The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-21
COMPROMISE is
AGREED ON BY
CITY FATHERS
Redrafting Of Traffic Code
Amendment Is Started;
Territory Fixed.
SPECIAL SESSION is SET
ReVamped Measure to Be
Considered at Meeting
on Thursday.

on Thursday.
Redrafting Of the new traffic code
amendment ordinance was begun
today following council meeting
Monday night at which councilmen
reached a compromise by reducing
the area affected by the proposed
early morning parking ban and the
War Memorial Plaza parking ban.
The ordinance in its new form is
to be considered at a special session
set for 1890 Thursday afternoon.
The measure, as it now stands,
bans parking from 7 to 9:15 a. m.
in the area bounded by Vermont
street, South street, Senate avenue
and Alabama street, instead of TAX
ing in the entire mile square.
After 9:15 a. m. one-hour parking
will be permitted in this area, ex-
cept for Market street from Penn
sylvania to Alabama streets, where
parking will be limited to thirty
minutes. Outside this area in the
mile square, one and one-half hours
parking will be permitted.
Opposed by Gardner
Battle of Councilmen Leo F.
WEIGH, James A. Houck, Clarence I.
Wheatley and c. A. Hildebrand to
eliminate the plaza permanent park
ing ban was opposed principally by
Councilmen Fred G. Gardner, in
terested financially in the downtown
parking garage business, and Maui
rice E. Tenant. Two other coun-
cilnen, George A. Henry and Ernest
G. Ropkey, we're undecided.
Gardner pointed out that in other
cities having similar plazas, parking
strictly was banned.
Our attorneys tell us the war
memorial commission has power to
stop parking around the plaza, so
let them do it" Wheatley said.
Debate resulted in limiting the
plaza parking ban to the block
bounded by Michigan, Pennsylvania,
ANOl bAL dllNl DblG6LSs
Section Left Unchanged
The council changed the section
banning parking on the west side of
five principal north and south
streets from 7 to 9:15 a. m. and on
the east side from 4:30 to p. m,
to include only Meridian street from
Ohio to Sixteenth street.
Sections of the ordinance pro-
viding for inpounding of cars i'm
properly parked, not including over
time parking; banning of parking
on Monument Circle and it's APP
proaches, and requiring all traffic
on four lane streets to keep to the
right, except in overtaking and
passing other cars, we're left I'M
changed.
Petition signed by 121 downtown
business men asking power Of the
safety board to ban left turns at
Virginia avenue and Pennsylvania
street and Massachusetts, avenue
and Pennsylvania street, and right
and left turns at Meridian and
Washington streets, was referred to
the citizens traffic committee for
consideration.
Business Men Speak
Delbert o. Wilmeth, attorney, and
George J. Marott and j. Edward
Krause, business men, spoke in fla
vor of the proposal, asserting it
would HEP relieve traffic conges-
ton by permitting cars to take the
most direct route to downtown
points.
Action on ordinances confirming
contracts by the works board giving
Richard A Arnett the gasoline and
oil and airplane repair service con-
cession at municipal airport and
giving Carl Punde the airport res
taurant concession also will be
acted on at the special session
Thursday.
Immediate action under suspen-
sion of the rules was prevented by
Councilman Henry who declared he
had not had time to study the con-
tracts. Unanimous vote is required
to pass a measure under suspension
of rules.
Measures Are Passed
Measures passed by the council
include $4,000 appropriation from
the mayors contingency fund to the
health board to combat contagious
diseases; transfer of $4,000 from
the gasoline tax fund to the city
engineer for street repair, abolish
ing the taXicab stand on Monument
circle. authorizing expenditure of
$500 for a police radio station
transmitter and appropriating $3.50
to the municipal airport fund for
insurance.
Ordinances introduced provide for
q 100000 bond issue to pay the
city's share of widening New York
street from Emerson avenue to Gale
streets, changing the name of
School street from Twenty-Sixth to
Thirty eighth street to Forest
Manor avenue ana a $4,000 bona
issue to buy street flusherS, road
bling and sewer cleaning equipment.
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