Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 298, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1936 — Page 18

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POLICE ‘NERVE CENTER' MADE SOUND PROOF Radio, Gamewell, Telephone Departments to Be Air-Conditioned. Another step in the modernization of the Police Department is now being carried out with the installation of air conditioning and sound-proofing equipment in the radio dispatcher and the Gamewell departments. Those departments comprising what is familiarly known as the “nerve center of headquarters”— dispatcher, Gamewell, telephone and house lieutenant—will enjoy healthier working conditions, it was said. Radio Captain Robert L. Batts, supervisor, said the work begun last week will take several weeks for completion. The total cost is expected to reach S2OOO. Eleven hundred dollars of this will go for the air conditioner. The four departments are to be enclosed in sound-proof, insulated walls to afford better broadcasting conditions. “Pure air is necessary,” Capt. Batts said, “because the operators must work close together, within view of each other, and yet must be isolated from the rest of the building. Even the toughest policeman will suffer from poor ventilation.” An electric “quiet” sign to flash when me only door to this section is opened is another of the new features being incorporated. Workmen have already equipped the mail door with an electric lock enabling the house lieutenant to bar entrance in time of emergency radio dispatching. Funds for the repairs have been obtained from the city and from the Works Progress Administration.

MOUNT VERNON GAS CONTRACTS APPROVED PWA Accepts Bids for Constructing Distribution System. Timm Special MOUNT VERNON, Ind., Feb. 21. —Contracts for construction of a distribution system for the city’s new municipal gas plant have been approved by Public Works Administration officials in Indianapolis, according to word received here today. Approved bidders are J. Trockman & Sons, Evansville, $15,895 for gas generating equipment; C. I. Penney Engineering Cos., Minneapolis, $17,136 for distributing units, and American Meter Cos., Chicago, $2320 for meters and regulators. Contracts and bids are to be executed immediately, and work is expected to begin as soon as weather permits. . Bingo Party Scheduled A bingo party is to be held in the mam dining room of Murat Temple tomorrow night, Fred B. McNeely, Shrine bingo chairman, said today. ICOLDSI I Relieve the distressing 111 I symptoms by applying \\\ jjl Mentholatum in nostrils \\\ j and rubbing on chest. y\ G. S. KELLER Successor to , PETTIS C JjT OPTICAL m 1* DEPT. 32 N. Penn. St. 3 is a service that has 1 j Vy continued to improve | throughout the years for the I simple reason that we have § never hesitated to add new = and modern facilities for the 1 benefit of our patrons. And, at the same time, we § have always held steadfastly § to a policy of cost entirely | within reason. HARRY W. MOORE J “In All Know This Undertaker" f§ MU East Michigan Street CHerry *>o3o f " m pav Highest Cash Prices for MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LINCOLN Jewelry & LOAN CO. 901 W With St Cor "* r '*“•• * UI "* Capitol A*.

Cards on the Table * " " a a a Central Library’s Stack 26 Feet Higher Than Building; 22,895 Adults Join in 1935.

IF the 127,600 cards listing book borrowers at the City Library were stacked on the sidewalk in front of the building at Meridian and St. Clair-sts they would reach skyward 176 feet or 26 feet higher than

the building. Placed end to end, the 3 by 5inch cards would stretch 10 miles. These 127,600 cards, including the names of readers at all the branch libraries as well as those at Central, compose one of the most complete and representative name lists in the city. During 1935, a total of 22,895 new cards were issued to adults, according to Miss Marcia M. Furnas, chief of the circulation department. Included were a couple of new Mary Smiths, bringing the total Mary Smiths at current reading to 58. Strange as it seems, the John Smiths are running far behind in the name derby. There are only 20 of them. John and Mary Wilson each will find 22 others using the same name, while more than 40 Ma,ry Millers are getting their reading material from the library. B B B Twenty-eight Mary Johnsons, 13 Walter Smiths and 11 John Joneses complete the list. The list of library customers would be even larger if persons generally realized the ease with which they may obtain cards, in the opinion of librarians. A rule which required an applicant to have an Indianapolis property owner sign for him before he became eligible for full library privileges was dropped 20 years ago, Miss Furnas pointed out. * A person whose name appears in the city directory at an address different from his own is the only reference now needed. One can get a card at Central Library or at his own neighborhood branch, and if his name is in the city directory, it will be issued at once. Deprecating the value of the card file as a guide to the actual number of library users, Miss Furnas pointed out that many persons read and do reference work in the library without the formality of registration. In other cases, entire families are provided with books and magazines by one cardholder.

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