Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1926 — Page 20

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“TREE! RAILWAY MAKES DECIDED IMPROVEMENTS Five New Substations Form Part of Development in 1926. By R, A. Butler. Three distinct steps toward the provision of better street car service In Indianapolis were taken by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company In 1926 and their cumulative effect Is expected early In 1827. Three-quarters of a minion dollars was set aside for the rehabilitation of the power system on the city lines. Registering' fare boxes and tokens ordered for use on all cars and busses. Regular conferences between the management and committees of employes were arranged and started. Five Sub-Stations The first requisite for the rehabilIta/tlon of the power system of the street railway Is sub-stations and five new buildings specially designed to house electrical equipment are now In construction. They are located at Highland and St. Clair Sts., E. Washington St., near Sherman Dr., McCarty and Illinois Sts., Pennsylvania and ThirtyFourth Sts., and St. Clair St. and the canal. As rapidly as these buildings are completed they will be equipped with rotary converters capable of receiving electricity at high voltage and reducing It to the phase used on she trolley lines. With this eqxfipment in operation, the local llqfcs will be connected with the C#jtral Indiana Power Company’s hjgh tension lines from the superJkvwer plant at Dreiser, thus Insuring to Indianapolis adequate power to meet all demands for the future. To Speed Up Immediately upon the establishment of a sufficient amount of powter, the street car company will shorten Its schedules, speed up its cars and endeavor to provide much faster trtmsit to and from the business district of Indianapolis. The shortening of schedules is expected to afford greater use of the rolling retook as well as greater convenience Vox- the street car rider. The whole plan, involving the investment of nearly $760,000, has been undertaken on, the theory that it will create more business and effect operating economies that will tend to hold the cost of transportation In Indianapolis at the. relatively low level of the present period. ~ Adoption of tokens and registering ’Jkjre boxes with the abandonment of sHMr tickets Is another movement expediting traffic and effiectiterating economies. The savpatron In the use of tickresulted In such a large number of ticket fares that the accounting system in use has proved costly and unsatisfactory. Tokens are to be substituted for tickets, because they can be mechanically counted and used repeatedly. The experience of other cities has been that they are regarded as more convenient than tickets by the patrons and they afforded many advantages to the conductors on the cars. New Fare Boxes All street cars have been equipped to carry the registering fare boxes and the company plans to begin use (>f the new system as soon after New Tears as it is possible to complete details of selling the tokens. No difference in the rate of fare Is conbut tokens will be substituted for tickets and tickets will be abandoned as rapidly as they can be collected find canceled. This change involves an investment of more than $30,000 in equipment, and it is estimated the operating economy will eventually repay the out- \ lay. Following the attempted organization and the attendant strike in July, motormen and conductors of the street railway organized a committee of employes to represent them in negotiations with the company under the terms of the individual wage contract governing the employment of all street car men. This committee, with representatives from each barn, has been in frequent conference with the street railway management looking to the improvement of working conditions for the men. In these conferences the financial ability of the company to meet increases in wages has been thoroughly considered, and for the first time in recent years tho men and the company have approached the problem of betterments from the same standpoint. Consideration has been given to the rate of fare, the volume of business possible, and the best methods of obtaining a gross revenue such as would make possible the payment of a higher' scale of wages. Better Understanding There has been no disposition on the part of either the employes or the company to force any issue between the management and the men at this time, and the conferences liafce resulted In a more thorough understanding of the operating problems of tli esystem than has heretofore obtained. Cross revenue of the street railway company for the year 1326 have been considerably below the expectation at the time the public service commission fixed the present fare schedule, and there has been considerable public discussion of the probable necessities for Increased street fares. the company has proereded on the theory that gross revenue could be. Increased by offering sex-vice more economically and satisfactorily than can be had by the use of private vehicles. This has been done on , the expectation that 1927 would see an appreciable Increase In the use of street cars In Indianapolis, and the gross business would increase to a point where It would sustain the present service and permit of greater improvements.

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wardly over State Ave., contracted with the previous city administration. Anew yard has been constructed at Jeffersonville, Ind. This yard serves the south end of the Indianapolis division and materially relieves the congested conditions at Jeffersonville. The company has also extended an appreciable amount of money for the installation of flashing lights at numerous crossings throughout the State, thereby insuring safer travel over grade crossings.

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GROWTH OF THE ASSOCIATION Statements of July 1 of the Following Years 1888 Reserve Fund 1892 $235,906.29 No Agents $t,000,000 1897—5592,875.47 No Comm ‘ ssions 1902—5937,339.96 1907—51,662,731.22 1912— 53,460,982.64 1917—9,834,749.13 1922— 525,285,959.54 1926—547,636,064.35 •* \ * Officers Board of Directors tV. T. CANNON, President J. E. PIERCE, Secretary w j CANNON F. G. APPEI, K. J. JACOBY. Vice Pre. H. CANNON, Trrumirer ' ' J. E. PIERCE and Attorney A. F. BROMLEY, Audllor "• r - GOWNING JOHN J. APFET, F. 8. CANNON, V‘*?e Pres. 8. A. GREENE, Assistant Secy E. J. JACOBY F. 8. CANNON 21-23 VIRGINIA AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS

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