The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-06
COUNCIL BARS
TAVERNS' PLEA
OF ANNEXATION
President Raub Terms Act
a 'SUbterfuge' to Avoid
State Laws.
0. K. LOAN OF 100000
Llberty-St. Is Changed to
Park-Av,: EmbaIming
Bill Passes.

closed the door on SIX rural taVernS
seeking Abundance into the city
limits and, thus. the right to sell
beer and liquor.
A feeble effort to bring the Cha
teau Lido. located between Key
stOne-av and the Allisonville-rd, and
the Macoda Bar. located at Brill-st
and the MadIson-rd, into the city
by annexation was made by Adolph
J. Fritz and Mrs Nannette DoWd.
council members, but other council
men were determined to bar all
rural tavcrns As matter Of policy.
Edward 3. Raub. Council presi-
dent, voiced The ma orlty sentiment
when he said. These annexation
moves are merely subterfuge to
eyade the state law"
S5OOOOO Loan Approved
The Council refused to repeal the
1888 annexation Of strip Of land
along N Meridan-st above White
River. William A. Oren. council /
mail Atti tdA ~ AAldl AfAF ItNlNttlAN III
that neighborhood were trying to
push this measure through in order
to evade city taxes and establish
town of their own.
An ordinance authorizing the city
controller to borrow 100000 in an
tlCipatiOn Of November tax cOllec-
lions was introduced and unani-
Fr1OFEzlHr Good
of the rules
After lengthy debate the Coun-
Gil passed a measure making i
mandatory that bodies of all per
sons who die i'm the city be en-
balmed here and that the service
be done in a licensed preparatory
room.
Liberty-St Now Park-av
George TAYLOR. chief clerk of the
Board Of Health. told the members I
that this measure was necessary If 4
his Office was to keep complete rec +
ordS of deaths in this city. Robert I
Kirby spoke for the ordinance in /
behalf of Marion County undertake .
ers. 1t declared 1t was a health
measure.
Liberty-st today became Park-av,
after the city fathers passed an ordi-
nance to that effect last night.
Members of the Council we're vague
as to the origin of the ordinance,
but they said 1t would help land
lords rent property on Liberty-st It
was felt that Park-av was much
more digni1ed name.
The sum of $500 was approprl
ated to pay IN fun legal fees result
Ing from A patent infringement case
IN the sanitary district on which
compromise settlement was MADE
by the city
Kern's Guard Gets Pay Hike
Direction Of traffic on MuSkingum-
ST was changed from southbOund to
nOrthbound
In addition. two ordinances max
ing the police officer assigned 10
Mayor John w. Kern'S office lieu
tenant and increasing his pay from
$3.50 to S2121 a year were passed.
Detective Sergt. Lawrence McCarty
now is assigned to this duty.
Appropriations to the Park De
partment OF $500 for replacing
tool shop at the Charles E. Coffin
golf course. which was destroyed by
fire. and Of $1,000 to meet expenses
Of nine band concerts in the parks
during the remainder of the sum-
mer were approved.
Demands Pool Construction
Councilman Edward r Healing
kept his promise to East Side civic
organizations and introduced a
measure mandatng the Park Com
mlSSlonerS to build $4,000 SWIM
ming pool in BrOokSlde Park.
The proposed ordinance provides
that the costs of the pool be paid
out of the uneXpended balance of
the 1885 city general fund.
An ordinance authorizing the pur-
chasing department to establish &
central store room was introduced.
as was a measure which would give
boulevard status to N Meridian-St
from 16th-St to the city limits and
on 39th-st through its entire length
IN the city. Several minor financial
transfer ordinances also were IN
troGuced.