The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-20
AK OF COUNCIL
SPARES FEW BIDS
FOR NEW EXPENSE
BuSS Ordinance Not Called
for Vote, Although
Favored,

With the city council striking al
one measure involving a salary in
crease or appropriation and unani
mously passing the next measure
causing additional city expenditures
records today showed strang combina-
lions of party and factional lines
in a session termed a kindergarten
affair by Councilman Theodore Bernd
Monday night.
An ordinance creating the office of
public utility consultant for the city
legal department at a salary Of $4,000
a year, was passed unanimously after
the council had a minute before de
feated the ordinance creating an as
sistant Barrett law clerk at $1,000 a
year.
Taylor E. Groninger, city corpora
ton counsel. said he would appoint
Benjamin Perk. expert accountant, to
the position as utility consultant.
Councilman Otto Ray decided not to
call the buss ordinance down for pas
sage. although it is understood a ma
jority for passage is certain.
Parking Space Sale" Loses
Administration measures went by
the boards as the council killed a
measure providing for a north-side
unit of the street cleaning department
at Fifty-seventh St. and the Monon
railroad. and another proposing that
the city lease property at S19 E. New
York St, now occupied by the Frank
Bird Company. as an annex to the
city garage. Councilman Lloyd Clay
combe was the lone supporter of the
latter measure.
The council also raised the salaries
of inspectors in the street cleaning de
partment, but reduced the number to
keep the appropriation down.
Councilman Heydon Buchanan OPP
posed sale of parking space down
town" when an ordinance authorizing
no parking" zones in front of any
business house on payment Of $50 to
the city was defeated. Councilmen
Clauer, Thompson. Ray and Claycombe
Joined Buchanan in standing for the
common taxpayer" and defeating the
measure.
Traffic Ordinance amended
The same combination with King in
place of Claycombe amended the traf-
fic ordinance to prohibit parking be
tween 1880 and g a. m on the west
side Of Meridian St. from Fall Greek
to St Clair St and west side of Capitol
Ave. from Fail Greek to New York
St. Parking on the east side would
be prohibited from 4:3O TO 6 p. m.
Councilman Claycombe's effort to
reconsider the automatic schedule OF
traffic fines was defeated.
Despite protests that the park
. board was immune from criticism, -
Councilman Wise was instructed to
appear before the board Saturday and
find why stop" signs had been erect
ed on Washington Blvd.
Two ordinances regulating hazard
Gus chemicals were stricken from the
files. At the close of the meeting the
council held two public hearings on
zoning amendments. One ordinance
changed the district between Butler
and Grand AYES. on the BroOkville
road from residential to business and
another required hearings by coming
board on location of churches, schools,
libraries and museums.
Other ordinances passed:
Ordinances Whats What
Ordering paving Of Thirty-Ninth St. be
tween Illinois St ana Boulevard Pl-; appro-
priaitng $3.50 to pay appraisers Of real e.
tate on approaches for White River bridge;
appropriating S1C.715.9O to pay street and
alely improvement costs against city
Ordinances introduced:
Appropriating SIS. 500 to pay principal
and interest on bonds of the park depart
ment due Jan l. 1924; approvins 100000
fond of John Duvau, county and city treas
urer-elect.
Ordinances defeated:
Ratfiying contracts IF tine board OF
works for purchase of four tractors from
the AVERY Company three dump trucks
from the International Motor Company and
two tractors from the Bates Steel Company