The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-16
City Council Adopts Perrott's Motion,
Which Adds Another Prob
lem to BE solved.
THE CoUNCILMEN ARE AT SEA
LINES MUST OPERATE
UNDER LOCAL COMPANY's RULES.
Board of Works May Act on Original
Motion and End the Matter-Dunn
Asks for Temporary Loans.


finally got through with the report on the
interurban franchise last night the inter-
urban question seemed TO be in a more COM
plicated state than it has been since it was
first prepared by the Board of Works. The
Republican members of the contracts and
franchise committee signed a report recon-
mending that the interurban franchise be
sent back TO the Board OF Works amended
as 10 permit the interurban companies TO
charge scent fares on outbound cars to
local passengers. to accept Indianapolis
Street-railway Company tickets on inbound
cars, TO prohibit the hauling of live stock in
the city limits, excepting hunting dogs and
chickens, ana TO tax each car cents a trip
for the first seven years. s cents for the
next ten years and Is cents a trip for the
remainder of the term of the franchise.
The Democratic members of the COM
mittee, Bernauer and Knight did not sign
the report and they made no minority re-
port. Perrott moved to amend the report
by compelling the interurban companies to
comply with the rules and regulations gov
erning the Indianapolis Street-railway
Company In this city. Bernauer added TO
this amendment clause prohibiting the
interurban companies from running freight
cars or collecting freight within the original
mile square. These two motions which
were finally voted upon as one and adopted
place the interurban franchise question in
a badly complicated state. Several men,
bers of the Council evidently did not real
lie the import Of the motion made by Mr..
Perrott for they voted in favor of it and
it was adopted, and later they expressed
themselves not in favor of the amendment
PERROTT'S MOTION ADOPTED.
Mr.. Negley made a motion to table the
amendments suggested by Perrott and
Bernauer, but 1t lost by a vote of
10 TO- The ayes were Billingsley, Evans,
Keller. Megrew. Munro, Negley and Grail;
noes, Bernauer, Daller, Dickson, Kaiser
knight, McGrew, Perrott, Reilly, Spiegel
and Wheeler. The motion TO adopt the
amendment and send the franchise back to
the Board of Works with the report as
amended was adopted by vote of 10 to T.
Those who voted for IL were the same
voted against the motion to table the
amendments.
The interurban franchise will now go
back to the Board of Works with the Coun-
Gil recommending certain amendments and
an amendment to the report. which will
compel the interurban companies TO do
business in Indianapolis under the rules
and regulations prescribed for the Indian
rott explained during 2 recess taken at the
meeting that he made the motion TO amend
the report so that the interurban companies
would have TO accept and sell indianapolis
Street-railway Company tickets and have
a universal transfer system between both
the interurban and Indianapolis lines. He
said his motion did not mean the interur-
ban companies must live up 10 the other
rules and regulations of the Indianapolis
Street-raflway Company.
Chairman Evans, of the contracts and
f. rarAf rrraff EafA fhaFn lox
governing the running Of the interurban
lines. and he believed the Board of Works
would amend the franchise to meet the
original views of the report of the commit
tee and not the amended report.
NEW INSPECTORS ELECTED.
After the quibbling over the interurban
franchise had subsidized a recess of five
minutes was taken. When the Council
again convened Mr.. Billingsey made a mo-
ton TO change four of the inspectors for
the special election in the Fifteenth ward.
Mr.. Perrott arose and asserted that the
motion was illegal and unauthorized and
the Council had authority whatever to
make such a change. Bernauer also made
such a claim, and when President Grail
named Daller and Bernauer as tellers to
count the votes for the new inspectors
Bernauer refused TO act. The new In
spectors elected were: Fishel Rabinowitz,
third precinct: Joseph Seyfried, eighth pre-
cinct; John j. Harrington. ninth precinct;
James w Hudson. eleventh precinct. The
former inspectors were Louis c. Held sr.,
third: George III. Dreschsel, eighth Joseph
Seyfried, ninth; Henry Hudson, eleventh.
Ii was claimed that part of the old in
spectors did not reside in the precincts TO
which they were elected inspectors, and
in one instance the name of Henry Hudson
should be James w. Hudson.
ORDINANCE FOR TEMPORARY LOANS.
City Controller Dunn sent a communica-
ton to the Council accompanied by an
ordinance requesting temporary loans for
the months Of July. August and Septem-
Der The ordinance includes the amounts
needed 10 meet the city's expenses in the
three months. and authorizes the loans to
be made on the LIST of August. September
and October. The communication Is as
follows:
The season has arrived when the city's
expenditures are heaviest and its receipts
lightest and II will be necessary to antici-
pate the fall taxes by temporary loans in
order 10 meet the current expenses. The
amount needed will be somewhat less than
last year, viz:
To meet July Observation-Disclosures. $5OOW
To meet August bills. 10000
To meet September oills................ 10000
IOtal SlOuvVp
The estimated expenditures and receipts
for the three months are as follows:
Expenditures .......... $265 10000
Treasury balance. July
Is. 1901. .................... $l55 040.95
Less FIRE. and hospital