South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-01
P0[ICEWOMAN ON
JOB; ADVERTISING
ON POLES To STOP
Board of Safety Decides to End
Use of Telephone Poles, Etc.,
BY POIitiCianS-MOtO
for Electrician.

Tread lightly man, and be careful
girls-SOuth Bends pOlicewoman,
Mrs. Minnie Evans. is on the job. At
Il O'Clock. noon, Friday, May I, 1910,
she reported at the Office OF Chief
Willard F. Kerr, city hall. quietly
tucked the insignia Of her office under
the lapel Of her coat. and without
further distinguishing marks, started
out 10 locate the wicked. She will
watch depOts. dance halls and what
soever else requires watching. Police
woman Evans is to serve the depart
ment in the capacity OF a sort of cross
between patrolwoman and detective.
The Inauguration OF this new type
OF official passed without ceremony.
even the board OF safety. which had
Just adjourned from a weekly session
across the hall, refraining from TAX
ing any part. The board, having
made the appointment two weeks ago,
turned the appointee over 20 the chief
at that time, and began giving atten-
ton TO other matters. The leading
feature Of the session Friday was di-
rection 10 Chief Kerr TO put the lid"
on the use of telephone. telegraph
and trolley poles, fences, fence posts,
trees and the like-everything except
licensed billbOards, in factor pOlit-
zeal or other advertising.
No Poster Advertising.
With the approach of the primary
campaign IL was definitely decided by
the board that the ordinance forbid
ding such poster advertising, be
vigorously enforced, contrary 10 the
custom OF violation that prevailed last
year. This applies not only 10 pO-
litical advertising but also 10 mercan-
tile advertising, Chief Kerr being
of the latter Is now going on En-
force the ordinance" was the instruc-
ton 10 the chief, and ne carried the
instruction away with him, under his
hair.
guiding Committee Reports.
A report OF the building code COM
mittee, which has in charge the franz
ing Of a building code for South Bend
shows 30 parts completed to date, %
OF which have been passed upon by
the committee. Judging from the
bills filed in comparison with the
amount appropriated by the council
for the work, the code is a trifie more
than half done. The appropriation
was $500 and the bills aggregate
$2S2.s7, of which s18S has been
previously paid.
Il must have some means Of quick
conveyance about the city, or l cannot
keep up with my job" was the report
OF City Electrician Dickey. Il am be-
hind SO in the calls for inspections. /
can make about 10 a day the way
things are now, and that is not
enough. 1 am not in the real busy
season as yet, and 1 am simply being
swamped."
May Get Motorcycle.
Two weeks ago. on direction of the
board the city electrician laid down
a rule that no more electrical wiring
should be done until a permit had
been secured. After 1, only new
code wire will be permitted TO be used.
Keeping strict tab on the electrical
work makes il necessary that the cleo
trician be prompt in his inspections,
that contractors and builders need not
be delayed in their work and it Is
possible that a motorcycle will be pro-
cured as a means Of getting from
place TO place without having TO wait
for street cars, often not available at
all.
The matter Of securing a motorcycle
is to be looked into during the week
and A requiSition for the purchase
may follow at the next meeting.