South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-22
CARSON HITS
At DEMOCRATS
IN CITY HALL
Would COnSign Officials of
Opposite Political Faith
to Basement Floor of
His Regal Palace.

Complete re-arransement OF the
interior Of the city hall is being
planned by Mayor Franklin Eober,
Carson and the members OF the
board OF public WORKS in order TO
provide spacious quarters for the
water works department
IL appears that under the admin
istratiOu OF James Napoleon Luther.
rs superintendent since last J4nu.
ary. the water works department
has expanded 10 such am extent that
il has become imperative that larger
Quarters Tor carrying ou It's business
De bad 40 once.
Therefore. Mayor FrauEIn Rob
ert. after much consultation with
the beers OF his cabinet has hir
upon tentative plan whereby the
much desired amplifed quarters FOR
his water works superintendent may
be- obtained.
Democrats To Easement.
In the first place Mayor Frank-
I'm is said 10 have come 20 the CON
ciusion that the city clerk and the
city engineer whose departments
size conducted FOR the most part br
democrats. can conduct their bust
ness just as well iu the basement as
they can on the first floor OF the city
building So Do has been decided 10
remove these departments. whose
members are not members OF Mayor
Franks partisan political ma
chine. to the neither regions City
Controller Swygart IS 90 Dee moved
up TO where the city water works
has gotten along on the second
floor for many wears and the wa
Ter works department is 90 Ice given
the tR1 offices now occupied 10y the
controller and City Clerk Bilnski
These two offices adjOin. and Mayor
Robert is said 90 believe that this
will be- an ideal arrangement for
Supt. Nap0 Luther En- conducting the
greatly increased business of the wa
fer worEs department whose i'm
crease iu business is said to have
been caused principally by tbe plaC-
ing OF water meters on the curb in-
stead Of In dwellings. as at present.
Dental ParlOr Conference.
This plan for the re-arraugement
OF tine city hall is said TO have been
arrived after much consultation.
and II is said there is only one hitch
m the whole plan that has so far
been brought 10 the notice OF Mayor
Boo and his cabinet members and
hat is that the office now occupied
by the city engineering department
viii be left vacant
The mayor is said to He deter
mined 20 move the engineers to the
Basement along with the city clerk
but what 10 put iu the office now oc-
cup,ed Oy the city engineer is a
problem that is set unsoIyed by
Mayor 2 r To is said that spe-
cial consultations have been held i'm
Dr. Carson's dental office for sew
eral afternoons past in am effort TO
ind some one 90 nh the Room now
occupied by the city engineer IL is
explained at the City hall that 10
viii never 10 90 have vacant of
flee on the first floor OF the admin
istratiou building
Near Break With Doctor.
II has been suggested TO the doc
tor that ne move the health board
quarters TO the main door and give
the bOard the room now occupied
oy Mr. Anderson and his engineer
ing corps. but che difficulty of ind
ing AN occupant for the Office now
occupied by the health board and.
moreover. Mayor T. Robert is said
TO desire especially TO have DIR
l'reyermuth. secretary of the health
board as close 10 him as possible
until after the venereal disease ordi-
nance which IS now pending before
the city council is disposed of TO
he entire satisfaction of Mayor =.
Bob. The mayor and the health
secretary are said 90 already be ON
the break over some parts of tina.