Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1925 — Page 21

ffIKET RAILWAY SpPANY GIVES Mars for i@2® f%*sW Schedule, Improved .. 'tBB More Busses Among "Jm Promises for Year. HFEmerging from a year in. which it extended transportation facilities j jto a greater number of Indianapolis t Yesidents than ever before, the InIgiianapolis Street Railway Company Hs well started on an improvement ■program for 1926 designed to keep ■pace with tire growth of Indian■apolis. Fv In 1925 the company established [ approximately sixty miles of bus j, routes, rebuilt the greatest ‘amount I of trackage since 1901, succeeded in b shortening the schedule time of its Aacars on all lines and simultaneous■y reduced the number of accidents ■by approximately 20 per cent. I In 1926 the company plans to con Wtinue rebuilding of tracks, to reV model 100 street cars, to extend its I bus service in accordance with the l necessities of traffic, and, if possiI ble, to better the power situation on . its lines by the erection of sub-sta- ; tions. Three Bus Lines The greatest single addition of the i Street Car Company the transportation facilities of Indianapolis in the last year has been the establishi ment of three through bus lines and 1 serving at least 15,000 citizens who i have not heretofore had easy access / to transportation lines. Immediately following the taking .effect of an act of the last- Legis■lature granting" the company the ■ legal right to operate motor busses, P the company started feeder lines into [ developing territory beyond its car t tracks. Thereafter it established l through lines from Monument Circle l info territory that was difficult of by street cars. The plan of augmenting the serv[B:e of the established street car lines )£uek the use of connecting busses, and through bus lines wherithe public convenience of such f’lJne becomes apparent has been lirinfy established by the company whose representatives are constantly studying traffic needs with a view to laying out such lines. Largest Operator In a period of approximately eight months the street car company lie-

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came the largest operator of city bus lines in Indiana. Its investment in busses alone exceeds $275,000 and property of a Maine of at least $30,000 has been converted to the use of the busses. The extent to which this branch of the company’s business will be developed in 1926 depends upon the necessities of the publlo which the company has declared it is "ready, willing and able” to serve with busses as well as street oars. At present the street car company Is operating busses over routes totaling 59.83 miles, as follows: Circle to Speedway City, 11.83 miles; Circle to Emerson Ave., 11.4S miles; Circle to Madison Ave. to Napoleon St., 6.7 miles. E. Tenth and Arlington to Sherman and Michigan, 4,85 miles. English Ave. and Keystone to Sherman Dr., 2.73 miles. Central and Thirty-Fourth to Fif-ty-Ninth St., 6.01 miles. Capitol and Thirty-Fourth St. to Fifty-Second St., 4.70 miles. W. Washington and Mt. Jackson to Lynn st., 5.58 miles. ( College and Forty-Sixth St. to College and Fifty-Second St. via Keystone Ave., 6.90 miles. The rebuilding of tracks and roadway has not been confined to any one part of the city and much of it has been done in connection with improvements undertaken by the city and the company. Bigger Bams The capacity of the W. Washington St. bams was materially increased by the installation of additional special track, making a twenty-five-track ladder layout. Approximately 4.000 feet of rail was laid and the capacity of the layout increased eighty cars. In addition Ho the Installation of a temporary gantlet track to per mit operation during construction, of the new Oliver Ave. bridge, a double-track branch-off and 3.000 feet of new track across the new bridge was built. New railroad crossings were also installed in Kentuck Ave. at this bidge. The building of anew bridge over White River in Kentucky Ave. was accompanied by the laying of 4,000 feet of single track, making a doubletrack across this bridge. Tracks were replaced in College Ave., between Eleventh and TwentyFifth Sts.; in S. West 8t„ between South and Morris Sts.: in TwentyFirst St., between Illinois St. and Senate Ave.; in S. -East St., between Morris St. and Woodlawn' Ave. In E. Tenth St., between Pershing and Tibbs Ave.. an additional track of appproximately 3,700 feet was laid and 4,500 feet of track re-

