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Indianapolis Pedestrian Woes Prompt Reader Letters
A string of letters to The Times describes city sewer backups creating a downtown lake behind the Spink Arms Hotel, sidewalk flooding on Massachusetts Avenue, and requests for street repairs on Harding and N Harding Streets. Readers urge officials to act, including a promise to order sewer cleaning and street paving delays tied to the Indianapolis Street Railway Company’s schedule.
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Indianapolis
Hargon
MR. Fixit
Times
Mayor Shank
the Times
Edward McBride
Fixit
McBride
Park Board
MR. Fexit
N. Harding St
Harding ST
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Elmer Williams
Board of Works
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