Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-11
JEWETT USES
CITY TRUCK TO
OIL FARM ROAD
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know who did it, but the city did it 'the
other time"
when was that ?" she was asked.
about six weeks ago"
When the woman was asked what her
name was she became perturbed and re-
piled:
mo. you don't get my name. haven't
got any name"
A tall man who had entered the store
from rear room interrupted.
"You don't get our names The
Jewetts are good customers of ours and
you don't get US to do anything to
harm them"
Across the front Of the store in letters
six inches high was the inscription,
"B. F. Groom, Agt"
GET OIL CHEAPER
AT CITY RATES.
L. A. MeCammon, who resides at the
southeast corner of Arlington avenue and
Thirty Fourth streets, which is just
south and across Thirty Fourth street
from the general store, was working IN
his garden.
When be was asked how the road got
oiled he Indignantly replied that there
was nothing wrong about 1t. He said
that the mayor, himself and four other
neighbors have the city to do the eitng
and then they pay the city for the ma
terial
The mayor gets it from the city and
he gets It at city rates and that way we
get it way cheaper than we could buying
it in town." said Mr.. McCammon.
Dwight S. Ritter, city purchasing
agent. was asked If the mayor and his
neighbors had any arrangements with
his department whereby the city was to
furnish oil for Arlington avenue at the
expense Of the mayor and his neighbors-
He said that he had not heard Of it and
that nothing touching the matter had
come through his office, but that the
city had on some occasions accommo-
dated business firms by oiling private
drives with city oil and equipment, after
the n gular city working hours for which
the firms had paid the city.
Asked if it were true that three loads
Of oil were taken to the Arlington ave-
nue. road Monday morning, Street Com
missioner A. o. Meloy said be hardly
thought there was more than half load,
then referred the interviewer to the
mayor.
NOTHING IRREGULAR,
SAYS MAYOR JEWETT.
There is nothing irregular In this,"
said the mayor. 1T is the first thing
ever have asked any city employe to do
for me. 1 merely told Mr.. Meloy one day
that when he had gotten all the streets
oiled and his men had time to spare I
would like for him to have the road
oiled"
The mayor insisted that excepting for
the fact that the city truck was used
to haul oil the city was not concerned
in the transaction. He said he and his
neighbors viii not pay the city for the
oil, bat that his nighbors viii pay him
and then ne viii pay 1.-The oil company
direct" The transaction Is like numerous
other instances in which the city has
oiled roads outside the city limits, the
mayor said.
Asked why Arlington avenue was not
oiled farther south than to the southern
limits of his farm the mayor said it
could be if the people residing along the
unoiIed stretch want to pay for Il
ROsEBROUGH DENIES
OILISG ARLINGTON AVENUE
1t was reported in Brightwood that
Harry Rosebrough, 274S Station street.,
was the truck driver assigned to haul
the oil to Arlington avenue Rosebrough
vigorously denied the report and asserted
that he was oiling streets In Brightwood
last Monday morning.
What Streets" he was asked.
Twenty Eighth street" he replied.
What part of Twenty Eighth street -
From Olney to School streets"
Amy other"
Yes, Station street"
From where to where -
From Twenty Eighth to ThirtietA
streets"
Eight persons residing In Twenty
Eighth street between Olney and School
streets were asked if their street was
oiled last Monday or any time this week
Seven replied that the street was oiled
two weeks ago and one positively assert
ed the work was done on July Il.