Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-09

What the board proposes TO do Is
summed up as follows:
l. Order the street railway company
at once to extend the College avenue line
from Forty Sixth to Fifty First streets.
Stand upon the order to remove the
Meridian Heights line tracks now in
Forty Ninth street from Pennsylvania
street to College avenue, and relay them
IN Pennsylvania street from Forty Ninth
to Fifty Second streets.
3. Insist that the company carry out
the order for the extension of the Illinois
street car line from Thirty Ninth to
Forty Sixth street, placed on the books
Of the board of works four years ago.
THREE DELEGATIONS
WAIT ON BOARD.
The declarations Of intent of the board
resulted from the appearance Of three
delegations, one composed Of residents
who desire the Forty Ninth street trans
fer. another composed Of those who do
not wish the tracks transferred, and a
third which demands that the board do
something about the four year delay in
carry out the promise that the Illinois
line would be extended.
The board issued an order about two
weeks ago for the transfer Of the Forty
Ninth street tracks. When residents OF
the district served by the tracks as they
are at present protested that they would
be left without city car service Mr..
Lemaux declared that the board was 60
Ing to extend the College avenue line
from Forty Sixth to Fifty First streets,
and that this would serve the district.
When shouted Forty Ninth street
citizens.
Right away" answered Mr.. Lemaux.
Board Member Mark H Miller entered
the controversy, asserting that last year
when the street railway company finally
agreed to and did extend the College
avenue line from Thirty Fourth to
Forty Sixth street it was agreed that II
the board did not push the company at
that time that the extension to Fifty
First street would be made this year.
President Lelnaux pointed out that the
street railway company viii have to buy
the right of way and trackage from the
United Traction Company Of Indiana
PLEA USED FOR NEW
LAW TO BE TESTED.
This year the company has been plead
ing lack of funds" declared Mr.. Miller.
The company went before the Legisla-
ture and with a large lobby managed to
get through a bill which will make it
possible for it to surrender its franchise.
The company claimed that its credit will
be improved by the passage of this act.
Well they've got the bill through now
and if they were in good faith about 1t
making it possible for them to get more
funds there is no excuse left for them not
going through with this College avenue
extension"
Wen put that Fifty First street order
on the books right now said Board
Member Thomas A. Riley.
Yes. and they'll act on it two or three
years from now," some one In the crowd
shouted
Mr.. Lemaux insisted that action would
be immediate, but continued to point out
the difficulty Of getting the street rail-
way company to make extensions.
1.-The present mayor made his campaign
on the north side on promises to you
people that he would get the street car
lines extended" said Mr. Lemaux, but
when he went to do it he found he
simply couldn't in the case Of the Col
lege avenue line because the Union
Traction Company owned the right of
way and the street railway company
didn't have money to buy it. You had
to wait until the company could buy it,"
DEMAND MADE FOR
ILLINOIS EXTENSION.
In answer to the storm of protests OF
those opposed to the transfer from
Forty Ninth street, Lemaux said that the
board was looking at the proposition
from the broad viewpoint of the develop
ment of all of the northern part of the
city.
This, apparently. was what the IIli-
nois street delegation had been wait
ing around the corner for They
hoped ON the statement with such
avidity that the board was left speech
less for moment and demanded the IlIi-
nOis extension.
S. K Strickland. one of the leaders
of the Illinois street delegation, said
'As the representative of the citizens liv-
ing on or near North Illinois street, I
want TO respectfully inquire why it is
that If you are so anxious to develop the
north part of the city, you are putting
orders for further extensions of street
ear lines on your books when for four
years you have had an order for the ex-
tension of the Illinois line with a $50
per day penalty for failure for the street