Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 259, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 30 December 1948 — Page 2

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SoUivan Daily TLmea, founded 1995, as the daily edition of the Sullivan Democrat, founded 1854 PAUL POTNTEK Publisher ELEANOR FOYNTEK JAMISON , Manager and Ajwtstant Editor HOMER H. MURRAY Editor 4 Entered aa aacond-clau matter at too Poatottlc. Sullivan, Indiana

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Reorganizing School Bus Routes

Editor s Note: This is an other in a series of articles dealing with the report of. Tthe Indiana School Study Commission. The commission, composed of a number of educators and laymen, has studied the school systems in Indiana and are making- recommendations on how to better them. Indiana could save millions of dollars annually by, a reorganization of its system of s-hool bus transportation. This was revealed by the Indiana School Study Commission report on pupil transportation released by W. T. Kinder,' Tipton, Chairman. The 57-member Commission, composed of prominent Indiana laymen and educators, has had the public school-' system of the State under ' survey . and consideration for the past eight months. The report, shows that economies resulting from operation of school busses by the schools of Indiana, organized on a county or similar basis and owned by the schools rather than privately, would result in a major improvement of the system. School ownership of busses alone, according to the report, would result in a saving of at least $1,500,000 in addition to substantial savings that could be effected through the elimination of widespread routing duplication in the present township unit and through more economical, purchasing, servicing, and management on the larger unit basis." The report, shows that frm; the very beginning of the trans-' portatton program In Indiana to the pressent time, private own-1 ership of school busses has been predominate with school ownership the exception. This is in marked contrast to practice in the nation as a whole. In 1945 over 60 of the school busses in the United States were owned by schools. In Indiana- today only 18 of the school busses are school owned. ' The first major advantage under efficient management of school owned busses is that transportation will be more economical. The bus operator in Indiana is now paying $3500 to $4000 for a school bus. At the present time most busses and transportation supplies are purchased in Indiana at regular retail rate. There is no State machinery for taking bids on larger quantities of material and passing on the savings to local committees. In the spring of 1948 North Carolina, through its state purchasing commission, bought 500 all steel 48 passenger school busses, on a medium chassis, for $2650, while similar busses in the Middle West were selling for $3500 to $4000. Similar savings were made in the purchase of supplies. School districts in New

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13 ' VVWC S5.00 Six Months .. 375 ne Month Strictly In Advance York last year paid approximately 11 cents for regular gasoline because it was purchased on a state contractMany counties in i ntVtdp stain and snmc 8t.nt.ps ujprp i obtaining discounts of 25 to ' 45 on supplies such as tires, batteries, anti-freeze and similar items. Practically all these savings were the results of businesslike methods of purchase in units large enough to have sufficient business to be of interest to the distributors. The school corporation which operates a moderately large fleet of school busses will find it possible, the evidence shows, to purchase busses and supplies' at a considerable saving as compared to the price the operator of one bits will pay. These savings have I

amounted to $200 to $300 per bus ates its own school bus garage.: per year in some units. The pro- I These garages are responsible gram of school bus maintenance ! for fleets of busses ranging in can be more efficient and econ-' size from 25 to 150 busses. Each omical for the local unit which employs one to five mechanics operates a fairly large fleet of plus helpers. They purchase parts busses than for the individual ' and operating supplies at 20 owner, and such savings can to -40 discount. The savings reeasily average $5.0 to $100 per j suiting from this program in bus per year. . , I North Carolina are large and are

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should be several hundred dollars per bus per year. It is conservatively estimated in the report that $300 per bus per year could be saved by school ownership in Indiana. This would amount to approximately $1,500,000 for the almost 5000 privately owned busses in the state. Norlh Carolina which operates over 5000 school owned busses provided transportation in 1946-47, for $14 per pupil. This is in eoitrast to a cost of $33 per pupil in Indiana for the same year. While the use of student drivers is an important factor in achieving economy in North Carolina, other important factors are the large scale purchases on competitive bids and the effi cient program of maintenance. ; The local unit for transoortation in Indiana is the township. The size of the township, accor--1 ding -to the Commission report, is much too small to permit maximum efficiency in the operation of the transportation program even under school ownership. It does not have sufficient pur chasing power to buy busses and supplies at the greatest possible saving. Closely related to this is the fact that it does not operate a sufficiently large number of busses to justify the operation of its owp garage. Another disadvantage of the very small unit is that there is little flexibility in laying out bus routs. To perGet Well , From Year Couch Oum to a Cold Cni PYC Honey Tar rvLbl O Cough Compound our A Artf all j'VoVJj '5? 369

