STATE SEWER.
Mr. McIntosch called up Senator Chapman's bill [S. 326] to build a sewer from the Female Reformatory and the Deaf and Dumb Institutions (appropriating $45,000), which was read the third time.
Mr. FRAZER said: This is to appropriate $45,000 to construct a sewer to the two Reformatories. I think the sewer ought to be built, but $45,000 is too much money for the people to pay to carry away the slop of this city.
Mr. EDWINS said that was the estimate of the engineer.
Mr. STEWART said the city made a grand mistake when they built those institutions at their present location, but since the error is committed, he was in favor of making the best of it. He stated that the old line of sewerage was cut off through the United States Arsenal grounds by an injunction of the Court, and that it was absolutely necessary to appropriate this amount to get sewer connection with the city.
Mr. CAUTHORNE was in favor of the passage of this bill.
Mr. CARTER--The gentleman from Kosciusko (Mr. Frazer) said that if this sewer was built at a cost of $80,000 the city ought to stand $60,000 of the expense. I want to say to the gentleman that $80,000 only builds the sewer to connect with the present city sewer, which cost over $300,000. If the State of Indiana builds a sewer in any other direction it will cost at least $600,000, and according to this reasoning it is just $155,000 in the State Treasury to connect with the city sewer.
The bill passed--yeas, 64; nays, 13.
Mr. M'SHEEHY called up Senator Van Vorhis' bill [S. 246] creating sewer districts for the city of Indianapolis, which was read the third time and passed--yeas, 70; nays, 4.
