The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-16
C. OF C.HITS
CITY plan ON
MARKET, HALL
Complete Disapproval Given
Program for $3.50, 900
Repair Outlay.
CITE GREATER NEEDS
Hospital Expansion, Flood
Prevention Advocated
! as Necessary.
CITE GREATER NEEDS

Complete disapproval of the city
administrations proposal to spend
$350,000 for remodeling city market
and Tomlinson Hall, when so many
improvements vital to public health
and safety cry for attention was
voiced today by the Chamber of
Commerce civic affairs committee.
City hospital should be enlarged,
flood prevention extended, the police
and fire telegraph system replaced,
and the Irvington sewer financed
before the city does more than
spend small sum upon sanitation
at city market, the committee rec
Ommends.
Approve Committee Report
The committee, headed by William
Fortune, upon request Of Mayor
Duvall on March 80, gave to a sub
committee headed by Winfield Mil
Ter the task of surveying the
municipal needs.
The subcommittee's report was
adopted Wednesday by the whole
committee, and approved and sent
to Duvall this afternoon by Cham
Der directors.
The committee reports it found
various departments general city
proposing to spend $5, ,107, 1857 for i'm
provements for which bonds would
be issued. This would bring the city
within $620000 of its bonded in
Adebtedness limit of $12,934, ,98760, the
total outstanding debt as Of July l,
1927 being $7,294,550.
Danger Is Cited
This would be dangerous, the
committee says, because the city
each year must make temporary
loans of hundreds Of thousands of
dollars to meet deficits in the gen.
eral fund before taxes are collected.
The improvement program recon-
mended by the committee totals
$3,757,357, leaving bonding mar
gin of $1,973,000.
"There should be margin of at
least $1,000,000 at all times, above
every other consideration, for emer-
gencies that might arise with sud-
den disaster" says the report.
1--WE strongly believe that the city
i he
bonding power materially below
$2,0OO,OOo."
Advocates Trimming
The committee says 1t feels some
of it's own recommendations should
be trimmed.
The report says the committee
found municipal plans calling for;
/. Market house and Tomlinson
Hall repair, costing $350,000.
2. Flood prevention, costing
$1,152,357.
8. Purchase of coliseum site for
$1,0O0,OO0 and construction of build
ing by private corporation, which
would lease it to city.
4. New fire and police telegraph
h system, costing $415,000.
y 6. Purchase of sites and erection
of two new fire stations for 100000
7. City hospital additions, to cost
100000.
Gives recommendations
The committee recommends thai
only these improvements be carried
out and in this order:
/. City hospital additions to cost
as much below 100000 as more
accurate estimating of cost anc
careful planning to eliminate ex-
travagant features can accomplish
2. Flood prevention, $1,152,357.
8. New fire and police telegraph
systems, $415,000.
4. Irvington sewer; city's share
100000.
The committee approves the
$578, 625 improvement program o.
the park department, but sound.
should hold down because of rapidly
mounting taxes.
It points out that the recon-
mended program for the genera
city would add 5 cents year tt
the tax. levy and the park program
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