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mit this flexibility a large ad- ministrative unit, 8. The State ministrative unit is necessary. Board of Education andor State The fact that attendance, areas j Department of Education should are usually restricted by town-'be made responsible for: a. Setship lines creats an undesirable ' f.'np standards' for school busses, situation. Pupils frequently ride b. Setting standards fcr school

long distances to a given school because they belong to that township whereas they might be transnnrt.nri more ouicklv. more conveniently and more cheaply to a

school in another township. The chase of busses, garage equipreport shows that a high percent- ment and supplies, e. Providing age of the daily bus mile- consultative services for local age in Indiana might be elimi- administrative units on school nated by. avoiding duplication bus maintenance problems, opand overlapping of routes. ' , erating training programs for the bus drivers, and on other' probPractically all busses in Incl- lenis jn the administration of iana are maintained at private tne pupii transportation- problem, garages and require retail prices Y .

for both parts and labor. Only one or two school bus garages are known to be operating in the state and these are too small to operate with maximum efficiency. In contrast, practically every county in North Carolina oper-, the low cost of pupil transportation in the state. The commission recommends: 1. That the local administrative unit for . pupil transportation should be the county or other independent unit with a transportation program large enough to operate economically and efficiently, according to standards set by the State Department of Education, 2. The local administrative units should move as rapidly as possible toward public ownership of " busses. 3. The State Department of Education should assist local units in working out purchase pro-.-eciures designed to obtain equipment and supplies for which prices have not been set on a state-wide basis at the lowest possible cost. 4. Local administrative units should op erate their own garages for school bus maintenance. 5. Thestandards for school bus drivers should be extended to require tests of the knowledge and skills of school bus drivers. 6. The present law requiring a bus contractor to dr.ive his iiwn bus should be repealed. 7. School bus empioyea only vu uic rtjuminenaauon Ot tne superintendent of the local ad3

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I in a dance routine m 20ili CenturyAT ME. Color by lcchmtolor. bus drivers, c. Setting standards for and approving bus routes, d Establishing prices as a result of competitive bids beyond WlllCn local units may not go in the purlABOr BUREAU i ctdtkk-c WASHINGTON, Dec, 30 (U.R) The Bureau of Labor statistics reported today there were 200 new strikes during November as compared with 240 in October, The ; November work . stoppages involved 90,000 workers and -a loss of 1,900,000. man-days of work. For October, the f igurfis were 110,000 and 2,000,000 respectively. c -torn (..el I tr Mother, you know vhat wonderful rclirf you get -when you rub on warming Viclcs VapoRub! New ... if a cold chokes-up your youngster and makes breathing difficult . . . here's a special way to use VapoRub for grand relief, too! . . . It's VcpcRub Sieam! Put a good spoonful of Vicks VapoRub in a bow of boiling water or vaporizer. Tlv.n . . . let your cliild breathe in the soothing VapoRub Steam. Medicated vapors penetrate direct to aildcongasted upper bronchial tubes, bring relief roith every breath! . For- continued relief while child sleeps, rub throat, chest and back with Vicks VapoRub. It keeps work- a tsysyscics tress. Try it! $' VAPORua T Res. Phone M-lll We're making oG.V right off the lick of the clock. One for each day of this new and promising year. to serve you better every day-

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Guests of Mrs. Joann Hubble during the Christmas holiday were Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Hubble of Marion. Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Houston and Billie Kay and Charles Ray, of Farmington, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Stewart, Nancy, Nelson and Delbert of Otterbein, Indiana, Mrs. Pauline Jeffries and Joann of Attica route, Mr. . and Mrs Charles Hubble and the above' guests spent Christmas day With ir r, ivr-c HT-jlnnlm TTovt anrl daughters of New Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Stewart and family, Mrs. Pauline Jeffries and Joann, and Mrs. Joann Hub-; ble were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hubble. j Christmas dinner guests of Mr. j and Mrs. Frank McCombs and son, Mickey, were Mr. and Mrs.: William Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. I Robert McCombs, Mr. and Mrs. j Arlie Riggs of Kilgore, Texas, Mr. ' and Mrs. John W. Mackey of Day-! ton, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cottingham, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cot-! tingham, Billy and Bobby Richardson. Mona and Buddy Riggs, Mrs. Nancy Williams, Mrs. Minnie

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