South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-13
BEYERS BALKS ON
PURCHASE OF new
WATER FLUSHER
Councilman Unable to Ride
Bicycle on Slippery Pave
ments, 'Tis Said.

Because ne can't ride his bicycle
after flusher has preceded him and
mOistencd the street, Councilman
Charles Beyers refused TO aid the
council ut Mondays rseeting in pass
INK q resolution 10 provide a street
water flusher for the city OF South
Bend.
II has been moved that the rules
be suspended and the resolution
passed when Beyers jumped 10 his
feet. denouncing the measure con-
tending that with tho purchase OF
two sW cePers the addition of flush
er would duplicate the work.
Pres. Elliot Of the Board Of Pub
lie Works explained to the council
as did j. PaulsOn, representing the
company selling the machines. that
the flUshcr was necessary for many
reasons, among them being the facJ
that the flusher, after the streets
once were cleaned. would keep all
refuse moving into the sewers. thus
doing away with the necessity of
wagon and team to follow and pick
up the dirt
Can't Turn Corner
But Beyers cOntendcd that one
couldn't turn a corner on "a bicycle
or motorcycle when the streets were
wet. He did not mention tire chains
and said that when IL raired he
didn't ridc-therefore had no occa-
sion 10 obey that impulse AT the
first drop"
The rest of the council seemed iu
favor of the purchase but 20 save
time the resolution was referred to
the committee of the whole.
Under a suspension of rules the
council adopuSd the resolution APP
propriating S35, 200 10 bc used in in
stallIng the water mains i'm thr
Meade street loop The resolution
went from the FIRST to the third read
iu-s without any objections. Accord
ing 90 statements made by Pres. FL
liot the work OF installing the water
mains Will start at once.
The section or the city included
IN the Meade st loop has been with
out water supply fOi the past five
years and recently TIC condition be-
came SO d,plorable that some im-
mediate action was necessary. Lack
OF sufficient funds. caused Ly thc
Gclav of thc 100000 bundf issue,
prevented the water department
tUom making this Improvement. Tn,
money. however. was borrowed from
the track separation furd ard will
bc repaid as soon as Tho $4,000
bond issue is completed.
Remedy Crossings
That the council take som q action
To remedy the delay .u trafti, al The
a. osSiug of the New York Central
railroad at Michigan. Main ana Ia-
tdNcttc sts. was The request made
by Edwin &. Witwer in connuni-
cation received by the council. Th.
communication was fncd and mo-
B. H.. 80 q
have the city attorney instruct the
railroad cumrary 10 comply with the
ordinance regulating ;hc blocking OF
crossings which was carried. \ mo-
tlou was also made 10y COunCilu an
GocbCl 10 have the street commits
sioncr repair Garst 81. This motion
was carried.
Tile resolution appropriatiu,- H.
200 tu the board OF public works for
the purchase of TWO Elgin motor
street SWceuCrS was adopted as well
as The resolution approprlatins ST.
go to t.c board of park commits o.
siontr> fer the purChls, ot propeyy
abatuns Studeoakcr park. The res
oluuon apprupriatine $l.T95.s5 for
sewer assessments was also adopted
ass wCll as the resolution aDuropria-
tins 5000 90 the board of public
works.
Construct spur
Tho resolution permitting the New
Jersey Indiana and Illinois railroad
to construct au Industrial spar into
south Bend was gwen It's second
and third readings and adopted. The
resolution arproIriatinE 3.l-7.50 to
the board of parry comm iSsiorCrs was
referred 90 the committee # thc
W hole.
Prior to the meCtinciof the council
"a demonstration ot the street flush
ear. which caused considerably conn.,
mont from Council BeycrS. WIS held
in the west part OF the city. the ap-
plratus cleaning some OF the worst
streets ON the west side IL IS tho
iutc0tiou OF the board OF works o.
use the fushCr in the down town
section after midnight I'm order that
the streets can be kept in the bcS-
OF condition The two street sweep
,rs which The beard purchased vii.
be used IN the OUTLYING parts II
south Bond With the use of III"