South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-01
Di.advantagc OF Diatance.

City Controller John ". Swygart
favored the location OF the coliseum
in South Bend, pointing out that
South Bend is the county seat Of St.
Joseph county. lie declared that If
the memorial were located at Spring
book il would be difficult TO induce
conventions OF the larger kind 10
come here on account OF the dis
lance Of the meeting place from the
hotels OF South Bend
q. A. Elliott, president OF the
board Of public works. declared that
the purpose OF the city in wanting
10 locate the institution in the heart
OF the city is 10 combine il with the
public market ia order that it might
be made self-sustaining. Mr.. FL
lott. however. like Mayor Carson
and Controller Swygart, declared
that the coliseum should be located
where the majority OF the people
Of the county desired.
Miles O'Brien. president OF the
Cham Der of Commerce. also favor
ed SpringbroOk as the most suitable
site for the proposed memorial, and
expressed the view that it should be
erected BY the county instead of by
the city OF South Bend
Frank Favors SpringbroOk.
Abe Prank also favored Spring
brook. lie said that when the col
iseum project was first started three
or four years ago. ne $ a member
of the Chamber Of Commerce COM
mittee. favored the location of such
an institution somewhere in the
business part of South bend. He said
that now, however, ne believed that
SpringbroOk would be a more suit
able location. pointing 20 the future
growth of both South Bend ana
Mishawaka as an argument in favor
of Springbrook. He said that mas
much as it is 70 be built as a ms
mortal to the soldiers Of the entire
county. it should be built by the
county
John +. DeHaven. member of tho
board of public works, favored
South Bend, agreeing with Controller
Swygart that the coliseum should b.
located in the county seat of the
county. Mr.. DeHaven said that the
law permits the city TO erect a com
bined coliseum and public market
and that he believed that it should
be built somewhere in the central
part OF South Bend
Rostiser Seconds View.
Harvey Rostiser. also member OF
the board OF works. expressed the
same views as Mr.. DeHaven. adj
vancing the public market and col
iseum combination argument.
The coliseum must not be allow
ed TO become drag on either the
city or county" he declared.
Edward Zeitler. member of the
board of county commissioners,
spoke in favor Of Springbrook park
as did also Thomas Williams. an
other member of the board of cOun-
" commissioners. NJ. l. Brummitt
of New Carlisle. member of the
county council, favored making the
coliseum a county project, but was
non-committal as to where it should
be located.
NJ. w. Mix. also a member of the
county council, favored Springbrook
as the most suita bic location for a
memorial TO the entire county. Mr.
Mix pointed out that to locate the
coliseum at SpringbroOk would not
only provide a memorial 10 all the
soldiers of the county. but il would
at the same time conserve capital a.
the SpringnrOok site would be deed
ed TO the county without cost. He
said that this would be a large item
as the cost Of the building woul I
alone reach nearly TO TIE half mil
lion dollar mark.
Secs Amalgamation Ahead.
A. G.. Graham favored Spring
brook park on the ground that it
would mean the providing Of some
thing that would draw the inter
ests Of the entire county closer t
one another. He predicted that the
string of small towns throughout the
county would at some future time
be united into one large city. and
that Springbrook at no distant flu
ture would be the center Of that
larger city.
County Agent John s Bordner
predicted a community of 1000
population within 10 years. He said
that monument TO the soldiers of
the county should be erected by the
county and should be located at
place that is already being looked
upon as a civic center for the cOun-
ty He urged Springbrook park as
the most suitable location for the
coliseum.
City Atty. Thomas w Slick de
clared that he did not know where
the coliseum should be located. He
said that 1t should be eft to TIL
people of the county. RE urged that
every one express opinions on the
matter. and that the view of the ma
jority should be followed.
In adjOurning the meeting Mayor
Carson announced that there woulo
be other meetings called for the pur
pose of further discussing the mat
ter lie said that while he feels at
this time that the coliseum should
be built in the central part OF Souta
Bend. his main object il the cree
tion of a coliseum as a memorial