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placed, making & double-track line. In Central Ave., between TwentyThird St. and Fall Creek, 4,030 feet of single track was replaced, and in Pennsylvania St., between F’ortySixth and Fifty-Second Sts., 4,000 fee tof single track wa replaced and an additional 1,000 feet laid to provide double-track facilities. Tracks Improved Improvements were also made to existing tracks in Minnesota St., Harding St., Talbott Aev., Noble St. and work started in S. East St. Renewals were made in part at practically every one of the downtown Intersections and the special track at Delaware and Maryland Sts, was replaced and paved with granite. Retieing and resurfacing the Mars HIU line from Eagle Creek to Its end accompanied the resumption of street car service to Mars Hill under a contract with the improvement association's interest In that suburb. An Idea of the scope of the rebuilding done in the year can be gathered from the fact that the company psed 1,500 tons of steel, 38.000 ties, 670,000 paving bricks and 60,000 paving stones. In connection wtih this work. 5,600 rail Joints were welded by the thermit process, making continuous steel rails on which cars operate more smoothly and with less loss of electric energy. Seventy-five cars were completely overhauled and remodeled In the company’s shops during the year

and the program for the coming year calls for the remodeling of 100 street cars, which will be fitted so that •they qan be operated as one-man cars when desired. One-man cars were placed in operation on the Alabama, Lexington and Minnesota lines during the year, and it is planned to extend this method of operation to other lines in 1926 because of its economy and satisfactory results. Schedule Speeded Asa step toward making more intensive use of Its equipment and affording the public the most rapid transit consistent with safety, the company has carried on an extensive campaign for speedy and careful

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For the sake of health, convenience and fire protection for life and property, a city’s water supply must be a vital consideration of the community. The water must be pure. There must be plenty of it for recrular use, plenty for emergencies. “Pure” and “adequate” are the words that faithfully describe the water supply of Indianapolis. Purity? Laboratory records show that the Indianapolis water supply has for over five years more than met the new and higher standard of safety and purity for public water supplies adopted in 1925 by the United States Public Health Service. The American Medical Association s typhoid survey places Indianapolis in the list of first rank cities. With the pure water supply, pasteurized milk in universal use, sewage disposal and garbage removal work efficiently handled and with the elimination of the polluted private well, Indianapolis should shortly win a place In the Honor Roll of cities fighting to wipe out typhoid. Adequacy? The National Board of Fire Underwriters gives Indianapolis a rating of Class 1/ 2 —within half a class of the very best rating accorded, which few cities attain, and with the great bulk of American cities scattered through five classes below Indianapolis. This rating can only be at tained by cities enjoying an adequate supply of water, under sufficient pressure. These ratings were achieved in 1925 by reason of work done and money expended in'years past. Public utilities invest in the future, anticipating the needs of growing communities. The Indianapolis Water t'oinpany, in line with this necessity policy, is preparing for Hie needs of Indianapolis in years to come.' In 1925 the Company has done the biggest year’s development work in its history—to keep the city’s water supply pure and adequate.

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Rates ./ Large Consumers A tabulation in the American City Magazine* shows that the average rate for large volumes of water in 959 American cities is $131.50 per million gallons. The Indianapolis rate for these large consumers is SBO.OO per million gallons. This means large consumers in Indianapolis buy water at the rate of 125 gallons for a cent.

