The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-11-18
ASTARTER IS
TO REGULATE
BUS OPERATION

In letter addressed to the three
bus companies operating in Wyandotte,
and to officials in other towns to
which these companies supply trans
portation service, Mayor Thomas A.
Davis stated his conception of a rem
edy for the present happy go-lucky
service.
To get action he called a special
session Of the Council for Monday
night. At this meeting a plan was pre-
scented and approved, inStructing the
Police and Fire Commission to regu-
late the bus schedules by placing
starter at the lower end Of Biddle ave-
nue..
Following is the text of Mayor
Davis letter dealing with the situa-
ton:
We have in our city today and have
had for the past several years. a stu
alton that is deplorable Repeated eff
forts OF city officials to clean up this
situation have failed, therefore l have
called this meeting to take action at
= once. ALI parties concerned have had
ample time TO iron out this difficulty
but up to date no satisfactory progress
has been made. The situation which
refer to is the bus situation. No need
L. explain TO you gentlemen what
mean by this. because surely ia your
travelling up and down Biddle avenue.
you must have seen the conditions
that l have seen. There is no orderly
procession of busses. but what you see
Is the mad racing of bus drivers to
get somewhere.
Ii l. utterly beyond me TO reason
out why there should be all of this
mad racing. Somebody is at fault and
thar sOmebOdy-aTe the bus cOmpan-
les themselves. We have three bus
companies operating out of WyandOtte
namely Eastern Michigan Notorious
Company. Crosse lie Rapid Transit
Company and the Detroit, Wyandotte
& Trenton Transit Company. The num-
Der of units i'm each company is. East
ern Michigan Is, Crosse He Company
2. and the d.. w. T. Transit Company
Is. making Il total of rs busses to
handle the travelling public to and
from Detroit. 1t seems to me that
fOrty-eight busses operating from one
designated point and proceeding in an
orderly manner from that point, could
serve the travelling public in a more
efficient manner and incidentally, be a
saving to the bus companies them
selves.
| would have these busses start their
nUrtherly trip al Pennsylvania road.
/ would have responsible men, picked
10y our police department, to act rs
starters and to he paid for by the bus
. companies. There would be definite
schedule set-up for the busses to leave
their terminal This schedule you will
reaiize is the important part Of the
plan. The buses should be spaced far
enough apart. consistent with good
transportation Judgment. so it would
be unnecessary for bus to pass one
. the competing buses within the city
limits.
There will be problems arising in
the meantime of the SO-called rush
hours, this can best he worked out by
the bus companies themselves. 1t may
be. if this plan Is followed, that forty
eight buses are more than adequate to
take care of our needs, ii might be
necessary therefore. for each company
10 reduce their number of buses. This.
l am sure, will be Il controversial sub
ject and it will be up to each company
to give and take
Any reducing or increasing in COM
muters shall be prOportiOnately taken
care OF, that Is, each company shall
reduce or add to their equipment as
10 the passenger list called for. All
three bus companies must have spent
many dollars operating on a competi-
tive basis Due TO the fact that this
system will directly add to the income
of all three bus companies, all ex-
penses Incurred to formulate or to
take care of this system In operating
shall be paid for by the bus companies
themselves
This Is simple and plain and / per-
sonally feel this Is the solution TO our
troubles. | therefore respectfully re-
quest that you put this plan i'm opera
ti0n at once.