Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 307, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1928 — Page 3

APRIL' 20, 1928

HOLT TO BLOCK $450,000 JOB WITHCQUHCIL Official Refuses to Offer Belt Railroad Project for Action. PROGRAM IS INHERITED Declares He’ll Start Over With Board of Works on Proposition.

Further delay in beginning the $7,000,000 Belt railroad track elevation program was seen today in the announcement of City Controller Sterling R. Holt that he will not submit to city council the ordinance asking a $450,000 bond issue for widening and dredging of White River. * By agreement with the city, the Belt railroad will not begin its tenyear elevation program between W. New York St. and English Ave. until thirty days after funds for widening and dredging White River between Morris and Raymond Sts. The former board of works under John L. Duvall’s administration executed a contract with Charles Jefferson to do the widening and dredging. It is understood the Slack administration desires to investigate the Duvall board’s contract before proceeding with the project. Holt Blocks Action “This will have to start over again With the board of works. I’m not going to present the ordinance I inherited when I took over the office,” Holt said. Litigation over the damages to the 3?anite Sand and Gravel Company for property to be acquired in the straightening project is pending in court, also, temporarily delaying the program. The present board of works, under President Oren S. Hack, has not resubmitted to council the ordinance asking $260,000 for extension of the Morris St. bridge. Old councilmen objected to the contract let to the National Concrete Company for $260,000 because it provided the bridge be remodeled at its present width. South Side councilmen also declared the contract was let on an illegal bid. Resolutions Prepared M. N. Beebe, track elevation engineer, is preparing resolutions to be presented to the board of works, which contemplate the vacation of Oriental St. at Southeastern Ave. and the opening of Leota St., one block west, between Washington St. and Southeastern Ave.-as part of tbe continuation of Pennsylvania track elevation. The works board and Mayor L. Ert Slack are expected to go ahead with their plans to close Oriental, long opposed by the resident property owners, as a safety measure. “The greatest traffic hazard in the city would be created with ele-

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Mrs. Robert McKay, of University Heights, who is directing organization work among Marion County women in behalf of the candidacy of Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary of State, for the Republican nomination for Governor. Mrs. McKay is in charge of Schortemeier headquarters, Rooms 317-318 at the Severin. vation of the tracks if Oriental remains open,” Beebe declared. A delay of two years probably result if property owners obtained a court order restraining the board from making the improvement. Merle M. A. Walker, who represents remonstrators, indicated he would file objections to the closing cr the street. , Walker said he would attack the board’s authority to alter its program, agreed upon with the Pennsylvania railroad. Would Delay Elevation Litigation over the closing of the street, east of the Ford assembly plant, would result in delay in beginning the second section of the Pennsylvania $2,000,000 elevation program from Davidson St. to State Ave. The second section extends from Crase St. to a point east of Oriental St. and will cost about $700,000. Railroad engineers agreed with city officials that the Oriental artery would create a serious hazard. Specifications of the elevation work are being revamped in accordance with the city’s announcement that Oriental will be vacated at that point. Funds Soon Available Beebe said the city’s share of 34 per cent of the cost of the second section would be available this year. The work will take all funds raised under the three cent levy of the 1928 appropriation ordinance. Cutting of the track elevation levy from the maximum of six cents in 1928 will crimp the city's program in track elevation unless city council sees fit to carry on the work with special bond issue. “If the city had obtained the maximum levy, it could draw depository interest on the accumulated funds instead of paying interest on money raised by bonds,” Beebe said.

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ADAMS ASSAILS RIVALS IN G, 0. P. COLUMBUS, Ind., April 20. Thomas H. Adams, Vincennes publisher, and candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, renewed his attack on rival Republican candidates in a campaign speech here Thursday night. Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier, Harry G. Leslie, twice speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, and Charles W. Jewett, former mayor of Indianapolis, comprised the trio arraigned.

“I have charged Schortemeier with involving himself in the D. C. Stephenson trial,” Adams declared. “I have charged that his appointments were selected by George V. Coffin and Stephenson and that he is being supported by Lee Smith and Joe Huffington, former Stephenson ‘lieutenants.’ “I have charged Leslie, speaker of the notlorious Stephenson Legislature, with aiding and abetting the gang by blocking investigation of the corruption charges. He has not answered. “I have charged that Jewett, the Thurman (M. Bert Thurman, campaign manager for Senator James E. Watson) candidate for Governor, has made a deal with Coffin. He has not answered.”

FORD PRAISES BRITISH RIVAL Inspects Plant of English Competitor. By United Press LONDON. April 20. —Henry Ford now knows how some of his foreign competitors work. He admitted they are doing much better than Americans think. He paid an unexpected visit Thursday 4o the plants of Morris

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