The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-16
THE REMOVAL OF POLES
MIR. MCGOWAN SUBMITS A REQUEST
TO THE WORKS BOARD.
He Wants TO Put Street Car Poles on
Sides of Streets-Munici-
pal Affairs.

President MCGOWAN, of the Indianapolis
Street-railway Company, was before the
Board of Public Works yesterday to ask
permission to remove the poles In the GEN.
ter of Washington street. from Illinois
street to the Belt Railroad. and string the
trolley wires from poles to be placed on the
sides OF the street. He said the Greenfield
interurban cars could not use the East
Washington street line with the trolley
wires in the center of the street Chair
man Sahm replied that the question of or
dering all poles removed from the center
of the streets in the entire city was being
considered by the board, and they expected
to arrive at a decision in the near future.
The board refused 10 either grant or deny
the request until it is ready to report on
the other proposition. Chairman Sahm
said the beauty of the city would be en-
HANGED and there would be more safety In
having the center poles removed.
The street-car company also asked per-
mission to change its ''Y'' switch from OK
ford street to Lasalle street, claiming it can
give better service to baseball patrons.
Yesterday afternoon the board accom-
panied a representative of the Indiana Ber-
mudez Asphalt Company over the North
New Jersey street asphalt pavement laid
by that company five years ago. Requests
had been made to the board by property
owners asking that the company be COM
PEELED to resurface the street before its
contract expired, July l this year. The
company proposed to the board that. mas
much the street is merely cracked and
not In bad shape, the guarantee be extend
ed two years instead of the company being
compelled to resurface the street at this
time. 1t was claimed that the cracks could
be repaired without having to resurface the
street, and. as the property holders agreed
to this arrangement, the guarantee was
extended, but the board retains the power
to order the street repaired at any time it
may need IL within the two years.
Charles II. Stuckmeyer, representative of
the Indianapolis Clean Street Company, ap-
peared before the board and offered to give
bond In the sum of $4,000 to carry out the
company's part of the contract made few
DAYS ago by the board. The company re-
ceived a franchise for twenty years to
place receptacles on the street corners in
city attorney was instructed to prepare the
bond.
Attorneys Harvey, Pickens, Cox e. Kahn
filed letter of protest with the Board of
Works yesterday against the action of the
board in granting TO Charles Stuckmeyer a
| franchise for the street waste paper recep-
tacles. claiming that they had been before
the board last December and on numerous
| other dates since that time with similar
propositions and were given to understand
| by the board that day would be set when
all companies could submit their PROPOSE
lions to the board. The letter further says
| IL Is quite singular that the board should
| take up the Stuckmeyer proposition direct
| ly after IL filed and grant him the
franchise without giving the other COM
| test against twentyyear franchise being
awarded.