The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-07
TRACTION HEADS
PROMISE LINES
BEFORE AUTUMN
Appel and Jeffries Agree to
Push Proposed Extensions
If Council Suspends Con-
ductOr Ordinance.
Jeffries Claims Measure Re-
quiring Extra Man on Fair
view Cars Violates Boards
Previous Agreement.

The South Eighth street car line is
to be extended from II street through
Beallview to N street, the line to be
ready for service by fall, and work is
to start Immediately extending car
line along North Nineteenth street,
from n street to Morton park.
PoAzsve assurance of these improve
ments was given yesterday afternoon
by VICE President Appel and General
SupsI Ntendent Jeffries of the Terre
Ha,N,-r Indianapolis & Eastern Trac-
tion company to Mayor Robbins, the
members of the board of public work
and representatives of the South Side
Improvement association at meeting
held at the city building.
In consideration of the company's
promise of line extension work this
summer, improvements which will
cost a considerable amount, and at
the request of the company officials,
the ordinance pending in council com
pelling the company to place conduc-
tors on it's Fairview and Richmond av-
enue cars is not to be pushed. Mem
bers of the council ordinance commit
tee agreed to this.
Bill Violates Promise.
Mr.. Jeffries at the meeting yester-
day stated that when the company
first agreed to the two line extensions
city officials promised that no public
improvements or regulation which
would entail additional expense to the
company were contemplated for this
year, but that within few days after
this assurance had been given by mem
bers of the board OF public works the
ordinance requiring conductors on
west side cars was introduced.
It was because of this ordinance,
Mr.. Jeffries said, that work on the two
extensions had been delayed. He also
frankly stated that If the ordinance
became effective the extensions would
not be made, because the ordinance
would add $1,700 year to the com
pany's operating expenses.
City officials then agreed to drop the
measure, providing definite assurance
of line extension work this summer
was given.
Open Large District.
The two new lines will will open up
two large sections of the city. The
development of Beallview bass always
been held back because it had no street
car service The extension of the
South Eighth street line, six blocks
further south is expected to make
Beallview one of the most popular resi-
Dental and factory districts. 81, Manu-
facturers in that section of Richmond
were delighted when informed that
they would have a car line before win
ter.
The Morton park addition, laid out
with the end in view of making it one
Of the most popular residential sec.
tions, is expected to have a big boom
now that it is to have a street car
line. A $4,000 sewer system in that
addition, which will serve all the
northeastern section of the city, is be
Ing constructed, and it will be com.
pletely surrounded by one of the fin.
est boulevards in the state. This work
Is now being rapidly pushed to com
pletion.
City officials feel if the Street Car
company can be induced to place a
line on South E street to open up the
southeastern section of Richmond
within the next two or three years, the
city will have one of the best street
car systems of any community it's size
In the country.