Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-27
REFUSES TOO. K.
ROADCONTRACT
No Sewers in Thirtieth Street,
Board of Works Points
Out.

Because there are no sewers in Thir-
tleth street and the board has strict
policy never to improve streets with
out sanitary facilities, the board of pub
lie works today refused to approve a
contract let by the county commission
ers for the paving of road starting
/ three thousand feet east of the city limits
/ and running west IN Thirtieth street to
| Baltimore avenue thence north to Hill
side avenue to the end Of the present
! pavement IN Hillside avenue.
The commissioners plan to improve the
road under tho three mile road law. 1t
/ IS designed to give farmers egress into
/ the business distr ct without having to
cross a labyrinth Of railroad tracks.
The slowness with which municipal
machinery Is moved Is demonstrated by
folder Of correspondence relating to
protecting motorists from collisions at
} the dangerous subgrlde crossing at Hazel
street and Massachusetts avenue which
turned IN at the boards meeting.
FIRST STARTED ON
ITS WAY JAN. "a.
on Jan. y. the Brightwood civic As
ISOLATION wrote TO the board asking that
something lie done to relieve the danger
Gus situation. The board referred the
matter 10 the city civil engineer. Tue
next correspondence on the subject Is
dated April il. when the city civil engi-
neer Frank G. LinEenfeiter, suggested TO
the board that a policeman be stationed
at the crossiug The board Of public
works referred this 20 the board Of pub
lie safety on April IS and the safety
board. on April 10. wrote back to the
board Of works that it could not afford
90 put a policeman there, but thought
some red lights ought to be installed. A
letter from NJ z. Noblet, manager Of the
Hoosier Motor club TO the board OF safe
~ was sent TO the board Of works with
the safety boards reply. MIR. Noblet sug-
gested that danger lights be put not only
at the Hazel street and Massachusetts,
avenue crossing, but also beneath the Viz
ginia and Kentucky avenues subways.
Harry Newburry, $50 Beauty avenue
was appointed tractor driver at $24 per
week and Harry Robbins, 1880 College
avenue night Waterman at 50 per night
upon recommendation Of Street Com
missioner A. O. Meloy.
CONTACTS LET
BY THE BOARD.
Contracts were awarded n follows:
For sidewalks and curbs IN North
street, from Rural 20 Gray streets, W. {.
IIalstead, for S5.69 per lineal foot; total,
SsIQ3l0
For sidewalks in Carlyle place, from
Michigan 20 Pratt streets. J. W. and w.
c. Martin. for $3.50 per lineal foot; total,
$5.2l660
For sidewalks and curbs on the west
side Of Spruce street, from Cottage ave-
me TO Minnesota street, John Arnold &
Co., for $S277 per lineal foot; total,
s.. 2SS.02.
Resolutions were adopted for grading
and curblng and permanent improvement
Of Station street from Twenty Eighth
10 Thirtieth streets, permanent improve
mont OF Harvard place from Cornelius to
lockwood avenues. permanent improve
ment and sidewalks In Blue Ridge road
from Boulevard place to Sunset avenue,
sidewalks in Winthrop avenue from
Forty Second to Forty-Fourth streets,
grading Of Ohio street and sidewalks
from Gale street to Brookviue avenue.
permanent improvement Of Columbia ave
nue from Sixteenth to Twentieth streets.
/ opening of Chester street from Tenth to
Twelfth streets and vacation OF Spann
avenue from Randolph street to the Big
Four Railroad