Union Traction System Ready for Big Year Under Brady
Under receiver and president Arthur W Brady the Union Traction System reports steady progress in 1925. Fifteen new all steel interurban cars costing about 500000 were secured via Fletcher American Company notes, with enhanced service between Ft Wayne and Indianapolis. The system expanded bus routes to Muncie Anderson Kokomo Noblesville and via Peru Indianapolis to Ft Wayne. Freight facilities were strengthened and freight routes linked with L N Railroad extending reach to New Orleans and over 600 points in Ohio and Michigan.
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Arthur W. Brady
Union Traction Company
Union Traction
Fletcher-American Company of
Indianapolis
Anderson Shops
Ft. Wayne
Union Traction System
Muncie
Anderson
Kokomo
Noblesville
Public Service Commission
Indiana Service Orporation
Peru
L. & N. Railroad
New Orleans
Louisville
Ohio
Michigan
Wabash Valley
Marion
Newcastle
Logansport
Union Traction Expands Freight and Electric Services
The Union Traction system boosts Merchants' Dispatch express freight reducing delivery times. It expands livestock transport, enlarges freight houses, and remodels facilities at Marion. Forty seven light and power stations serve rural and urban areas as Indiana railways enter the new year with improved passenger, freight, and power capacity.
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Union Traction
Indiana
Edison urges low public utility prices on Edison Day
Thomas A. Edison writes to H B Flowers of New Orleans Public Service urging utilities to cut production costs and sell at the lowest possible price while earning a reasonable profit. The message delivered by radio in New Orleans on Edison Day promotes the public servant role of utilities.
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Thomas A. Edison
H. B. Flowers
New Orleans
Bus Lines In Receivership Face Insurance Deadline
The public service commission says Indiana Red Ball Bus Lines in receivership must renew liability insurance by Thursday afternoon to continue operations. The firm must secure new policies to avoid suspension.
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Indiana Red Ball Bus Lines
Public Service Commission
Auto Costs in Washington Estimate Day by Day
A city survey by McClelland and Junkersfield finds the average auto running cost at 11.49 cents per mile, totaling 690.30 for twelve months. Gas at 20 cents a gallon and 15 mpg yields about 2 dollars per day per car, prompting more owners to switch to electric lines and buses as streetcar fares average 7 cents.
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Washington, D. C
McClelland & Junkersfield
Telephone in Ali Shows Police Telephones Vital to Response
A police headquarters call system emerges as crucial for life and property protection. A mistaken murder alert triggered detectives to a junk dealer’s shop where a cat fight caused the desk phone to fall, not a crime but a noisy feline brawl.
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Charters
Tractions Improve At Indianapolis Interurban Terminal
Indianapolis runs the world's largest interurban terminal handling 600 cars daily and 15 000 to 20 000 passengers. In 1925 interurban firms added sleeping cars diners and parlor cars and expanded bus connections to cooperate with the terminal network.
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Indianapolis
Union Traction rolls out $28 000 steel cars on key routes
The Union Traction system unveils 24 new steel cars at a cost of 420000, part of a 1925 program exceeding half a million dollars. Trains run daily between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne and other cities with buffet parlor cars on select services, plus the Hoosierland and Wabash Valley Flyers. Call Main 4500 for info.
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Hoosierland
Ft Wayne
Indianapolis
Servie Ft
Wenty
Union Traction
Ft. Wayne
Anderson
Muncie
Indiana
Union Traction speeds freight across midwest routes
Fast Freight Service advertises Vernight deliveries up to 200 miles with second and third morning options between Detroit Cleveland Dayton Springfield Columbus Akron Lansing Jackson Kalamazoo and more. Through tariffs cover 600 points in Indiana Ohio Michigan Illinois Kentucky and L N Railroad territory south of Louisville. Merchants Dispatch ships express on passenger cars delivering in one to four hours.
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Detroit
Michigan
Cleveland
Dayton
Springfield
Ohio
Columbus
Akron
Lansing
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Union Traction
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisville
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Investment and Commercial Bankit
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J. F. Wild & CO. State Bank
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South Bend
Y Wayne
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Tnolpapolis
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