The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-26

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propounded the old COMMUNICATING better
facilities for the future-together with Mr.. John
sons answers thereto. were read as follows:
THE COMMITTEES QUESTIONS.
INDIANAPOLIS, March %, 1888.
Citizens Street Railway Company:
conference.-the undersigned, members of the
council committees on judiciary and railroads,
togetner with the city attorney, desire an an
day OF March, 1883, by 4 p. NJ, TO the following
questions, to-wit:
/. Will you begin at once to place double plat
form cars on your lines, and nave changed
within one year from this date all ''boh-tailed'
cars into front and rear-platform cars3
your cars2
3. Win you introduce at once a system of
Transfers, Whereby a passenger, for one fare of
hve cents, may be transferred so as to enable
the passenger to go from any point on your
lines to any other point on your lines Within the
4. VIII you build a line to Crown Hill and run
cars regularly thereonf If so, how soon2
o. WI you, within one year. reverse all rails
now laid within the city limits, where the tram
Is turned outward, and remove t rails and sup
ply their places with tram rails, with the tram
turned in?
q. Win you agree that all tracks hereafter laid
by you, within the boundaries of New York, Del
aware, Louisiana and Tennessee streets, includ-
ing SAID streets, shall be IA free territory, and
tnat any other company so using said tracks
shall nrst pay TO your company for the use
thereof One-half of the cost of construction of
the part OF the track so used, sand one-half the
cost OF maintaining the same while so used, such
nan cost OF construction to be paid before such
use is cOmmenced2
z. If the Common Council and Board of Alder
men pass an ordinance providing for the matters
mentioned In the foregoing questions, will you
NE with the city CLERK, within ten days after its
passage, a copy of a resolution passed by your
board OF directors accepting the terms and con-
dluOns OF such an ordinance?
Respectfully yours,
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JOHN II. PEARSON,
N. YOKE, Railroads,
ALLEN CAYLOR,
C.S. DENNY. City Attorney.
THE 0oMPANY's REPLY.
The following reply was then read:
I-NDIANAPoLIs,> March "a, 1888.
Gentlemen of the judiciary and Railroads Commit
tees and City Attorney of the City of Indianapo-
Your communication of the 22d inst. handed
me has received my most careful consideration,
and | will most cheerfully call a meeting of the
board OF directors of our company for Immediate
action on any ordinance, resolution or direction
we may receive from the honorable Common
Council and Board of Aldermen to when our
assent may appear necessary or desirable, and
IN obedience to your wishes as expressed in
your seventh az question will file with the city
clerk within che time allowed a copy of such res
olution passed by our board, and feel perfectly
assured in advance OF their ready acceptance of
anything your honorable bodies may require of
us-n0t inconsistent with the terms of our char
ter-either with reference to a system of trans
fers, upon some basis that shall accomplish the
purpose mentioned in your third 81 question, or
the subject of extensions of existing lines, mem
toned in your fourth az question the
dation to the largest number we believe should be
the governing principle), or with reference to re-
Yersed rails or removing Objectionable rails
and substituting tram rails, in the time
required, as embraced in your fifth t) ques-
ton; or free territory, referred TO In your sixth
t6) question, to other companies on the coudi-
lions stated, who may acquire the right to con-
struct and operate lines under the authority of
the Common Council and Board of Aldermen,
which shall not trench upon previous grants and
rights to our company by the honorable Com
mon Council of the city of Indianapolis.
The first ~ and second ~ questions are
almost Synonymous, as front and rear platforms
and conductors necessarily go together, and are
universally used in connection with each other.
We have thought that the interest of the COM
munltY was better served by making the in
tervals between cars as short as possible, than
by increasing the expense of operating our lines
and thereby necessitating the lengthening the
interval or space between them; and since the
recent agitation of this question we have taken
great care to ascertain public sentiment on that
subject, and believe It almost universally con-
coded by the people of our city that short in
tervals are much more desirable than placing
conductors on our lines.
This embraces, l believe, the best answer pos
sible to make in the brief space of time you
have seen fit to require of us a written reply.
We would beg leave, however, to meet your
honorable committees in person for further con-
ference and for the arrangement of details in
our efforts to comply with your wishes.
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The questions and answers ~ were discussed
at considerable length, both by the members of
the committees and the JOhnsons, and it was
evident that the former were not at all satisfied
with the promise made by the latter. Mr.. Tom
Johnson stated that if double-end cars and con-
ductors were put OH all the lines it would in
crease their operating expenses at least 1925 a
day, and to recompense for this it would be
necessary to make fewer trips and decrease the
facilities for travelling in various other respects.
Colonel johnson finally said that the company
would agree to all the propositions except the
first ana second, but they must have further
time to consider these. The committees held a
private session, at which it was decided that the
answers given were altogether unsatisfactory,
and an adjournment was had until this after
noon.