Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-06
SWIFT HAS NO
FEAR OF JOB
BEING TAKEN
Sanitary Board Hears Threat
of Appeal to Legislature
by Shank Crowd.

Threats Of Shank city administration
leaders they win influence the next Leg
islAture to amend the Indianapolis san!-
tary district law so the members of
the board Of sanitary commissioners will
fall under the hiring and firing" power
OF Mayor shank, IN order that he may
remove Commissioners Lucius II. Swift
and Jay A. Craven, held 10 terror for
Mr. Swift.
Il don't anticipate such a thing. I'm
not scared OF e. / don't think ii Will
happen" said Mr.. Swift today In a meet
Ing OF the sanitary board The board
was discussing the ACCESSIBILITY OF I'm
mcdiately changing the course OF Eagle
Creek along the west side OF Sellers farm,
where the new city sewage disposal plant
is being erected. A board member had
suggested that possible the work should
be done at once since mo one knows
what may happen next year" 1t was
then that Mr.. Swift waved the possibility
aside.
shank politicians hold enmity toward
the two members Of tho sanitary board
because they discharged two fayorites In
tho administration political machine. IL
also is said the city hall crowd would like
to get their hands on the $50 or so Jobs
under control of the board. All the pre-
ctnct committeeman In the county could
have nice Jobs If these were available, il
has been suggested.
BOARD VISITS
EAGLE CREEK.
The board visited the banks of Eagle
Creek where the STRENGTHENING is proposed
and Commissioner John L. Elliott. city en-
gineer said it was practically decided the
work should he done at once
Eagle Creek nj the point in question,
makes n sharp curve. 1t has been eat
ing into Sellers farm at the rate OF
from twenty to thirty feet year. When
the board first came into control of
on the west bank of the stream. 1t has
SO cut into the east bank that there
now are three or four acres belonging
to the city on the west side
Charles II. Hurd, consulting engineer
for the board said there is danger. In
time Of high water, of the creek cutting
through the east bank, flooding the low
lands on the farm where the sewage
disposal plant Is located. and cutting an
entirely new course to the southeast to
White River. Such q path likely would
be straight through the site for one OF
the important buildings, he said.
RECOMMENDS
ELIMINATING CURVE
To prevent such lnishap, Mr.. Hurd
recommended the course Of the stream
be Strengthened where the sharp curve
now exists. the east bank be filled In
and n dirt levee be thrown up along
the east bank
The board found today the stream is
about to undermine several fine trees
along the east bank, Mr.. Elliott reported.
This would be lamentable, he said. since
the sanitary board expects the board OF
park commissioners to make the farm
into one Of the beauty spots Of the city
after the construction work Is completed
Mr.. Craven announced that garbage and
ash collection trains are running on
once more and complaints have
returned TO normal. The collection de-
partments were demoraized several weeks
ago In a mix up, which included the dis
charge Of the superintendents and
warning to Truly Nolan. Supervisor of
both departments that he would go, too.
IL c0ndit ions did not improve Mr. Cray
en- said collection is progressing salts
factorily now.