Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-14

Massachusetts, avenue to Washington
street, west to Pennsylvania stree, north
to Ohio street and thence out Massa-
chusetts avenue.
East Washington line, from its present
route from Washington street south in
Pennsylvania street to Maryland street,
west to Meridian street, north to Wash
ington street and thence east on Wash
ingtOn street, to be changed to south on
Delaware street from Washington to
Maryland street, west TO Meridian street,
north to Washington street and thence
east on Washington street.
WOULD TAKE LINE
OFF INDIANA AVENUE.
Riverside line from It's present route
from Indiana avenue south on Illinois
street to Washington street. west to
Capitol avenue, north to Indiana avenue
ana thence out Indiana avenue, to be
taken off Indiana avenue entirely south
! Of Blake street and run as follows:
Inbound on Indiana avenue to Blake
street, south to New York street, east
to West street, south to Washington
street, east to Meridian street, and out
bound from Meridian and Washington
street south on Meridian to Maryland
street, west to Capitol avenue, north to
Washington street and thence west on
Washington to West street and on to
and Blake streets.
Columbia and Indiana avenue lineB
now run as follows:
Columbia-From Massachusetts, avenue
south in Delaware street to Maryland
street, west to Pennsylvania street. south
to Georgia street, west to Meridian street,
north to Maryland street. east to Della
ware street, north to Massachusetts ave
nue. and thence out the avenue.
Indiana-From Indiana avenue south in
Illinois street to Washington street. west
to Capitol avenue, north to Indiana ave
nue. and thence out the avenue.
They would be combined and operated
from Columbia avenue to Indiana avenue
through the business district as follows:
Inbound on Massachusetts avenue to
Pennsylvania street, south te Washington
street, west to Capitol avenue, north to
Indiana avenue and thence out the avenue
and to be routed from Indiana avenue to
Columbia avenue as follows:
Inbound in Indiana avenue to Capitol
avenue south to Maryland street, east
to Delaware street, north to Massachu-
setts avenue and thence out the avenue.
The committee recommended the COM
plet!on Of outlying railroad track eleva-
ton as fast as possible in order that the
through street car lines may be estab-
, lished; that & system Of far-side loading
for lines which cross downtown streets
be worked out; that the public service
commission be asked to stop movement
Of interurban freight trains over down
town streets from 7 80 to 80 a. m. and
from 4 80 to $50 p. m, and that fair
Iground cars be operated across Thirty
3Fourth street to Illinois street, and
thence to the business district, instead Of
over College avenue.
The report further says:
In studying this question the com
Dittee acted upon the assumption that
its chief funl ton was based on the in
structiOns received from yOu-tO elm
sinate If possible, the turn outs on Wash
s.SlgtOn street, and to relieve the cOnGes-
ion In the downtown districts as far as
80 affected the movement of street cars
The committee first determined what
xkfght be called the cOngested district
81 so far as the movement of street cars
rs concerned, and in defining this dis
strict the committee confined itself wholly
Ito the number of cars passing per hour
upon the tracks in each block.
zCONGESTED ZONE
Us DEFINED.
1.-THE congested district so determined
sis as follows:
"PeunsyIvania street from Ohio street
Ito Maryland street ou the ~
Maryland stree ---M 4.-usl .,.iillL