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Old Town of Broad Ripple Meeting Minutes #204
posted: Mar. 28, 2024
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: Shelby Street became 63rd, then Broad Ripple Avenue, 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 two-hundred-fourth installment
Road Tax Book
Broad Ripple, Ind
May 5th 1905
Board met in regular session all members being present.
The minutes of the last session were read and approved. Bills were allowed as follows;
To the Sentinel printing Co $20.00 for one improvement duplicate,
To T.F. Metsker [Medsker] $30.00 salary for month of June as Marshal,
S.L. Shank, recorder, for recording annexation to broad Ripple April 6th + June 15th &,
To Spencer + Spencer $50.00 for services as Town Attorney.
The Indianapolis Sentinal Co $50.. as payment on bill for printing + advertising.
By order of the Board two special officers were appointed for July 4th
On the recommendation of E.H. Pursel the Board ordered 61st St graded from Morgan St to the Street Car Line.
No other business before the board. It adjourned
DW Harcourt
W. Dawson Jr. clerk protem
Aug 1st
Board met in regular session all members being present.
The first business was the allowing of bills
T.F. Metsker $30 for one month salary as Marshall
Otis Jenning 2.50 for work done on safe
$8.08 to broad Ripple Lumber CO for sewer tile as per bill rendered
There being no further business before the board, it adjourned
JO Brenneman "clerk"
DW Harcourt president
Septr 5th, 1905
Board met in regular session all members being present.
Bills were allowed as follows
To T.F. Metsker $30 for one month salary as Marshall
J.O. Brenneman $5.00 for making out Road Tax book + furnishing the same also stamps and envelopes + paper for notifying parties for their St-Insp assessments
$205.25/100 to Jeffries and White for making Street crossings as per bill rendered.
The board filed the tax levy for the year 1905 at 40c per 100 dollars or $4.00 per $1000 dollars.
No further business before the board, it adjourned to meet in special session for the purpose of approving the sidewalk assessments on the different streets as per engineer's estimates.
The special meeting was never called, so will meet in regular session
"approved"
JO Brenneman "clerk"
DW Harcourt president
{next issue: Telephone franchise approved}
alan@broadripplegazette.com
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