, theirs being the only bid.
Gansberg & Roney received the contract
for the construction OF 2 local sewer m
from Missouri street to point 6fty-tWo
feet west OF Senate avenue Contract price,
So cents Mansfield & Allen bid Q.11-
diana Construction Company on account of
the local sewer I'm the first alley east Of
Park avenue, from Nineteenth 60 Sixteenth
The board ordered that the contract for
the Improvement. OF Jupiter street. from
Brookside avenue 70 Orchard oyenue. b
foot, each side.
A petition for water mains In Cottage
avenue. from Barth avenue to Leonard
The city engineer was instructed to pre-
pare papers for grading and graveling the
roadway and paving with cement and curb
ing with stone the sidewalks OF Sixteenth
street, from Pennsylvania to Meridian.
The city engineer was instructed to pre-
pare papers for paving with cement the
South street to Grove street.
A petition was fled for paving with as
phalt the first alley east OF Pennsylvania
chusetts avenue. 1t was referred to the
The board granted petition for q sewer
avenues. from Dillon street to State avenue,
and the city engineer was instructed TO pre-
pare the necessary papers
the widening and opening Of Raymond
street. from Meridian street TO the B1s<xk
road, and confirmed the assessment roll
The board adopted an assessment roll for
the opening of Thirty-first street. GOm
Northwestern avenue to Senate avenue.
Cutting Up Improved streets.
Robert Zener. a resident Of College ave-
nue.. went before the Board OF Works yes
terday afternoon and complained OF the
custom Of allowing persons TO cut into I'M
proved streets to make sewer connections.
He insisted that the action OF the board In
advertising and letting the contract for =
street Improvement was sufficient notice 70
all property owners. and that sewer con-
nections should be- made before the street y
improved.
The present board has been following the
custom of former boards OF requiring
bond that streets will be restored to proper
condition from persons desiring 70 cut into
them Mr.. Zener insisted that IL was irn-
possible TO restore the pavement 10 a. good
condition as before being cut, and that pc0~
pie were careless and the work was never
done as well even as II might be, q rough
place invariably being made In the street.
The board did not agree with Mr.. Zener
that permission to cut street should
never be granted, but promised TO try to
the minimum, anc 10 see that repairs were
properly made
board OF Heslth Meetfng.
The regular semi-monthly meeting OF tho
City Board OF Health was held last night.
A letter from DR.. Morrison. written from
London. stated that the president Of tho
board would probably return home next
month. The board discussed the resolution
adopted by the secretaries OF the heal{1
concerning the establishment Of county
pest house and hospital for ire treatment
Of contagious and infectious diseases Tho
city board has always been favorable TO such
a thing. but the County Commissioners have
never been assured that II would be op-
the city The action OF the health ofzlceru
yesterday offers this approval. and now the
city board will act with the outside officers
to induce the Board of County Commissions
ers to build the pest house and hospital