EARLY BUS AND AUTO STAGE LINES

INDIANA


BUS COMPANIES INITIAL REGULATION 1925

The earliest bus companies to be regulated by the Indiana Public Service Commission, listed in the Annual Report of 1925, the first year of regulation. This was the only time when the list also included routes and certificate numbers. Some lines were local city bus lines. Some certificates were issued under the name of the business owner. Some companies later adopted more meaningful names, and they instead are used here. When some routes are listed as "Discontinued", they might have actually been sold, but details of any sales are usually unavailable. "Sold" is used to identify some of these transactions. Sales of larger companies are mentioned at the 1925-1933 Page. Where a year is not listed, that company continued into existence at least to 1933.


Certificate   Issued                                  Route                   Discontinued
No.           To                                                              Or Sold

  1M  Seymour-Bedford Bus Line                        Seymour-Bedford
  2M  Frurip Bus Line                                 Sturgis MI-Ft. Wayne       Disc 1930
  3M  Frurip Bus Line                                 Angola-Goshen              Disc 1930
  4M  Frurip Bus Line                                 LaGrange-Elkhart           Disc 1930
  5M  Chicago South Bend & Northern Indiana Ry.       South Bend-Goshen
  7M  Interstate Public Service Co.                   Indianapolis-Seymour       Sold 1930
  8M  Interstate Public Service Co.                   Scottsburg-Jeffersonv.     Sold 1930
 10M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Greensburg    Disc 1925
 11M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Crawfordsv.   Disc 1925
 12M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Clinton       Disc 1925
 13M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-South Bend    Disc 1925
 14M  Indianapolis Street Railway Co.                 W. Washington St. Feeder
 19M  Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction     City of Terre Haute        Sold 1931
 26M  Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co.          Indianapolis-Shelbyville   Sold 1929
 27M  Indiana Motor Transit Co.                       Indianapolis-Terre Haute
 32M  South Side Motor Coach Co.                      Indianapolis-Beech Grove   Sold 1929
 33M  Will A. Brown                                   Greensburg-Versailles      Disc 1925
 34M  Peoples Motor Coach Co.                         City of Indianapolis
 36M  White Star Bus Line                             Vevay-Columbus
 37M  Union Traction Co.                              Muncie-Indianapolis        Sold 1930
 39M  Union Traction Co.                              Kokomo-Indianapolis        Sold 1930
 40M  Indiana Motor Transit Co.                       Indianapolis-Richmond
 41M  Henry Francis Martin                            Crawfords.-Lafayette       Disc 1930
 42M  Harry L. Ripsberger                             Connersville-Brookville    Disc 1926
 44M  City Bus Line                                   City of Clinton            Disc 1930
 45M  Reo Motor Bus Line                              Crawfordsv.-Danville
 46M  Danville & Lafayette Motor Bus Co.              Danville IN-Lafayette      Disc 1931
 47M  Western Motor Line Co.                          Terre Haute-St. Marys W.
 50M  Marion Motor Bus Corp.                          Marion-Ft. Wayne           Disc 1926
 51M  Hoosier Bus Line                                Marion-Hartford City       Disc 1925
 52M  Jacob C. Nie                                    Warren-N. Manchester       Disc 1930
 53M  James W. Leppert (Purch. from Fremont Weddle)   Nashville-Columbus
 54M  James W. Leppert                                Bloomington-Nashville
 55M  Hoosier Stage Line                              Indianapolis-Muncie        Disc 1925
 56M  Hoosier Stage Line                              Anderson-Marion            Disc 1925
 57M  I. U. Bus Co. (Purch. from Aaron J. Duncan)     Bloomington-Bedford        Disc 1925
 62M  Blue Safety Coach Co.                           Indiana H.-Buffington      Disc 1925
 63M  Blue Safety Coach Co.                           Hammond-Whiting            Sold 1925
 64M  Blue Safety Coach Co.                           Indiana H.-East Chicago    Sold 1925
 66M  Reo Transit Co.                                 Marion-Warsaw              Disc 1925
 68M  Martin J. Linskey                               Indianapolis-Ben Davis     Disc 1929
 69M  Tony Poparad                                    Indianapolis-Ben Davis
 70M  Ira Verbryck                                    Bargersville-Franklin      Disc 1925
 71M  Dare Bus Line                                   Richmond-Connersville      Disc 1928
 72M  Clinton & Terre Haute Bus Line                  Clinton-Terre Haute        Disc 1931
 74M  Marley L. Sponsler                              Linton-Sullivan            Disc 1927
