The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-24
Club BATTLES
BUS REROUTINC
ON N. MERIDIAN
Petitioners Ask Riverside
Line Be Switched to
Butler u.

The Appian way, the Rue de la
Paix and other famous streets and
highways in ancient and modern
history today were cited by Attorney
Walter Pritchard to show public
service commissioners why buses
shouldn't run on North Meridian
street.
Pritchard appeared before the
commission to represent the Hoosier
Motor club. The club, whose bust
ness Offices are on North Meridian
street, is Directing to a petition of
the Peoples Motor Coach Company
to operate buses there.
"I object to comparing foreign
countries with America" David A.
Watson, petitioners attorney, de-
clared, and this 100 per cent Amer
icanism brought the Appian Way to
an abrupt terminus.
Butler Needs Cited
The petition is based on alleged
needs of Butler university and
Shortridge high school students and
residents in the vicinity of the new
Butler for adequate transportation
Necessity of handling crowds at
tending games at Butler stadium
and the field house also was en-
phasized by the petitioners. At
present the street cars discharge
passengers seven blocks from the
place.
While Pritchard sought to show
that North Meridian street should
be kept as restricted highway for
tourists and pleasure vehicles, num-
erous witnesses testified to the
necessity of opening it to bus SER
vice for the sake of citizens and
students.
Among them were President Rob-
ert ]. Alley of Butler, Emsley w.
Johnson, Superintendent James
Tretton, of the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company; George Marott
owner of the Marott hotel apart
ments, and Miss Nan Warren, But
Ter senior.
Alley declared that the bus service
was needed, but he was rather non
committal in regard to Meridian
street.
Promises New Buses
Tretton handles the Peoples
Motor Coach Company traffic since
purchase of that company by the
street railway company.
He told commissioners that If the
petition is granted eight new BUSES
will be placed in operation in ten
days.
The petition for rerouting River
side buses on Meridian instead of
Delaware street to Thirtieth street
was presented after conference with
Mayor L. Ert Slack, he said. This
petition was involved in the hear
ing as we'll as the new Butler route.
Smiley Chambers of the city legal
department appeared and went on
record as contending that the city
authorities have the right to accept
or reject the commission routing.
Johnson and Marott both pointed
out that business is going north on
Meridian street and the bus line is
needed. johnson is a Butler truS-
tee.
Few Against Petitioners
About fifty or more citizens, half
of them women, attended the hear
ing, which continued this afternoon.
Not more than six, all of whom were
men and Meridian street property
holders, sought to take the witness
stand against the petitioners.
The proposed new Butler bus
route would proceed from the Circle
up North Meridian street to Thirty
sixth, west to Kenwood avenue,
north to Thirty ninth, west to Cap
itol avenue, north to Forty-sixth,
west to Sunset avenue, north to
Forty-ninth and then east to Cap
itol and return.
Taking the Riverside buses off
Delaware street would leave the
Central and keystone lines there,
thus relieving congestion, it was
pointed cut.