The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-12
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.


Council probably will receive the admin
istratfon's views upon the pesthcuse CUES
ton at a special meeting Saturday night.
If it is decided that the old pesthouse
site of eleven acres. north of the City Hos.
pital' is not adequate as a location for the
pesthouse or detention hospital, the recon-
mendation to be sent to Council by the
mayor and the Board of Works and the
Board of Health will favor purchasing
about twenty acres of the tract west OF
the hospital.
Mayor Hoffman last evening issued a
call for a special meeting of Council Sat
urday night. Nothing is said in the call
about the pesthouse matter. The call
says the special meeting will be for the
introduction OF an ordinance to make a
special appropriation of about 5000 with
which to pay miscellaneous expenses of
the city offices until next year, and with
which TO pay an accumulation of printing
telephone and other bills, for the past year
and a quarter.
1t is the plan Of the administration To de.
eide upon what to recommend to Council
in connection with the pesthouse question
to-day or tomorrow and to issue another
special call Saturday morning or afternoon
announcing that the pesthouse. matter will
also be considered at the meeting Saturday
night. By its rules the Council cannot con-
slider any matter at a special meeting. other
than those matters referred to in the call
for such meetings.
Mayor Holtzman says the statement that
City Controller Dunn objects to the CITY
spending $4,000 for a site for the pesthouse
and that this move would meet with strong
opposition in Council, is not true. The MAYOR
says some of the members of his cabinet
do not favor buying a new site if 1t is found
feasible and practical to utilize the old site
and the old pesthouse buildings, but that
no one objects TO the movement. AZ for
the attitude of the finance committee of
Council on this matter, Joseph L.. Casper,
chairman OF the committee, says it cannot
be told yet what action the committee will
recommenr IL the administrator decides
upon spending $4,000 for a new site.
If 1T is decided that the old pesthouse
site north of the City Hospital can be used
for the best interests of the city, Mayor
Hoffman says there probably will not
have to be an appropriation except for
buildings. There are about three acres of
land along the south side of the old site
which the a says it would be desirabI
to add to the site. If 1t is decided to utilize
tention hospital. The city has about 81 0M
which car be used for a pesthouse site
and the three acres probably could be pur.
chased for that amount.
The mayor says there will be anotbay
saving 70 the city if the old site is used
On this site are buildings which can he
added to and remodefed for the new pest
house and detention hospital. The rlans
for the new institution cannot be carried
out completely this fall. the mayor saws
but substantial addltions could be made
to the present buildings. and next year the
plans could be further carried out or com
pleted.
Out of the special appropriation of 1900
or more for miscellaneous expenses of tbs
city offices Controller Dunn says immedi-
ate payment will be made of bills amount-
ing to nearly SLIGO for advertisement of
the redistricting of the precincts of the
fifteen wards of the city. The controIIer
has in his desk bills for the telephones in
the mayors office from June, 1902. at &
a month. and similar bills for the tele.
phones in the city clerks office from Julv
1902, to the present time. These will be paid
next week If the special appropriation or
dinance goes through.