 75M  J. J. Kendall                                   Linton-Bicknell            Disc 1926
 76M  King Bros.                                      Richmond-Muncie            Disc 1928
 77M  Liberty Transit Co. of Indiana                  City of Anderson           Disc 1929
 78M  Danville-Terre Haute Limited Bus Co.            Danville IL-Terre Haute
 79M  Red Star Transportation Co.                     Vincennes-Evansville       Disc 1930
 80M  LaVern S. Moorman                               Harlan-Ft. Wayne           Disc 1926
 81M  Twin City Bus Co.                               City of Indiana Harbor     Sold 1929
 82M  Twin City Bus Co.                               City of Indiana Harbor     Sold 1929
 83M  Twin City Bus Co.                               City of Indiana Harbor     Sold 1929
 84M  Twin City Bus Co.                               City of Indiana Harbor     Sold 1929
 85M  Twin City Bus Co.                               City of Indiana Harbor     Sold 1929
 86M  Milligan Bus Service                            Colfax-Lafayette           Disc 1928
 88M  Indiana Serv. Corp. (Purch. from Nor. In. Bus)  Ft. Wayne-Angola
 91M  Donzelli Bus Lines                              Ft. Wayne-Muncie           Disc 1925
 92M  Donzelli Bus Lines                              Ft. Wayne-South Bend       Disc 1925
 93M  Newcastle-Rushville-Greensburg Bus Line         Newcastle-Rushville        Disc 1930
 94M  Edward C. Pio                                   Paulding OH-Ft. Wayne      Disc 1927
 95M  Red White & Blue Coach Line                     Lafayette-Kokomo           Disc 1925
 98M  I. U. Bus Co. (Purchased from Joe B. Westrich)  Bloomington-Bedford        Disc 1925
 99M  Platter & Baldwin                               Rockville-Indianapolis
100M  Hugh Pritchard                                  Bloomington-Bedford        Disc 1926
101M  Jackson County Transfer Co.                     North Vernon-Medora        Disc 1926
102M  De Luxe Bus Line                                French Lick-New Albany     Disc 1929
103M  Ben Popp                                        City of Indianapolis       Disc 1929
104M  Hiner's Red Ball Line (Purch. from Ch. Powell)  Rochester-Indianapolis     Disc 1925
105M  Blue & Gray Bus Line                            Harmony-Terre Haute        Disc 1932
106M  Jos. C. Rachor                                  Michigan City-MI State L.  Sold 1925
107M  Charles Pratt                                   Madison-Cincinnati OH      Disc 1928
108M  Charles Pratt                                   Connersville-Cincinnati    Disc 1928
109M  Charles Pratt                                   Madison-Cincinnati OH      Disc 1928
110M  Jos. G. Churukian                               City of Indianapolis       Disc 1926
112M  Middlebury Bus Line                             Middlebury-Goshen
113M  N. Manchester-Ft. Wayne Line                    N. Manchester-Ft. Wayne    Disc 1925
114M  Youngs Transportation Co.                       Lafayette-Fowler           Disc 1928
115M  Stainaker Bus Line                              Clark's Hill-Monticello    Disc 1926
116M  Studebaker Bus Line                             Seymour-Bedford            Disc 1930
117M  Peter Marynowski                                Hammond-Hegewisch Ford     Disc 1925
118M  Red Star Bus Line                               Ft. Wayne-Warsaw           Disc 1925
119M  Charles T. Barber                               Union St., Indianapolis    Disc 1928
120M  Alva C. Wratten                                 Pearl St.-Union-Adler      Disc 1930
121M  Indiana Motor Bus Co.                           South Bend-Peru
122M  Bloomington & Greencastle Bus Line              Bloomington-Greencastle
127M  Payne & Troxler                                 City streets of Muncie
133M  Evansville & Ohio Valley Ry.                    Grandview-Cannelton
134M  Bedford-Mitchell Motor Bus                      Bedford-Mitchell
135M  F. H. App                                       Bristol-Elkhart            Disc 1926
136M  James W. Powell                                 Petersburg-Oakland City
137M  James W. Powell                                 Princeton-Oakland City
138M  I. U. Bus Co. (Purch. from Melvin Hill)         Bloomington-Bedford        Disc 1925
140M  John E. Maloy                                   Hammond-Indiana Harbor     Sold 1926
141M  John E. Maloy                                   Hammond-124th/Torrence     Sold 1926
142M  John E. Maloy                                   Hammond-Whiting            Sold 1926
148M  Indiana Service Corp.                           Ft. Wayne-Bluffton
150M  Cecil Coach Line                                Muncie-Peru                Disc 1927
151M  Wm. A. Cook                                     Rochester-Akron            Disc 1927
152M  Jacob R. Roush                                  Clay City-Terre Haute      Disc 1930
154M  McClain Transit Co.                             Muncie-Newcastle           Disc 1926
155M  McClain Transit Co.                             Muncie-Kokomo              Disc 1926
