Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-08
STREET CAR co.
ON CONDITION.
Agrees to Hold Contract
Sacred, but Can't Shoulder
More Burdens.
LEFT TO LEGAL STAFF

When Corporation Counsel Samuel
Ashby notified officials of the Indian
apolis Street Railway Company in a
conference in Mayor Charles W. Jewett's
office today that the city expetcts to in
slst upon its retention of all rights to
control the company, excepting that re-
/ lating to the rate of fares, despite the
fact that the company has surrendered
its franchise, the representatives Of the
utility agreed that under Section ITO OF
the public service commission law the
t,-y has such right and that the COM
pany expects to cooperate in its en-
force nent.
DR.. Henry Jameson, president of the
board Of directors of the street railway
company, however, served notice that
the company VIII submit to the city
facts and figures to guide It in impos-
ing burdens upon the company. He in
sisted that the company can stand just SO
many burdens under 5-cent fare and
indicated that he personally believes that
point has been passed and relief from
some source will be necessary.
REFERS AsHBY TO
COMPANY's LEGAL STAFF.
When Ashby asked DR.. Jameson If he
was ready to tell the city whether the
company intended to negotiate a con-
tract with the city agreeing to do all
the things it was found to perform in tho
surrendered franchise or whether 1t
would force the city to pass COM
pulsory ordinances DR.. Jameson
/ answered in the negative, stating that
| this was something which Mr.. 'Ashby
should discuss with the company's legal
staff, the chief members Of which could
not attend the conference because OF
business elsewhere.
The conference broke up with the city
and DR.. Jameson having stated their
respective positions in general way, the
only definite agreement reached being
that, pending final settlement OF the
question: the company viii continue to
take orders from the board of public
works as 1t did under the franchise and
that Mr. Ashby is to call another con-
ference to discuss details of an agreement
as soon as Ferdinand Winter and H Ii.
HornbrOok, traction attorneys, can con-
veniently attend.
MAYOR IS TOO LATE
! FOR CONFERENCE.
/ For the city. Mark H. Miller, president;
Irving w Lemaux and Richard a. Shir-
ley of the board of public works Jesse
| f. Miller. Louis w. Carnefx and Jacob
/ P. Brown Of the city council; Samuel
Rauh, president Of the board of park
commissioners, as well as Mr.. Ashby.
/ appeared. Mayor Jewett, who has been
out of the city since Friday, did not re-
turn until shortly after the conference
was over. DR.. Jameson, Robert L. Todd,
president and general manager of the
company, and c. n. Thompson, attorney,
represented the company.
ASHBY OUTLINES
FRANCHISE PROVISIONS
/ Provisions of the surrendered franchise
were outlined by Mr.. Ashby section by
section, stress being laid upon the faei
! that the city especially desires to keeIk
the right to compel the company to make
extensions of tracks, bear both the In
| itiaI and upkeep cost of paving between
tracks and pay the five remaining annual
1 installments of $4,000 and seven remains
/ ing annual installments of $4,000 fran
chise tax to the board f park commits
sioners. The company has declined to
| pay the $4,000 installment for the cur
rent year, which fell due May /, al
though formal demand has been made by
the city.
On these points the traction officials
| refused to commit themselves, but Mr..
Jameson was careful to show it to be
| his general conviction that while the
company intends TO cooperate with the
| city by carrying out its orders, 1t can,
not make extensive improvements, which
he termed additional burdens" unless it
receives greater remuneration from pns-f
sengers.