The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-06

truck drivers complaint. May
make one? Sunday, June %. was
working on the Columbia-Indiana
! route. Single track runs from Nine
teenth to Twenty-Firts SITS. I pic ked
up passengers at Nineteenth st.
Starting up. I had nearly passed
a standing car when a small child
| about 6 years old crossed the street
from behind a standing car into the
path of my car. which was moving.
had to reverse the car to make
quick stop to keep from striking
the child. The child ran on into the
street into the path of automobiles,
| turned back and laughed at me.
Again Tuesday, June 80. the same
child, rolling a hoop. turned on to
the track.
MY car was moving at the rate
of about ten miles an hour to make
a stop at Nineteenth st. for passen-
gers. Had we not been picking up
passengers it would have been i'm.
possible to stop in time to keep from
striking the child.
We motormen try to play safe ev-
erywhere and don't want to be
locked up because of the careless
ness Of parents. Thank you.
A MOTORMAN.
Mr.. Fixit believes alertness OF
the district policemen will prevent
this trouble. 1t must be trying
to the nervous system to face this
unnecessary hazard. Mr. Fixit has
called the attention Of Police Chief
Herman F. Rikhoff to this con-
dition, with a request that he urge
police on the beats to enforce the
ordinance.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: I wish to
call your attention to the fact that
on last Monday the street repair de-
partment of the board Of pablo
works laid off a hundred men OF
more, saying they were short OF
funds. The streets are in bad shape
and thousands of men need work
Please see what you can do for the
taxpayers and unemployed.
GOOD CITIZENS LEAGUE.
Mr.. Fixit agrees that the situa-
ton should be remedied. A deficit
in the budget Of the city en-
gineer has produced this trouble
TO some extent. However. an or
dinance is now before the city
council appropriating funds to pay
inspectors of the engineering de-
partment. Passage should mean
renewal OF a part OF the work.
Mr.. Fixit would suggest you use
your influence with councilman to
obtain adoption Of the ordinance.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: I have been
reading The Times for a number OF
years and I am going to ask if you
can have Reichwein Ave. oiled and
graded. 1t has not been treated
for two years. Can you see to 1t?
I am a reader of The Times, a
taxpayer and property owner.
Also am a truck driver. Talk !
ing about children playing In the
streets. S. Capitol Ave, between |
Morris and McCarty SIS, is a IA
vorite playground and It is very |
dangerous because traffic is heavy.
Children also play on Montcalm St., |
north of Eighteenth st.
CITIZEN.
Thomas Newsom. assistant street
commissioner. will investigate your
. request. Your complaint about
children playing in the street is
answered in another part Of this
article.
DEAR MR.. FIX1T: There has
been a large pile of ashes and brok- |
en- bottles in the alley at the rear of
Twenty First and Meridian SITS. for
over a year. Repeated requests to
the custodian of the property to
have this removed have failed to
bring any response.
Will you please see the proper
authorities to have this cleared, as
It ia not only unsightly but is detri- |
mental to automobile traffic? Thank
ing you for any assistance you may |
be able to give. c. E. LUPTON.
AL McGovern, inspector of the
board of health. has promised to
see that the debris is removed at
once.
DEAR MR.. FTXIT: Henry ST.,
between Missouri and S. West SITS.
is badly in need of oil. Large trucks
pass here and cause clouds Of DIST
to rise until we can't do anything.
Will you give us relief.
HENRY ST. RESIDENT.
Frank Reid. inspector of the
street commissioner department,
said he would care for your re
quest, If the oil supply lasts.
TO MR.. COLLINS: The board OF
health has promised to investigate
the incinerators in apartment
houses in the vicinity Of your home.
Under its rules. the outlet of the
incinerator flue must be as high as
possible to permit wind to carry off
offensive odors. Regulations stipu-
late the flue outlet must be above
the roof
The board has no authority to re-
move apartment house incinerators
but does attempt to regulate those
whose outlets are so low as to create
a public nuisance.