South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-23

b~oulevards and ~driveways remain the
same as now, but the ordinance pre-
venting heavy traffic on any Of the
b%ouleyards or driveways OF the city, in
"A commercial way. was passed with
out amendment or hindrance.
The ordinance requiring movers to
report to the city clerk the names of
parties moved during each week, with
the locations from whence and where
moved to. together with the petitions
for increase Of salaries OF the firemen,
and changing the names OF certain
streets. were lowed TO 20 over to
the next council. but otherwise all
the work OF the old council was clear
ed up.
Aside from ordaining that moneys
collected as damages due TO the open
ing Of Union ST. in 1910, shall go into
the general fund unuil 1917. when due
the Sanders-Egbert Co, and j. ID. oil
yer. trustees. three new ordinances
were introduced and passed under
suspension OF the rules. One transfers
800 from the general fund 10 the ie-
gal department fund. another trans
fers $3.50 from the General fund TO
the engineering fund, and still an
other $4,000 from the general fund
to the park fund, TO be used in i'm
proving st. Louis st. boulevard inter-
sections.
Perhaps the one item of business.
however, that may mean the most TO
the city, was the passage OF a resolu-
tiOn granting to the heirs Of James X.
on the west side Of Portage roau, OPP
posite Riverview. The plat 30 be util-
lied contains ia acres, the grant be-
ing extended subject to the general
laws OF the state. President Howard
introduced the resolution. nus adding
80 nrfUTTo~. - eh. ha.aFFF-
accorded the city by the outgoing
council as listed in his farewell ad-
dress.
The address, consisting of some
1000 words. went into the work Of
the outgoing council quite in detail,
summarizing, however, as its princi-
pal achievements. the following:
/. Extension OF parks and boule-
Yards.
e. Annexation of River Park and
other territory on every side of the
city.
5. Rebuilding and charging of wa
ter works.
4. Saving Of East Washington st.
from threatened blockade. and thus
saving forever this great central thor
~oughfare to the city.
3 Extension Of street railway ia
~ciliIies on a Lasalle n Madison
SITS.
Offered Some Criticism.
Some of the counciImen thought he
should have included the comfort sta
ton at Washington and Main SITS. but
Pres. Howard stated that he had been
opposed to the location and hardly
regarded it as an achievement.
Neither was he reserving Of criti-
ciSm in some other matters.
He pointed out the failure of the
council to pass the ordinance author
izing a city forester to act under the
park board for the preservation of the
city's trees.
He is of the opinion that the traffic
ordinance should be extended to re-
quire pedestrians to keep on the side
walks and crOss-walks, and not incur
the dangers of present haphazard
travel.
He is also of the opinion that the
council made a mistake when it did
not increase the saloon license fee
from $500 to $500 as permitted by
law, thus wedding out some of the
more undesirable saloons. and bring
ing the business up to a higher stand
ard-mOre submissible TO regulation.
The address. which "a full of
feeling, was feelinglv received, and
the council passed into history.
Eli +. Seebirt. Keller's appointee to