The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-17
A Statement of Proposed Improve
ments Prepared for City En-
gineer Nelson.
RELIEF OF WEST INDIANAPOLIS
A SEWER SYSTEM AND INTERCEPT
TOR FOR THAT DISTRICT.
Pleasant Run District Will Also BE
Cared fOr-List of Streets That
VIII BE Paved.

A statement Of practically all the big i'm
provements which the Board of Public
Works has in view for the year 1902 has
been prepared for the and in
spection of the new city engineer, James
3. Nelson. 1t includes a number of street
and sewer improvements more extensive
than have been considered for years. Mr..
Nelson is furnished an advance list of the
details of the action OF the board in order
that he may familiarize himself during the
course OF the next few months with the
topography OF the site of each improve
ment and be prepared to suggest all modi-
fcatiOns and changes in the proposed i'm
provements which may suggest themselves.
The statement IS practically complete with
the exception Of a few details and will be
placed in Mr.. Nelson's hands within a few
days.
Probably the item in the statement Of the
greatest Importance is the one which deals
with the new sewerage system which will
probably be built for the benefit Of West
indianapolis. Although that section Of the
city possesses a great number of the man
ufacturing institutions of the city and is
thickly settled, it has had in the past prac-
ticaly no facilities for distributing its sew
age in comparison with other sections of
4lu4dldpollS. MANY ldClOIleS pOSStSS pIl-
vate sewers which are for their exclusive
benefit, but West Indianapolis as a whole
has been a sufferer from lack of a system
which will include an intercepting sewer to
carry the filth and waste to the general
dumping spot. White river. from a vast
chain of local sewers. Former Boards of
Works have considered the question with
out determining upon the Improvement.
and citizens of that section of the city have
petitioned without avail. The present board
will take up the Improvement immediate
". it is said. if the city engineer finds the
plan feasible, and will push the work of
construction to an early conclusion. 1t is
now estimated in the engineers office that
the interceptor will be at least two miles
long and will be built in Kentucky avenue
and Harding street. No estimates have as
yet been made as TO the cost of the i'm
prOvement and none will be furnished until
the matter is considered in detail by the
city engineer and the board. 1t was stated
yesterday that when the new system is
completed It will equal in efficiency that of
any section of the city.
PLEASANT RUN DISTRICT.
Another big sewer sysem which is under
consideration by the board and which viii
furnish the engineer almost as much field
Tor ACTIVITY as the est luIldudpOliS Sy5-
tenn, is the system which will be built, ac-
cording to present calculations, during the
coming year in the Pleasant run district,
as it is known in the engineers office. 1t
will furnish a drain for a large part of In
Indianapolis north of Garfield Park from
the river east TO the city limits. The inter-
ceptor to be built will be smaller than the
one for West indianapolis. but its useful
ness Will hardly be inferior.
The statement Will include outlines of
plans for a number of sewers in the north
eastern part of the city, a section which
has long needed. it is stated, better sewer
age facilities than are now afforded. The
Northumberland sewer, now In the hands
of the contractor, is included in the state
ment. B~rightwOOd will not be overlooked
In the general scheme of sewer improve
ments. The board has in contemplation a
big drain for the suburb which viii be
built in either Bell or Thirteenth street.
The statement will present for the con-
sideratiOn of Engineer Nelson outlines OF
plans for the Improvement OF nine streets,
together with a number of suggestions In
regard to repairs asked for and which the
board, ii is stated, will grant. The street
improvements mentioned in the list are
for the most part asphalt paVementS ana
cement walks. The board, IL is stated, de-
sires to increase the number Of streets i'm
proved with asphalt as rapidly as possible
and the year 1902 will see at least nine more
thOrOughfares, long in need OF such paving,
improved TO q plane OF downtown streets.
The statement was made in connection with
the street improvements that wooden paved
streets are coming into diSfaVOr as they
are said to be scarcely less costly and con-
siderabIy less durable. The list Of streets
which will be benefited in 1902 includes:
LIST OF STREETS.
State avenue, from ScantOn avenue to
Michigan street. roadway paved with as
phalt or block: sidewalks.
Temple avenue, from Washington to New
York street, roadway paved with blocks;
sidewalks.
West street. from Fifteenth street to In
diana avenue. roadway paved with asphalt;
sidewalks.
Vermont street, from West street to
Brigh street. roadway paved with asphalt.
Twentieth street. from Talbot avenue
10 Central avenue, roadway paved Win
Talbot avenue, from Twenty-afth street
10 Fall Creek. roadway paved with as
Cornell avenue, from Massachusetts, ave-
nue. to Sixteenth street, roadway paved
West Michigan street, from White River
TO Home avenue, roadway paved with
Washington street, from Belmont avenue
N Central Hospital for the Insane, Tor
which Improvement contracts nave alreauS
In addition 10 the improvements men
toned above me list includes mention OF
the new street and levee leading from
Washington street. west Of the bridge,
south TO Oliver avenue, a description OF
which was given a few days ago In the
Journal. II may not be possible, II i
stated. to finish all the improvements SUE
Rested to the engineer before Jan. l. $50,
although the work of construction VIII 80
forward as rapidly as possible.
Bridge improvements which are conslu-
cred by the board. and which are men
toned in the statement, include a new
bridge at Tenth street and one at New
York street. The board is Of opinion. IL Is
stated also that the Washington street
bri5ge must be strengthened immediately
or else closed 10 traffic. The bridge I'M
provements will be taken up IN the near
future. il is believed. oos.
While no accurate figures as 70 the cost
of the fmprovement work outlined Tor next
wear nv the board can be given AT the
present time. a rough estimate mas oeeh
made that the total cost OF the construc-
80 Streef sewre~ or1 bridge improve
ments win be in the neighborhood OF
OF SstEttsH. CIUy LnslA-S. .NSaSoH'
stated viii report as 10 the Improvement
outIined some time before the close or the
present year.