Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-22

Mr.. Tenant, Mr. MCGEE and Mr.. Hutsell
as canvassers at 500 each.
Today the controller said he would not
pay more than $1,000 for the two Jobs
performed by Mr.. Tenant and Mr.. Nc
Gee and 500 for the canvassing work OF
Mr.. Hutsell because the $4,000 apprOpria-
ton would permit payments Of only this
amount
The controller came out on top Of the
heap today, however, when Mr.. AshbT
informed him he had decided that the
controller could pay the election bills out
of the $4,000 and should pay the cleo
ton officials up to the amount he had
available in the fund, which would be at
the rate Mr.. Bryson desired. The city
council can not make an appropriation
except upon formal recommendation Of
the controller and Mr.. Bryson said he
would not recommend a cent more than
the $4,000 he already has got.
JEWETT HOLDS UP
RESOLUTIONS.
Mayor Charles ". Jewett signed the
S14.O 900 appropriation ordinance today
but Is holding up action on the two com
pensation resolutions. II he refuses Il
sign them the controller can not pay the
election commissioners and canvassers
anything
Mr.. Bryson said he does not believe
the election officials are entitled to such
high compensation, because four years
ago the board members worked all
through the primary. registration, cleo
Ito naud canvasslng periods for only
81 so. The total amount he is willing
they shall have this year is $1,000. The
commissioners demands total 5000 for
the year.
"All this IS going to result some time
soon in the Legislature fixing definite pay
for election commissioners TO save us all
this trouble" the controller said
Material for several other contro-
versies developed IN the regular meet
ing of the city council last night.
At the request Of the Brookside Civic
League an ordinance preventing the
erection and alteration Of factories and
other classes Of buildings when any
boundary Of the block they are IN is
within 500 feet Of any park or parkway
was introduced for the expressed pur-
pose OF preventing the Victor Bearings
Company from erecting a new plant at
Massachusetts avenue and Steel street
Councilman Gustav G. Schmidt intro
duced an ordinance backed by property
owners of Monument Circle, raising the
building height limit therein from 50 to
124 feet, which is contrary TO the de-
sires Of a number Of patriotic organi-
cations which feel that higher buildings
would dwarf the Monument
TRANSFER ORGY
NOW ON.
President Russell Wilson remarked
that the annual orgy Of transfers OF
funds Is now upon u.s." and instructed
committees to which he referred trans.
fer ordinances to require departments de-
string such shifts of funds 10 present
very specific reasons for them.
The building restriction ordinance In
troduced at the request Of the Brookside
Civic League would prohibit the loca-
ton, construction and alteration Of build
ings or any kind OF structures used for
blacksmith shops. machine and boiler
shops, foundries, ice houses, coal yards,
lumber yards, junk dealers, steam laun-
dries, or for any manufacturing purposes
In any block. any boundary Of which is
within 500 feet Of any park or parkway in
surrounding territory. excepting out
house, are used for residence purposes,
unless the consent II 10 per cent Of the
property holders IS obtained II would de-
clare such prohibited location, construc-
ton or alteration a nuisance and provide
for abatement Of such nuisance under the
State law. A fine Of from $40 to Sl0O
for violation would be provided and each
day of such violation would be made a
separate offense The measure would be
made to apply to all proposed and con-
templated structures whether building
permits had been obtained or not and the
granting of n building permit would con-
stitute no defense.
SEEKS TO SHUT
OFF FACTORIES.
The Brookside Civic League has for
several weeks been fighting the estab-
llshment Of the factory Of the Victor
Bearings Company at Massachusetts,
avenue and Steel street. which is within
300 feet of Spades Park and a group Of
residence properties fronting on the
park. An effort to get the board of
park commissioners to refuse approval
of a buildAg permit to the company
failed and the company took out the per
nit about three weeks ago. J. II. Pat
ton was spokesman for large delega-
tiOn representing the league.
The new height limit for buildings in
Monument Circle, proposed in the Ordi-
nance introduced by Councilman Schmidt