The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-15
Franchise of indianapolis Terminal
and Traction Company Read and
Passed Before the Others.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUSINESS
MIR. MCGOWAN SAYS 1T MEANS
GREATEST SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.
No Such Local and Interurban Rail-
way Plant, I'm Point of Perfect Or
sanitation, Elsewhere.

The franchises of the Indianapolis Trac-
ton and Terminal Company and the eight
interurban railroads were passed by City
Council last night with only dissenting
vote. When the report of the committee on
contracts and franchises in favor of their
passage before the Council for con-
currence. Moriarity, Democrat, councilman
from the Tenth ward said he had not COM
pared the amended franchises. I'VE are
giving away to these gentlemen valuable
rights" said he. "and 1 want to see the
ordinances before / vote on them" He
voted against concurrence in the commits
tees report and against every franchise
without further explanation.
The session was tedious. The documents
full Of legal verbiage were read in full and
before the reading over City Clerk
Elliott induced a strong-voiced reporter 20
complete the job. The franchise of the
Traction and Terminal Company was read
first. At its conclusion, Chairman Neglcy,
of the committee on contracts and fran
chises, who the steering committee.
moved the third reading. engrossment and
final passage. On final passage all OF the
Council voted for the franchises except
Moriarity. After his first statement IL was
supposed he would try to obstruct the
passage Of all the measures. but n, cnly
placed himself on record against them.
Ane eight interurban ordinances, alike ex-
cept to the routes through the city
streets, were then read according 10 theis
order of introduction and passed with the
negative vote of Moriarity. President Haid-
eman, Of the Council. was out OF the city.
On one roll-call Mr.. Holiday absent
and on another Mr.. Shea and Mr. Wahl
were in another part Of the building.
INTERURBAN OFFICIALS PRESENT.
President MCGOWAN, of the Indianapolis
Street-railway Company; w. N. Harding.
representing the Shelbyvine and Lebanon
roads; Charles Finley Smith. of the Mar
tinsville line; Albert Lieber, Of the Plain
field line; w. G. Irwin. of the Greenwood
line; Arthur Brady, of Muncie, represent
ing President McCulloch. Of the Union and
Indianapolis Northern Companies, and
other officials Of the interurban roads were
present. The session lasted over two hours.
In the absence of President Haldeman.
Vice President Rhodes was I'm the chair.
1t had been the intention of the Board OF
Public Works to send TO last nights meet
ing franchise, in duplicate OF those
granted 10 other interurban roads. for the
Lafayette Indianapolis Rapid Railway
Company, but this not done because
unanimous consent would have been re-
quired TO pass il. This franchise will be
sent over Monday night to the regular ses-
sion and Will take the usual course through
the committee on contracts and franchises.
President w. c. Mitchell and CITY Attorney
Hayworth, OF Lafayette, representing the
company, were in the Council chamber
during the evening. The line is projected to
parallel the Big -Four Railroad from Lafay-
cite through Clofax, Thorntown and other
points.to this city. According TO it's fran
chise IL is to enter the city at the end OF
the Riverside Park line and continue over
that route TO Illinois street and the Union
station, where IL will turn in the loop
through the indianapolis company's car
house. II mas contracted with the Indian
apolis Street-raiway Company for the use
of its tracks
MAYOR TO SIGN TOMORROW.
The ordinances will be presented TO Mayor
Bookwalter for signatures on Saturday.
when he is expected to return from a busi-
ness trip to Fort Wayne. on which he left
last night. With his signature they win
be in full force and effect Unless some
discrepancy is shown the mayor will ap-
prove them. The Indianapolis Street-rail-
way Company is already preparing for the
changes it will have TO make for the in
stallation OF the inner loop system down
town, but actual work on the extensions
agreed 10 by the Traction and Terminal
Company viii not be begun for some time
as the materials are not obtainable inme-
diatey. The Indianapolis company Is re-
constructing its Kentucky-aveaue line for
the use of the Painfield e. Martinsville
lines to illinois and Washington streets
Company at Capitol avenue and Kentuckv
avenue, where the temporary depot OF the
Union Company will be established The
site OF the new terminal station has not
been disclosed, nor the sites OF the freight
stations
President MCGOWAN. who has been active
IN bringing about the solution OF the in
terurban problem. said last night that the
passage OF the ordinances meant that in
eighteen months Indianapolis would be Wis
tied by thousands. who would come merely
To see the extraordinarily perfect local and
mterurban street-raiiway systems In
dianapolis will then have" said he the
most complete local system I'm the country
and In addition the most advantageous and
convenient interUrban system IN the world
As deeply interested as I am myself / be-
gin TO sec but vaguely the tremendous So
clal and commercial benefit q Is going TO
be 10 the city. To carry out all that is de-
signed means that those interested will
adopt brOad-gauge plans. which viii be 10
the credit OF indianapolis"