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operation of street cars. It has succeeded In reducing the running time of street cars on some lines by as much aa ten minutes between terminals and the average speed per mile of the system Is now 9:57 miles per hour. In the face of faster schedules and the continued congestion of Indianapolis streets a reduction of approximately 20 per cent In the number of accidents for the year has resulted from rigid enforcement rules and work with the personnel of the car crews, * While it is a fact that the gross revenues of the street car company have not been as large as the estimates made at the time of the granting of increased fares, in 1924, it Is also a fact that the company has succeeded in making many Improvements outlined at that time and in affording to the puhllc greater transportation facilities than existed theretofore. More cars were in operation throughout 1925, and with the addition of busses there was a substantial Increase tn facilities. Officials of the company who are in constant touch with the industrial and commercial development of Indianapolis foresee & continuation of the development In .dcp with the future growths of the city. More (hr* Increased power facilities, more cars and more busses are enumerated as among the necessary future development of the present system. The year 1925 was the first complete year of operation under the order of the Public Service Commission of April 18, 1924, which established the six and a quarter cent ticket fare. Accompanying this order was the priviso that revenue earned In excess of the revenues for corresponding periods in 1923 should go Into a special fund for mainttenance purposes only. At the time this order was issued it was estimated that under its terms $500,000 a year would be available for renewal of the system. Those estimates were never realized, the'traffic In 1925 having fallen off to an extent that the increase In fares brought no additional revenue to tbe company. For the first ten months of the year, there was $95,742.25 shrinkage in the gross revenue of the company over

In 1926, the Indianapolis Water Company spent more than one million dollars improving the present water supply facilities and preparing for the future. The Company completed a twelve-million gallon, daily capacity addition to its filter plant. This addition is a rap id sand or mechanical filter, embodying the best principles known to the science of water' engineering. The Company installed two new pumping units, each with a daily capacity of six million gallons. The Company laid more than 33 miles of new water mains. Nine miles of these mains were force, or feeder mains 12 inches to 36 inches in diameter, designed to increase efficiency of service for industrial use and for fire protection. The Company installed 266 fire hydrants of the two-way and steamer connection type, and is now replacing all four-inch with six-inch hydrants. \ During the year the Company paid $347,123.33 in taxes to the Treasurer of Marion County, increased the number of customers by 4,370, and employed 300 to 600 people in the work of maintaining and extending service.

The Citizens of Indianapolis May Rest Assured That Their Water Supply Will Be Held as Safe as Modern Knowledge and Skill Can Make It, ,

the gross In the same ten months of 1923-. It was estimated in April, ,1924, that the special maintenance fund would amount te $416,666 at the end of October, 1625, However, the decrease in ‘raffle not only caused a failure to realize this figure but was such that the deficiency la the estimate amount to $511.46&.91-. Autos Blamed This decline in gross revenues, attributed to the use of private vehicles. busses and general industrial condition*, led te an appeal from the company for an increase in transfer charges which would yield a theoretical addition te revenue of sl 7s„ohe or a practical revenue sufficient te re-establish tbe gross at approximately tbe previous figures. Significant of tbe appreciation of the public of the effort of tbe company to improve Its service was tbe fact that there was no opposition te the petition for more revenue when It was presented and beard hy the public service commission. At the present lime, the Indian-

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a polls Street Railway gives employment to the heads of more families than any other utility operating in the city-, pays annual taxes of approximately $400,666 and serves approximately 275,000 passengers each day-. Its annual payroll is about $3,000,000 and its service makes possible the successful conduct of a large number of business enterprises which are wholly dependent on the existence of economical transportation facilities. Tire Ind+anapott* Street Railway system Is distinctly an Indianapolis Institution. Its revenues corns faom mdtanapolls people and practically all of Its disbursements are made fa Indianapolis te Indianapolis resident*.. Approximately '75 pet Cent of ft* stock Is held by Indiana -citizen* Its present development is fa answer to the needs of the people of Pndtanapofts for the most eoowemt<tsl transportation posWt> and lbs future development must, essentially, keep pace with the future progress of Xndfaaapott*.

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Rates Small Consumers A tabulation in the American City Magazine shows the average rate for small users in 959 cities (many of which have municipal, non-taxpay-ing plants and many of which do not have filtered, chemically pure water supply) is 31.3 cents per 1,000 gallons. TJie Indianapolis rate, for filtered, chemically purified water, is 28 cents — and the Indianapolis Water Company out of that rate in 1925 paid taxes at the rate of $5.30 for each customer served.