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Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v11n05)

Old Town of Broad Ripple Meeting Minutes #137

posted: Mar. 07, 2014

The Town of Broad Ripple was incorporated in 1894, and started holding regular meetings at that time. In each issue, I will print my transcription of the old Town of Broad Ripple meeting minutes. These are taken from the original, hand-written minutes that contain many spelling errors. I have transcribed all the records as they were entered, including errors. I will make some corrections to the text in brackets [ ]. The original minutes books are at the Indiana State Archives at 6440 E. 30th St.

Here is the one-hundred thirty-seventh installment:

Annual report and part one of a plea from the voters. Lists of citizens like this one, which will be continued in the next installment, are of great interest for family history, showing the residency of ancestors at a specific date in history. The list shows several people from my family, including Hessongs and Foleys. James Watts owned the pharmacy that be came Lobraico's and is Chelsea's today. Brenneman lived in the large house where Kroger is now.

Broad Ripple Ind. Apr. 7th 1903

The Broad of Trustees of the Town of Broad Ripple met in regular session. All members present. The minutes of Mch 3rd 1903 and the minutes of the special meeting of Apr 3rd 1903 were read and approved and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the respective amounts

Geo. B. Melick $30.10

Standard Oil Co. $6.88

The Treasurer made his annual report showing the balance on hand May 14th 1902 $184.15

The receipts for the year including the balance $1254.86

The total expenditures for the year to be $816.66

Leaving the balance on hand to date and on hand in the Treasury to be $443.66 and on motion of M. Whitsel, seconded by I.U. White the report was accepted and approved. The regular motion and second the Board adjourned.

CL Kirk Clerk

CW Silvey President

Broad Ripple Ind. Apr. 18th 1903

The Board of Trustees of the Town of Broad Ripple Indiana met in Special Session on the call of the President C.W. Silvey who stated the purpose of the meeting to be to take action on the Petitions for and against the question of Submitting the Franchise granted to the Indianapolis Northern Traction Co. for a Referendum Vote. And the clerk presented a petition which had been filed with him asking for a Referendum Vote on the Franchise of the Indianapolis Northern Traction Co. and which is as follows

To the Board of Trustees of the Town of Broad Ripple Marion County Ind.

Charles W. Silvey, President

C. L. Kirk, Clerk

Gentlemen:

We, the undersigned voters of the town of Broad Ripple, Marion County, Ind. Bring more than Forty Percent (40%) of the voters of such town hereby demand a referendum of an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance granting to Indianapolis Northern traction Company, its successors and assigns, authority to construct, maintain and operate an interurban street railroad over, along and upon certain streets in the town of Broad Ripple, in the County of Marion and State of Indiana." Which ordinance according to its terms was ordained and established by the Board of Trustees of the town of Broad Ripple, Marion County, Ind. The 3rd day of April, 1903, and signed by Charles W. Silvey, President, attested by C.L. Kirk Clerk, having impressed thereof the seal of the Town of Broad Ripple, Indiana.

We hereby certify that we are legal voters of the town of Broad Ripple, Indiana, only qualified as such voters and that we have in person hereto attached our signatures and we ask that this matter be submitted to the voters of the town of Broad Ripple at the coming election, under the provisions of an act entitled "An act vesting a right in the voters of any incorporated town in the State of Indiana to, by petition, refer any ordinance, agreement, contract, or measure enacted or proposed by the Board of Trustees of any incorporated town of this State to a vote of the voters of such town, and to reject the same by ballot; to proscribe the manner of holding such election, and provide punishment for all offenders against the provisions of this act and declaring and emergency." Which act was approved March 2nd, 1899, and appears in the act of 1899 of the Legislature of Indiana as Chapter ___ on page 216 of said acts. And we ask that this be referred to the voters of the said town for the following reasons, among others:-

1. That the rights of the citizens of the said town are not in any manner protected in said ordinance

2. That there is no provision compelling the said street railroad Company to stop cars within the limits of the town of Broad Ripple.

3. That there is no provision fixing the fares to be charged by said Company either in the town of Broad Ripple or from the town of Broad Ripple to the city of Indianapolis, or any other place.

4. For the reason that the said ordinance permits the said Company to run its trains through the residence part of the town of Broad Ripple at a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour, which speed is excessively dangerous to the lives of the citizens of the said town, in the opinion of your petitioners.

5. For the further reason that the said ordinance does not provide for the paving of the part of the street occupied by the said railroad Company at the expense of said Company.

6. For the further reason that the said ordinance does not provide for any special licence for or tax upon the said street railroad for the use of its right of way within said town.

7. For the further reason that so much of said right of way as is on Shelby Street and Light Avenue is now already occupied by a double track of the present Broad Ripple Traction Company's line of street railroad, and to place another line of street railroad upon the same streets would be dangerous to the people of said town.

Robert C. Light

W.E. Privett

G.S. Carter

L.M. Day

Philipp H. Shneider

J.O. Brenneman

John Schneider

Henry M. Hessong

Parker Brown

G.W. Sheets

G. N. Bennett

C.E. Boardman

O.B. Campbell

Uriah Day

J.W. Bates

C.O. Johnson

Frank E. Watts

J. Butler

L.R. Heady

John J (his + mark?) Scott

C.W. Wildrich

S. B. Plasker

A. Campbell

D.W. Harcourt

Mort Fleming

J.H. Ferguson

Wm. Pickens

J.W. Ferguson

O.J. Pursel

J.E. Pringle

R.H. Whitinger

W.S. Michener

Don A. Day

Jacob Cruise

A.C. Simmons

Hes Jones

Robert Whittenberg

Amos A. Day

Jas. H. Brady

J.L. Pringle

Jas. H. Brady Jr.

J.Y. Striebeck

Martin E. Brady

James Leturler

W.H. Dixon

Melvin G. Kail

B.L. Dixon

Wesley Lineback

H.Y. Doll

Frank Shields

J.M. Watts

Edward Moris

Y.A. Applegate

E.W. Foley

Henry Atkins

C.Y. Whitinger

Chas. A. Roberts

J.A. King

C.W. Heady

J.M. Jackson

Columbus Wright

James A Huffman

Jas. D. Ringer

Geo. E. Robb

Frank Bryant

John Cotton

H.C. Gresh

___ Georg A. Kline

J.C. Stewart

H.J. Thompson

E.H. Pursel

J.W. Vancey (hoc)

James (his + mark) Leffert

H. Harcourt

F.W. Arnholter

H.A. Cumming

R. N. McNulty

Gus Barthel

Jacob S. Mustard

John Dokes

Richard Porter

Alex Smith

Wm. Surber

Oscar Barthel

John W. Jones

W.J. Locke

Eliga Huff

Cal Smith

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