Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-16
$4,000 NAMES
ON PETITION TO
KEEP JITNEYS
Council Passes Wage Re.
ductiOn and Anti-Dump-
ing Ordinances.
VAPORS, WHISTLES HIT

Fifteen thousand persons, most OF
whom reside in the south and west sec
tons Of the city. have signed a petition
requesting the city council to refrain
from eliminating the jitney bus Fred
BoniheId attorney for the Indianapolis
Jitnev Drivers Association, said today.
Mr.. BoniheId had the petition at the reg
mar meeting of the council last night,
ready for presentation In case council
man Jacob P. Browns ord nance to regu-
late jitneys was called out Of committee
The ordinance was not brought out for a
vote ana Mr.. Bonifeld took the petition
away with him.
The council passed the wage reduction
ordinances. backed by the board Of pub
lie works. which cuts the pay Of laborers
in the street commissioners and street
cleaning departments an average OF is
per cent.
ORDINANCE CHANGED
To MEET JEWETT'S VIEW.
A new anti-dumping ordinance de-
signed to prevent stream pollution, was
passed. An ordinance for this purpose,
passed Aug. l, was sent back to the
council without signature by Mayor
Charles ". Jewett with the request that
the council amend it so as to give In
dustries now dumping trade wastes into
streams six months time in which to
make changes at their plant so as to
dump into sewers or otherwise dispose OF
their refuse and to exempt the city gar
barge reduction plant and night SOIL
dump at Sellers farm. Councilman Sum
per A Furniss introduced the new ordi-
nance which contained added sections
meeting the mayors views and II was
unanimously passed under suspension Of
the rules after Councilman Louis ". Car
nefx had suggested that he thought six
months was too short a time to give the
industries. President Russell Wilson
AMI Councilman Furniss explained that
the sanitary board already has given
manufacturers a year in which TO stop
poIIuting waterways and Mr.. Carnef1
voted aye"
large delegation Of members Of the
Belt Elevation League Of the South Side
the Southeastern Improvement Associa-
ton. the Original South Side Women's
Club and the South Side Republican
League. which came to the meeting pre-
pared TO protest against what they
thought was the mayors veto Of the anti
dumping measure and to fight any at
tempt TO do away with the track eleva-
ton levy in case the 1922 budget was in
trOduced left without making itself heard
after explanations We're made. President
Wilson announced that the track eleva-
ton levy is TO remain at 8 cents and that
City Controller Robert II. Bryson had no
intention Of Gripping the elevation prof
ect for next year when he advocated
abolition Of the levy and substitiOn OF
bond issues. The mayor stated in a let
ter 10 the council that he was heartily
IN favor Of the purpose Of the anti
dumping ordinance.
REFER TO FORMER
STREET CAR SERVICE.
The name Of the iiJney petition wers
secured by members OF the drivers as
ISOLATION. which is 500 strong. Mr.. Boni-
field said. The prefix to the signatures
reads:
I'VE. the undersigned citizens Of In
dianapOiis. hereby protest against the
elimination OF jitneys from the streets OF
indianapolis by any method.
I'VE know what the street car service
was prior TO the Introduction OF titney
service and what IL viii he again II you
permit them being abolished now
The wage reduction ordinance was in
PRODUCED early in the summer 1t re-
duces the pay Of men In the street clean
ing and street commissioners depart
ments as follows: Heavy truck drivers
from 80 TO 50 cents per hour; Glass B
laborers, from 80 to - cents per hour
Class c laborers common labor. from
20 to 20 cents per hour; team hire, from
80 10 IS cents per hour; carpenters. from
81 TO e25 cents per hour, and painters
from 81 to 92.5 cents per hour. As in
froducsd the measure cut common labor
from so TO S75 cents per hour. but Coun-
Gilman Lee ]. Kirsch, a member Of a
labor union. put up such a vigorous fight
against this feature Of the ordinance that
It was amended 10 make the new wage
40 cents. Both Mr.. Kirsch and Council
man William B. Peake voted mo" when
Il finally was passed.
KIRSCH AGAINST
ANY WAGE CUTS.
The ordinance cuts wages too much.
I'm against any wage cuts at this time
anyway" explained Councilman Kirsch
81 don't see how a man can live on 40
cents an hour. The city ought not be in
this wage cutting business"
Mark II. Miller, president Of the board
Of works. and City Controller Robert Fl.
Bryson said that the decreases were
asked for because the city for months
has been paying far higher wages than
any private concern. Besides. the con
troIler said. the funds Of the two de-
partments in which the cuts were made
would be exhausted by Nov 1 II the
present scale had been continued. Ap-
proximately 5000 per month will be
saved by the new scale, according to Mr.
Bryson-
The board Of sanitary commissioners
IS the only department left paying com
Fnon 1at0r 10 raufa nor hour Reduction
Of the scale to 20 cents is expected to
follow the councils action. The park de
psrtment has been paying 40 cents for
several months
Operation in Indianapolis OF motor We
hicles when they emit smoke OF vapOrs
offensive TO the smell or have attach
ments which make any musical or whis-
Ting sound or any loud or unusual noise
would be prohibited under penalty OF
800 fine or co days Imprisonment or
both, By an ordinance introduced at the
request OF Felix NJ McWhirter, member
Of the board Of public safety. The bill
also provides that all motor vehicles
must be equipped with horns "Or other
lawful signaling device" but that no
such device shall be used for other pur-
poses than as a warning and signal to
persons. animals. vehicles or other OBJ
jects about to enter or cross its path or
st the time Of so using such horn or
other lawful signaling device might rea-
sonably be expected TO enter or cross
such vehicles path and at highway cross
ings and such other places as required
by law"
DRIVE MADE AT
WRESTLING ENHAUsTS.
Mr.. McWhirter said the ordinance is
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