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Old Town of Broad Ripple Meeting Minutes #177

posted: Oct. 13, 2022

This historic serial has run on and off in the last 18 years of the Broad Ripple Gazette. The intention is to share the history of Broad Ripple, help people find their ancestors in the text, and to complete the transcriptions of these important early documents.

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 [ ]. I will try to include street name changes, such as: Morgan Street is now Guilford, North is now 64th, Hancock is now Westfield. See more of our street name research at BroadRippleHistory.org - Alan

The original minutes books are at the Indiana State Archives at 6440 E. 30th St.

Here is the one-hundred seventy-seventh installment

Improvement Resolution No. 3 (1905) [continued]

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It is further provided and stipulated that the party of the first part shall give to residents of said Town and County preference in employment of all labor necessary in performance and performing of this contract and failing to do so, shall forfeit to said Town the sum of ten dollars for each failure to observe this stipulation.

The said party of the first part hereby agrees to maintain and keep the same in good repair to the satisfaction of said party of the second part, for a period of one (1) year in case of gravel streets and five (5) years in case of cement walks, curbing and appurtenances from the date of the approval of the final assessment roll therefor, without cost to said Town of Broad Ripple, or property owners assessed for the cost of the same, excepting case of flood or other causes not resulting from defective materials or poor workmanship.

To each of the conditions and stipulations of this contract, the undersigned each ___ itself, binds itself, its successors and sureties.

In testimony whereof, we the fore-named parties hereunto set our hands, the 31st day of March 1904.

Francis M [Lackey]

Contractor, Party of first part

For the town of Broad Ripple,

This contract and bond approved by us this 31st day of March, 1904

D.W. Harcourt

W.M. Whitesell

J.B. White

Board of Trustees, of Town of Broad Ripple, party of the second part. Attests

F.E. Dungan, Town Clerk

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