158M  Hurley O. Bayless                               Huntington-Bluffton        Disc 1930
159M  Edw. E. Francq                                  Muncie-Hartford City       Disc 1926
160M  Fort Wayne-New Haven Bus Line                   Fort Wayne-New Haven       Disc 1930
161M  M. I. Yoder                                     Nappanee-Elkhart
162M  M. I. Yoder                                     Nappanee-Goshen
163M  Kern Transfer Co.                               Logansport-Monticello      Disc 1929
164M  John C. Dosch                                   Washington-Petersburg      Disc 1926
165M  John C. Dosch                                   Washington-Vincennes       Disc 1926
166M  Morris Cuker                                    Union St., Indianapolis    Disc 1926
170M  Waynedale Bus Line                              Ft. Wayne-Waynedale        Disc 1925
172M  Pete Argenta (Purch. from Ellis Boger)          Bicknell-Vincennes
174M  Selby Peterson                                  Hammond-Indiana Harbor     Sold 1929
175M  Julius Woituk                                   Robertsdale-East Chicago   Sold 1925
176M  Ft. Wayne-St. Joe Bus Line                      Ft. Wayne-St. Joe          Disc 1925
177M  Ray C. McNutt                                   Fountain City-Richmond     Disc 1930
178M  James R. Hale                                   Crown Point-Lowell         Disc 1927
179M  Stevenson & Bergman                             Vincennes-Evansville       Disc 1930
181M  Woodburn Bus Line                               Woodburn-Terre Haute       Disc 1929
182M  Linton-Terre Haute Bus Line                     Linton-Terre Haute         Disc 1930
183M  Madison-Columbus Bus Line                       Madison-Columbus           Disc 1926
185M  Spencer-Martinsville Motor Line                 Spencer-Martinsville       Disc 1932
186M  Joe Hays                                        Danville IL-Clinton        Disc 1925
187M  Freeland LaRue (Purch. from Ernest Thrasher)    Bedford-Bloomington        Disc 1925
188M  Leo L. Minnick                                  New Goshen-Terre Haute     Disc 1927
189M  Warner Bus Line                                 Windfall-Kokomo            Disc 1927
190M  Pete Argenta                                    Vincennes-Washington
191M  Pete Argenta                                    Bicknell-Vincennes
194M  Indiana Bus Line                                Clinton-St. Bernice        Disc 1930
195M  Bessie M. Marcum                                Crawfordsv.-Frankfort      Disc 1925
196M  Good Brothers                                   Crawfordsv.-Indianapolis
197M  Sidney R. Beanblossom                           Mauckport-Corydon          Disc 1929
199M  A.B.C. Coach Line                               Ft. Wayne-Winchester
200M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   South Bend-Goshen
201M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   Michigan City-Hebron
202M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   LaCrosse-LaPorte
203M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   Hanna-LaPorte
204M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   Wheatfield-Valparaiso
205M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   Knox-Laporte
206M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   LaPorte
208M  Jahns Bus Co.                                   LaPorte-Valparaiso
213M  Brill & Hearn                                   Indianapolis-Greenwood     Disc 1930
214M  Tips Bus Line                                   Seymour-North Vernon       Disc 1925
215M  I. U. Bus Co.                                   Indianapolis-Bloomington   Disc 1925
217M  H. G. Crawford & Son                            Churubusoo-Ft. Wayne       Disc 1925
218M  Ft. Wayne Bryan & Toledo                        Ft. Wayne-Bryan OH         Disc 1925
219M  Hostetler & Redic                               Madison-New Albany         Disc 1926
223M  Farina Bus Line & Transportation Co.            Hammond-Chicago Heights    Sold 1926
225M  Brill & Hearn                                   Indianapolis-Morgantown    Disc 1930
226M  Newcastle Transit Co.                           Newcastle-Connersville     Disc 1927
227M  Newcastle Transit Co.                           Newcastle-Anderson         Disc 1927
228M  Newcastle Transit Co.                           Richmond-Anderson          Disc 1927
229M  Newcastle Transit Co.                           Newcastle-Indianapolis     Disc 1927
230M  Newcastle Transit Co.                           Newcastle-Indianapolis     Disc 1927
233M  J. B. Smallwood                                 Bloomington-Indianapolis   Disc 1925
234M  Schuppert Bus Line                              Corydon-New Albany
239M  Freeland LaRue                                  Bloomington-Indianapolis   Disc 1925
241M  Chicago South Bend & Northern Indiana Ry.       City of Elkhart
243M  Robert Wright                                   Leavenworth-Marengo        Disc 1928
