The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-16
PROBABLE REASON FOR ACTION
SOME MEN ON BOTH THE COUNTY
TICKETS INTERESTED.
Democratic Members Supported the
Ordinance UnanimOusly-Other
Municipal Affairs.

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of members of the fire department. The or
dinance was reported favorably several
weeks ago. after having been amended in
many details by the committee, but no &C
ton was expected since the administration
had not included provision for the in
creases, amounting to $4,000 in the esti-
mates for 1903. 1t was believed that a ma
jority of the Council would support this
policy On the part of the administration.
but friends Of the firemen, some of them
candidates on either of the two county tick
cts, appealed to the members of the Council
and secured enough votes to pass it.
The ordinance was called UP by Council
mar B~illingsley: Before it was read the
third time his amendment providing for ten
substitutes at a salary of $3.50 each per
annum was passed. This vote showed the
strength Of the measure in the Council.
President Haldeman and Councilman Hol-
liday were absent. Councilman Wheeler,
Negley and Wynne opposed the ordinance
because they felt that it was imprudent
to pass it and incumber the administra-
TONS attempt to get from under the bur-
den left by the preceding Taggart regime
and at the same time provide for the city's
fo ~ N"A. "ShAAO coAO hO "OoAo
favor the passage of the ordinance If it
were made TO become operative at the
beginning of 1904. when the city would have
recovered it's ability to maintain such
charges.
The Democratic members supported the
ordinance unanimously. They had been
urged to do so because the county candi-
dates thought Ii would be good politics to
force the majority to defeat IL. The ex-
pressed reason, however, was that If the
city was to have a large increase in the
could be given to the increases for the fire.
men.
THE FINAL VOTE.
On final vote Councilmen Berry, Billings
ley, Grail, Expert, Kelly, Meyer, Moriarity.
Rhodes, Shea, Sourbier, Wahl, Warweg,
Wolsiffer n Wysong voted for the ordi-
nance, and Councilmen Cooper, Mcfarland,
Negley, Wheeler and Wynne against it.
The increased salaries as now fixed are:
Chief of the fire force, 5000; first assist
ant chief, Loo; second assistant chief.
$500; superintendent of telegraph, $3.50;
assistant superintendent of telegraph.
$1,000; captain. $1,000; lieutenant, 1925; engi-
neer, 1925: chief telephone operator, 1925
ten substitutes, $3.50.
Councilman Cooper called up the ordi.
nance granting the Union Railway Com
pany the right to lay a switch on Rural
street, near Roosevelt avenue, to the coal
yard of Bischoff & Fisse. The Democrats
opposed the measure because it had only
been introduced at the special session last
week, and there had been no meeting OF
the committee on railroads, although a ma
Jority signed the report. Mr.. Negley ex-
planned that the ordinance was needed, as
the firm wanted to lay in its supply of coal
for the winter, and he also said that 1t was
not politics with him, as the members OF
the firm were active Democrats. IF the
Democrats in this Council" said he "are
playing politics, they are fighting their best
friends"
MORIARITY'S COMPLAINT.
Mr.. Moriarity, who seems to ave re.
gained the Leadership of the minority, in.
d%ignantly and with much voice, declared
that the Democrats had voted against the
Ordnance because they had been contin.
ually ignored in committee work. For
time half a dozen members were on then
feet trying to speak. Before the roll cal
was announced Mr.. Negley, seeing tha'
the ordinance did not have the legal ma,
jority, changed his vote and ave motto,
of a motion for a reconsideration at the
next meeting.
The ordinance appropriating $1,000 for tn,
equipment of the Office of the inspector o.
dinance transferring $1,000 from the fir,
force pay roll fund to the fire force &C
counts was also passed.
The petition of the marketers at tn,
East market, who ask that the exposed
portion be rocfed, was filed. 1t was &C
companied by a petition signed by E. Shell
house asking that this improvement b,
made before severe weather sets in. TIL,
petition contains LOO signatures. Provision
for this Improvement is made in the esti
mates for 1903.
The Board of Public Works sent to tn,
Council for approval ordinances authoriz
ing the resurfacing of Washington stree
from Alabama street to the Union tracks
and Virginia avenue from the first allie,
north Of Stevens street to the first allie!
south of Prospect street. Both improve
ments were defeated before the board b,
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