South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-21
Two Members of Council Body
Named to Suggest Action
Declare Car Service Must
Be Improved First.
BUECHNER AND HAGEY
DEMAND LOWER FARES
Say Tickets Should Be Sold Six
for Quarter--City Fathers
Invite Public to Session on
tuesday Night.

II the Chicago, South Bend and
Northern Indiana railway Co, as
Mayor Keller has intimated is at the
bottom of the clamor for jitney bus
regulation, that concern viii benefit
little from regulation by the city coun-
Gil. if the recommendations OF COM
mittee of thr appointed by that body
are adopted. THESE recommendations
will be contained in a report filed with
the committee OF the whole of the
common council at its regular meeting
Tuesday night
Two Of the jitney bus committee
members. at least, viii urge that the
council take no step until certain con-
cessions from the street car company
are obtained. These are Councilmen
Hagey and Buechner. These two men
have expressed themselves as heartily
in favor of jitney bus traffic. The at
titude OF Councilman Thompson, the
third member of the committee, is
said also TO be favorable toward the
automobile men. That he will fall
I'm with the views of the other mem
bers of the committee, is almost cer-
tain.
Cheaper fares. better service anu
fairer treatment to the city. are the
concessions two of the committee
members have stated should be had
from the car company before regula-
uon OF a competitive business il be
gun. IL appears at present that no
regulation of any sort will be approx
ed by the council.
Hagey. Thompson and Buechner
were appointed committee who in
Vestigate the problem at the last meet
ing of the council. 4 motion by Coun-
Gilman Lang resulted in their appoint
ment
Can service Poor.
1T is certain that South Bend has
the poorest street car service in north
ern Indiana" said Councilman Hagey
MOndav morning. why should citizens
be compelled to pay eXhorbitant fares
for a service so inefficient? / for one
viii recommend no jitney bus regula-
ton until we have received one or two
concessions from the street car conf
Pany.
our committee viii meet probably
just before the regular meeting of the
committee of the whole Tuesday
night. At that time Councilman
Buechner and myself viii urge that
the matter he dropted until the city
receives better treatment at the hands
OF the street car company"
Councilman Buechner also favors
the jitney bus traffic.
Il do not favor regulation OF
business which evidently is a thorn
in the side OF a public utility which
has no opposition. However. if regu-
lation is approved. il should he of the
lightest sort. We do not want to drive
iitney buses from business in South
Bend. because aside from being a
comfortable mode of travel. they have
lowered their fares TO six tickets for
% cents.
THAT is what we should receive
from the street ear company TO say
nothing of better service and more
cars"
Keller to Make Address.
Mayor Keller is also expected 10 ad-
dress the committee upon the topic
at its Tuesday night meeting. II was
the mayor who suggested To Coun-
Gilman Buechner that the council take
the matter OF regulation under con-
sideratiOn.
The council In a statement last week
invited the citizens To be present and
express their views ia the matter. 1t
is expected that a large crowd Will
be present at the meeting Tuesday
night which viii open In the council
chambers in the city hall
Residents Cf North shore and How
ard ST.. will be ON hand 10 defend a
petition presented at the last meeting
OF the council that the name of How
ard 81. from Leeper av. 10 Niles av..
Zoe changed 20 North shore DIR.