The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-05
jEUP NAMED
TOSAN|TARY
BOARD POST
Democrat Chosen by Ross
and Moore as Successor
of MCFaII.
HAS SLACK APPROVAL
Tax Board Fight, Custer of
Mccullough Loom in
Shake-Up.
HAS SLACK APPROVAL

h'SNtNS ~
City Engineer A. Fl. Moore and
Board Member o. @. Ross today an
nounced choice of b. J. T. Jeup,
Democrat, to succeed Russell T..
McFall as third member Of the city
sanitary board Dec. 81.
Mayor L. Ert Slack will appoint
Jeup on recommendation Of Moore
and Ross. His early selection is to
permit him to become familiar with
board business.
Jeup, who lives at 2415 N. Talbot
ST., was city engineer under Demo-
cratic Mayor Taggare and Bell and
formerly was chief engineer for the
Indianapolis Water Company. He
was the first president Of the city
sanitary board.
MO0res Partner
Recently he and Moore have
been in partnership as civil en-
gineers, with Offices In the Indiana
Trust Bldg.
Ross, State health board appointee
to the board, is expected to be
elected board president. He has an
other year to serve. The city en-
gineer is an ex-of1io board member.
Control of the board shifted
when Mayor Slack named Moore
to succeed City Engineer Paul
Brown. Moore has voted with Ross,
forming the majority faction.
One Of the first moves after
Moore went on the board was to
"clip the wings" Of General Super
intendent Erwin w. Mccullough,
supported by MacFall, and form an
operating council"
Truly Nolen, garbage collection
superintendent; Floyd Baber, gar
hage plant head, and Cecil Calvert
sewage plant superintendent, dis
charged a short while before on
recommendation Of Mccullough.
form the council.
Salaries Not in Budget
Salaries for the council mem
bers are not provided in the 1928
budget. The State tax board cut
the items from the budget after the
positions were abolished by the
MacFall- Met ul1ough faction.
Mayor Slack ordered restoration
Of the positions with the hope the
tax board will see fit to reconsider
their stand and include the councils
salaries next year.
John j. Brown, State tax board
chairman, who has manifested con-
siderable interest in the sanitary
situation, has collected some "inde-
pendent" information which will
guide him, somewhat, in his de-
cision, it is understood. Brown has
a relative and family friend en-
ployed at the plant.
May Provide Pay
Hearing on the sanitary depart
ment salaries has been moved up
by the State board from Dec. IA to
Dec. Z. Friends Of the Met ullough-
MacFall camp are said to have in
sisted the board refused to reinstate
the positions in the budget.
It is understood Mayor Slack has
another plan for providing the sal
aries II the tax board refuses to
grant his request.
Following reorganization Of the
board personnel it is expected that
Mccullough will get "the Skids.'
Some believe the three-year con-
tract with Mccullough is not legal
because his retention was necessary
under feed contract with the Sims
Milling Company. Frankfort.
Slack Won't Talk
Mayor Slack, who has been anx-
ious to Straighten out the sanitary
board tangle, declined to discuss hi;
plans. Ross has conferred with
Slack, and it is believed Ross and
Moore will work in harmony.
MacFall indicated he regretted tt
give up the sanitary post because Of
the pending issues. MacFall has
supported Mccullough, who design.
ed and built the present garbage
plant, beginning in August, 1922
he was employed 1Or $6,UUU veal
as general superintendent June 10
by MacFall and former City Engi.
neer Brown.
The Sims company, which alleged
the fibre content averaged about "a
per cent while the contract speci-
fed II per cent, assigned their con-
tract recently to e. A. McBeth, Ft
Wawne, former State Senator P
H. Easton, Sanborn, Ind, and w
G. Gambel, Indianapolis.
Want Mccullough
McBeth, Easton and Gambler tool
over the hve-year contract at $21.7E
q ton, the same figure, on the CON
dition that Mccullough, who pat.
ented the process, be retained al
general superintendent. The con-
tract amounts to nearly 100000 8
year.
MacFall said it was believed wise
to retain Mccullough long enough
to get the process working perfect.
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