South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
CROSS-TOWN CAR
PROJECT TAKEN UP
BY CITY COUNCIL
Clerk Rostiser Appointed to
Bring Matter Before Heads
of Street Railway Company
For Report.

The proposed changes IN the street
car system Of the city preached re-
Gently by the seventh ward municipal
association and brought before the
city council, will receive at once at
tention OF that body. City Clerk Har-
vey Rostiser last night was appointed
TO take up the projected plans with
the heads Of the local system and to
receive a report on the changes from
them.
The changes and construction in
clude the double tracking Of Michigan
St from the Lake Shore tracks to
OHIO St, the construction OF a cross
town car line, which the seventh ward
association speaking for the citizens OF
its district urges as a necessity, and
the selling OF tickets six for twenty
five cents.
New Drinking Fountains.
Drinking Fountains viii be estab-
lished at Washington av. and Walnut
st. and on Circle av., while a cOmbi
nation fountain for the east side on
South Bend av. was projected BY
Councilman Sifert- Councilman
Thompson was responsible for the
planned fountains on Washington av.
and Circle av., his motion 10 that eff
feet being passed by the members.
The construction of the fountains
was turned over TO +. NJ. Norris and
A II. Rice. who represented the board
OF works at last nights meeting They
promised TO give the matter their ear
Hest attention.
The resolution demanding that all
!nsanitary houses be connected with
sewers was referred back to the COM
mittee of the hole" after the amend
ment stating that the houses must be
condemned by the board of public
IN
Questing that the g. /. and ;. railroad
be permitted 10 build a spur across
Wilbur st. for use by the Staples,
Hardeman Lumber Co, was also re-
ferred back to the committee.
An ordinance requesting that tracks
from ne Michigan Central lines be
built 10 the George Huffman gravel
pits on the east side of the river, was
also referred back TO the committee
OF the hole"
Must Sprinkle Tracks.
A resolution was introduced and
passed that the South Shore railway
company be forced to sprinkle all its
tracks lying within the city limits
daily, in compliance with their fran
chise.
A communication was received from
the Municipal league of Indiana ask
ing representatives from South Bend
To take part in the activities at the
Columbus on July 8. and s. The res
OlutiOn. upon the motion of Council
man SifeTt, was tabled, because II was
argued that South Bend was no longer
a member of the state league and had
no right to join in ans activities by
the state organization
Rabbi CrOnbach, Immediately after
the adjournment of the regular ses-
sion of the council, gave a talk in
which he included report of the
activities Of the National Conference
Of Charities and Corrections recently
closed at Nashville, Tenn. His talk
was brimful OF suggestions that were
practical. according to members of
various municipal departments of the
city who heard the talk. In part ne
said:
Many Of the functions performed
originally by private charities have
been assumed by the city, and the
city will continue TO put into practice
ideas whose feasibility has been dem
onstrated by private experience.
"A great deal was said at Memphis
about municipal recreation. such as
civic centers at schOOlhOuses, muntc-
ipal picture shows. and municipal
dance halls.
The social experts at Memphis
were unanimous in the opinion that
the only proper method of handling
vice was through suppression. 1t was
brought out that the proper way to
handle prisoners was TO have farms
upon which they could work
splendid reformatOry results have
been achieved by means of farms up
on which the old time striped clothes,
chains. bolts, bars. cells and armed
guards have been abandoned. The /
county Jail was condemned as a null /
sance alike TO health and morals"