4- he CArtuUkA TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1882
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, : Citizens Clash Over Buses
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: vice decreased 26 perl along routes,
cent, from 106,585 to- One example are two
-.78,947; and miles travel- route changes that gain
ed decreased 20 per cent, ed council approval, but
from 1.159.140 to tne original scneauie was
922.467. according to a reinstated along
official. This night bus
official said 1968 was the;
last year the company
realized a profit on the
transit service.
The company, with '
council approval, ,
eliminated holiday ser
vice December, 1978,
and ' Sunday service
January, 1979. These
two service cuts were .
allowed without' the
usual requirement of a
sixty-day trial ' period
before full acceptance.
Also over the past few
years, the company gain
ed route changes on most
,"of the ten routes, which
included ending service
along routes, increasing
the number of minutes
between trips and reduc
ing the number of buses
with
service oy
order of the N.C,
Utilities Commission in
February. (
The company propos--ed
for those routes;
(Watts "HospitalEast;
Durham and Duke
Hospital Wellons;
Village) to increase the
number of minutes bet-.'
Figuring prominently
in the question of bus
service are maintenance
costs : and promotional
'efforts.,1 ':''''.- ;"'-V;
According to William
Plyler, Durham Division
Transit Manager,: until
1981 , the companyspent
about $10,000ron adver
tising but In the current
budget $42,500 was ap
propriated. " ' ; ,
But the Coalition's at-
developed within .i the ,
company .to replace nine ,
old buses , to make the
system more attractive,
which has not been acted
upon. The present age of
the 4I-bus fleet is about
ten years. The last yearf
new buses were bought
was" 1974. The company
projects that for the first '
three years of operation, .
maintenance costs would
be $91,000 as compared '
to -$282,000 for the nine '
old buss proposed tobe
replaced. -. ; . -. ' :V
Coalition - attorney5
aiso pointed out that the
company's losses, said to
tomev. Travis Pavne. is
seekine to orove that the be over $1 million an
comnanv has notxoro-! nuallv.- could be offset I-
ween trips from 20 to 23, motec5 the buses enough! by about fifty per cent if
minutes, reduce the t0 convince persons with the company would app
ears to ride the bus. He ly for federal funds. Thei
said the increase in the company has repeatedly
current year's budget for refused that option, say-v.
advertising Tsproof " ifig the agreement to cerr
The company has ; tain labor requirements.
developed hut has not would harm overall.
implemented marketing
systems. These included
display of route maps
and schedules at various
number of trips from 33;
to 27, and reduce the
number of buses pn each
route from four to three;
for an annual net saving
of $90,402.
Company officials and
citizens testified that the
routes are heavily used,
but company officials
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' members. Observing : ire: (L-R) Mrs. Jauncey
i McDougle, budget officer, Mrs. Isabel C. Moseley, ex
; ecutive secretary; and Mrs. J. O. DrumwrighK tutor, ;
said the change did nof"ocati0ns throughout the
mean a service cut.
city, clearer route maps, ,
a transit booklet that ;
would offer information j
on the system, printing
of route maps in the
telephone directory, a
description of the transit
The first successful operation on the human heart was' system to be included
performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams at Providence with electric bills, a city-
Hospital in Chicago in July .1893.
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Th Hack n0MDBr was Freedom's Journal, which a transit marketing direc-
began publishing in March 1827 in New York City. tor.
A proposal was also
' wide publicity campaign, . help upgrade and
a free bus day and hiring operate the system at no
cost to citizens. But the'
council turned thumbs'
down on that offer.
employee relations. . j' ;. j Rev. Cureton L Johnson, pastor, Red Mountain Mis-j
Another option tnat' sionary Baptist Churcn, Rougemom, presemeo a i
was not talked aboutllfjcheck to the Central Orphanage in Oxford recently. Ac- r
much during the hear-" cepting the gift was J. 0. Drumwright, assistant to Or-,
ings is the company's of phanage Director H.V.Bryant. The unrestricted gift wasj
fer to give tne transit
system to the city, which
can be done under the
contract that gives the
company ejectric -and
transit rights.
In the. proposal tjie
company suggested set
ting up a trust fund to
Northern Orange Black Voter's
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The Northern Orange
Black Voters' Alliance
for Political Progress is
sponsoring a
"Dinner
Theater and Dance" on j
Friday,, May 21, at the
Donations are $8 peri
ticket, which will include1
a dinner, a play, and a
dance. -
Businesses, civic
groups, organizations,
and political groups and
'(ContmuedfromFront)
Scholarship Committee spirits and wines. The
which makes the final company, whose pro-
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The schedule of ac
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opportunities, payment and
benefits available to mem
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Personnel in Army Re
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over 51,000 blacks and
about 5,000 Hispanics. As
recruits, they were given an
equal opportunity to learn a
job skill, received pay while
learning, and were not
discriminated against in,
regard to later promotions.
One reason that Army
; Reserve enlistment is on the
rise is the chance it offers to
learn a skill. There are about
350 job skills taught in the
Army Reserve. More than
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