Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-02

the city If passed. was presented to the
council by Gustav g. Schmidt. 1t pro-
vides that all buildings erected in In
dianapo1is shall have roofs of standard
material that will withstand all fire tests.
~ According to the ordinance, such roofs
shall consist of materials composed OF
brick, concrete, tile slate, tin, asbestos
shingles, built-up roofing, felt with
gravel or Stag surface, and built-up as
bestos roofing. All materials must with
stand the fame exposure and radiation
tests.
TO ELIMINATE
WOODEN SHINGLES.
The Idea of the measure, according
to Mr.. Schmidt, is to gradually eliminate
the use of wooden shingles in the city
until at the end of a period of ten years,
all wooden roofs will have been abol-
ished. 1t is said by members of the
fire department that two-thi Of the
fires are caused by sparks falling on
wooden roofs and the passage OF such
an ordinance has long been contem-
plated here Wooden shingles can not
withstand the required tests under the
ordinance and If it is passed, all new
buildings will necessarily be provided
with f1reproOf roofing.
The ordinance Furthermore gives the
fire inspector and building inspector au-
thority to condemn roofs that are not
fireproof 1t also makes 1t unlawful for
any store, firm or corporation to store
in the city, for the purpose Of selling,
any roofing that is not of a standard
quality or any roofing that will not meet
with provisions of the roofing ordinance
A penalty of fine of not less than $40
and not more than 800 TO which may be
added ninety days Imprisonment was
fixed for violations of the ordinance.
TAKES ACTION To
STOP CAR BLOCKING.
Street car service in the city also came
up for consideration by the city dads
Councilman Brown submitted to the gen
eral body a tabulated list OF delays of
street cars caused by railroads which,
he said were causing workmen to be
from thirty-two to forty minutes late
Tor work in the morning, through traffic
blockades. 1t was said that delays at
railroad crossings have lasted as long as
Atty two minutes.
The council instructed the city clerk
to write a letter to the board OF safety
calling attention to such violations and
asking that some action he taken. An
existing ordinance limits the blocking OF
railroad crossings to three minutes.
An ordinance regulating and fixing
taxes for transient merchants in the city,
passed at a previous meeting, was re-
pealed last night. City Attorney Ashby
returned an opinion TO the effect that 1t
was In violation to the constitution.
The following measures were intro
duced: An ordinance transferring 1925
from the map and plat fund OF the
board of works to che fire tower rental
fund; an ordinance transferring $1,000
from the map and plat fund TO the fire
insurance fund; an ordinance appropriate
ing 81 100 for repairs to the Canal street
bridge, and an ordinance awarding
switch contract to owen l.. and Jesse c.
Moore for the installation Of a switch
across West Seventeenth street just west
Of the main tracks Of the Big Four rail-
road.
PASSAGE OF
NEW ORDINANCES.
The following measures were passed /:
An ordinance creating an electrical de-
partment consolidating the police and
fire reporting signal systems; an ordI-
nance authorizing the city to negotiate
a loan OF $4,000 for three and bali
months; an ordinance anexlng certain
territory to the city located near Forty
sixth street and Sunset avenue; an ord-
nance amending the curfew ordinance
making il unlawful for boys under II or
girls under 10 to be on the streets after
8 o'clock In the evening: an ordinance
apprOpriating $500 TO the department OF
finance for the purpose OF defraying ex-
penses of certain Investigations made by
the codncil and an ordinance changing
the names OF certain streets In cons
pliance with a plan suggested by the
city park board.
Under the provisions OF the electrical
ordinance an electrical engineer IS TO be
appointed at a salary OF $1,000 per year
to take charge of the department. Coun-
john voted against the measure without
Offering explanations as to their views
on the matter.