Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-31
BILLS
OF BENEFIT TO
INDIANAPOLIS
City and County Officials
Meet With Marion
Legislators.

! Legislation which the city administra-
ton is interested in having the coming
session OF the General Assembly pass
was discussed by Mayor Charles w.
Jewett and other city and county off
cIals with the Marion County delegation
Of legislators at the mayors chambers
| in the city hall today
The proposed establishment OF State
plaza in territory bounded by Vermont.
| st. Clair. Meridian and Pennsylvania
streets and the erection OF a Memorial
! building TO the veterans OF the World
/ War thereon and the mayors plan to
consolidate all the county and city cor
rectional, charitable and medical instl-
I tutiOns under one management and one
taxing authority were the chief issues
discu ssed.
Following the conference to which re-
! pOrters were not admitted, Mayor Jewetr
1said that the legislators had lot com
mitted themselves on any Of the meas
ures discussed and that they had not
{ been asked to He said, however. that
he thought the lawmakers were favor
ably disposed toward his plan to con
solidate the county and city institu-
tions. No bills Incorporating the admin
/ istratiOn's ideas have been drawn, Cor
! pOration Counsel Samuel Ashby stated.
I GARBAGE COLLECTION
/ QUESTION COMES UP.
Some discussion was had upon the ad-
ministration's desire that the duty OF
eollecting garbage be taken from thN
board OF public works and placed undey'
! the board Of sanitary commissioners.
| The latter body now has charge Of gar
| bage disposal. The board OF works has
objected for some time to It's having to
! collect garbage when the sanitary board
disDoses OF IT,
A proposal Of the Indianapolis Humane
Society that the control Of the city dog
pound be taken from the board of public
/ safety and be placed under the society
was talked over without any definite de-
! cisi0n being reached. The Humane So
ciety. the mayor said, desires to put up
a building to house the impOunded ca
mines ont Of funds raised In a recent
campaign.
The Humane Society. the mayor said.
desires that the city pay an amount equal
to that expended by It for the care of
the dogs il supervision OF the pound is
transferred TO IT.
MEMORIAL PLAZA AND
BUILDING CHIEF ISSUE.
The establishment Of the memorial
8 plaza ana DEuAluE was the CnlEI matter
{ before the conference, It was understood.
/ The city has been interested In getting
} more favorable action from the Legis-
lature than 1t did in the last special
session when the bills To permit the city
and county to participate In the project
with the State in a financial way were
allowed to die. As the matter stands
only approximately $1,000 900 would be
available, since only the State can par
ticipate under existing legislation.
! While the bill was not discussed at
I the conference. it is understood that
| Mayor Jewett Is interested in a measure
to give the city power to establish a
city warehouse and to give the city pur-
/ chasing department authority to buy
! standard articles in large lots in view Of
/ future needs instead Of in small guam
titles. as requisitioned by department
heads at present.
All of the Marion County State SEN
stors, excepting Arthur Baxter and Win
field Miller and all Of the Representa-
tives, excepting Russell .. Harrison. at
tended the meeting. Besides Mayor
Jewett and Mr.. Ashby, City Controller
Robert H. Bryson, County Treasurer
Ralph Lemcke and County Attorney
4 Harry G. Hendrickson were present.