Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-21

! was anybody present who had applied
! for Job and was refused.
! At last there was a movement in the
| ranks Of the onloOkers and Mr.. McMann
| stepped forward. The audience grew
| quieter There was going to be some fun
after all. But they were doomed to dis
| appointment.
| "Ill excuse you," said Mr.. Bernd when
McMann had finished telling how he had
refused to take a job cutting asphalt
with a chisel' and then the president
| explained the street department had not
( been able to use as many men as It
would have liked to because weather
| conditions have been such that not much
work could be done. He suggested Mr..
McMann go back and apply for a job
again and no doubt he would be taken
| care Of
| COUNCILMAN RAY
| EXPRESSES VIEW.
Councilman Otto Ray declared he
| thought the rilief ordinance was the
biggest mistake wen make in four
years." because employers all over the
city have adopted % cents an hour as
the standard for common labor ms q
result of it. He said he had feared
| this when the measure was passed, and
he thought 1t ought to be repealed at
once.
BERED DEFENDS
ORDINANCE.
President Bernd came to the defense
Of the ordinance, stating many people
I had told him ii was a fine thing and
| through 1t many men had been and would
be able to work for $12 a week who,
| otherwise would have to accept SIS or 81
| week from charity organizations in
order to keep their families alive. He
asked Mr. Hyland to tell what he thought
Of the ordinance.
The street commissioner said he thought
It a fine thing and would prove even finer
when conditions become such q greater
number of men can be put to work.
Eighty are on his emergency payroll now.
He reported he has been getting an av-
erage OF eight carloads of cinders a day
from some Of the large utilities and IN
dustries and that the number OF men
he has used has depended upon the
amount Of cinders he could get for them
to spread.
The fund has done a world Of good,
he concluded.
Under suspension Of the rules the coun-
Gil passed the ordinance authorizing the
appointment Of another first assistant
fire chief at salary Of $1,000 a year
There Is only one such official now and
the board Of public safety says the two
platoon system law requires there be
one for each shift
VOTES BLOCK
RULES SUSPENSION.
NO" votes of Councilmen BuchanaL
and Ben II. Thompson blocked suspen-
sion Of the rules on ratification Of two
switch CONTRACTS. One would grant per-
mission to Henry Marks Sons to lay
side track across St. Clair street from
the old Chicago division Of the Big Four
Railroad and the other to the Hydraulic
Pressed Brick Company, to cross Thirty
Second street from the Monon Railroad.
The traffic codiication ordinance was
introduced with a request from the board
Of public safety IT be passed at the next
meeting. The ordinance authorizing the
board Of public health to issue $3.50 OO0
worth Of bonds to erect two new build
ings at the city hospital also was pre-
scented and referred to committee.
One thousand dollars would b. appro-
priated to the FIRE prevention campaign
By another measure introduced
A special ordinance introduced provides
for changes in street names as follows {:
West Thirty Fifth street, Barnes ave
nue. 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 Tbirty-Third street.
bill was presented providing for re
ductlon OF junk dealers licenses from
500 TO S25 Il year.