Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1923 — Page 3

SATURDAY; DEC. 29, 1923 .

ROAD COMMISSION SIGNS CONTRACTS FOR 1924PR0GRAM Bids on Twelve of Fourteen Projects of State Highways Accepted, The first installment of Indiana s 1924 State highway building program is under contract today, following acceptance by the State highway com mission, as previously indicated, lowest bids on twelve of. fourteen laving and grading projects. Approximately 400 miles is contemplated in 1924. The first unit represents eighty-three miles Bids will ho received Jan. 2 on fifty-nine miles of paving and twenty-five miles of grading and structures, John D. Wil'iams. director, stated. Investigation is being made of bonds of two bidders on Road No. 40 mil Road No. 10 in Sullivan County. Contracts Awarded Contracts awarded: Lafayette pike No. 6. two miles north o' Royaiton to Lebanon in Boone County, 8 309 "miles; George T. Miller of Lebabnon. 5L62.244 62. Tell City-Eaglinh Rd., No. 14 from Don Juan to the north line of Union Township in Perry County. 5.595 miles Harshman and Jarrell of Frankfort. $54,004.26. Salem-Palmyra Rd.. No. 24, south fork to middle fork of Blue River in Washington County. 4.204 miles, grading’ and structures: Mansard and Magtrard of Austin $19,635 97. Salem-Palmyra Rd.. No. 24. two miles .orth of Palmyra to south fork of Blue River tn Washington County. 3.484 miles -‘laggard & Maggard of Austin. $36 699.54 Improvement on Michigan Rd. Michigan Rd.. No. 6 New Bethel to two miles east of London in Marion and Shelby Counties. S 788 miles; Davies Construction Company of Tipton. $171,042 Michigan R<l No 0 from two miles east r.f London io Shelbyvilie in Shelby County. 9 705 miles’ DavLs Construction Company. Tipton. $181,981.03. Bluff Rd. No 22 from Johnson Countyline to Indiana polls in Marion County. 6 126 miles’ Fred Cunningham Indianapolis. $135,591.38. Bluff Rd. No. 22. Waverly to Marion County line in Morgan and Johnson Conn ties 6 67$ miles. Frank S. Tillman. Milv.aukee. Wig $154 569.80 Martinsville Road Bluff Rd No 22. from two miles e 3 st of MarMnsviile to Waverly in Morgan County. 10.390 miles: Dull Bros, of Arcanum. Ohio. Range Line Rd No. 1. from Bunker Hill to Peru in Miami County. 6.847 miles; C. ’ Kain. Bluffton. $169.6.21 37. Dixie Bee Line Rd No 10. Ft Branch to ‘•rino-to : in Gibs >:■ Co’intv. 6.208 miles r’r-d Cunningham Indianapolis. sl3l. 031 98. Range Line. No. 1. Howard County line to ’• looker Hill in Miami County 6 969 miles. Bli.ss Brothers of Hamier, Ohio. $135.207.38 [MI HOSPITAL WASTIRE TRAP’ No Adequate Escape Provided, Testimony Shows, •/ l niteii Prtet CHICAGO- Dec. 29. —Testimony, which niithoritiea said indicated the ‘'hicago Stale Hospital for the Int>ar.e was a “fire trap,” was presented today 10 the coroner's jury investigating the ■ere that took a 101 l of nineteen lives Wednesday night. Officials and employes of the institution and State officers under whose direction the hospital is operated, told of conditions among the inmates. They described the building which burned as a “death house.” and said no adequate means of escape in case of fire was provided. Dismember* ■d portions of another body were found in the ashes of the buildings Friday, bringing the total dead in the blaze to nineteen. Officials said one more body may be found. John Burke, white-haired fire marshal of the institution, told the Jury he was surprised the death toll was not heavier than 3,500 patients are in various buildings of the hospital. Two hundred were in the building which burned. CORONER INVESTIGATES PAUL WALTER’S DEATH Star Store Boy Employe in Fatal Fall to Elevator Pit. • ’oioner Paul F. Robinson, and Deputy William A. Doeppers today investigated the death of Paul Waif ers, 15. of 50 S. Ryboit St., who f.MI to his death in an elevator shaft at the Star Store. Missouri and W. Washington Sts., late Friday. Poiict- and the coroner were told by Daniel Ritter, manager, that the boy had been warned against running the elevator James Plummer, 253 Detroit St., operator, said he left the car in the basement. Eater the boy's body was found at the bottom of the pit, but the elevator was at the fifth floor. Police believe the boy, finding himself at the top of the shaft, tried to climb out of the car and fell. SHELBYVILLE WOMAN IS GI''EN INDUSTRIAL JOB 'l lß- Margaret Hoop to Succeed Mrs Ij. Eue.la Cox,Jan. 1. Efforts to protect the rights of women and children in Industry in Indiana will be earned on by Mrs. Margaret Hoop of Shelbyvilie, who will become director of the department of women and children of the State industrial board Jan. 1, following appointment by Governor McCray. Mrs. Hoop, secretary of the Shelbyville school board, will succeed Mrs. L. Luelia Cox. East Chicago charity worker, who resigned to attend to personal business. LONDON HEARS U. S. RADIO Tert Carried Out in Program Broadcast From Pittsburgh. By Unite# Presi LONDON, Dec. 29.—The British Broadcasting Company announced today last midnight It received and relayed throughout England a concert and Boy Scout lecture from station KDKA. Pittsburgh. The teat was carried out despite atCKwpherfo obstacles and was clearly th* Amaiftrr .jM:.-.

L.S. Ayres & Company

Monday Will See the Year’s Biggest E.O.M. Every month 0f 1923 has been greater in sales-volume than any corresponding month in the Stores history Bigger Business Means More Odds and Ends Ayres’ E.O.M. sales, originated eight years ago as a method of clearing up all our stocks every month, and disposing of odd pieces, leftover lines, and the like, have found favor from the first. This is because they have always been just what they purported to be, and nothing else. Monday Closes Our Most Successful Year The extraordinary business of 1923, and in particular of December, 1923, provides material for this “End-of-Year, End-of-Month” Sale to be by far the greatest of the year in assortments, in diversity, and in volume of sales. Every Department Participates There will be many, many more bargains for your choosing than we could possibly crowd into our accustomed advertising space. There would be far too many for intelligent, unhurried reading. We are, therefore, confining ourselves to this one announcement, trusting to the reputation of E.O.M. and of our customers’ experience with its opportunities to tell the story. The Downstairs Store Is Well Prepared, Too This popular division of the Ayres Store, fastest growing of all our units, will be well represented with hundreds of popular-priced bargain opportunities. i \ Sale Takes Place Monday— Store Opens 9 A. M.

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