South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-20

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public service commission Of In
diana. quoted BY Mr.. Seebirt az
length in another part OF his speech,
and this information could have been
had for the asking az either the
legal department or the waterworks
Office.
Points Out Mistakes.
He SAYS the present bonded in
debtedness OF the city Is about
s1,4OO,OoO.OO. Why approximate 2?
The exact figures could have bees
had at the controllers Office whe;e
I obtained them. The exact amount
Is S1,053 10000, not S1.4OO. 10000 as
he deliberately stated. All. He may
say. but there is now a bond Issue
authorized IN he sum OF S3S0,O00.O0
which will bring the total to APPROX
imately the figure 1 stated But -
wait a minute Every fair-mindei
person, every accountant. every
bookkeeper, every banker. business
man, or even a lawyer, II he wants
10 be fair. will see at a glance and
admit that if we are 10 be charged
on the liability side Of the ledger
we are entitled TO credit for the cash
on hand or to be received for these
bonds when issued.
Another mistake in the figures OF
Mr. Seebirt, is his statement that the
money received from taxes, durinS
the last year Of his administration
as city attorney, was S400,000.00 AM
that the amount yielded by the tax
levy fixed by his administration and
which was received during the FIRST
year of the Carson administration
was about S60O,0OO.00
THE money received from taxes
by the Carson administration during
the first year was exactly S465.-
2S5.01. and out of this they had TO
pay a debt left over and due the
track elevation fund Of 100000,
saying nothing Of bills that had ac-
cumulated amounting TO over SIS 81
10000.
Now about money that had been
received from saloon licenses, Nj.
! Seebirt says this only amounted 10
sS9, 10000. But did he tell you that
this was in 1917 when saloo1
/ licenses were not being renewed or
/ If renewed. only for parts of years
/ for the reason that prohibition went
4 into effect April >, 1918. Did ne tell
you that saloon licenses brought in
I s62.90O0O in 1914; $5S,20O.00 in
1915; $5S,3OO.OO in 1916; S39,45S.}:
in 1917 and only $2,O25.OO in 1913
Why not tell the whole story and boz
fair?
Would Lift Credit.
He says water pipes were laid IN
fields where there was no consumT-
ton. What fields, Mr.. Seebirt? Tn
great Studebaker addition in the
southeast or the great Oliver addi-
ton in the southwest sections of the
city or River park? If you mean tho
Studebaker or Oliver fields let me
inform you that If YOU viii go O.
either Of these sections, YOU WI
/ find these fields. already converted
/ into paved streets with sewers, Side-
walks and curbs and literally coz
cred with fine homes costing hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars. bui
by the Studebaker and Oliver com
panies to house their employs
brought here to live and toll in our
midst and TO contribute TO the pros
perity of our merchants and Irofes-
sional men. If you have reference e
River park let me say, in all kind
ness, that many residents of thi.
beautiful part of our city have live
where they now live in River park
longer than you have lived i'm Soutr
Bend and are entitled to the same
comforts and Conveniences tbat yo.
and I and our families enjoy
"A labored effort is made to take
from Mayor Carson and his admin
istration credit, so justly due, 70.
initiating and carrying forward ne
gotiations eventually to result in thu
removal Of the Grand Trunk from
Division street. What are the facts
Mayor Fogarty tried TO force this
Grand Trunk off by resort TO law
The case went TO the supreme court
Of the United States and the CITY
failed. Mayor Goetz Is entitled 10
great credit for having secured thu
passage through the legislature Oh
an act to enable the city 10 force
track elevation. But as applicable
TO the Grand Trunk, where: o.
Division street, where il has bee
decided by the supreme court tn
company has vested rights No on
wants the Grand trunk tracks Gle
waited on Division street Who wa
mayor OF South Bend during tE
next four years? Fred 1Y. kelle-
Who was city attorney and head O.
the legal department during tina
four years? Eli +. Seebirt. VIII
was done towards removal of tn'
, Grand Trunk from Division strer
during these four years. Nothing
, Absolutely nothing.
Mayor Carson was the mex
mayor and he and his administra
ton have done more towards the ac
complishment OF the great proJec
in three short years, than FOg7rty
Goetz and Keller did in the IS pre-
ceding years. This is the truth an.
is not said in any disparagement o.
| any OF these former mayors. Tni
was recognized by everyone, except
/ ing Mr.. Seebirt. The press. Rotar