The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-03
Ordinance Passed Appropriating Cash
for Salaries i'm the City En-
Gfueer's Department.
JEUP WILL PATCH PAvEMENTs
REPAIRS WILL BE ORDERED on
SEVERAL ASPHALT STREETS.
Election Expenses VIII BE Adjusted
by Controller TO-Day-City Em-
pIoyes Paid $4,000.

Council last night unanimously passed the
ordinance making a special appropriation of
$500 with which to pay the salaries in the
city engineers department the remainder of
this year. The ordinance transferring 5000
from the bridge fund to the permanently
repaired street fund. $, $50 TO the Brightwood
waterworks fund and $500 TO the blank books
and stationery fund, was passed also unan-
imously.
The ordinance ratifying the contract given
the Indiana Union Traction Company by
the Board of Works to bring the interurban
cars from the Tipton-Noblesville line into
the city over the Central avenue line. was
passed without a dissenting voice. The or
dinance specifies that the Indiana Union
Traction Company shall use the Central
avenue line only until the new College ave-
nue. bridge over Fall Creek is completed.
The Noblesvile and Upton cars will then
be brought into the city through College
avenue.
The ordinance to make a special appro-
priation of $500 for the city engineers Of
flee was in the hands of the finance COM
mittee. The city controller asked for the
appropriation because the salary fund of the
city engineers Office has been exhausted.
The Board of Works proposed to pay the
salaries of this department until the first
of next year out of the general fund. City
Controller Dunn opposed this move. There
was question In the minds of some of the
members of the finance committee whether
the ordinance should be passed. but after
a long meeting yesterday. the committee
decided 10 report favorably on the ordinance
and advise il be passed. Joseph l.. Casper
chairman of the committee, made favor
able report.
OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS.
A communication was received from Con-
troller Dunn, in which he asks for the
Board of Safety, that $500 be transferred
from the fire force pay roll to the harness
fund. The communication was referred to
the finance committee.
On the reading of a communication from
the Board of Public Works to the effect
that it wished to withdraw the ordinance
ratifying the contract of the old Board of
Works with the Sun Vapor Street Light
Company for fifty street gas lights at SIS
a year, Chairman Grail of the committee
on franchises and contracts, reported that
he had delivered the ordinance to the Board
of Works President Billingsley said no
action on the communication was needed.
Ordinances were introduced to compel the
Indianapolis Union Railway Company to
maintain fagmen at the South Harding
anu the NeSr ray street crossings OF Its
tracks. The ordinances were referred to
the committee on public safety and COM
fort.
The ordinance changing the name of
Chambers street. between Ritter avenue
and Graham street, to Michigan street, was
passed after il was amended. The measure
was amended so that the change CT the
name will apply only to that part of the
street between Ritter avenue and the first
alley east OF Campbell street. The original
ordinance was thus changed by the COM
mittee on sewers, streets and alleys, of
which Councilman Rhoades is chairman.
The report of the committee on rules
changing three rules of the procedure of
Council slightly, was adopted. The time
of meeting is changed to 7:45 from o'clock.
The rule concerning special meetings is
made to read that onIy ordinances and COM
munications specifically specified in the
calls for the special meetings shall be acted
upon at such times. The third change made
by the committee is, that all standing COM
mittees shall survive only so long as the
president appoints them. This has been the
custom heretofore, but this rule has not
been included in the book of Council rules
These changes preliminary to the pub
lication of a new edition of the Council
rules, containing the names OF the new
councilmen, the new standing committees,
etc.