Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-17
SHANK ASSERTS
RALSTON PLANS
WILD DREAMS
Both Mayoralty Candidates
Attack City Sanitary y
Ordinance.

Boyd NJ Ralston's plan to form loan
company which would assist small prop
erty owners in meeting the cost of in
stalling sanitary equipment required nv
the anti-open vault ordinance was termed
another Wild cat dream OF my friend
Ralston-dreamed for the purpose of
catching votes" by Samuel Lewis Shank,
Republican opponent for mayor of Mr.
Ralston, in speeches Saturday night.
Both candidates, however, have attacked
the ordinance, differing with sanitary and
health authorities who say that the ordi-
nance is one of the biggest steps ever
taken toward removing from indianapolis
the stigma of the second highest death
rate. from typhoid fever among the larger
cities of the country. Persons interested
in the elimination of conditions such as
the night soil dump at Sellers farm
fought for ten years to get the ordinance
passed, succeeding only a few weeks ago.
1.-The vault ordinance" said Mr.. Shank,
passed recently by the city council and
signed by the mayor, provides that all
open vaults within one year from Oct. 1,
1920, be connected with the city sewers
if such sewers are within 100 feet of
such vault, or if no sewers be within
100 feet then connected with septic tanks
To comply with this ordinance will re-
quire the expenditure of a very large
sum of money The costs Of complying
with this ordinance must, of course, fall
upon the property owners. This VIII
mean a hardship in many cases. 1t. will
affect not only the property owner but
the tenant will feel 1t in increased rents
PUT AT So 100000
BY RALSTON, HE SAYS.
'Mr. Ralston says the cost will exceed
S5.OOO,OO0. He makes the absurd pro-
posal of getting a large body of men to
organize a loan company to loan money
to people with which to pay the costs
allowing them to repay these loans in
small amounts over a long period of time.
Folks, this is another wildcat dream Of
my friend Ralston' s-dreamed for the
purpose of catching votes. If you but
stop to think of his proposal you viii
brand it as an attempt to establish the
most colossal loan shark organization
ever proposed by any man IN this city.
"You know that when men lend money
they expect a large per cent Of interest
they expect the owner to furnish an alb
stract of title showing the property TO be
free from other liens and membranes,
and you know how this would affect tie
little property owner who is buying his
house on payments. You know the lender
would require the man who borrows
money to pay attorneys fees for exami-
nation of the abstract, pay recording fees
of the mortgage and other expenses In
cident to making the loan.
MI Ralston's proposal, ladies and gen
tlemen. of establishing this gigantic loan
shark organization has more dangers to
the little property owners of the City
than all the open vaults combined.
THEN HE TELLS
HIS PROPOSITION.
u have a proposition to make on THIS
subject. l am in favor of improving the
sanitary conditions OF Indianapolis
feel that the ordinance which recently
was passed by the council should either
be repealed, or modified. so as to make It
possible for the property owners to make
the improvements and extend the time for
the completion Of the entire work for
three years Times are hard. taxes are
high, the property owner must he given
the opportunity of getting back on his
feet. We must use a little common sense
In making improvements, and just here |
want to remind our genial city sanitarian
that people will continue TO cook cabbage
in their kitchens long after his famous
I'm mask order has been forgotten.
IF the ordinance is repealed l favor
getting a bill passed by the State Leg
islature in 1923 similar to our present
Barrett law under which our sidewalks,
sewers, streets, etc, are now put in. II
such a law were passed the property
owners could have these vault improve
ments made and pay for them as they
now pay for street improvements under
the Barrett law. This Kind OF law viii
protect the property owner-enable him
to have the improvement made and pay
for it in yearly installments. But. ladies
and gentlemen, / warn you against Rails
toms loan shark proposal. 1t would
simply ruin every little property owner
who ever got into the clutches Of his
loan sharks"
Mr.. Shank spoke at Missouri and Nc
Carly streets and West and Maryland
streets.