Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1929 — Page 5

-MAY 15, 1029.

BROAD RIPPLE SEWAGE PLANS AGAIN DELAYED

Construction Postponed for One Year; Engineer Criticised. Construction of the Broad Ripple ewer project, launched in May 1927, under the last sanitary board, will not be finished until next year. City Engineer A. H. Moore said today. Moore and B. J. T. Jeup, majority faction members, voted to rescind action on the plan, submitted by ChaTles H. Hurd, consulting engineer, who has been working on the project two years. Otto C. Ross, board president and minority member. opposed dropping Hurd's plan. Ross urged that work be rushed on revised plans. He said the board’s route is less desirable than Hurd's plan." "The line proposed and recommended by Hurd would be less expensive in construction and hydraulically it would be more nearly Ideal.” Jeup declared the $427,500 estimate in Hurd's plan is SIOO,OOO "too high.” Hurd's proposals are "incomplete, not in accordance with flood pre- I 'ention plans and do not provide capacity to properly carp for the I sewage for the next ten-year j period," Jeup charged. In my judgment, such a sewer j should have capacity to serve a population for a period of from j twenty to twenty-five years at j east.” Jeup said. He criticised ! Hurd's plan which provided four river crossings in the route to the j sewage plant scuthwest of the city. I Action of the board resulted from j numerous priva e conferences. Mayor L. Ert Slack refused to ! choose a plan, referring the matter j o the board to “settle among ! themselves.” "We should havp a substitute pl'.n before the board in thirty days. We could not have finished the work this year anyway,” Moore said. Moore said the department plans to pump the sewage again this year to permit opening of McClure beach. The raw sewage flows into White river above the beach. CONNERSVILLE. Ind.. May 15. Police today are without clews to burglars who blew a safe in the department store of D. C. Lavengood Cos., and escaped with $620. Entrance was gained through a sky- i light. 1

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PLAYWRIGHTS HAVE CHANCE TO WIN COIN Pacific Coast Producer Asks The Times to Broadcast His Thousand Dollar New Play Contest. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN. SINCE the movie-talkers have become such a rage and are making such a drain upon well-known playwTights and the Broadway acting group, the legitimate manager is getting his eyes open and is starting to open his eyes. Producer after producer on Broadway is announcing that he i§ unabie to get certain actors, dance instructors, song writers and playwrights because most of them are going into the talkers. This famine of playwrights can be solves in only one way, and that is to encourage and develop the unknown playwright. It has been my pleasant job for many years to sit on many piay

reading committees, having served in that capacity on the John Golden play writing contest. I know that there is a great deal of undeveloped playwriting talent in the state of Indiana and I am willing to inform those interested at all times concerning any movement that seeks to aid the new playwright with the unproduced play. Have received a letter from Carlton Miles, publicity direetbr for The Henry Duffy Players, Inc., that operates a chain of theaters on the Pacific coast, announcing a SI,OOO award for the “best wholesome humorous play not hitherto produced.”

Miles believes that this will be of interest to the unknown Indiana playwright and for that reason he has asked me to publish his announcement. Miles’ statement to me is as follows: The Henry Duffy Players Inc., operatine theaters on the Pacific coast in Los Angeles. Hollywood. San Francisco. Portland. Seattle. Vancouver and Oakland, Cal., are offertng a prize of *I.OOO for the best wholesome humorous play not hitherto produced. The winning play, which must be a clean and wholesome comedy, not only will receive a cash award, but will be offered in Duffy theaters If found suitable for production, and also in New York. The contest has been started with the idea of discovering worthwhile, unproduced plays and to stimulate creative effort on the part of American playwrights. The contest is open to any one in the country and dramatic critics of the newspapers of the Pacific coast, including the states of California. Oregon. Nevada and Washington and also British Columbia, are to receive the manuscripts and act as the Judges of the contest, the final committee of dramatic critics being chosen by the vote of their fellow reviewers. Manuscripts may be sent to any of the newspaper reviewers 'f the coast. The contest closes on Oct. 1. 1929, and the award will be made on Nov. 1. Further details of the contest may be obtained by writing the publicity department. Henry Duffy Players. Alcazar theater. San Francisco." The writers, who are interested in this contest, may make an appointment with me and I will be glad to

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RAIL RATES TO EAST LOWERED FOR SUMMER Pennsylvania Excursion Schedule to Be Effective in June. Announcement of the lowest excursion rates from middle western points to the Atlantic seaboard, which have been in effect for many years was sent to the local office today by A. H. Shaw, general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Chicago. Excursi' i tickets with return trip coupon good at any time within thirty days will be placed on sale at a fare of 75 per cent of the regular round trip rate. The reduced fare ticket may be used on any Saturday, beginning June 8, until Aug. 31. The return trip, however, may be made on any day of the week. The summer excursion rates on the Pennsylvania.will go into effect from Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit and all other points in the Central Passenger Association territory. They will be sold to New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Long Island and New Jersey seashore resorts and the Virginia tidewater territory.

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every available field. Success of the drive will depend chiefly on the attitude of the next administration, since Portes Gil's ; term of office ends Feb. 5, 1930. Portes Gil said a national commit- ! tee would direct the movement, as- j sisted by sub-committees of various i state departments including the national health section.

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dent; G. Smith, Evansville, vicepresident, and F. M. Ayres, Indian - apolis, secretary.