Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-19
SHANK CHOOSES
COMMITTEE TO
PUSHLAKEPLAN
Mayor Returns From Decatur
CID Trip Enthusiastic
Over Project.

Convinced by view of the municipal
lake project of Decatur, Ill, Sunday, that
Indianapolis must have a sizeable body
of water, Mayor Shank today appointed
committee of forty citizens to cooperate
with the board Of park commissioners
and himself N getting the scheme IN
der way.
Where the indianapolis lake will be,
how much Il will cost, or how the dream
will be realized, the mayor did not know.
Were going to have a lake, though"
he said.
Five or six sites are under con-
sideratiOn.
The lake boosters named by the mayor
are as follows:
Henry A Harmon, Joseph G. Hayes.
Mrs. Joseph Healing, Mrs. J. D. Hoss,
John F. White, Otto Ray. Walter w.
Wise. Edward o. Snethen. A. Leroy
Portteus, Mrs. VI. il Spencer, L. L. Eel
lows. Fred T. Snively. Hilton L. Brown.
Harold H Han. Benjamin F. Lawrence,
Dick Miller, Frederic VI. Ayres, Franklin
Vonnegut. Carl c. Sanders. f. L. Graf,
the Rev. Frank s c Wicks. Ralph Lieber.
John B. Reynolds, Mrs. Mary Buehler,
Edward ". Hunter. Frank Flanner,
Frank c. Jordan. Charles A. Greathouse,
Emerson W. Chaille Henry W. Campbell,
Ira I. Bramblett, HeydOn W. Buchanan,
James $. Drummond. B. J. T. Jeup,
P. J. Landers. o. b. lies. W. J. Titus and
James w. Lilly.
MAYOR PLANS
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
The mayor promised immediate action.
He said he was going to have the park
board take some step Mt once President
Charles A BoOkwalter, in speech at
Decatur Sunday, pledged the park board
10 carry out the mayors design.
The Decatur project was OF such mag
nitude that 1t amazed the 40s citizens
who accompanied Mayor Shank on his
special train At cost Of more than 81
COO 600 a basin thirteen miles long and
from one-half IL one and one half miles
long through which the SangdmOn River
meanders. has been taken over. A 1,90O-
foot dam has been built below the city.
Decatur year ago found itself using
more water than flowed in the river. 1t
was a case Of get more water or shut
down the biggest industry in the city.
The lake project resulted. Through
maze Of difficulties, including almost
every kind Of difficulty Mayor G. NJ
Borchers led a fight which ended in sue
cass. The dam Is almost completed. High
waters in April filed the huge basin even
with part Of the dam out.
HOW DECATUR
PUT 1T ACROSS.
Decatur is city Of $4,000 population.
It's bonding limit was not enough TO per
INIT bonding the city for the entire cost
Of the project. So bonds were sold for
half and the remainder raised by private
subscription to I per cent stock which
the city will retire as fast as its bonding
margin permits.
Mayor Shank missed the train at
Decatur. When the special pulled out
at o'clock Sunday afternoon to return
the mayor. Mrs. Shank and DR.. and Mrs.
II. J. Spencer were enjoying q second
helping of raspberries and cream in the
station restaurant. The conductor dis
covered the loss when the train was Ave
blocks out. The special was stopped and
backed up for the official party which
was chasing it down the tracks.
The special was stopped at the point
where the c. I, & W. RailrOsd crosses
the lake basin en- route to Decatur in
the morning. Here 8 magnificent view
Of the vast stretch of bottom land soon
10 be inundated was obtained. Then
the folks marched three blocks across
a golf course to Nelson Park where
picnic chicken dinner waited. Religious
services ad short speeches by Mayor
BOrchers, Mayor Shank, and others fol-
lowed. Early in the afternoon the special
was backed to the park and the crowd
taken to the dam, several miles south.
a baseball game and tours Of the city
followed.
Decatur has a commission form Of
Government with q mayor at its head
Likewise there is @ cent street car fare
PARTY LINES
ARE FORGOTTEN
Mayor BOrchers il a Democrat. The
majority Of the commissioners are Re