The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-03
TANGLED HOUSE
NUMB RS CAUSE
MAILMAN won ny
Citizen DepIoreS Bad State
of {. Riverside DIRE
pairs Soon.
Do You Know?
Mayor Shank Is considering
re.entering vaudeville at the
expiration of his term Of office.

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He Is The Times representative at the
city hall. Write him at The Times.
The city engineers office will cor
rect all tangles in street numbers,
John Branson. chief clerk, told MIR.
Fixit today. The law provides there
shall be a separate number for every
twenty feet of street front.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: Will you
please see what you can do for us
out here in regard to street num-
bers? This is a new section, just
east of the Deaf and Dumb School.
Every time anyone builds a house
they go to the city hall and they
give them just any old number just
so it begins with fortytwo. Conse-
uuently we have two and three
houses having the same numbers.
Also the houses north Of US have
lower numbers than we do. The
postman says he has reported it and
we have complained. Now let us see
what you can do.
Also, could we have Forty-Second
St graded? We understood that it
was to be paved, but If it stands as
it is, it will be impossible this win
ter. There is so much traffic on the
street, too.
MRS. W. F. HELMER.
Branson said if You would pre-
sent your complaint to him at his
Office on the second floor of the
city hall he would send an inspec-
tor to the street to straighten the
tangle and compel property owners
to use the lawful numbers. If your
street is to be paved, it will be i'm
practical to grade 1t.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT-Why does
the city neglect z. Riverside drive
way or Parkway from Eighteenth to
Thirtieth SITS. in such a ways as they
do? 1t is a disgrace to Our beauti-
full Riverside Park and hundreds Of
strangers drive it (once only to get
q view of the golf links. But it is
worth your life almost to sit in a
machine while making a drive. 1t
has been in a deplorable condition
since once year after construction.
Can you help US?
JOHN w. PUGH.
1888 E. Parkway DIR.
The department Of improved
streets is on record that repairs to
this drive will be effected soon.
However, Mr.. Fixit will also bring
this a foV 70 "A nf
board of works. You certainly are
right in asserting that the thor
oughfare Is a disgrace to the city.
DEAR MIR FIXIT-It becomes
my unpleasant duty to ask you %
please look after a little matter in
this vicinity which l think should
be a. ended to.
First thing is on Highland Pl., be.
tween TwentyEighth and Twenty
Ninth SITS, on the west side of the
street. Water has washed the gut
ter SC full Of dirt that in places it
Is or a level with the sidewalk, and
when 1t rains the water stands for
days, causing az unpleasant smell
Please have this looked after
Second, in the alley between High
lard and Shriver Ave, from Tween
" Eighth to Twenty-Ninth St., is
a. very insanitary place. They throw
garbage corn shucks, anything, burn
papers any time. 1t is unsafe.
We think fire officials should
know this; the health department
also. There must be something done
or we will take up action ourselves
NEIGHBORS.
W. P. Hargon, clerk of the street
commissioner office, told Mr..
Fixit he would take steps to re-
move the water and the board Of
health will inspect the alley.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: The weeds on
the north side of Thirty-Seventh ST.,
between Crescent and Clifton SITS,
are very bad.
There is sweet clover ragweed.
horseweed and every other kind of
weeds and they will average about
three feet tall. In some places the
horse weeds are six feet tall.
For the sake Of the community's
health these weeds should be cut
and civic pride should cause the
city to force the owners Of this
property to look after obeying the
law In this respect l am sure if
you could see this place you would
wonder why some one had not writ
ten you before. It's two blocks south
of the new home of Samuel Lewis
Shank. j, w. LOVETT.
Immediate attention will be af-
forded to this condition by the
board Of health, Mr.. Fixit was
told.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: About three
weeks ago Parkway Ave. was torn
up for improvement. The street has
not been worked on since. Please
see why the work Is being delayed
and when 1t will be continued.
P. l.. K.
The work was halted because
city council refused to authorize
funds for payment of salaries to
street improvement inspectors, Mr..
F'ixit learned. There's no hope for
relief until councilmen relent in
this phase of their attack upon the
Shank administration.
TO A SOUTH SLIDER: Please give
Mr.. Fixit exact location Of the Of
'fensive chicken houses and he'll take
up your complaint.
RECOMMENDS 1T TO HIS
FRIENDS