Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-07
COPINSPECTOR
PLAN BLOCKED
BY CITY PAP.AS
Council Denies Request of
Safety Board for New
Position.
BOXING BILL KILLED

The city council last night refused to
grant a request Of the board of public
safety the rules be suspended at the or
dinance creating the position of inspector
of police be passed Immediately. The
measure, which provided for a salary of
So, 100 for the new official, was referred
to the public safety committee.
When it was discovered several coun-
cilmen had not had time to familiarize
themselves with the traffic code revision
and city hospital building bond issue or
dinances was withheld, the measures hav-
ing been kept in committee. Before the
meeting it was understood the traffic or
dinance was to be passed practically as
it was introduced. President Theodore ].
Bernd said public hearings upon these
measures, the jitney Lus and building re-
striction ordinances, which have been
pending for several weeks, probably will
be held before the next meeting, two
weeks hence
BOXING MEASURE
Is THROTTLED.
The boxing commission bill was killed
by vote Of to /, Councilman Lloyd D.
Claycombe casting the only AYE" and a
new bill which would give the president
Of the council power to appoint COM
mission of seven conucilmen to control
boxing and wrestling was introduced by
Councilman Otto Ray. Under the origt-
nal measure a commission of five members
would have been named by the mayor. An
unofficial commission named by the
mayor now is functioning.
While the council would not suspend
the rules on the police tnspectorship 1t
unanimously did so upon the ordinance
creating the position of clerk IL the city
purchasing department and then unani-
mously passed the measure. 1t is said
Henry Z. Harris, who was a candidate
for councilman Of the First district upon
the Republican ticket until ne resigned
because IL was discovered naturalization
papers he had taken out in Canada never
had been revoked, is under strong con-
sideration for the appointment. The sal
airy was fixed at 81, 500 a year. Harris
now is an inspector in the city civil en-
gineering department. He formerly was
assistant purchasing agent for the Stutz
Motor Car Company.
RRoAD RIPPLE
CAST UP AGAIN
Councilman Claycombe introduced the
ordinance to annex Broad Ripple which
has been the cause Of much controversy.
Many townspeopls favor Joining Indian
apolis, but town officials do not, 1t Is
said. The bill was referred to the pub
lie parks committee.
A special ordinance was passed, chang
ing street names in the northwest part
Of the city as follows: West Thirty Fifth
street. Barnes avenue to Crescent street,
to Pomander Place; Water street, Barnes
avenue to Crescent street, to West Thirty
Seventh street; West Thirty Fourth
street, Canal TO Northwestern avenue, to
West Thirty Sixth street; Clark street,
same limits, to West Thirty Fifth street;
West Thirty-Third street, same limits, TO
West Thirty Fourth street and Regal
Place, same limits, to West Thirty-Ihird
street.
Other ordinances introduced were as
follows:
CITY DOG LICENSE
FEE REDUCED.
Reducing city dog license fee from So
10 81
transferring $500 from electric. gas and
vspor lights fund to erroneous asBess-
ment fund OF department Of public
works.
Transferring $4,000 from electric, gas
and vapor lights fund to city civil engi-
neers maintenance fund Of department
OF public works.
Ordinances unanimously passed were as
follows:
Appropriating $1,000 for city-wide IRE
prevention campaign.
Transferring $500 from office force sal