Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-28
3 Year Demand TO Clean
Out Creeks Gets Action
FiUe City Lawyers Prepare Ordinances While
TJUO Boards Make Surrey of Streams

them serious epidemics might have re-
suited.
IF the pollution is so bad that 1t takes
coal tar and creosote running through il
to keep from killing all the people who
live along it, 1 think its about time that
pollution was cleared up, don't you - In
quired an indignant citizen. The doctor
agreed with him.
The conjunctions 'if'' and "but" were
used frequently in the conference.
"If the people of the south side and
of IrvingtOn would connect with sewers
there would be no trouble. but they
won't" said DR.. Morgan.
eff the industrial concerns dumping
waste into the streams would obey the
orders Of the sanitary board to stop the
pollution would be lessened, but-they
haven't" said Mr.. Lingenfelter.
IF city officials had got busy three
years ago south side citizens would not
have had to appeal to the city council as
last resort, but they didn't" said Mr..
Dynes.
II the board Of park commissioners
were to acquire land along Pleasant run
for a boulevard the Pleasant run inter
ceptor sewer could be extended through
Irvington to Arlington avenue and over
flowing septic tanks and cesspools from
some Of the classic suburbs finest homes
could be diverted thereto instead Of run
ming off into the waterway, but the park
board says it hasn't been able to get
the money.
If the property owners would stand
for ts.. direct expense of acquiring both
the ground and constructing the sewer
II might be built, but the property own
ers will not do IL and no one at the
conference blamed them.
BUCK PASSING
AT THE MEETING.
The ifs" and butts flew thick and
fast as DR.. Morgan, Mr.. Lingenfelter and
Mark H. Miller, president of the board
Of public works, offered explanations OF
why their bodies had not done something.
When they had finished, Mr.. Dynes
summed up the situation:
Il feel like / felt when i got off of a
merry go round; we seem to have gotten
off Just where we started. We've got
an alibi from all Of them now and we're
no farther ahead than we were three
years ago.
"In one hour you could work out the
problem in the mayors office. We can't
didn't vyu start three years ago to talk
about building a sewer"
w did" DR.. Morgan replied.
"Why didn't you build it then %
Il don't know"
That's the eternal question on the
south side retorted Mr.. Dynes, why
do we eternally have to come up here and
ask and ask and ask again and then get
nothing doneT You can recommend, but
you don't get things done, although you
did do a beautiful case Of recommending
for the Citizens Gas Company and they
got a e0-cent rate out Of It,
"Id like to see Sam Ashby get into
this and fight the Citizens Gas Com
pany as hard as be fought them before
the public service commission Ia that
rate matter. He deserves praise for that
tight and we all give IT, to him"
Then the officials promised action.
Besides those mentioned above, Coun-
Gilman Sumner A. Furniss, who acted as
chairman: Councilman Jacob p. Brown,
Jesse Z. Miller and Russell Wilson; r.
A Shirley, member of the board of pub
lie works; W. F. Cleary, clerk Of the
board Of public works, and twenty five
citizens attended.