Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-03
HOLDERS AND
SEEKERS VIE
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order on a local furniture store for a
highchair.
None Of the three men named for exc
cutive secretaries of the, city park de
partment was on duty this morning and
the mayor thought for q time that they
were going to refuse the appointments.
AIRS. Shank Investigated over the tele-
phone for Mr.. Shank and discovered that
NJ III. Camden is i'll and that Louis w.
Carneix and Charles L. Hutchinson had
- been officially notified of their ap
3Wntments. Mr.. Carnefx and Mr.. Hutch
inson promised to come to the city hall
rosie haste and were en- the job this
afternoon.
Members of the board of public safety
met informally this afternoon to check
over appointments in the police and fire
departments and superintend the issu-
ance of badges.
PARK DEPARTMENT
REVISION EXPECTED.
The mayor was having prepared fist
of all positions, their occupants and saIa-
ries in the park department. Considerable
revision of this list is expected to take
place al a meeting Of the new park board
Thursday morning.
New department heads dared not put
their heads into the halls. To do so was
to be surrounded by dozens of job hungry
men and some women. All travel from
department to department, in conse-
quence, was through the secret stair
ways and passages.
Fred S. knOdle, secretary to Mr.. Shank,
and Mrs. Flo 'Peckman the mayors
stenographer, were kept Lusy throughout
the day trying to appease the throng in
the mayors reception room
Some eager aspirants sent notes in to
Mr.. Shank through the lucky ones who
were admitted to the private office.
Upon Mayor Shsnks Instructions the
board of safety rescinded the regulation
of the former board providing for the
issuance by the chief of police of mo
parking" signs for downtown mer-
chants to place in front of their stores.
The board then sent policemen out to
<xRS lect all Of the signs so that now the
10y places parking is prohibited down
Eown are the safety zones and near fire
~ plugs.
HOPES IT WILL LEAD
TO REAL TRAFFIC Law.
"That regulation wasn't the law, any
way" said Mayor Shank. Now that
we've taken the signs away, maybe the
merchants Will come to me and ask for
q real parking law, a modern traffic or
dinance something like a city the size of
Indianapolis should have"
The mayor spent his first morning in
his office in receiving callers and
Strengthening out such details of re-
organization Of departments as require
his attention. He said he was not going
90 worry about how to get rid of some
of the poIicewomen who have refused so
far to heed his request to resign.
Don't worry about them" he said
TIN leaving that to Chief Rikhoff. If he
doesn't get rid Of them III give you a
new hat"
Mayor Shank said he did not intend to
do anything about the appointment Of
the fourth member Of the board of public
health right away. A few hours before
the Inauguration a controversy between
DR.. E. E. Hodgin, chairman Of the new
board, and Mr.. Shank developed over the
appointment OF the fourth member. It
was rumored at first that the sQuabble
was over the appointment Of DR.. Richard
A. Poole as superintendent Of the city
hospital and that DR.. Hodgin and DR..
Karl A. Ruddel. originally named for
the board membership, were the contend
ing parties. 1t leaked out later, however
that Mr.. Shank wanted to name DR.. w. II.
n Foreman as the board member in place of
%sAnsr. Ruddel. He said 1t is likely if he
#as name DR.. Ruddell 1t viii be for the
cSrm expiring next June and that DR..
Foreman wiz be named to replace him
then.
VARIOUS BOARDS
MEET AT ONCE.
The boards Of public works, public
safety, health and park commissioners
met Immediately after their appointments
were technically completed. They devoted
most OF their time to making appoint
ments to fill minor positions, but the
board of safety found time to adopt one
resolution defining an important piece Of
policy. The board declared its inten-
ton not to reinstate any policeman or
fireman discharged for drinking or who
resigns under charges of drinking. This
board also changed its regular n. ting
tine from 10 o'clock Tuesday m ming
to 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and is
holding its first regular meeting this
afternoon.
The three-quarters board Of health
discussed its broken financial condition
and decided IT could get along with a
temporary loan Of $4,000 until the June
taxes come in. To keep within this
amount, the board decided to discharge
all but three or four Of the twenty seven
sanitary inspectors and have ten police
men assigned IS inspectors in their place
by the board of public safety. The re-
naming health inspectors will instruct
the policemen.
A tangle which was causing the new
administration some embarrassment was