Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-08
ASSURES WORK
ON ELEVATION
OF BELT r. r

the elimination Of long delays suffered by
working people, manufacturers and
transportation companies who are fire.
quently tied up By trains and cuts OF cars
lying across Meridian street, Madison
avenue and the Blur road.
Mrs. Werbe pointed out that a funeral
procession recently was held up on Mad
ison avenue for thirty-one minutes by a
Belt train. and that doctors frequently
complain they are delayed while respond
ing 10 emergency calls.
MONEY TO BE RAISED
ON LONGTIME BONDS.
In receiving the petition from Mr.
Hoefgen, Mr.. Lemaux besides promising
to start resolutions for the elevation o:
tracks across all important streets stated
that he believes the work should be paid
for with money raised on long time
bonds
II don't believe the present genera
ton should be compelled to pay for
such improvements because they are be
ing made not alone for our benefit. but
for the benefit OF our children and their
children" he said.
The railroad share Of the cost Of the
pettioned elevation would fall on the In
dianapoils Union Railway, and Mr. Lee
mauK said he understood that this COM
pany is about up 20 It's bonding limit.
However" be added, there N always
a way to get the money for things Of
this kind. This elevation is the most i'm
portant thing before the city. believe
# Is more essential than the resolution
now on our bookst for the elevation OF
the Belt from White River north through
West Indianapolis"
DENIES THAT STREET
WILL NOT BE OPENED.
After Board Members Mark II. Miller
and Thomas A Riley had agreed with
his views, Mr. Lemaux said he desired
to tell the south slders that he recently
has heard through friend OF a rumor
TO the effect that shelby street will never
be opened from Maryland to Washing
ton streets and that he wanted to en-
phatically deny this.
( We've got a resolution on the books
to open that street and it's going 10 be
opened" he said ~ understand that
the Standard OIL Company and others
are trying TO block 1t, but want to say
to you that the Standard Oil Company
has no edge on this board and that well
force this through If it's humanity pos
sible.
The delegation applauded.
Councilman Brown told Mr.. Lemaux
that he had done everything he could to
get the ordinance ratifying the purchase
OF two White motor trucks for the use OF
the ash-hauling department through the
city council meeting last Monday night.
but that other members blocked 1t.
This led Mr. Lemaux to state that the
trucks were badly needed and he hoped
they could be obtained soon. Ee said
that some city officials of Columbus told
the board this morning that they had
found no more efficient ash hauling sys-
tenn in the country than that of Indian
apolis.
1--WE contracted for those two trucks
| in the legal way" he said, land let the
contract for Whites because the bid was
81, 900 per truck lower than the nearest
competitor. Word has come to us that
| IL we would buy Packard trucks we
| could get an ordinance ratifying the con-
tract through, but this board doesn I
| spend your, money that way. There's no
rake-off for this board"
Charges that city inspectors were not