246M  Noblesv.-Anderson Bus (Purch. from R. Sapper)   Noblesville-Anderson       Disc 1930
248M  Blue Goose Lines (Purch. from Earl Baxley)      Mitchell-French Lick       Sold 1928
252M  Noble Peters                                    New Albany-New Middleton   Disc 1931
254M  Indiana Motor Transit (Purch. from G. Wellman)  Indianapolis-Stilesville
256M  Intercity Safety Coach                          Peru-Ft. Wayne             Disc 1926
257M  George A. Pierce                                Clay City-Brazil           Disc 1930
258M  High St. Bus Line                               City of Ft. Wayne          Disc 1927
261M  Eddie St. Pierre                                Kentland-Lafayette         Disc 1931
262M  Houser Motor Bus Co.                            South Bend-Logansport      Disc 1925
263M  E. Craig Patrick                                New Albany-Leavenworth     Disc 1926
264M  Wabash Valley Coach Co.                         Terre Haute-Linton
265M  Wabash Valley Coach Co.                         Terre Haute-Vincennes
266M  Logan J. Smith                                  West Indianapolis
269M  Ben Hur Bus Line                                Terre Haute-Crawfordsv.    Disc 1926
270M  Gray Bus Line                                   City of Ft. Wayne          Disc 1929
274M  Milton York Coach Line                          Elwood-Indianapolis        Disc 1925
275M  Louis Potter                                    Union St., Indianapolis    Disc 1925
278M  Ward Bus Line                                   Elwood-Anderson
280M  Schenck Bus Line                                Indianapolis-Ben Davis     Disc 1931
281M  Griffith Bus Line                               Bloomington-Indianapolis   Disc 1930
283M  Melvin Howe                                     City of Ft. Wayne          Disc 1926
286M  Deputy & Buckhave                               Greenburg-Aurora           Disc 1927
291M  Bremen-South Bend Motor Bus Co.                 Nappanee-South Bend        Disc 1931
292M  Meech's Bus Line                                Corydon-New Albany         Disc 1927
294M  E. O. Whittaker                                 Hartford City-Dunkirk      Disc 1925
296M  J. C. Handy                                     Union St., Indianapolis    Disc 1925
297M  Elsie Johnson                                   Indianapolis-Ben Davis     Disc 1926
300M  Kokomo Omnibus Co.                              City of Kokomo             Disc 1925
301M  Robert Dixon                                    Mt. Vernon-Evansville      Disc 1926
302M  Holman T. Hill                                  Union St., Indianapolis    Disc 1929
304M  Traction Motor Transit (Purch. from H. Clark)   Indianapolis-Noblesville   Disc 1926
314M  Wabash Valley Transit Co.                       IL State Line-Terre Haute
316M  B. F. Davis Motor Line                          Plainfield-Indianapolis    Disc 1927
317M  B. F. Davis Motor Line                          Ben Davis-Indianapolis     Disc 1927
319M  D. A. Gillispie                                 Logansport-Rochester
320M  D. A. Gillispie                                 Logansport-Monticello
321M  D. A. Gillispie                                 Logansport-Winamac
322M  D. A. Gillispie                                 City of Logansport
323M  D. A. Gillispie                                 Winamac-Crown Point
324M  Schappi Bus Line                                Calumet City IL-Hammond
325M  Schappi Bus Line                                Hammond-Chicago
326M  Schappi Bus Line                                Hammond-East Chicago       Sold 1926
327M  Schappi Bus Line                                Calumet City-East Chicago
328M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         Indiana Harbor-Whiting     Sold 1926
329M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         City of Gary
330M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         City of Gary
331M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         Whiting-Highland           Sold 1926
340M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         Lake/Porter Co.-MI Line    Sold 1926
341M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         City of Gary
342M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         Hammond-Lowell             Sold 1926
343M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         City of Gary
344M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         Hammond-Crown Point        Sold 1926
345M  Gary Street Railway Co.                         Hammond-Calumet City IL    Sold 1926
358M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Sheridan      Disc 1925
359M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Logansport    Disc 1925
360M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Noblesville   Disc 1925
362M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Richmond      Disc 1925
363M  Interstate Public Service Co.                   Indianapolis-Louisville    Sold 1930
364M  Gary Street Railway Co. (Purch. from J. Artim)  Hessville-East Chicago     Sold 1926
