. Electric railway journal . ept those of Belle IslePark. The company has no franchise. The ordinanceprovides that any license issued thereunder shall besubject to renewal or revocation. It also provides foramendment or alteration. Under these conditions acompany that was not confident of its ability to renderacceptable and popular service would not be likely toundertake it. Like any other common carrier in Michigan, the buscompany is subject to commission regulation. 766 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 17 During the spring and summer of 1921 it is plannedto increase and extend the servi
. Electric railway journal . ept those of Belle IslePark. The company has no franchise. The ordinanceprovides that any license issued thereunder shall besubject to renewal or revocation. It also provides foramendment or alteration. Under these conditions acompany that was not confident of its ability to renderacceptable and popular service would not be likely toundertake it. Like any other common carrier in Michigan, the buscompany is subject to commission regulation. 766 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 17 During the spring and summer of 1921 it is plannedto increase and extend the service. The JeffersonAvenue line is likely to be extended to the city limitson the east and to have a downtown terminal at GrandCircus Park as originally. A Cass Avenue and SecondBoulevard line will run from the Windsor Ferry atthe foot of Woodward Avenue to Boston Boulevard. Anadditional service on this line starting from the ferrywill diverge at the West Grand Boulevard and runwest to Grand River. Avenue. An additional service. liKTliOJT BUS WITH LEFT-HAND DRIVE on the Jefferson Avenue line will diverge at the EastGrand Boulevard and run north to the Packard fac-tory. The John R. Street line will probably be extendedstraight north on John R. Street to Boston extensions will be made possible through thereceipt of forty additional buses of the Detroit lowtype, which can operate safely with passengers onthe upper deck under the viaduct of the MichiganCentral Railroad, which has vertical clearances overthe streets it crosses of but feet. Design of Buses The Detroit bus was developed by the New YorkTransportation Company (which, owns the FifthAvenue Coach Company of New York and controls thesale of the vehicles it manufactures) for service onstreets where the overhead clearances precluded theuse of the standard Fifth Avenue type. With the excep-tion of the height, the bus is similar in appearanceto the standard Fifth Avenue bus, but has a left-handdrive.
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