The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 10

PAGE 8 SEC. 1 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1963 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- SAYS PLASS TOO COSTLY Sanitation Superintendent To Get Public Works Aivard Nichols award was established in 1951. The Public Works Association, with headquarters In Chicago, is composed of over 6,000 members interested In improving practices in thfc field of public works engineering and administration. City 'Neglects' Famous Statues 1929 and plant superintendent since 1952, will receive the Charles Walter Nichols Award at a convention banquet Wednesday. The award, which includes a $500 gift, will be given Bender for his achievement in devising a new method of treating outstanding the field of Detroit for achievements in sanitation.

Dwight O. Bender, superintendent of the city sanitation plant, will be presented an award at the annual convention of the American Public Works Association at sewage and increasing the sewage plant capacity with .31 BENDER, AN employe of the Indianapolis Board of Sanitary Commissioners since The acreage of Indiana land in farms decreased 6 per cent from 1925 to I960. out any physical changes in existing facilities. The annual YOU DARE TO Compare! iff you'll buy from ALE'S huge selection of What was once planned as a cultural showplace for Indianapolis, a grotto in Holliday Park for the famous Karl Bitter statues, now is a neglected, barren and meaningless exhibit, serving primarily as a potential death trap for youngsters. The man who originally drew up plans for building a suitable shrine for the Bit-.

ters statues, artist Elmer E. Taflinger, accuses city officials of failing to keep their word. METROPOLITAN Park Department Director A. J. Thatcher, the man most directly responsible for maintaining the Bitter memorial, explains that Taf- linger's plans for the grotto "simply were too expensive to follow." However, Thatcher prom- ises that landscaping neces-, sary to complete the Bitter memorial is programmed for this fall although the 000 Taflinger estimates is needed to install a planned fountain "just isn't avail-; able." The 5-foot stone kneeling 1 figures, which for almost 60 I years adorned the St.

Paul Building in New York City, were brought to Indianapolis four years ago. The statues, creations of world-famous sculptor Karl (Sior Photo) FAMOUS STATUES OF KARL BITTER ABANDONED IN HOLLIDAY PARK Loose Stones Pose Danger To Adventuresome Children ZALE'S GUARANTEE LXW- AlCi YOU MAY RETURN YOUR fferf' i I PURCHASE FOR FULL REFUND 1 WITHIN 60 DAYS IF YOU CAN i 4 dfStoW" F'ND BETTER DIAM0ND VALUE V'r JllPrik Bitter, were taken down after city officials present- ed plans for a grotto in Hol from the building four years ago when the structure was razed to make way for a new Western Electric Company office building. INDIANAPOLIS received custody of the statues in competition with five universities, the United Nations and Idlewild Airport. Western Electric awarded the statues to Indianapolis PEERLESS makes it possible for you to enjoy complete-peace-of-mind about your family's home comfort! "nd Thatcher probably has "Ct good reasons for pushing other projects." Taflinger said he and the architect have continually scaled down plans for the Bitter setting. Now it is possible, the artist said, to "satisfactorily" finish the project with an expenditure of $12,000 to complete work on the twin-jet fountain and "with the help of Thatcher's crews, to put in the necessary landscaping." AS IT STANDS now, the statues "stand out like a sore thumb" and the 40-foot-high stone figures are a menace to youngsters who like to climb the stone pillars and limestone wall which came with the statues, Taflinger points out.

According to the artist, the proposed fountain and the landscaping, including heavy shrubbery and trees, "will keep the kids from getting to the statues and-climbing all over them." Records show that at least two legal suits are pending against the city because youngsters have fallen from the dangerous memorial. Thatcher reported that the park board has employed a landscape architect to draw up plans for renovating Holliday Park itself, including restoration of the many flowers that once thrived there. The plans include work this fall around the Bitter memorial. liday Park, 64th Street and Spring Mill Road, to surround the stone figures of three workers a Caucasian, Negro and Mongol representing laborers of the world's three major races. Bitter's statues were brought to Indianapolis amidst elaborate plans for erecting a suitable memorial in Holliday Park, including a reflecting pool, twin-jet fountains and extensive landscaping.

Taflinger originally drew up plans for creating a "ruins" to surround the Bitter figures but the costs of fulfilling the artist's plans eventually escalated to an astronomical $420,000, Thatcher recalled. TAFLINGER said he told city officials at the time they bid for the Bitter statues that "they should plan on spending enough money for a suitable memorial or forget about the whole thing." The artist agreed with Thatcher that he and an architect employed by the park board "got a little carried away with the plans for the statues but who wouldn't? As we visualized it, this would have been the cultural showplace of the M'dwest," Taflinger said. Taflinger said he did not object to the fact that the -ark department has "by-nwe'T the Bitter project D. 10-diamond Bride and Groom elegant swirl mountings of polished and tex tured 14K gold. $100.00 A.

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