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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
13
The Indiana Bell Telephone Company reports its 1925 expansion ending with about 75,000 telephones in Indiana, up 50,000 in the period. The firm highlights 40 miles of new cable, 15 city exchanges, 49 trucks, and 2,550 local employees serving Indianapolis and surrounding exchanges.
The group lists C. H. Rottger as president T. R. Keyes as vice president and general auditor F. A. Montrose as general manager A. E. Smith as general commercial superintendent C. R. Woods as general traffic superintendent J. W. Hannon as general superintendent of plant and A. J. R. Henry as treasurer.
Indianapolis in 1925 saw the opening of WFBM by Merchants Heat and Light Company. The station, the state's most powerful, broadcasts without charge and relies on civic groups. Twenty one city broadcasting points feed the central studio at the Indianapolis Athletic Club with a Lenore station link. Major events aired include basketball tournaments speedway races baseball games and football and Messiah programs. Receipts include 10000 replies from 46 states Canada Puerto Rico and Ireland.
Fall Creek Blvd and Meridian St will host the Marrett-Spink Apartment Hotel a two wing building planned to house 228 apartments plus shops dining hall ballroom gym nursery and clubrooms. Estimated cost is 3 million dollars with completion expected around July 1.
A. Smith Bowman, founder of the Peoples Motor Coach Company, emphasizes safety courtesy and service as core goals. By 1925 his firm ran 34 buses on four lines and carried over 4,000,000 passengers since 1923, with plans in 1926 to expand pending public service commission permission. Bowman's buses operate on a regular schedule and stop at corners or patrons’ doors. Also noted is a New Year ceremony at the White House with Thomas Jefferson presented a 160 pound cheese.
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