Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-22
PARK PROJECTS
PUSHED BEFORE
TERM CLOSES
y Board Purchases Five City
Blocks Between Two
Hospitals.

Indication that Samuel f Rauh and
E. a. Stuckmeyer, Democratic members
OF the board of park commissioners, for
whose designations after Jan. Mayor
elect Samuel Lewis Shank has said he
will ask, do not intend to put up Sc
riOus fight to retain their posts, was seen
today as q result of action of the board
Of park commissioners at their regular
meeting Thursday afternoon.
The hoard went through a long list Of
park and playground improvement pro-
jects it has had upon its program for
some time and culled therefrom a list
which It intends TO push as far toward
completion as possible before the new
administration comes in. Action was
taken upon seventeen resolutions for ac-
QUESTION of land and three major swim
ming pool plans
Outstanding moves were the adoption
Of a resolution for the acquisition Of the
five city blocks between the Robert Long
and city hospitals as the site of a con-
vaIescent park upon which the new Riley
ChiIdren's Hospital will be located and
the ordering OF advertising for bids for
Che new big type swimming pool at Doug
las Park, to cost approximately 100000.
The appraised value of the land involved
in the cOnvalescent park plan is APP
proximately 100000
WILL START BUILDING
BEFORE JAN. 2.
The board further announced that It
will attempt either to get construction
under way or contracts let upon most OF
the building projects it now has in mind
before Jan. ,. Plans for the BroOkside
and Rhodius Park swimming pool plants
were approved. These plans will be left
for the new administration to carry out
II It so desires.
All action was rescinded for the ac-
QUESTION Of 4 playground site at
Twelfth and Dsrneu streets. Resolutions
were confirmed, appraisals and damage
rolls ordered on playground sites st OK
ford and Washington streets, State and
Spann avenues, Walnut and Agnes
streets and Olney street and Roosevelt
avenue.
The damage roll on the Askren
property. az Thirtieth street and White
River, now occupied by the Riverside
Amusement Company, was adopted. The
city will take the land over at an ap-
proximate cost Of $4,000.
ORDER BOND ISSUES
FOR PLAYGROUNDs.
Bonds were ordered prepared and solo
1Or the playground site 1t AefluldA anu
Kansas streets. The issue will be for
SSS, 900.
Other bond issues were ordered pre-
pared, as follows:
Wenner property addition TO Pleasant
Run Parkway between keystone and
Churchman avenues $500
Playground site at Twenty Eighth
street and Capitol avenue. 5000.
George Lemaux playground site at
Central avenue and FOrty-Seventh street,
$500.
Christamore Settlement house and
grounds. $4,000.
Wright property, seven acres fronting
on East Washington street, bordering
IN the rear on Pleasant Run to be bought
for the Washington street outlet Of the
extension Of Pleasant Run Parkway
$4,000.
The t.venty-acre addition TO the north
OF Douglass Park. $4,000.
Acquisition of the twenty four acre ad-
dition to Margaret J. Christian Park, a
bond Issue Of $4,000 was ordered sold.
4 damage roll was ordered prepared
Cor acquisition Of the playground site
d. ugar Grove avenue and Twenty Srst
stree