Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-15
TRAFFIC LAWS
TO COME BEFORE
CITY COUNCIL
May Get Action After Long
Delayed Hearing on
Measure.
DISCUSS BOND ISSUE

The long delayed traffic and city hos
pital bond issue ordinances may be
brought out Of committees for passage or
rejection at the regular meeting Of the
city council this evening. Public hear
ings on three other measures will be
held before the meeting Is opened and
action probably will be taken In the
meeting on the measures publicly dis
cussed. The proposal Of the city plan
commission to increase the building
height limit in Monument Place is one
Of the bills on hearing.
Down town parking limits are reduced
generally from one and one-haf hours
to one hour, fiat -the-curb parking
made the rule everywhere excepting in
the Circle and the downtown section OF
Washington street and some minor ex-
ceptions, and other important changes
made by the traffic ordinace as intro
duced Some amendments are expected
to be offered If the bill is brought out
for vote.
BOND ISSUE
MONTHS OLD.
The hospital bond issue ordinance was
introduced by request of the board OF
public health almost two months ago. 1t
which to erect a nurses home, an ad-
ministration building and new wing.
Some councilmen objected to such an ex-
tensiye program so the board OF health
has furnished the committee holding the
ordinance an amendment providing for
an issue Of $4,000 with which to erect
only the nurses home and q modified ad-
ministration building and make changes
in some Of the present buildings to In
crease the patient capacity in lieu OF
new wing.
Members Of the board Of public health
have been urging the council to take &C
ton on the bond issue for weeks, point
ing out 1t Is impossible to obtain student
nurses with the present living condi-
tons The health board members say II
Is deplorable that student nurses have
been quartered II what amounts to an
attic for several years. As in every hos
pital most of the attendance upon
patients is performed by student nurses,
who receive their training. uniforms and
a very small salary as compensation.
If student nurses can not be induced
to enter the training school graduate
nurses must be employed and standard
salaries paid. This Is what Is happening
at the hospital. the board IF health says.
Nurses are ITi'ul the sCh'pi
and no new students coming In to take
their places. A number Of graduates now
are on the pay roll and the board fears
its finances Will be exhausted long before
more money IL available If the heavy ex-
pense must be met for any considerable
time. The hospital Is being operated on
budget considerably lower this year
than last, the tax levy for the health de-
partment having been cut from II to Z
cents on the 500 by the Jewett admins
tration.
The Board plans TO erect nurses home
so modern and so attractive It will be
an immediate magnet to induce desirable
young women to enter the training school
Members of the council never have pub
licly offered an explanation as to why
they have delayed action on the bond
issue
EXPECT OPPOSITION
AT CIRCLE HEARING.
Opposition to increasing the Circle
building height limit Is expected to be
shown at the public hearing. The limit
now Is eighty six feet, permitting only
an average six-story building. a number
OF ten and twelve story building projects
are held up on this account. The board
Of control Of the Soldiers and Sailors
monument is against an Increase to
beyond lbs feet on the property frontage
and 40 feet on seventeen foot setback
The city plan commission called in
George E. kesser. city plan expert from
ST. Louis, to advise IL In the controversy.
He recommended los foot limit on the
property line with addition to $50 feet on
a twelve foot setback, The monument