Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-07

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$500 each and remuneration of them and
George c. Hutsell, city clerk, and ex-
officio member of the board, for services
as the board Of eanvassers, is put at $500
each by the second resolution presented.
/ The resolution was discussed before tile
meeting in a closed conference, and IT was
said that City Controller Bryson and City
| Clerk Hutsell had a heated discussion
over the amounts, Mr.. Bryson contending
that they were too high. The board mem
! bers got $500 each four years ago. Some
persons at the meeting who learned of
what happened suggested that Mr.. Bry-
son, in showing opposition to such pay
ments, was rejecting the sentiment OF
the News-Jewett Republican wing. of
which he is a prominent member, and
which has been facing the bitter truth
since the primary election that Thomas
c. Howe, their candidate for nomination
for mayor, was beaten by Samuel Lewis
Shank in an election kept cleaner than
any primary Indianapolis has seen for
many years by the efforts Of the election
commissioners. The News-Jewett leaders
might feel that such service to the com
munity ought not be highly rewarded,
it was said
RESTRICT LOCATION
OF JUNK YARDS.
No junk yard can be established within
500 feet Of any residence district unless
written consent Of 60 per cent of the resi-
dent property owners is filed with the
city comptroller, says an ordinance bear
ing a maximum penalty clause of $500
and six months imprisonment, which was
introduced.
Two changes in the downtown taxi-cab
stands are provided by an ame5dIhent
to the traffic ordinance introduced las
night The i-parking spaces In Mar
ket street, between Capitol avenue and
Illinois street and in Kentucky avenue
between Washington and Maryland
streets are left, but those in front of the
ClaypoOl Hotel and in Jackson place
across from the Union Station are done
away with. In place Of the Jackson place
stand there is created a new space on
the east side of Illinois street from
point Go feet south Of the north edge Of
the elevated tracks to a point 375 feet
south 1t is understood that certain taxi
interests are behind this measure. Sew
eral councilmen are against 1t. 1t is said
1t has been ready for INTRODUCTION for
several weeks. Councilman Jesse Z. Mil
Ter brought it out.
PLAN TO INCREASE
AND LOWER SALARIES.
The salary OF the general foreman of
the electrical department would be raised
from $2,1OO to $4,000 and wages of la
borers In the street cleaning and street
commissioners departments would be de-
creased an average of 2215 per cent by
amendments 10 the general salary ordi-
nance read a first time. Another measure
introduced appropriates s30S5.20 to the
Art Association of indianapolis under a
contract negotiated last week whereby the
city agreed to assume part Of new bur
dens Of supporting the association which
were claimed to be owing under the new
State tax law.
The other bills introduced provide for
the annexation OF q narrow strip on the
west side OF the Myers road between La
fayette road and Thirtieth street, which
the board Of park commissioners desires
taken into the city so it may be beauti-
fed as part of the boulevard system,
along with the improvement Of the Myers
highway. and compel owners OF build
ings used for dwellings to place light OF
not less than ten-candle power upon each
landing Of fire escape under penalty Of
not more than $500 fine nor more than $50
days Imprisonment.
PASS ORDINANCE
FOR TAXI-METERS.
All taxicabs which charge more than
10 cent fares must be equipped with taxi
meters under general ordinance No. 30.
which was unanimously passed. Other
bills passed we're those appropriating
$3.50 to pay appraisers Of city property
sold at public auction recently and trans
ferring $4,000 from the hay, grain and
stable fund to the gas oil and grease
fund OF the fire department.
When It developed that an ordinance
for the establishment OF safety gates at
the Big Four railroad and Avondale
Place, Olney street and Sherman Drive,
had not been amended so as to provide
for fagmen at only two OF the streets, a
majority voted to lay on the table Coun-
Gilman Jacob P. Browns motion that 1t
be read a third time, engrossed and
placed upon passage.