The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
CITY GRANTS
TROLLEY BUS
LINE PERMIT
Agreement Reached Pend
ing Settling of TraCkIeSS
Route Franchise.
SCHEDULE is SET OUT
Electric Autos to Be Put
Into Service Early in
November.

Temporary months permit, rev.
ocable at any time by the city has
been granted indianapolis Railways,
Inc. for the operation of trackless
trolley BUSES beginning early in
November. over a new line combin-
ing the present South Meridian and
Riverside street car lines, Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan announced
today.
The new route extends from the
South Meridian street loop at Plea
SAINT Run Boulevard to Riverside
park, permitting passengers to make
the entire trip without transfer
charge and at the same fare now
charged on street cars. Transfer
also is permitted to other lines at
regular transfer charge of cents.
Petition for the permit was sub
mitted to Sullivan and the board
of works late Monday incorporating
an agreement reached last week af-
ter several conferences between city
officials and representatives of the
street car company.
Seen Victory for City
Inclusion in the permit of
paragraph providing for the COM
pany to bear a share of street re-
surfacing and repair charges repre-
sents a victory by city officials who
insisted throughout The meetings on
such an arrangement in view Of
the fact that the trackless trolleys
will operate on several street sec
tons where there are no tracks.
The resurfacing paragraph in the
permit states:
The company shall continue to
maintain and repair all its exist
ing tracks and equipment in any
such streets and places, whether
used or not in such new service, and
shall keep all such streets and places
free of any unreasonable obstruc-
tons, or from defects due to its
conduct. and shall promptly remedy
the same and hold the city harmless
from any loss or expense caused
thereby
IF any such street, while this
permit is in effect, be resurfaced or
widened. the company shall pay 10
per cent of the cost, and if any
such street be constructed or re-
constructed, the company shall pay
5 per cent of the cost"
Mckinney Is Upheld
In earlier meetings on the SUBJ
ject, f. Kirk Mckinney, president
of the board, declared:
Due to the fact that no tracks
will be necessary on a portion. of
the route, it is my opinion that the
city should look to the street car
company for share of the expense
in keeping these streets repaired.
Under the franchise of the COM
pany for street car lines, it is agreed
that the company maintains the
area occupied by the tracks, which
represents nearly one-half of the
street surface, in many cases." Nc
Kinney asserted. I'VE feel that a
similar arrangement should be in
corporated in the trackless trolley
franchise, inasmuch as these We
hicles operate from electrical cur
rent and pay no gasoline tax
G. o. Britton and Louis Brandt,
board members, concurred in McKin-
ney's opinion. When several con-
ferences failed of a decision on the
terms Of the franchise, and the
company pointed out the approach
of winter to handicap necessary
construction work, the permit was
arranged for operation Of the line
until the franchise is settled.
Schedule Is Set Out
According to the petition, a per-
nit for operation Of the line now is
pending before the public service
commission. Buses and other
equipment have been ordered and
will be placed in operation early in
November. the petition states.
Operating schedule of the new
line. as set forth in the petition, pro-
vides for at least six buses at
eleven minute intervals at all
times.
In rush periods, from s to a. m,
and from to p. m, ten buses
will operate at IL minute inter
walls. Running time over the line IS
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