Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-17
CITY COUNCILS
SWAN SONG DUE
NEXT MEETING
Last Regular Session of Year
Will Be Held Monday
Night.

Unless unexpected business arises be
tween now and Jan. >, the present city
council will sing its ''swan song" at the
regular meeting Monday night This will
be the last regular meeting of the year
and of the present administration. The
new council takes office with MayOr-elect
Samuel Lewis Shank on Jan. >
The only business of importance ex-
pected to come before the council is an
attempt to pass the ordinance authoriz-
ing a bond issue of S125,OOO for the re-
modelling Of the city market and con,
sideratiOn of the ordinance raising the
building height limit in Monument Place.
The councils records also will be cleared
of any minor matters which may be dis
covered to have been hanging fire. Most
of the record clearing work was dis
patched at the special meeting last Mon
day evening.
AIayor-Elect Shank this week re-
Quested Councilman Jesse E. Miller,
slated for city purchasing agent in the
new administration, to try to get the
council to authorize the market house
bond issue so that the money would be
available for the incoming board Of pub
lie works to let contracts for the mar
ket remodeling early in January to pro
vide work for unemployed men
RTeSlQeQL huSSeu " liIsOn Of the couu
ell said that Mr.. Miller has conferred
with him upon the matter and that he
favors passage Of the measure. 1t was
introduced last spring but failed be
cause the anita administration wing voted
against it. Mr.. Wilson was for it a that
time and said today that he could no:
oppose it now.
I'VE paid the money for the architects
who drew the plans and got the plans
prepared and 1 think it would be proper
for US to authorize the bond issue so as
to clean the matter up" he declared
PLANS CALL FOR
MANY IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr. Shank told Councilman Miller that
he beliebed the remOdeling plans already
prepared constitute what be would like
to see done to the market house. The
plans call for the establishment Of i
modern comfort station in the basement
on the Delaware street side new con-
crete floors. standard counter legs such
as would permit washing of the floors
with fire hose. renovation and re-
decorating of walls, new plumbing and
installation of a modern incinerator Tor
refuse disposal
The ordinance relating to Circle build
ing heights would raise the limit from
Sc to 124 feet, permitting erection Of
buildings as high as ten stories. Six
stories is the limit possible under the
present restriction. The G. A r. and
the Monument board Of control have been
counselling delay upon the ordinance in
the fear that an increase in tuilding
heights would dwarf the monument. The
matter was laid before the city plan
commission last week and il was recon
mended that nothing be done until COM
petent architects can study and pass
upon it. Mayor Charles W. Jewett feels
the same way.
President Wilson said that personally
he had no objection to letting the matter
rest until an expert study Of the prob
lem is made but that he feels that It
demands solution in the near future.
I am not opposed to delay if the
delay is not too long" said President
Wilson. some ordinance raising the
, building limit to a proper height, a
height which would in no way damage
the monument setting, ought TO be
passed"
It is understood that the councilmen
are likely to turn the session into a
FUN night after the business is out Of
the way.