365M  Gary Street Railway Co. (Purch. from J. Artim)  Hessville-Hammond          Sold 1926
417M  Irvin Hamm                                      Washington-Mitchell        Disc 1927
425M  Willis Knapp                                    Brazil-Bowling Green       Disc 1928
431M  Edith Schultz                                   Richmond-Oxford OH         Disc 1927
437M  J. B. Smallwood                                 Bedford-Linton             Disc 1925
439M  Andrew Ayres                                    Washington-Mitchell        Disc 1927
441M  White Star Motor Coach                          Kokomo-Logansport          Disc 1925
447M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Ravenswood    Disc 1925
448M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-W. Lafayette  Disc 1925
449M  Red White & Blue Coach Line                     Indianapolis-W. Lafayette  Disc 1925
450M  Chas. L. Smith                                  City of Anderson           Disc 1925
451M  Johanen M. Conner                               City of Anderson           Disc 1926
453M  Hampton O. Doss                                 City of Anderson           Disc 1926
454M  Harry Lawson                                    City of Anderson           Disc 1926
455M  C. Herschel Williamson                          City of Anderson           Disc 1926
456M  Ellis Lewellyn & Lee Skinner                    City of Anderson           Disc 1927
457M  Samuel E. Abney                                 City of Anderson           Disc 1926
458M  Lawrence W. Sherfese                            City of Anderson           Disc 1927
459M  Luther Hamilton/Paul Slaton                     City of Anderson           Disc 1925
460M  Clifford Carpenter                              City of Anderson           Disc 1926
461M  Chester A. Starr                                City of Anderson           Disc 1926
462M  Intercity Safety Coach                          Indianapolis-Peru          Disc 1926
469M  Ft. Wayne Van Wert & Lima Traction Co.          Ft. Wayne-Ohio State Line  Disc 1927
471M  Lawrence Gleichman                              New Harmony-Mt. Vernon     Disc 1931
472M  Indiana Service Corp.                           Angola-Lake James
473M  Henry L. Dixon                                  New Harmony-Evansville     Disc 1925
478M  Peoples Motor Coach Co.                         City of Indianapolis
479M  Jack Rabbit                                     Evansville-West Baden      Disc 1925
481M  Donzelli Bus Lines                              Ft. Wayne-Marion           Disc 1925
483M  Henry Francis Martin                            Crawfordsv.-Greencastle    Disc 1930
486M  Greenville-Richmond Bus Line                    Greenville-Richmond        Disc 1930
487M  Hiner's Red Ball Line                           Indianapolis-Martinsville  Disc 1925
490M  Harry C. Kessler                                New Paris-Richmond         Disc 1927
491M  Robert P. Abrams                                Utica-Jeffersonville
492M  J. B. Smallwood                                 Bloomington-Cascade G.     Disc 1925
493M  Ohio-Indiana Bus Co.                            Dillsboro-Cincinnati OH    Disc 1925
499M  Indianapolis Street Railway Co.                 Central Ave. Feeder Line
501M  Bessie M. Marcum                                Crawfordsville-Attica      Disc 1925
502M  Hoosier Stage Line                              Anderson-Green Lantern     Disc 1925
505M  Leo L. Minnick                                  Terre Haute-Merom          Disc 1927
510M  Grandell Bus Line                               Indianapolis-W. Harrison   Disc 1925
514M  B. F. Davis Motor Line                          Indianapolis-Terre Haute   Disc 1927
515M  Gary Railways Co.                               City of Hammond            Sold 1926
516M  Gary Railways Co.                               City of Hammond            Sold 1926
517M  Gary Railways Co.                               City of Hammond            Sold 1926
518M  Gary Railways Co.                               City of Hammond            Sold 1926
519M  Gary Railways Co.                               Gary-Valparaiso            Sold 1926
520M  Gary Railways Co.                               Gary-Valparaiso            Sold 1926
521M  Gary Railways Co.                               Hammond-Valparaiso         Sold 1926
522M  Gary Railways Co.                               Gary-Hobart                Sold 1926
523M  Gary Railways Co.                               Gary-Lafayette             Sold 1926
538M  W. E. Biggs                                     Greensboro-Newcastle       Disc 1926
542M  Indianapolis Street Railway Co.                 City of Indianapolis
543M  Indianapolis Street Railway Co.                 City of Indianapolis
550M  Indianapolis Street Railway Co.                 City of Indianapolis
551M  Indianapolis Street Railway Co.                 City of Indianapolis


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