Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-30
1920 CONTRACTS
PUT UNDER BAN
Board of Works Cites Inability
to Get Materials.


city to procure cement and the similar
inability of the public service companies
TO procure tubing for gas ard water
extension were given in a statement by
;he board of works today as the prin-
cipal reasons for the delay in carrying
out desired improvements.
The statement by the board says:
THE board Of public works has in
its possession seventy-hye improvement
resolutions which have been offered Tor
bids at tarious times during 1920 upon
which no bids have been received
Sixty five Of these resolutions require
cement toa do work according to eng
ineers specifications.
I'm addition, there arc at the present
time forty seven jobs being held up be-
cause cement can not be procured by the
contractor.
1t will require about $50 cars of ce-
ment to finish this work and, although
the mayor. the board of public works and
the purchasing agent have exhausted
every effort in connection With the com
mlttees CT the Chamber of Commerce and
the Manufacturers association to secure
immediate shipment OF cement, II appears
at his time that all the cement required
may not he secured and some of the i'm
provements must remain unfinished dur
ing the winter.
NO MORE CONTRACTS
FOR THIS YEAR.
The board has decided to let no more
contracts for completion during 1920.
/ "A thorough Investigation Of the gas
and water situation has been made and
the board is satisfied that each one OF
these companies Is trying TO procure
sufficient pipe not only for this year
but also for 1921.
IAN the gas and water petitions which
( have been presented TO the board will
have been investigated by the engineers
office by Sept. /, and an order will be
issued for the extension petitioned for
tf-uJ found justihable; % the number
of users meet the franchise requirement
Of one house service TO each 100 feet Of
main extension.
The board regrets very much its in
ability TO do more than mark time while
waiting for a change In the industrial
and railroad situation which shall ma Ike
the delivery OF needed building material
speedy and certain"
The following gas main extensions
were ordered
Thirtieth street. from Gale street 10
alley west OF station street
West Twenty eighth street. from Bur
ton avenue to Schurmann avenue,
Southeastern avenue, from Keystone
avenue TO ST. Peter street.
Plea sant Run drive, Legrande avenue to
706 Pleasant drive, east lT2 feet
Z
alley south.
Livingstone street, West Michigan
street to Walnut street
Orion avenue, from Emerson avenue 10
Martha street. from Belmont avenue to
Sheffield avenue
Kelley street, from 1923 Kelly street to
State avenue.
Greeley street. from Washington street
to White River boulevard.
Fortteth street. from Carrolton avenue
TO College avenue.
Adams street, from Nineteenth street 20
Twentieth street.
North Wallace street, from St Clair
street 10 gtT Wallace street
Rochester avenue, from West Michigan
street 10 North street
West Thirty third street, Schurmann
avenue to canal
olney street, from Twenty sixth street
TO Twenty eighth street
Mancker street, from Eadley street to
Yoke street
Grand avenue. from Burgess avenue to
Brookvile avenue.
Bloyd avenue to alley south OF Boyd
avenue next to second alley west OF Ru-
raj street, south - Roosevelt avenue.
Cooper street, Fernway avenue TO
corey street. from s25 Cofey street to
647 Coffey street.
Bond street. from 1876 Bond street to
2477 Bond street.
Sugar Grove avenue. from Beginning
to 2ZS Sugar Grove avenue
Parker avenue, from Is to 20 West
Pratt street
FAVORABLE ACTION
on WATER MAIN.
The board acted favorably on the pc
tltion for extension Of the water main In
villa avenue from Pleasant run parkway
TO Minnesota street.
The petition for the opening Of Edison
avenue from Pomeroy street to Eleventh
OF the curve at College avenue at the
northwest corner OF Eleventh street was
passed by the board.
This work will include the removal Of
the car tracks from College avenue to
Edison street from Eleventh street to
Massachusetts avenue,
Under the plan OF the city engineer,
as adopted by the board. College avenue
cars Will come down Eleventh street TO
Edison avenue and thence to Massachus-
etts avenue
The congestion at College avenue 81
Clair and Noble streets. the present point
where College cars turn into College
avenue. win be obviated the city ell
giheer said
An order Tor the changing Of the car
tracks will not be made until after the
work Of opening Edison avenue Is com
pleted
The street will be wldened and the
work includes the removal Of two build
ings now almost in the center OF the
proposed addition 10 the street
a petition for a slight change In Tibhs
avenue at the northwest corner Of Tfbhs