The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-08
ASPIRATION INDIANAAVE
COUNCIL FINALLY ORDERS IMPROVE
MENT CLEAR TO FALL CREEK.
street Cars Must Have Illuminated
Signs Mt NIght--The Mccarthy Garb-
age Contract Ratified.

Indiana avenue is TO be asphalted from
North street to Fall creek, the Council at
it's meeting last night ratifying the action
taken by the Board OF Public Works for
the Improvement. When the ordinance
came up three weeks ago it failed for the
lack Of one vote necessary to the two-thirds
majority. Last night there were two votes
more than enough to pass the ordinance
Messrs. Clark, Golfer, Cooper, Dudley
Kirkhoff, Montgomery, Murphy Ohleyer,
Payne, Puryear, Rauch, Shafer Sherer
Smith, Wolcott and Costello voting to re-
consider the former vote and Messrs. Allen
Dewar, Madden, O'Connor and Woody vot-
ing against it. On the final passage of the
ordinance Mr. Woody voted for the or
dinance and Mr.. Dudley against it. These
TWO changes made a stand off and the vote
stood-ayes 16, nays 5. 1t was pretty we'll
understood, as indicated yesterday morn
ing, that the ordinance would pass and
good many 1ndiana-avenue citizens, among
them Millionaire" Jack Murphy, were
present, some of them scowling as the vot-
ing progressed and it was apparent the
ordinance would pass. Quite number of
property owners who signed the petition for
the Improvement were also there and they
expressed their pleasure by congratulating
the councilmen who voted for the ordinance.
John w. Kern was an interested specta-
tor when the ordinance ratifying the con-
tract with John r. Mccarthy for the re-
moval of garbage came up. He represents
the contractor. Contrary to expectations
but little opposition to the ordinance de-
veloped, Messrs. Clark, Kirkhoff and Rauch
voting. against it.
Mr.. Dudley's ordnance requiring the
street-car company to place Illuminated
signs on its cars at night so that passengers
may be able to tell over what line car
passes when it is within one hundred feet,
was also passed by vote of IA to T. Messrs.
Clark, Cooper, Dewar, Kirkhoff. Murphy,
Puryear Rauch voting against It.
Several appropriation ordinances were
passed. On the recommendation of Con-
troller Johnson the appropriation for the
debts of Haughville was increased to $12,-
9l4S1, in order to include bonds issued for
schoolhouses in the suburb amounting to
$1,7O0 City Attorney Curtis holds that the
debts, while contracted by the School Board,
must be paid by the corporation, as they
are civic debts.
The ordinance appropriating S. 800 to pay
the city's share of the cost of improving
Kentucky avenue opposite Greenlawn
appropriating $500 to pay the costs of
street intersections in Haughvile in i'm
proVements passed by the town board Just
before annexation. Mr.. Sherer was excused
from voting on the ordinances. He ex-
planned that his firm was interested in the
contracts before annexation.
Mayor Taggart notified the Council that
he has approved the two gerrymander or
dinances, otherwise known as the or
dinances redistricting the city into wards
and precincts. Both ordinances are at rank
variance Snirit
it has been announced that steps will be
taken to contest them in the courts before
the city elections next october. Recent de-
cisions of the Supreme Court, if applied to
the ordinances, it is said, would knock them
out as unfair and unconstitutional, mas
much as about 80 per cent. of the voters of
the large northern wards are as completely
disfranchised as If the ordinances undertook
to keep them away from the polls. So far
is known the Supreme Court has not
passed on city gerrymanders.
TO STOP HUCKSTERS HOWLING.
One of the greatest nuisances people have
to endure in the residence districts is the
loud, monotonous cries of the hucksters
who vend their wares from wagons and
carts. An ordinance was introduced last
night by Mr.. Payne to abate this nuisance
The ordinance is an amendment to one
now IN force, and also increases the fee of
hucksters to $40 year, beside prohibiting
the crying of wares in the streets. The
Retail Grocers' Association is interested in
the ordinance.
Mr. Shaffer, beside the ordinance pro-
nibiting the carrying of young children on
bicycles, referred to elsewhere, introduced
a new ordinance last night naming the alley
west OF Arch street Arch street, where
the alley is within half block of Delaware
street"
Mr. Sherer chairman of the committee on
public safety and comfort, attempted to re-
turn Mr. Dewars theater ordinance without
any recommendation. He explained that he
was unable to get a majority of the COM
mittee together. President Costello held
that Mr. Sherer could not submit mi
nority report unless there was also a ma
Jority report. No action was taken on the
ordinance
At the request of c. s. Denny, of Mcbride
clients who own land against which there
are liens of record on account of the open
ing and extension of Rohampton street
many years ago. Mr.. Allen introduced reso-
lutions declaring the liens to be null and
void, and instructing the clerk to make
an Endorsement to that effect on the mort
gage records. on motion of Mr.. Allen Mr.
Denny was permitted to speak on the ques-
ton. He said that when he was city at
torney he had brought a suit to enforce
one of these liens, but the case was de-
clded against the city at every point. 1t
has been so long ago since the assessments
were made that they are now barred by
limitation, even If they had ever been en-
forcible, which the courts held they were
not. There were four separate petitions,
one by Maria A. Allen, Nellie Billingsley
Dolphin Hutchings, Martha L. Swinford
and Sarah E. Swengel, tenants in common
of lands assessed for $SS. The second was
by David Reynolds, whose property is as
sessed at $50. The third by Henry L. Tetaz
assessed 500, and the fourth by Emma
Twiname, assessed $45. While the liens are
not enforceable. according to Mr.. Denny.
property owners have trouble in negotiatine
loans or making transfers of the real
estate. The resolutions were, referred to