Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-15

was discovered on the first inspections
Monday afternoon had not been removed
Forrest Neal, custodian of the fair
ground, said he had had twenty men an1
six teams at work cleaning the place and
the effects OF their activities were no.
ticesble up to a territory IN the middle
western part OF the reservation, where
there were two blocks IN which most
of the conditions complained OF after the
Monday inspection. still existed.
a great many Of the piles Of orange
and lemon rinds found Monday had been
moved by Wednesday afternoon. but
some Of the most offensive conditions still
smote the nOstrils and the eye. A stink
ing pile Of dead crawfsh remained be-
tween the sidewalk and the Merchants
building on the ives. side The pile sf
debris behind the Women's building stu
was there as well as the barrel Of apple,
peels and cores, the boxes, barrels. car
tons. baskets and cans Of mixed pape.,
rubbish and garbage in the vicinity OF the
Agricultural AMI Horticulture building.
Mr.. Neal said be expected his forcs -
be able to clean up the remaining terri.
tory today.
Mr.. Brown also declared the place was
not cleaned up yet and asserted It might
take day or so" to complete the task.
MIR. Neal said no one wants to have
the grounds clean more than the State
board Of agriculture and himself, but he
ard MS m.q had been working as swiftly
end as well as they could and he thought
che Job was being handled In creditable
fashion. The State board had instructed
hun to keep enough men and equipment
on the fob TO make the cleanup thor
ough, he sale. it being necessary to rake
practically every inch Of open space In
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be accomplished IN q day, he said. How
ever, he admitted he had not called for
help from city authorities. He advanced
the theory that the stock exhibited at the
fair and not garbage, constitutes the real
cause Of the fly nuisance. Garbage might
attract some of them, but animals were
chiefly responsible, he said. But he did
not think the place was in such bad
condition anyway. State board Of health
inspectors had been on the Job ALI the
time and they had not complained and
the city inspector, Mr.. Young, had told
him Wednesday morning that the place
was being cleaned all right. he said.
There are thirteen district health IN
spectors working under the city board
of health, any one of whom has juris.
dictiOn at the State Playground. Three OF
these men were detailed to the fair, but
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ditions.
CITY PAYS S15,50O
YEARLY TO INSPECTORS.
These inspectors draw 500 a month
each and the city pays the group s15.eOc
yearly in order to dn1 and report just
such conditions IS have existed at the
Playground since last Saturday night.
Mr.. Swift who, on Tuesday. said hia
board had done nothing at the fair
ground because il had not been requested
was asked why his board had to be In
vited to take action in such case.
Because anything in the way Of
nuisance does not fall under the jurisdic-
ton Of my board" answered Mr.. Swift
1T falls under the jurisdiction Of the
board of public health. My board cannot
abate a nuisance That is the duty Of
the board of health. II this were a matter
OF the collection Of garbage from house
to house 1t would come within our power,
but it is not Besides, to collect garbage
from the Playground would put str&iB
upon our equipment. Whose ever duty Il
is to do that job ought to do it. but -
board does not have Jurisdiction"
Custodian Neal said the garbage wsw
collected during fair week by teams and
wagons Of the State board Of agriculture.
aided little by equipment Of the Test
Fertilizer Company. which received the
garbage for disposal at q hog farm north
west of the city.