Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 217, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1930 — Page 14

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ACQUISITION OF UTILITY BALKS CITY OFFICIALS Trustees Temporarily Drop Question After Short Discussion.

BY EDWIN V. O’NEEL Present valuation of the Indianapolis Water Company, estimated between $20,000,000 and $23,000,000, somewhat baffled city utilities trustees who discussed briefly the question of the city acquiring the property at a recent conference in the office of City Controller Sterling R. Holt. The trustees informally talked of former Mayor L. Ert Slack’s suggestion that advisability of the city owning and operating the utility be considered, but didn't get "beyond tha discussion of the price,” it was said. The trustees are expected to give further consideration to the proposal at a later date. Talk Few Minutes The trustees and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan discussed the utility question only for a few minutes. Several city officials endeavored to recall the sale price of the utility when the present interests took it over, and it was decided to investigate valuation then, and study the improvements to the properties in an effort to arrive at a fair value of the company’s holdings. In event the city seeks to buy the plant. It la likely the question of the water company’s title to the present canal, understood to have been the subject of considerable contention, will be brought up again. Asa parting suggestion. Slack wrote William J. Mooney, trustees* | president, suggesting that study of . the desirability of city acquiring the ! water property, because of its loca- i tion along streams, be started with the view of reaching a decision in the future.

Mayor Not Worried “The question of a city owning its own water utility does not worry me like it does some folks. I think it is desirable if its operation is divorced entirely from politics,” Sullivan commented after the conference with the trustees. believes that success of municipal ownership and operation of a utility would depend on nonpartisan control as provided in a 1929 statute, creating the utilities board. Corporation Counsel Edward H. Knight advised trustees nothing could be done toward acquiring the Citizens Gas Company, as provided under the 1905 charter, until settlement of a case in federal court. Several stock certificate holders are seeking to prevent the city from taking over the utility, in accordance with the plan of the founders of the company.

BURN NEW PRAYER BOOK Copy of Revised Kd'tion Publicly Destroyed at Exeter Cathedral. Bv United Preen EXETER. England. Jan. 20. That antipathy toward the Church of England’s adoption of the 1928 prayer book only slumbers was indicated here when a copy of the revised edition was burned publicly outside Exeter Cathedral Saturday. The act took place at the instance the League of Loyal Churchmen. The Rev. G. E. Miles, clerical secretary of the organization, placed the prayer book on a bonfire, remarking, "We are loyal to our prayer book of 1662.” Chilean Beauty to Sail Bv United Pre.ee SANTIAGO. Chile, Jan. 20 Miss Violeta Gomez Briceno, beautiful Valparaiso society girl, is sailing for the United States Feb. 15 to represent Chile in the international beauty contest at Miami, Fla. She has been chosen "Miss Chile."

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