Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . tober of that year. Luke Munsell had alsocopyrighted a city map on ^lay 30, 183C; was a man of notable attainments, butratlier impractical, who came here from Ken-tucky, where he had been State Engineer, andhad jjublished a map of Kentucky. He estab-lished one of the first Daguerrean galleries atIndianapolis. There seemed no cause for thepeople not knowing where they were at, buta careful resurvey by Mr. Sullivan in 1839 re-vealed tlio fact that, in the survey and sale ofout-lot
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . tober of that year. Luke Munsell had alsocopyrighted a city map on ^lay 30, 183C; was a man of notable attainments, butratlier impractical, who came here from Ken-tucky, where he had been State Engineer, andhad jjublished a map of Kentucky. He estab-lished one of the first Daguerrean galleries atIndianapolis. There seemed no cause for thepeople not knowing where they were at, buta careful resurvey by Mr. Sullivan in 1839 re-vealed tlio fact that, in the survey and sale ofout-lots in 1831, eight acres had been laid offand sold that were not in the donation. Thiswas set out in a memorial to Congress by thelegislature in 1840. and Congress corrected theerror by donating the eight acres. In 1837 the macadamizing of Washingtonstreet as a part of the Xational Eoad awokeaspirations for a higher life, and there was ademand for sidewalks. ordinance wasadopted providing tliat when ])ro])erty ownerson that street, for no( less than one s(iuaiT. 118 HISTORY OF GREATER HISTORY OF GREATER INDIAXAPOLIS. 119 •shall be desirous of paving the gutters andgrading and gravelling tlie street between thesame and the ilcAdamizing as made by theUnited States, and shall petition for the same,it should be the duty of the council to havethe work done, and assess the cost by the frontfoot. But for the amount assessed and paid,the lot-owner was to receive an e(iual amountof town scrip, which was receivable for anystreet improvement tax afterwards levied onthat lot, so far as the owner could make changewith it, for the collector shall in no case berequired to pay in money any overplus wheiea larger amount of scrip shall be offered thanwill meet the amount of street tax the sidewalks on Washington streetjiad been laid oif fifteen feet wide, and thoseon other streets ten, but they were now madetwenty feet on Washington and twelve feet onother streets.
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