The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-04


fifteen. Six men were removed
from the staff of detectives, reduc-
ing the total number to fifty.
The same reduction was author
lied for the force of sergeants, which
now is placed at twenty-six. Rik-
hoff's appeal for seventy-eight traffic
men was reduced to seventy, when
department heads agreed that stop
and go" signals would replace many
guardians Of the thoroughfares.
There are now nine captains and
twenty lieutenants on the force.
Attorneys to Go
Attorneys for the city plan COM
mission and the board of health are
abolished through today's delibera-
tons, Mayor Shank declaring that
other members of the c.ty's legal
department have the time to transact
the legal affairs for the two
branches. The salary Of each office
is $4,000.
Another we'll paid office was re-
moved from the political trough
when the custodianship Of Tomlin-
son Hall was abolished and all the
functions of that office placed under
jurisdiction of the city market mas
ter.
AS the scythe passed along, It
clipped off the office of city veter-
marian when Mayor Shank declared
the city's animals are so healthy
that little medical aid is required.
The personnel in the office Of the
board of safety was cut from three
to one at Mayor Shanks request.
The meeting started with careful
perusal of the tax levies proposed
by the various boards and commits
sions for 1926. The general fund
levy which includes the detailed
cuts mentioned above, was reduced
two cents. One cent was Topped off
the city sinking fund levy.
Then the assembly proceeded to
remove entirely from the budget
taxes of obs cents each for the po-
lice and firemens pension funds, Cab
met members said the departments
have each S300,00 invested in bonds,
which will care for all payments to
pensioned police and firemen.
Then r. Walter Jarvis, park
superintendent, appeared on the
scene and was able to save intact
the levies Of cents for park general
and .O575 for park district bond
funds. However, he was forced to
submit to a reduction of the recrea.
ton department budget from .02 to
obs cents.
Track Elevation
Track elevation suffered two
heavy jolts. The recommendation
Of cents was trimmed to cents,
and, as an afterthough, Mayor
Shank and Joseph L. Hogue, city
controller, Topped off another cent.
Money in that fund plus payments
from railroads for past elevation
projects enabled the reduction to be
effected, it was said.
Russell T. MacFall, president of
the board of sanitary commission
ers, appeared on the scene Of bat
tie too late to prevent slice Of l
cent in the sanitation maintenance
levy, and it now stands at .0675.
Despite previous statements,
Mayor Shank cut off u cent in the
board of health tax, making it .095.
The victory of the city plan COM
mission in passage by city council
Of the major thoroughfare plan or
dinance Monday night was negated
when the city primers eliminated
the tax Of 8 cents proposed from the
budget, leaving a blank space beside
the item Of that department for
widening major thoroughfares. The
finance department reported that
$136,77O was on hand for that pur-
pose during next year without a
levy.
A total saving of $17,S47 was eff
fected through consolidation of the
offices of street commissioner and
street cleaning superintendent. One
of two assistant street commission.
ers was removed, salvaging $4,000.
The salary Of one department head
is $4,000, which passes to the credit
side of the ledger. Other elmina-
tons were one clerk, one time
keeper, one assistant timekeeper,
! one blacksmith, two carpenters,
$4,000 for oiling streets and $4,000
Tor maintenance and repairs of the
w Tenth st. bridge, for which the
board of works has authorized a
bond issue. The primers even sliced
of s32 for ice and reduced the Of
fee supply total.
Pound Increased
Pausing in the fury of the
slaughter, the budgeteers approved
an increase Of $3.50 for the city dog
pound, favored the weights and
measures total Of s9,S07 and the
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