The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-27
SHORTRIDGE
T RACT BUY
u N D ER WAY
School Board, Despite Pro-
tests Starts Forty-SiXth
St. Site Purchase.
PAPERS ARE DRAWN UP
Officials Prepare for Legal
Transfers.

Transfers.
Contracts for the sale Of the
new Shortridge high school
site, Thirty-Fourth and Merid-
ian Sts., and for the purchase
of another location south Of
Forty-Sixth ST., between Cen
trail Ave. and Washington
Blvd, were being drawn up to-
day by school board officials.
Business Director Ure NJ. Frazer
said the purchase OF the site VIII not
be completed today.
The board decided to buy n major
portion OF the Forty Sixth ST. tract
and condemn another part at
special meeting Friday afternoon de-
spite protests of north side prop
erty owners and minority board
members.
The ground TO be bought does
not front Forty.sixth St., being
separated from 4 by a row OF lots.
Il has a frontage OF 676 feet on
Central Ave, and 400 feet on Wash.
ington Blvd. The depth Is 500 feet.
The ground viii be bought from
Frank F. woolling, real estate deal
er, said to have held options on the
property since Feb. 6.
Wooling formerly employed X.
K. Wark, contractor. who held
up plans on elementary schools
last fall, so that they eventually
were handled by the new school
board.
Injunction Likely
Property owners living near the
site at Forty Sixth st. said injunc.
ton proceedings may be started
against the board to prevent It from
building there.
Harry a. Schwankhaus. who owns
adjoining the site on the
south, said he and all other property
owners probably would attempt TO
block the boards move"
He said persons living IN the COM
munity were awaiting the return Of
Burdsal A. Forbes. lumber dealer.
Monday. before taking any action.
FORBES Is interested in the mat
ter and probably would be the frst
man to lead injunction proceedings"
Schwankhaus said.
Richard L. Ewbank. attorney, IA
a statement said the Thirty.Fourth
ST. site. which was bought through
proceedings, for the
purpose Of building the new school
there, must be used for this pur.
pose because the Supreme Court in
March. 1904, held that under con.
demnation proceedings school au.
thorities took a title to land only for
school use"
Appraised Value
The Forty. Sixth 81. proper.
ty recently was appraised at
S7o.S75. Wooung's price is s75..
$50. Majority members estimate
that the property along Forty.
Sixth ST., can be bought for S25,750.
Motions Of johnson to have the
board place $500 persons On the
capacity OF a high school. 20 have
the new Shortridge. regardless OF
rs location, erected along the lines
Of plans already drawn and 10 have
the school board attorney give q
written opinion on tho clarity Of the
title OF the ground were lost.
Board President Theodore vonne.
gut turned TO Kern and Mrs. Liilian
and said sudibly: Wen
kill this motion for Johnson"
Minority Member Charles r. Yoke
asked the ma jority faction where
they were going to get the money
10 buy the property, II was said
that there IA S6600O from the sale
Of Shortridge, at Michigan and Penn.
sylvsnia SITS. and money in the
special school fund.
To Change Plans
Majority members said the plans
will be changed Kern said there
were many mistakes I'm the present
plans. He pointed out the unit
ANaAihS ~ 9ANlHo oG OAlN VI AnNihs
Johnson said condemnation pro-
ceedings might mean long litigs.
tons. Kern said a delay Of three
years didn't mean anything.
"Do YOU mean TO say that n delay
Of three years on condemnation pro
cedings will not mean something7"
shouted johnson. "Can you stand
before the public and say thatS"
Kern subsided.
J. Clyde Hoffman. north side resi-
dent and member of a Shortridae
Association advisory
committee, again reiterated the state.
ment that property owners will hold
q mass meeting in protest and proba-
bly, file an injunction against the
board, in an effort TO prevent the
sale Of the Thirty.Fourth and Ne