The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-20
DOVE OF PEACE
HOVERS OVER
CONFERENCE
Probable Dayton & Western
And City Officials Will Sign
An Agreement in the Near
Future.
CONCESSIONS MADE
BY BOTH PARTIES
Traction Company Will Not
Have to Accept City Tickets
While City Gets Rights
StubbornIy Fought For.

AS result of the conference held
yesterday afternoon between w. kei-
sey Schoepf. president of the Ohio
Electric Railway company, which con-
trolls the Dayton & Western traction
company, the board of public works
and City Attorney T. ]. Study, ten
tative agreement was drawn up, salts
factory both to Mr.. Schoepf and the
city, and it is expected that within the
next three weeks the last of the many
traction squabbles, which have afflict-
ed the business interests of the city
for the past two years, will have been
finally disposed of.
The board and Mr.. Study dropped
their bull headed policy yesterday and
met Mr.. Schoepf half way. The COM
pany made concessions and so did the
city officials. hence the drawing up
of a tentative agreement did not
prove difficult task. This agreement
Mr.. Schoepf will submit to the Off
cials of his company and will be re-
! turned to the board next Wednesday in
! the form of a franchise agreement
This will then besubmitted to council
| for endorsement. Undoubtedly coun
Gil will only be too glad to take such
action.
| The conce ssions made by the city
was waving the clause providing tha
the Dayton & Western accept city line
tickets for fares on it's cars when op
Grating in this city, and waving the
clause which provides the compan,
shall issue transfers to city cars ant
! accept the same for fares. The com
pany on it's part agrees to waive thu
clause providing it's cars can do loca
business from the east corporation
line to the west corporation line, limit
ing this business from the east cor
poration line to Eighth street. Tit
company further agrees that if it shall
use the north end freight line for pas
senger business its cars shall operat
under the same agreement that the I
Fl. 1. & E. passenger cars would b
obliged to operate under, which agree
ment provides that transfers shall b
given and accepted and that city lin
tickets shall be accepted for fares.
schoepf Doubtful.
When. Mr.. Schoepf was informe
that his company in submitting 1t
franchise agreement to the board, ha
, specified in the agreement that tn
company be permitted to do a locs
business, Mr.. Schoepf flatly refused
believe the company had inserte
| such a provision but was convince
when the agreement was shown
him. He said that 1t was not the po
, icy of his syndicate to ask any cit
, the privilege of doing a local bushes
City officials are highly please
, that the tentative agreement does NJ
+ permit the company to operate loc'
, business from the east corporate
line to the west corporation lin
They point out that with the compan
: not Obliged to issue or accept tran
=, fers. or to sell or accept city line tic
cts. and with the privilege of doing
!, local business throughout the city,
= would have been possible for the cor
, pany to substitute its cars for city lir
= | cars doing an east and west busines
which cars are obliged to sell and a
cept tickets and issue and accel
| transfers