South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-16

The personnel OF the new city
planning commission was completed
Wednesday with the appointments
OF five citizens as members Of that
body by Mayor Ell r. Seebirt. The
five new members are in addition to
four already named by law or pre-
viOus appointments
The citizen appolntees are: A. r.
Ersi<ine. manufacture. William
Happ, realtor. Fred " Keller, real
tor. George a. Robertson. merchant
and Ernest W. YOuns, architect.
serve Without Pay.
The new commission TO which is
delegated by statute authority over
zonlng OF districts and the planning
OF new improvements is composed OF
n total OF nine members. One Of the
members Is appointed by the city
council and one each by the board OF
park commissioners and the board
Of public works. The law requires
the city engineer to serve as a men,
Der. l. W. Slaughter, president OF
the board OF public works. Otis s.
Romine, park board member. Ralph
s Hutchinson. cOunCilman-at-larg
and city Engineer Fred :. Anderson
are the other members OF the COM
mission The members serve without
compensation.
In selecting the men 70 I'll the ap-
pointments. Mayor Seebirt declared:
There are many that I would
have liked 70 appoint on this COM
mission but have seen best to select
these men because among them
L. ,,-0ea a. fv~o 90 +r.- ~
ufacturing industries OF the city.
man who will have in mind at al
times that South Bend is a great
manufac turing center and that a
City Plan should be developed that
viii safeguard ana advance this in
dustry and not stranCle A.. because
there is a representative Of our retail
and mercantile business among them
who Will think particularly OF the
retail business interests of our city.
because there are men among them
who represent the business Of de-
signing and building business places
and homes men who have made a
study or CITY Planning for years.
who have worked before the 1egisla-
ture OF the state for the enactment
or our CITY Planning law and who
bring 90 this task an understanding
and compre heusiou OF what some %
the problems are
Iauds Committee
Calling attention 20 the recognized
need of the comm ssiou for a city OF
this size and hopeful Ct the COnstruc-
tive results forthcoming from con-
eiderations hy that body the mayor
lauds the personal merits and able
ness of the zrouE
They viii constitute an able and
representative group az citizens 10
handle the work of city coming and
planning" he said.
The work Of the comm !ssion after
organization viii DE &C. undertake the
erregation Of the city into zones,
certain Of which viii be delegated
20 manufacturing purposes eXClu-
Fively. others o. mercantile business.
and 20 mixed rufacturiug and
residence or mercantile and residence
districts. The remaining zones VIII
be for residence building exclusively.
This program of z0ping viii. 10 is
believed by those who have made
a study OF city planning, enhance the
value OF real estate both In the COM
mercial and res de1ce districts II
will. for an example. prevent the
building OF uls grtly buildings or
coal sheds in restricted areas.
Most Important Issue.
In making hts announcement
Mayor Seebirt elaborated on the
purposes OF the planning features OF
the business that VIII come before
The new commission. He said;
y believe that this Is the most
important work uE lertaken in our
city in many years 1. has as its
basic principle. that instead OF the.
growth Of the city heing haphazard.
q shall be ntellgertly guided and
directed. and when sound and
seasfble plan - worked out and