Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-11
ORDERED
FOR IMPROVING
CITY STREETS
Permanent Work on 3 Sections
Connecting Country High
ways Contemplated.
RESULT OF NEW LAW


Plans for the permanent improvement
of three sections of streets connecting
paved city streets with laved country
highways under the law PASSED by the
recent Legislature, providing that the
CITY and county shall divide equally the
cost In excess OF 30 per cent Ct The as
sessed valuation of abutting property on
such sections, were ordered prepared by
the board Of public works today.
There are seven other such sections
which the board eventually intends to
improve.
The three upon which plans were or
dered are: West Washington street, from
n point $50 feet west Of Harris avenue to
Eagle creek, connecting with the National
road: Madison avenue, from Ray street
to Pleasant Run boulevard, connecting
with the Jefferson highway and Indiana
avenue. four blocks from the end of the
present pavement, connecting with the
Charlottesville road.
MODIFY SHELBY
STREET RESOLUTION.
A resolution for the permanent improve
ment Of Shelby street from Maryland to
Prospect streets was modified and con-
frmed to include from the first alley
south Of Georgia street TO Prospect street.
This Improvement has been delayed for
many months. 1t is part Of the general
plan Of making Shelby street passable
from Washington street to Garfield Park.
A contract for the resurfacing Of Me
ridian street from Merrill Ia McCarty
streets was awarded to the Mansfield En-
gineering Company on a bid of $6I3 per
lineal foot: total, S14,O9740.
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roney, Superintendent Of street light
ing. and John E. King, inspector in the
city civil erineering department, were
granted leaves Of absecne without pay
from April 10 until after the city prl-
mary election, May 8. Both are candi-
dates for the Republican nomination for
councilman of the Sixth district
REJECTS PARKER
AVENUE PETITION.
The wishes Of fifteen property owners
residing in Parker avenue in the 800 and
500 blocks were denied when the boaId
refused to grant a petition for the per
manent Improvement Of the first alley
east of Parker avenue from Tenth street
to the rear Of $40 Parker avenue. ne
unusual excuse 1t is bad policy to i'm
prove part OF an alley" was given by
City Civil Engineer Frank c. Lii gen
felter in his recommendation that he
petition be rejected.
"Tf the petitioners can submit
petition signed by a majority Of the
resident property owners for the I'm
provement Of the alley from North street
to enth street I would then recommend
it, said Mr.. Llngenfalter.
BIDS RECEIVED
BY THE BOARD.
Bids were received as follows:
Sidewalks. curbs and graded lawns in
Forty Ninth street. from Central 20 Col
lege avenue Frank Lawson, S347 per
lineal foot: Todd & Red. S365; w. c.
Halstead. $2.S9 and Schwert Bros, S.35.
Sidewalks and curblng on the south
side Of Tenth street. from Healing age
nue. to the Belt Railroad. Fred ". Reid,
S325 per lineal foot.
Sidewalks and graded lawns in Keal-
ing avenue. from Tenth street 70 a roint
800 feet south. Feed W. Reid. S1S5.
Sidewalks IN Temple avenue, from
Rrookslde Parkway TO the FIRST alley
south Of Seventeenth street. w. o Hal
stead. s219 per lineal foot, AMI G. II.
Harries. S2.3S
Resurfacing Of Fl Wayne avenue from
Alabama to Tenth street J. y. Morgan &
son. asphalt S5.42 per lineal foot; Ameri-
can Construction Company, asphalt, $3.50
Union Asphalt Construction Company. as
phalt, SJ.52. and Indiana Asphalt Paving
Company, s5.G7.
Sidewalks on the east side Of Harlan
street from Woodlawn to Lexington ave
nue.. John Arnold & Co, S2.l3 per lineal
foot: W c. Halstead, Sl56, and Schwert
Brothers. S2.3S.
Preliminary orders were made for the
use OF two-course concrete as follows In
the permanent improvement Of the FIRST
alley east Of Central avenue from Twenty
r ghth to Twenty Ninth street. first alley
east Of Illinois street from Eleventh street
to the first alley north. the first alley
east of Washington Boulevard from
Twenty Eighth to Twenty Ninth streets,
the first alley north of Eleventh from
point twenty feet east Of the first alley
east of Illinois street to a point 14S feet
east and the first alley east Of College
avenue from ForIeth to Forty Second
street.