The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03
MONEY FOR BOULEVARDS
COUNCIL AUTHORIZES LOAN OF $780,
900 BY BOND ISSUE.
Councilman sOurbfer Gives Vote
Needed for Legal Majority-Sunday
Baseball-City Affairs.

The boulevard bond ordinance passed the
Council last night by the narrow margin
of two votes. Eleven Republicans voted
for IL, thus giving it the legal majority.
Two Republicans-Wysong and Spray
and seven Democrats voted against ii. Mr..
Moriarity was the only Democrat absent.
| Chairman Wynne reported a substitute or
dinance for the one introduced last August
and which has since been pending. The
new ordinance was exactly the same the
old, except that obsolete dates in the orig
inal were changed Mayor Bookwalter
sent communication in which he said &C
ton on the ordinance was necessary. as
the ability OF the city to acquire needed
lands for the construction of a boulevard
and driveway to the new army post was
| present, and the Improvement was one
| that ought to be begun now. He reiterated
| his promise that portion of the money
should be spent on the South Side boule-
ward along Pleasant run, of which the
| Council was to be the judge.
The Democratic minority of the commit
| tee submitted the typewriter report
| against the ordinance that Councilman
Moriarity has had in his inside pocket for
months. The report opposed the boulevard
scheme because improved streets, it de-
clared, were going to ruin and the MI
nority believed they should be protected
first.
On the roll call for final passage all
the councilmen voted as they have been
understood for several months, except Mr.
| Sourbier who voted for the ordinance,
| thus giving it legal majority. Mr.. Sour
bier said that he felt he ought not to stand
| in the way of this improvement any longer.
The ordinance authorizes an issue OIL
$lOO,Ooo In S1s per cent. bonds the process
to be used in the construction of boule-
wards. After the money is procured II
must be appropriated by the Council. and
to make the appropriation a two-tnirds
| majority must approve it, This will re-
quire one Democratic vote Should Mr..
/ Spray and Mr.. Wysong adhere to their
hostility to the boulevard scheme it will
| take three Democratic votes. Mr.. Berry
| challenged the regularity of the 1ntroduc-
| ton of the ordinance last night, making
| the point that 1t was a new ordinance and
| dent Billingsley ruled that ii was regularly
before the Council on second reading, be-
| ing an amended ordinance.
| DEAF EAR FOR SUNDAY BALL.
| Councilman Meyer created furore by
| sending UP innocent-looking document.
The full purpose of the resolution 1t con-
tanned was not manifest until the clerk
was nearly done reading it. The resolu-
| ton was as follows:
Whereas. We, the representatives of the
| people, in the City Council, do belleVe tnat
harmless entertainment is benefit rather
than detriment to our people; and,
Whereas, A bill is now pending in the
Legislature that will permit of Sunday
| baseball, and by virtue Of our office We are
| brought in close contact with the voters
| in the various wards and find the sentiment
strongly in favor of the same; be 1t
Resolved, That we, the Indianapolis City
Council, in regular session. indorse Sunday
Ill
| of Indiana to enact a bill legalizing the
| same, and We, furthermore, petition the
Marion county delegation to use their best
The resolution did not seem TO be in
accord with the Council. Nearly every
member of the Council favors Sunday base
| ball, but when faced with the duty of go
ing on record they seemed startled. Mr..
| Expert promptly moved the adoption of
the resolution; Somebody seconded the
motion. Councilman Cooper moved to lay
Experts motion on the table. Here Pres
! ident Billingsley took a hand and tried
to rule Meyers resolution out of order
n n 'hf in tbe eesatpre was no" Never
insisted that bill was pend
ing. The president desisted while Mr. Neg.
| ley suggested that the resolution read that
Sunday baseball in Indianapolis was in
dorsed. Mr.. Cooper insisted on his motion
and President Billingsley put it, The vive
Cooper motion. No one called for the roll
call. Personally Mr.. Cooper is not opposed
to Sunday baseball, but thought the Coun-
Gil should not act officially on it.
| PLUMBING ORDINANCE VETO.
Mayor Bookwalter's vetoes Of the plumb
ing ordinance and the ordinance repeating
the ordinance requiring marketers to un-
hitch at the East Market were received
Councilman Warweg introduced the prom.
ised ordinance requiring all market horses
to be detached after o'clock in the morn
ing. This ordinance is to replace the one
passed five weeks ago and which was at.
tempted to be repealed.
Controller Breung asked an appropria.
ton of $1,000 to purchase burglar and
fireproof safe for the controllers office tc
keep the constantly increasing valuable
documents of the city in. The ordinance
went to the finance committee.
Councilman Holiday introduced ordin.
ances requiring fiagmen at the crossings OF
the Big Four and Georgia street and the
Lake Erie and Sixteenth street
Councilman Grail tried to have the Coun
ell return to the order of business fol
city officers reports, in order that Control
Ter Breunig's report might be presented
but the motion failed. The report wa:
not presented at the proper time.
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