The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
PREDICT AUTO
EXPENSE QUIZ
.. BY GOVERNOR
Executive Expected to Keep
Inaugural Pledge of
Economy.
APPOINTMENTS WAITING
JudgeShip and Educational
Board Positions Will
Be Filled.

Consideration of charges that
maintenance and repair costs of
state highway department automo-
tive equipment. have been grossly
excessive will be begun by Governor
Harry G.. Leslie when he returns to
his office Tuesday from a vacation
in Dunes park and in Canada, 1t
was confidently predicted today.
Two pending appointments and
two extradition petitions also await
the Governors attention.
During the Governors absence,
figures of the highway motor
transport divisions expenditures were
disclosed by The Times, indicating
that repair and maintenance costs,
which approximated $75o,000 in the
year 1927-f928, included thousands
Of dollars wasted on Wornout equip
ment.
The report had been kept secret,
although the significance of its con-
tents had leaked out and recently
has been laid before the Governor,
1t is said.
Must Explain Expense
That Omer S. Manlove, motor
transport division chief, will be
asked to justify the expenditures,
running as high as $1,000 on a Ford
in a years time, and into the thou
sands on trucks and tractors, ap-
peared a certainty, in view of the
Governors inaugural pledge of econ
omy in all state departments.
Disclosures that five near rela-
tives of the division chief are on the
highway pay roll also were expected
10 receive the Governors attention,
in view of his campaign denuncia-
tions of nepotiSm.
John j. Brown, highway director,
today reaf1rmed his stand there
shall be no exorbitant upkeep ex-
penses and declared he told Man
love that all repair jobs involving
considerable expenditure, must re-
ceive the directors approval before
work is begun.
when we have a repair job that,
in my opinion, will cost more than
the vehicle upon which the work is
to be done, or is not worth the ex-
pense, I shall order the repairs
withheld Brown said.
'I can not state too strongly my
opposition to unnecessary expendi-
lures for repairs
Appointments Necessary
The Governor must fill a
vacancy in the Forty-f1rst judicial
circuit comprising Fulton county, the
Judge Of which, Reuben r. Carr, died
several weeks ago.
It is probable Hiram Miller,
Rochester attorney and former may
or of that city, will be the new
Judge, as he has received the in
dorsement of the county bar asSo-
ciation and is without opposition.
The Governor must also appoint a
successor to George Reitzell of Dan
vile as member of the state
board of education. Reitzen was
the representative on the board OF
the county school superintendents.
He was not reelected and his term
expired Aug. IS.
No successor has been mentioned
for this position.
Two Extradition Hearings
Two extradition hearings have
been set.
One is on the demand Of the
state Of New York for Burns Sin
clair. now in the Marion county Jail
for robbery in the first degree.
Sinclair's attorney, ]. Carl Van
ciivier. has protested that his client
claims never to have been in New
York.
The other extradition hearing is
on the parole violation in Iowa OF
Blanche WilkerSon, now i'll in
Noblesville hospital. The woman was
covicted of forgery in Iowa and
was paroled, violating her liberty by
marrying and leaving the state.