Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1925 — Page 19

KHRSDAY, DEC. 31,1920

Wkm LARGE ■UM IN YEAR Rs Jknd Distribution ■ System Are Improved. Hw persons realize the extent or Solitude of the industry which supmb’ gas to the kitchen ranges in jafianapolis. The housewife lights and that's all the thought KflH gives it. Citizens Gas Company in 1025 t lpleted more than one-half million Bears’ construction for improveHt of its plants and distribution B|he main product, gas. The land BSllipied by the company’s plants ■ shops totals sixty-live acres. M addition, however, to the gas flksary for a dinner and to an un odor noticed while driving Fall Creek Blvd., the public comes in contact with someone of scores of other products pjSßhe gas industry. Among these gW aspirin, artificial amber, parafln, H solvent, perfumes, photo develB>r, radio parts, carbolic ■d, graphite, coke, baking soda, and lampblack. * By Products I All these materials are by-products the manufacture of gas, which Is to customers in the city rough various sized pipes, ranging Hp to sixteen inches in diameter. Bhe gas mains have a total mile;rge Vs 733, to which may be added 35,000 Service pipes. During 1025, thirtyP>ne miles of gas mains were laid. One of the outstanding additions made to the distribution system was the sixteen-inch high pressure main running from the Langsdale Ave. plant to Tibbs Ave. and Seventeenth St. and the twelve-inch low pressure main laid from Riverside Pkwy. to .the same point, both of these mains being laid to take care of the grow- . ing needs of the western district of city and the requirements of the industries at Speedway City. ■ At the Prospect St. plant there Bk'as completed anew domestic coke system, a model of its kind. At tills plant also was constructed anew steel two track railroad bridge across 'Pleasant Run, replacing an old one track wooden bridge and making for more efficient handling of yard traffic. At Langsdale Ave. Plant At the Langsdale Ave. plant, 1925 saw many changes. The new foundry coke handling system, constructed there, greatly Improved the screening of foundry coke, a notable feature of this equipment being a boom loader which gently lays the coke In railroad cars with a minimum of breakage and which replaced an obsolete chute method of loading. In connection with this system, there was also constructed i anew coke wharf on which the coke j| dumped after It has been

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quenched or extinguish It, for when it comes from the ovens and Is discharged onto a steel car which takes it to the quenching station. It is a flaming mass. It takes approximately one ton of water for every ton of coke to quench it properly. With t}ie large volume of yard traffic which must be handled daily, the pressing heed for a locomotive at the langsdale Ave. plant was met toward the latter part of the year, when a large engine of approved switching type was purchased. An interesting improvement at the Langsdale Ave. plant is the Cottrell electrical tar precipitator, which by means of electricity extracts the tar from the gas. Coke Handling System Among the important construction work which will be completed early next year will be the new foundry coke handling system at the Prospect St. plant, which will be of a type similar to that already In operation

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at the other plant. Early spring win see the major portion of the new plant for the production of sulphate of ammonia nearing completion. The product of this plant, sulphate of ammonia, a material looking something like sugar, has won recognition in agriculture as one of the most efficient carriers of nitrogen, a necessary plant food. And the remainder of the plant, which will cost altogether around $340,000, will be finished by July. v Coke ovens operate continuously during the twenty-four hours of the day, and there must always be a constant supply of coal available for the recharging of ovens. No risk o< breakdown can be taken, and so that the gas supply, of the city may be more fully safe-guarded, there will be constructed at the Prospect St. plant about the middle of the year anew coke handling system, an Improvement which alone will cost approximately $350,000. At the Langsdale Ave. plant the

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Improvement program contemplates the Installation of additional apparatus In the water gas plant, which will cost approximately $85,000. It is quite essential that all equipment in this department be kept in as efficient condition as possible, for while It is not regularly used It stands as a safeguard to the city’s gas supply, and Is even ready to take up the burden of supplying the city with gas in case there should be any interruption in the supply of coke oven gas, or to assume the peak of the load during severe winter weather. A great many other betterments will be made In the plants, including thd construction of additional yard tracks. In the distribution department there also will be considerable activity in the way of construction of additional feeder gas mains of larger size, which will be part of a system of large mains which will eventually girdle the city.

