South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-22
ORDER INTERURBANS.
J OFF CITY STREETS
Detroit United Railway to Be
Forced to Establish Ter
minal at Detroit.

DETROIT. Sept. Zl.-Ihe tnteTur-
ban cars OF the Detroit United Rail-
way viii be ordered off the streets
81 Detroit az soon as possible. AID
the company Will be forced 90 ss-
ablish terminals at the city linit1.
the street railway commission, IN
conference with 5iayof Couzens. de-
cided Wednesday. The common
council will Immediately be asked
% ratify the decision OF the street
railway commission and 70 compel
the company 20 discontinue operdC-
ing 10 the downtown district By
Dec. 81, 1924.
When the city realized complete
municipal ownership of street rail-
ways last May BY the acquisition Uf
the lines OF the d. L. r, clause
was inserted ia the contract 70 al
low the company 20 operate It's IL
terurban system to the downtown
district, paying 20 the city a supu-
lated sum per car mile This clause
provided that the city or company
could terminte the arrangement b.
giving two years notice. The ID.
IT, K will now be given that notice.
Means Change at Limits.
The action In barring the inter
urban cars will mean that all De-
JroIt workers living in Royal oak,
Wyandotte and other small neigh
boring municipalities viii be force d
20 use the city cars 10 the city
limits They VIII then change to
intorurban cars which viii convey
them TO their destination.
The order VIII also mean that
shoppers coming TO Detroit from
Flint. Ann Arbor, Port Huron and
ether cities by interurban will nc
longer be able 20 come direct TO the
heart Of the downtown sections. but
must change 20 the ci,y-owred cars
at the Detroit city limits. This in
convenience 20 the out-of-toWn
shopper is expected 10 raise streru-
Gus opposition from downtown msr-
chants
The street railway commission IN
i,s communication to the council viii
suggest. that If that body is dCuot
fol as 10 the status Of public Opin-
ion on the matter that a popular
vote might be taken at the Noverl-
Der election. There is little doub,
hut that the council viii ratify the
decision to bar the d. u. r. cars. as
several members have already ex-
pressed themselves as opposed TO
these cars using city tracks.
Also oppose Jitneys.
The street railway commission
also decided AGAINST the iitney
Iusses now in use in Detroit. and
dinanCe passed six months ago which
orders the jitneurs off the streets
oct. I Statistics compiled show
that these busses now carry $4,000
peoPIe a day, and that 500 Of ther1
are in use. The complaint OF ne
street railway department IS hat
they provide a means Of transpCr-
tation which nannot be depended
1pcn at al times for service. TIE
drivers do not come on the streets
in the early morning or late a.
night
The commission wiu not construct
a car line 10 the new stadium Of the
University OF Detroit. located al the
Six-Mile road and Livernois av.. a.
requested by the regents of the uni
versity. This would cost between
100000 and $4,000, the street rail-
way commission states, and as a re-
suit II cannot consider the PROPOSE
zion. The commissioners and the
mayor agreed that # was the de-
partments function TO get new lines
20 sections where homes are being
erected. rather than to places o.
amusement.
The nearest car line now is situ-
ated AZ Livernois and Fenkell avs.
An extra mile of track would nave
10 be laid 10 reach the stadium.