Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-08
CITY ENGINEER
SCRAPTHROWN
INTO REVERSE
CampbelI's Letter to Board,
rendering Resignation,
Again Accepted.
FRICTION WITH ELLIOTT

Although Joseph B. Healing, Repub-
lican national committeeman from In
diana. is understood to have interceded
In his behalf, Henry Campbell Will not
continue as senior assistant city civil en-
gineer after June 10, board Of public
works records show today. After hay
ing once accepted Campbells resignation
and then giving him permission TO with
draw il, the board Wednesday afternoon
finally accepted the resignation after
conference attended by the board, Mayor
Shank, City Civil Engineer John l..
Elliott and William II. ArmitaSe, poliIi-
cal marshal at the city hail.
1t was said at the city hall the situa-
ton reached a point where either Elliott
or Campbell had to go, because Elliot.
would not work with Campbell. Mr.. Elliott
refused to discuss the matter.
When Campben's resignation first was
accepted last week it WAS understood there
was friction between him and Elliott
Meanwhile 1t is said Joseph Is. Healing
asked the city administration to keep
Campbell. VINO was active in the Shank
organization in the Second ward.
Asked if Healing did not want Camp
bell retained. Mr.. Shank replied:
Eyes, / guess he did,
ALLOWED TO TAKE
BACK RESIGNATION.
Monday the toard of works, In re
spouse to letter from Campbell. say
ing he had been asked by a number Of
citizens to retain his position. and re
questing leave to withdraw his resigna-
ton, rescinded its former action.
Wednesday, however, Elliott laid be-
fore the board the following letter:
81 am informed that Harry Campbell,
I'm
engineer, to take effect June 10. 1872
which resignation was accepted by the
board, continue in his present position as
senior assistant city engineer.
For the good Of the engineering de-
partment and in the interest Of efficiency,
would recommend that the board continue
in its original intention and accept Mr..
Campbell's resignation effective June 10,
1872. and appoint Mr.. NJ y. Beebe, 1t
present assistant city engineer in charge
OF streets, as senior assistant city engi-
neer Would also recommend that Mr..
W. L. Lacey. at present junior assistant
city engineer be appointed assistant city
engineer In charge OF streets.
The conference in the boards private
office followed receipt Of this letter. Per
sons in 1t declined 10 tell what was said.
Across the bottom Of ElIio1ts letter was
the boards official approved" stamp with
the members signatures. William H.
Freeman wrote his name in the blank
reserved for it then crossed 1t out. Later
he signed again. This signature was not
crossed out.
"All that happened in the room ap-
pears on the letter. Mr. Freeman said.
He was asked what discussion there
was about what appeared In the letter.
.As to that, I don't remember" he re
piled.
4 wasn't In until It was prat.lcally
over" said Mr. Armitage.
ELLIOTT SAID HE
WOULD RESIGN.
An official. who was not In the con-
ference said he understood Elliott had
threatened TO resign If Campbell stayed.
Mayor Shank said the boards action
on Campbell was In the interest Of econ
omy. The position which w. L. Lacey
will yacate by promotion to NJ. \. Bee
be's place will not be filled. In addition
a number of inspectors and JUNO, field
aids are to be discharged in the engineer
department.
As 1t is going now the engineering
department would run over It's salary
appropriation about slo0e0 by the end
OF the year" said the mayor Well
save 5000 by cutting OF Campbell and
the others. There will have 10 be an
other cut.
"AIN'T No ARGUMENT
SAYS OUR MAYOR.
There amt no argument about II;
we've got to cut these departments down.
We don't want to cut salaries, SO the
only way TO stay within appropriations
IS to fire somebody. We have run the
park department on $1,000 less ia the
first FIVE months than it was last yea--
Were going to cut out forty or fifty EN-
ployes and save still more.
Another thing. we won't employ any
more school teachers through the winter
to work part time for the park board and
part for the school board. Why some
Of these teachers are making almost as
much as the head of the park depart
ment. One of them Is making $500 a
year. They'll either work all the time
for us or for the school board.
We're cutting out pageants and esthe-
tic dancing on the Fairgrounds to save
iauiey for the operation OF our municipal
theater at BrOokside Park. We can rim
the municipal stock company ten weeks
on what It costs to put on couple of
pageants.'