One Co-Ordinated System Will Solve This City’s Transportation Problem The transportation problems of Indianapolis will be well on their way to solution when ALL the people of Indianapolis realize, as the majority NOW realizes, that the system which offers the greatest convenience to the greatest number deserves the greatest support. Privately owned and operated vehicles can not be economically used in the congested streets of Indianapolis today. Because the street car system and its auxiliary busses offer to the greatest number the greatest convenience and economy it is the most valuable to the community. The Indianapolis Street Railway Company now transports on cars and in busses a daily average of more than 280,000 persons. Its cars and coaches travel a total of approximately 40,000 miles a day for the convenience of its patrons. Some of these miles are profitably traveled. Others do not bring sufficient revenue to pay the men who operate the vehicles. But ALL are necessary to the convenience of the public which this company has pledged its resources to serve. The “fat” lines must make up the losses of the “lean” ones. In a common treasury the earnings of all lines must be balanced and the whole must provide reasonable returns for the service rendered by all lines as a whole. Today the Indianapolis Street Railway Company is offering more transportation facilities than ever before in the history of the city. And it stands ready, able and willing to expand these facilities to meet the necessities of the WHOLE of Indianapolis as rapidly as the people of Indianapolis demonstrate their willingness to make use of MORE transportation. Street cars are the most economical and satisfactory vehicles for the transportation of the public in large numbers. For territory less productive of traffic, busses are a great public convenience. The Indianapolis Street Railway co-ordinates them, each in accordance with its greatest efficiency. Its purpose is the provision of adequate transportation with the greatest economy for ALL the citizens of Indianapolis. Its ability to accomplish that purpose is limited only by the cooperation it receives in the way of patronage. In transportation, as in any other field of service, both economy and service are measured by the volume of patronage. Undivided patronage of the co-oi-dinated system of busses and street cars means the expansion of both to the extent that they are necessary for the convenience of ALL. And undivided patronage further means economy for the individual, convenience for the whole city and speedy solution of many of the transportation problems of today.

In 1925 In a whole-hearted effort to keep pace with a growing Indianapolis, the street car company made 1925 a year of notable development. It extended service to more than fifteen thousand citizens who were not adequately served. It operated more street cars than ever before in its history. If rebuilt more trackage and roadway than in any year since 1901. It remodeled seventy-five street cars and started a hundred more through its shops. It speeded up its street cars and reduced accidents by more than 20 per cent. It finished the year with twenty-nine new motor coaches traveling nearly sixty miles of streets in neighborhoods that were not served before, and three hundred and twenty-six street cars piling up a daily average mileage of nearly 40,000 miles. Today it is hauling a daily average of more than 280,000 passengers at rates which are less than the average cost of similar accommodations in the United States.

The Indianapolis Street Railway Cos.

In 1926 Do you want better transportation in 1926 T It’s the patrons who make the service in the transportation field as well as in any other business. The Street Railway Company, which has strained resource to maintain and improve its service, can expand no faster than its patronage warrants. But every facility which it has developed in the years it has served Indianapolis is capable of further expansion. With the co-operation of the traveling public of Indianapolis, there is no limit to the facilities that can be provided. Your undivided support of one co-ordinated system of street cars and busses means a great number of both. More patronage begets more service, it makes possible the reduction of costs and it produces greater conveniences. For a bigger and better Iwiianapolis, with Better Transportation and More of it, ride the street cars and their connecting busses. Patronize the one company in Indianapolis that is consistently and continually trying to provide for ALL Indianapolis the dependable, co-ordinated and economical transportation that the growing city requires.