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Old Town of Broad Ripple Meeting Minutes #214
posted: Aug. 22, 2024
This historic serial has run on and off in the last 19 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-fourteenth installment
Streets to be vacated (this one had LOTS of misspellings!)
January 2nd, 1907
The Town Board of Broad Ripple met in regular session all members present.
The minutes of previous meeting were read and approved.
B.F. Osborne was elected president of said board for the year 1907.
The next business in order was allowing of claims as follows.
To Frank Boots $72.85 for making street and alley crossings on North Street from Airline Street to west corporation line.
To Standard Oil Co $1.80 for 20 gallons of oil furnished.
To C.H. Pearce + Co $4.25 for one oil stove
To J.D. Sullivan $10.00 for services as Trustee 2nd Ward from June 30 to Dec 30 1906
To Millard F. Eaton $10.00 for services as Trustee 1st Ward from June 30 to Dec 30 1906
To B.F. Osborne $10.00 for services as Trustee 3rd Ward from June 30 to Dec 30 1906
To Frank E. Watts $10.00 for services as [town treasurer] from June 30 to Dec 30 1906
To Don A Day $10.00 for services as clerk from June 30 to Dec 30 1906
To Thomas F. Metsker $30.00 for services as Marshall during the month of December 1906.
To Ind [Traction Co] $290.81 for payment of Barrett law assessment.
To J.H. Ferguson $10.00 for services as fire cheif during ____
To Dr. J.W. bates $2.00 for attending health board meeting.
There was a petition from Mary Pursel and others asking for the vacation of all streets and alleys north of Pursel Street, ecept Vine St and so much of Kirk Street as (lay) west of Vine Street and all of Jackson St north of Kirk St.
{editor note: This petition changed the streets in a way that is still visible in today's street layout - part of the area is now Opti park and Monon Row Condos}
Millard F. Eaton and J.D. Sullivan were appointed committee to investigate said petition.
The clerk was instructed to write a letter to W.W. Spencer informing him that the said board had voted to discontinue the employment of an attorney for Broad Ripple.
An ordinance was introduced pertaining to establish the east line of Morgan Street from the canal south to the first alley south of Shelby Street.
The said ordinance was laid aside to be taken up at some future meeting of said board. There being no further bussiness to come before the board it adjourned.
President of Board
Attest Don A Day, clerk
Map from Nick Seldon collection (your editor's HS Physics teacher) to show the streets
image courtesy of Nick Seldon collection
{next issue: Town Clerk resigns}
alan@broadripplegazette.com
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