Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-11
WORKS BOARD
ORDERS CITY
IMPROVEMENTS
New Water Main and EX-
tension of Car Lines
Ordained.

Forty extensions OF water mains have
been ordered by the Board of Public
Works. The board, with City Civil En-
gineer John L. Elliott and Fire Chief
John J. O'Brien. has been investigating
thu need for water facilities throughout
the city. Frank o. Jordan. secretary Of
the Indianapolis Water Company. said
recently that the utility expects to lay
100000 feet of new mains Chis year. II
Is under contract with the ely 10 lay
10000 feet.
The board ordered the Indianapolis
Street Railway Company to extend the
English avenue street car line from Key
stone avenue TO Sherman Drive, which
viii require the laying Of a mile and
half of new track
A resolution for condemnation of the
three pieces of property in the city plaza
block which were not purchased Jan
uary ? was adopted. The property Is
appraised at $500, 800.
The water mains ordered extended fol-
low:
Climber street between Shelby street and
{ tate avenue; BrOOksfde boulevard. west
{ live, between Temple and Tacoma ave
IUes; Harlan street. between Minnesota
street and Terrace avenue; Tabor street.
between Shelby street and East Garfield
drive; Roosevelt avenue. between Lang
Run boulevard. west drive, between
Pennsylvania and Union streets: Avon
dale Place. between Twenty Second
street and Massachusetts, avenue; Min
nesota street, between Linden and Thad
deus streets: McLain street. from. How
ard street to the end Of the present
main: Parker street. between Roosevelt
avenue and Twenty-Third street; Perish
ing avenue, between Morris and McCarty
streets; Sutherland avenue, from Thirty
cts 20 NaaA -
vein street, from Maryland street to
800 feet south; ArbOr avenue, between
Oliver avenue and Henry street: Lock
wood street, between Minnesota and Ma
omi streets: Forty Ninth street, between
Central and College avenues: Applegate
street, from Raymond street TO 800 feet
north; Alton street, between Shelby and
Boyd streets; Allen avenue, between
Southern avenue and Nelson street. Ia
Dor street, between Shelby and Boyd
streets; Centennial street, between Tenth
and Pratt streets; Bradbury avenue.
from the end of the present main to
Boyd avenue; Winter avenue, between
Boyd avenue and Harlan street; Wash
ington street, between Tibbs avenue and
Eagle Creek Pratt street, between Cen
Twenty Eighth street, between Burton
street and Schurmdnn avenue: Crescent
street, between Thirty -FOurth and Water
streets: Delaware street, between Thirty
Seventh and Penway streets; Villa ave
nue., between Pleasant Run boulevard and
Minnesota street; Centennial street. be
tween Tenth and Twelfth streets: South
ern avenue. between Napoleon street and
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks; Yer
mont street. between Healing avenue and
Gale street; State avenue. between Min
nesOta and Naomi streets: Dearborn
street between Glen drive and Twenty
\Fifth tsreet; Adams street bet Eeen
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets: Han
cock street. between Ida street and the
Big Four Railroad tracks; EintOn street
between West and Dakota streets: Forty
Third street, between Pennsylvania
street and Central avenue: Twenty Sec
Ond street. between Schurmann avenue
and Parkway; Laurel street, between
Minnesota and Iowa streets: Sherman
drive. between Thirty Second and Thirty
Fourth streets