The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-21
MORE OPPOSITION
SHOWN TO SMOKE
ABATEMENT LAW
Expense and Difficulty of En-
forcement Are Chief
Objections,

Further opposition to the smoke
ordinance as finally drafted and in
troduced in city council Monday night
was evidenced today as councilmen
considered its various phases.
Added expense to the city and i'm
possibility of effective enforcement
were cited as chief objections. The
measure will come up for considera-
ton at the regular meeting, Sept. 8.
Salaries of smoke inspector and two
assistants total $4,000 annually.
A $780, 900 street widening and re-
surfacing program was proposed in
an ordinance introduced and referred
to the finance committee. The meas
ure operates under an act of the
1923 Legislature. requiring the city to
pay rs per cent Of street resurfacing
costs.
Phone War Aided
Immediate steps by the city in the
Phone rate war were assured with
passage of an ordinance appropriating
1000 to be used by Taylor Gron-
niger, city corporation counsel, to en-
ploy engineers. The ordinance passed
under suspension of rules on Council
man Claycombe's motion.
An ordinance providing that motor
lists dim their lights when passing
other cars was introduced by Council
man Bernd and referred to the COM
mittee on safety. 1t will supplement
the State law on glazing lights.
An ordinance asking $4,000 to meet
current expenditures Of the park
board was introduced and referred to
the finance committee.
Policy of Annexation
An attack on the policy Of the city
in annexing territory and not giving
service to taxpayers was launched by
Councilman Buchanan when an ordi-
nance to annex territory at Forty
Ninth St. and Arsenal north to Fifty
Second ST and west to the Monon
railroad was introduced.
People are tired of being promised
city advantages and then not receiv-
ing them" said Buchanan. "All we
DO is to raise their tax rate
The motion for annexation was lost
to 5. but Councilman Claycombe
changed his vote in order to make
Residents of the neighborhood present,
represented by E. o. Snethen, urged
passage of the ordinance.
Public hearing on annexation and
coming will be held at the next council
meeting. A plan Of the Polar Ice and
Fuel Co. to build a plant in the neigh
Dor hood is causing residents to desire
annexation, and residential classifil
cation under the zoning law.
Contract Policy Attacked
Councilman Wise attacked the pol
icy of city departments in making con-
tracts and then coming to council for
approval. An advertising contract
made with the American Cities Serv-
Ice Corporation Of Dayton, Ohio. for
80 combination waste baskets and
police phones caused the attack. The
company will pay the city $50 for
each one installed each year for ad-
vertising privileges. They viii be
placed on all downtown corners.
The ordinance requiring hedges and
shrubbery to be trimmed at street
intersections was amended on motion
of Councilman Wise changing the
height to five feet. and providing that
II be cut twenty feet from the curb
instead Of street intersections.
A second step on the phone rate
war was taken by the city with in
PRODUCTION of an ordinance rat,fying
a contract made for purchase Of an
automatic switchboard in city half.
The cost Of the board is s3.962.31. It
will eliminate extra phones ana opera
tors.
Regular Firemen
A measure making substitute fire
men regular firemen after one year
of probation service was introduced.
Streets specified in the 100000 i'm
provement ordinance:
Widening and resurfacing-Sen
Ave. from Tenth to Sixteenth St.
Boulevard Pl from Sixteenth to
Twenty First St, Central Ave. from
Nineteenth ST. to Fall Creek. Illinois
st. from Jackson Pl. TO Sixteenth St.
Streets to be resurfaced-Thirteen
ST. from Park Ave. to College Ave.
Shelby st. from Prospect St. to
Southern Ave, Ohio st. from Alabama
to East ST. Cornell Ave. from Massa-
chusetts Ave. to Twenty ST.,
Fletcher Ave. from Virginia Ave. to
Noble St., Prospect st. from East St.
to Madison Ave. Massachusetts Ave.
71e11 Ave to Tor7