South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-25
HEALTH AXE CREW
RESUMES CRUSADE
ON 0UTBUILDINGS
Essex and Squad of Police
Add Il TO Total in Clean
Up Campaign.

After a lapse OF seven weeks. dur
ing which time surveys were made
ard hve-day notices OF abatement
we're issued. onl0als Of the depart
uerf ~ pubEc health have re
opened their axe campaign against
cstbuTd.nes. declared b. city or
G.nance 90 be public nuisances
BY Thursday evening. Il such
e-ri~1Ires had been razed IN ad-
d.tion to "a hair dozen or more whioh
we're wrecked early IN July.
= Practically al Of the third zone
has been cleared OF Outbuildings
announced L. H. Essex, health Of
feer. IN charge OF wrerkIns quads-
This zone encompasses the district
az nearly a mile radius from the
center OF the business district
Some OF The places visited and where
The axes were welded we're in the
fourth zone. lying. with the hItn
zone. further toward the outlying
sections OF the city.
Visit south side.
Places visited by the health Of
ncer were 1915 and 1915 Ia s.
Main e.: 4O2 r Sample st; $40 >.
Columbia St. and 91O-912 and sl4
s. Michigan 81. IN the third zone,
and 612-614 South Bend av.. and
g22 r. IaSaue av.. and 23l y. St.
Francis St. in the fourth zone.
AT the s. Main St addresses. three
were torn down which previously
had accommodated a double and
single house housing. Il is said.
eight or nine colored families. The
premises. according 20 health de-
partnent records. are owned BY
William Boswell
From there. the squad carried
their wrecling bars a few squares
away 20 the 600 block on $. Mich
irau s.. where the outbuildings in
the rear OF Oliver F.. Fries, mea-
market. No. 80. Fred c. Harris
jeweler. No. 9I2. and Albert Em.ber-
lin. barber shop, at Ga ) Michigan
81. we're torn down and the wrecked
luu Der stored in a pile. The prop
erty Ou which the buildings stand,
Il IS said is oSned by Herr and
Herr. the lessSes Dwning their own
buildings. however.
Disregard Notices.
At 400 r. sample st. and so s.
Columbia 81, two outbuildings were
found. adjacent. Several notices
had been given this owner. TO plumb
rht houses and do away with the
out-of-doOrs nuisances. 10 was said,
but the notices had been disregard
ed. Robert Kizer and Son are said
TO be the owners.
AZ the +. IaSalle av. and y. s..
Francis 81. addresses. similar con
ditions were found Here too. the
accredited owner. Thomas Hoban.
had failed 10 heed written and oral
warnings. according 20 Essex, and
The crew made short work OF the
uutbuidings
Wreck Bergan Property.
on the list for destruction were
two others on South Bend av.. said
10 be owned by William BerEan. On
previous occasions Bergan had Sc
cured a restraining order agains
the health department officials
holding up the enforcement Of the
ordinance at premises on Niles av.
80 injunctions had been made
effective in the later grievances
however, and at 612 and 614 Sou h
Send av, the wrecking squad ran
their days total OF IL
According TO DR.. g. S. BOsenbn-y,
secretary Of the board OF public
health and from whom Health
OFFICER Essex obtains his orders. the
work Of clearing the city OF out
buildings viii continue. Final no
tlees VIII he given in each zone. it
is said but ON the owners failure TO
correct the condition. but little time
viii elapse before orders will be
Eivcn 10 wreck the structures de
tl8red public nuisanCes and which
I1ve been complained Of