Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 123, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1920 — Page 22

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ADDS NEW DATA ON AUTO BUSES FOR USE HERE! Pryor Says Street Car Lines Will Soon ' Pass Into Time’s Discard. REVIEWS LARGER CITIES The value of the motor bus as a means of solving the traffic problem in Indianapolis is pointed out In a statement to the Times by Frank Shonts Pryor of Frankfort, who was formerly associated with Theodore P. Shonts In the Fifth Avenue Coach Company tn New York. Mr. Pryor believes the motor bus would lie practical in Indianapolis. His statement follows: For a period of two years I was associated with my late uncle, Theodore I*. Shonts, a railroad manager In New York City, and was assigned to special duty with the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, in which he was a director, he having been responsible for the introduction of the omnibus in this country as a mode of rapid transportation. HAS MADE THOROt GH <TtDY OF PROBLEM. I made a thorough, exhaustive and practical study of the science of transporting large numbers through city streets over established routes on fixed schedules by means of modern, highpowered. commodious and attractive motor vehicles, analyzing the Inception, development, present Importance and great future possibilities of motor bus transportation. There Is no such thing, and never was, as an absolute individual right to do anything in conflict with the law of public necessity. There is a necessity for immediate action, for there is not a minute to spare to solve the serious and dangerous congestion problem now being experienced in Indianapolis and the future development of a bigger and better Indianapolis and the future consideration to prevent this congestion in years to come. The surface car lines in Indianapolis are becoming more and more inadequate to handle the congestion that Is increasing each day. Since the amount of traffic a street car will hold is limited by the tracks they run on, it will be impossible for them to keep pace with the growing needs of transportation in Indianapolis unless new tracks are laid. This, however, is prohibited by the Increasing congestion of privately owned vehicles on the streets where the trolley cars run.

Iu the heart of the business district of Indianapolis it is out of the question to lay more tracks for surface car lines to relieve the congestion; there is no room for them. SEES I SE OF RI SES SONXER OR EATER. It must, therefore, be only logical to issume that motor buses must be used sooner or later to relieve the congestion, as they would be free to operate on any route without tracks. The traffic In Indianapolis will Increase instead of diminish on account of the purchase of so great a number of private automobiles, and to such an extent that the streets will be unable to hold it The Increasing population of Indianapolis, on one hand, demands more rapid and less congestive public seryice transportation : the rapid increasing number of privately owned passenger and commercial vehicles, on the othpr hand, demands bet•er highway facilities. Can one factor be satisfied except at the expense of the other? The only answer can be: Discontinue the surface car lines and substitute the modern motor bus. The present serious financial condition of the public utility corporation of Indianapolis is bound to mean an Increase in fare, and an extra charge for transfer. which, heretofore, lias been free, and the burden imposed upon tbe street car company is bound to bring about more congestion in the heart of the business section. An up-to-date motor bus system in Indianapolis will not only solve the serious traffic congestion problem which Is now becoming seriouus and dangerous, but will also provide a flexible, satisfactory mode of transportation, and in the long run at a lower cost. Busses would not block traffic, being flexible and capable of moving about In congested traffic. Surface cars do block traffic. The less thickly populated sections would also be benefited by motor busses in Indianapolis. far as they are concerned there fs ••• erv Indication lo believe that future development of tbe transportation faclliics wiiltavor the motor bus. \\hv ?A; lie laying of tracks for a sur■ace car'line represents a huge Initial 'expense for light-of-way. grading, rails, poles, trolley wires, power houses, etc., etc. If such line, after a few months trial proves to be unprofitable to the surface :i* company it can not be diverted. The flexibility of the motor bus system does not confine It to any one fixed route. Street car companies everywhere are gradually losing the faith of the investors. Their inability to Increase fares to keep

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up with the Increasing cost of operation considerably decrease their dividends. What is the effect? It becomes difficult to find Investors who will lend the money to build and equip new surface lines, because much better Inducements and greater returns are offered in different securi- : ties. In Brooklyn last year when the Brookj lyn Rapid Transit Company, then and now in a receiver’s hands, raised their : fares, and made a charge for transfer, t the public refused to pay the Increase, and a fleet of motor busses solved the i problem. I spent three weeks in Brooklyn studying the congestion from every

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angle and phase, and the beet of busses not only operated more profitably at the lower fare, but were quicker and far more comfortable than the out-of-date straphanging surface car, where the public are packed like sardines in a can. What was the cause of the economy? I noticed that It was principally due to the fact that the tremendous overhead expenses of the surface car lines were eliminated in the operation of the busses. In what way? The motor bus Is its own power house. It consumes power only when in operation. Since a bus is speedier It can make more trips a day, thereby increasing the revenue per unit of expenditure. -In what way? First, they would ®un-

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oad passengers at the curb. This is much safer than uloading passengers In the middle of o street in the midst of the dangerous and serious traffic congestion. Second, in the event of a blockade a bus can detour. This makes a more dependable system of transportation and will relieve the congestion Incidental to blockades. Third", not being confined to a track a bus can receive and discharge passengers nearer their homes. Fourth, busses can dodge in and out and are free of every restriction except the ordinary rules of the road. Fifth, a bus would be limited to a speed of fifteen miles an hour, the same as automobiles.

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It is not compelled to keep behind the bus ahead which has stopped to discharge passengers, but may pass it. I have observed in New York City that a motor bus nine times out of ten makes faster time on an average than the surface car. A good motor bus service for Indianapolis would fill a long-desired want that no other street transportation can give. It costs less to give, but it is to street t r nfflc what parlor car service is on a railroad. It is the most popular means of transportation in city streets. The motor bus Is In this great nation to stay. Why? Bcause of Its greater comfort, convenience, efficiency and speed.

In Paris the motor bus is rapidly coming into its own; in New Y'ork City, Chicago, Newark and Detroit it is already In its own, and they are practlcallly the only means of transportation in London. The fact that passengers can see both ahead and astern adds greatly to their comfort, and from the standpoint of the driver and conductor diminishes the chance of accidents. A bus of the douhle-deck type occupies approximately the space of two. taxicabs. Imagine what extraordinary congestion would occur In New York City if people on Fifth avenu-3 were all carried in automobiles instead of busses.

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