The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-29
RAP SANITARY
MANAGER AS
INCOMPETENT
{. W. Mccullough AssaiIed
by Board Member as
Ignorant

e. w. AcCllough, general super
intendent of maintenance and oper-
alton for the city sanitary board,
today was charged with gross and
inexcusable ignorance" in a state
ment spread upon the minutes by
Board Member O. G. Ross.
Ross, in 800 scorching words, made
his opinion of Mccullough public
record. He filed the statement TO
explain why he refused to vote for
employment of Mccullough for the
newly created job Of general SUI
perintendent and why he refused
to sign the contract which will give
Mccullough $4,000 a year, within
81 500 of the mayors salary.
Mccullough refused to comrlent
upon the statement and referred
reporters to Board Member Russell
T. MacFall, who issued a brie.' de-
nunciation of Ross.
Work Is Incomplete
Ross charged that whereas Nc
Cullough was employed in August,
1922, to design and supervise con-
struction of the garbage plant in
one year with the assistance of one
man, his work is incomplete, after
more than five years and only by
the heavy collection Of garbage by
hog-feeders has the necessity Of
burying garbage been avoided this
past summer.
mo accurate engineering cost Is
available, but it is safe to. say that
the engineers and architects salaries
added to the more than $4,000
paid to Mccullough will bring the
engineering cost of the plant to
near 10 per cent OF the total plant
cost"
Ross compares this with the 4.8
per cent engineering cost upon the
sewage plant (which demonstrated
the economy of using men Of
capacity and ability" Mccullough
was not connected with the
sewage plant.
Wasted Garbage Feed
Ross recalled that Mccullough,
after long experiments, evolved a
patented process Of his own for re-
ducing garbage, which, he told the
board, would produce feed Of a
certain quality. The board made a
contract with the Sims Mining
Company Of Frankfort, Ind, to sup
ply large quantities at the set quail
ity, but during this summer the
quality has been SO poor that 1000
sacks are now in storage as re-
jected. Ross declares that the city
faces suit frcm the Sims company
for failure to meet this contract.
"E. w. Mccullough is a precinct
committeeman and active in poll
tics to such ar. extent that he has
absentcd himself from the garbage
plant for several days in order to
attend to his political duties.
Describes Mccullough
1--WE have the picture of the two
members Of the sanitary board about
to enter into a contract with a man
who has foisted onto the city his
own experimental patented feed
machine which has not produced a
valuable feed and whose process Is
a failure; who in five years has not
completed the job he said would re-
quire about one year; who has,
through gross and inexcusable ignor-
ance or wilfully, mislead the board
as to the quality Of the produce he
has tried to produce; who has shown
himself to be wasteful and unbusi-
like"
Ross said Mccullough was hired
because "the ooard operated four
major departn ents, collection, sew
age treatment, garbage reduction
and power plant and the cooperation
of all is necessary to successful op-
Grafton Of each.
This cooperation has not been
had. Specifically, Mr.. Ross has done
all he could to prevent and hinder
the successful completion and oper-
alton Of the new garbage plant"