The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-21
JEUP REPORTS TO BOARD
CITY ENGINEER FINDS SPHINX
LING BILL TOO HIGH.
He Recommends that Allowance to
Remington Brothers BE Cut $1,000
I'm the City Hall.

City Engineer Jeup. to whom had been
referred the bill Of Remington Brothers
for street sprinkling. reported to the Board
OF Public Works yesterday that the allow
ance should be cut $1,000 He has figured
that the overcharges for September and
fifteen days in October were s1.110. but he
makes the amount an even thousand to
allow for mistakes he may have made
himself
r. j. Robson, who did part of the work
for the Remington firm. was present when
the report was received, and entered a pro-
test Frank Remington also put in pro-
test. and the matter was referred back to
the city engineer, in order that the persons
interested might go over the rolls with the
city engineer. The report of Mr.. Jeup was
based on an examination made by James
Saul. the new sprinklng inspector.
The report OF the city engineer was as
follows:
The investigation as made covers more
especially the sprinkling rolls for Septem-
Der and October. together with the inyesti-
cation or the sprinkling of streets which
were in course of Improvement during the
summer James Saul. appointed inspector
by your board. was instructed to find ont
whether certain streets, added to the as
sessment roll In September. were sprinkIed,
M
mend are based on the information which
, he obtained.
LIST OF STREETS.
ION Sept. the board ordered the spr.nk.
ling OF more than fifty streets. These
streets are mostly in outlying districts and
no reason Is assigned for adding the streets
at the close of the spTinki.ng season.
The list OF streets includes:
Missouri street. from Ohio to Tenth,
which Is an alley running along the bank
Central avenue, from Thirty-fourth to
Thirty-eighth street which is almost en-
tirely without the corporate limits OF the
city.
Isabella street. which was ordered
sprinklod Sept. Is.
THE September roll made allowance for
sr-iakling twenty-siX days 1t also includes
all OF the streets OF Jackson Park All of
the streets ordered sprinkled in September
were placed on the roll at the recommends
ton or Howard S-Iock, s2rinklinS inspec-
tor.
ION investigation II was found that with
the exception OF not more than three
streets, none OF the streets added TO the
list on Sept I was sprinkled at all during
ScptcTuber and October. [ have prepared a
list OF these streets with the allowances
for September and October, and would
recommend that the amount shown.
asSresat:ng S54-Sl, be deducted from the
FOUND SOME ERRORS.
In addition to errors that referred to
IN the part OF the engineers report quoted.
he has found the following errors also in
the rolls:
.'Hoyt avenue was being improved by
constructing b-ick cutters during Septem-
Der and October and the investigation as
made shows that the street during this
time Was not sprinked. The contractor
VAS allowed S5e.S5 for this work.
During the months OF June and July
there was overeharge for sprinkling in
Central avenue. from rhirty-fourth street
10 Fall creek, OF Sll42i
Shelby street. from Pleasant run TO
Raymond street, permanently improved
was not sprinkled i'm October. The con-
tractor was allowed Sl2.i4 for October.
oliver avenue. from Harding street 10
White river, was being graded for mac
adam improvements ana was not sprinkled