The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-07

Y wars III years.
the w Washington st. line from
Tibbs Ave. to more than a mile on
the National Rd.
The first three lines will traverse,
II the public service commission APP
proves the petition practically the
same routes as the busses OF the
Peoples Motor Coach Company.
Regular Fare
Regular street car fare will be put
in effect on bus lines, cents cash
fare, or 6h cents at ticket rate with
1 cent for transfers. Transfers will
be good either on busses or street
cars.
Present fare OF the Peoples Motor
Coach Company is 10 cents with q
cent charge for transfers.
The street car company plans TO
operate busses on an eight-minute
schedule on Central Ave; seven and
one-half minutes on e. New York st.
and twelve minutes on Riverside
Park lines.
Twenty-one busses will be re.
quired for this service and two will
be placed on the w. Washington st.
extension. Present plans call for
an investment Of about $250,000 in
busses. Tentative orders for twenty
or more new cars already have been
placed.
Tho oOo,nauty ,,oxu la 0raro tiuo. tu,o
bus feeder lines, one on Capitol Ave.
from Thirty-Fourth to Fifty-Second
ST.; the other on Central Ave, Thir-
ty-Fourth to Fifty-Fourth SITS. The
latter will be absorbed in the new
route.
According to present plans the
busses will be housed in the car
barns at Twentieth st. and College
Ave. The building will care for
about thirty-flve buses.
According to Robert 1. Todd presi.
dent Of the street car company, fur
ther enlargement Of bus service
may be made later. Cross-town
motor lines may be installed later If
traffic justifies, it is understood.
FlBDb LIKELY
A. Smith Bowman, president OF
the Peoples Motor Coach Company.
was an early caller at the office of
the public service commission to-
day. 1t was expected Bowman will
fight establishment OF lines running
along routes used by his company.
In the past 1t has been the gen.
eral policy OF the comission not 10
authorize duplicate transportation
service. However, the fact that the
street car company proposes to es-
tablish a lower fare than bus fares
now in force causes the commission
to vary from it's usual custom.
Bowman Gives Opinion
1T seems queer that the street
car company should only plan lines
over the same routes where our
busses are operating" A. Smith
Bowman, president of the Motor
Coach Company said today.
1--WE are in the fight to stay, II
there is to be a fight" he continued.
THE street car company proposes
imagine that they will not do that
long, when they find what their
operating costs are.
1T seems that the street car COM
pany Is just out TO stifle competi-
ton, and try to control all the
transportation in Indianapolis. when
they start lines that parallel ours.
There are many other routes in In
dianapolis which need bus service"
Petitions Made
Petitions for ten bus lines, four
now in existence and six over pro-
posed new routes, were filed Mon
day with the public service com
mission by the Peoples Motor Coach
Company. The four old routes are
on New York St., Fifty-Fourth st.
and Central Ave-, Riverside Park
and Brightwood.
Proposed routes are on N. Capitol
Ave, N. Meridian St, Meridian st.
and Kenwood Ave, Churchman
Ave, Park Ave. and Carrolton Ave,
and Madison Ave.
The proposed routes.
Park Ave. and Carrolton Ave-
East on Market st. to New Jersey,
north on New Jersey to FIT. Wayne
Ave-, to Central Ave-, to Eleventh
St, to Park Ave, to Sutherland
Ave-, to College Ave, to Thirtieth
ST.. to Broadway, to Thirty-Third
ST., to Carrolton Ave, to Forty
Eighth st. and to Guilford Ave.
the end of the route. Return south
on Guilford Ave. to Forty Seventh
ST., to Carroton Ave-, and back
over the same route.
Capitol Ave.
Capitol Ave.-West on Market ST.
to Capitol Ave. and north on
Capitol Ave. to Fifty.Second st. Re-
turn over the same route.
~ Meridian St.--North from the
Circle on Meridian St. to the Canal,
and along the Canal to Broad Rip
pie. Return over the same route.
Meridian St.-Kenwood Ave.-North
from the Circle on Meridian st.. to
St, to Illinois St., to
Twenty-Ninth ST.. to Kenwood Ave.
TO Forty.Second ST., to Capitol Ave,
@ Fifty.Second st. Back over the
same route.