| CADIEUX |
Information for the above article compiled from data information supplied by Jack E. Schramm, courtesy of "DSR BUS ROUTES, 1932-
1945" ("Detroit's DSR, Part 2" — March–April 1992 edition of MCA magazine) and "DSR BUS ROUTES, 1945-1974" ("Detroit's DSR, Part
3" — May–June 1993 edition of Motor Coach Age magazine). Additional info obtained from 1945 DSR Headway Reports courtesy of
Stan Sycko, and 1957-58 DSR Service Maps in the author's possession. Cadieux route-map, timetable and transfer images courtesy of
the Stan Sycko collection. Information on 1955 DSR service cuts obtained from copies of March 1955 editions of the Detroit Free Press
and Detroit Times, courtesy of Ken Schramm.
1945" ("Detroit's DSR, Part 2" — March–April 1992 edition of MCA magazine) and "DSR BUS ROUTES, 1945-1974" ("Detroit's DSR, Part
3" — May–June 1993 edition of Motor Coach Age magazine). Additional info obtained from 1945 DSR Headway Reports courtesy of
Stan Sycko, and 1957-58 DSR Service Maps in the author's possession. Cadieux route-map, timetable and transfer images courtesy of
the Stan Sycko collection. Information on 1955 DSR service cuts obtained from copies of March 1955 editions of the Detroit Free Press
and Detroit Times, courtesy of Ken Schramm.
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The former Cadieux bus line was a short, light service bus route which began operations on Monday,
July 21, 1941. The line was launched during the post-depression years of 1940–1942, when the DSR
made a number of significant improvements to its bus operation. A number of new and reinstated bus
routes were launched, and many short distance routes were extended to the outlying areas of the city.
Lines such as Hoover (renamed Conner), St. Aubin, Lahser, Eight Mile East, Seven Mile East,
Wyoming-Meyers, Five Points, Schaefer, Southfield, Holbrook, Greenfield and McGraw–
Davison were examples of bus routes launched and extended outward during this period. Meanwhile,
on the far east-side of town, the Cadieux bus line would begin servicing residents within that
developing outlying area of the city.
Early Cadieux headways from November 2, 1945, show eleven-minute headways during peak hours,
22 minutes during the base, and 40 minutes during evening service. Assigned to the east-side
Shoemaker Terminal, the 5.1-mile long route required five coaches during peak hours and two
during the base hours. However, ridership on the line would remain "marginal" at best.
By March of 1955, a number of the outlying bus lines, described by DSR general manager Leo J.
Nowicki as a drain on DSR funds, were facing possible abandonment. Six bus routes, Bassett,
Broadstreet, Cadieux, Five Points, Lahser and Meyers were being considered for service
elimination, with the Cadieux line to be amongst the first lines to be cut. However, instead of total
elimination of the route, Sunday service was discontinued effective May 1, 1955, with adjusted
headways the rest of the week. Timetables placed into effect October 1, 1957, show a 20-minute
headway scheduled all day (Mon-Sat), with a 40-minute headway after 7:00P.M. (see 1957 TIMETABLE)
During its last year of operation, the Cadieux line had to be rerouted via Harper, University, Chester
and then Moross, effective July 7, 1958, due to construction of the Edsel B. Ford Expressway along
Harper. However, the line was discontinued the following year due to low ridership numbers. Effective
on June 18, 1959, the line was eliminated and the service along Cadieux street was replaced by the
DSR's McNichols East line — which was extended from Harper and Whittier, via Harper and Cadieux
to Mack.
D-DOT route #32 McNichols continues to provide service along Cadieux, between Harper and Mack,
to this day.
CADIEUX ROAD FOOTNOTE:
Like many of the streets located on the city's lower east-side, Cadieux Road (pronounced "CAD-joo") carries the family
name of the landowner whose property that road once bordered. Most of these properties were "ribbon farms" —-
narrow strips of property that extended inland for a mile or more, and ran perpendicular to the river. In general, these
ribbon farms gave each landowner three to six hundred feet of shoreline.
Cadieux Road, which runs northwestward from Lake St. Clair, and borders the cities of Groose Pointe and Groose
Pointe Park, and into the city of Detroit, was named after Michael Cadieux, a Canadian Frenchman born in Ile Perrot,
Quebec, Canada in September 1785. In 1803, at the age of eighteen, Cadieux came to the Detroit area to join other
Cadieux relatives who came to the New World in the 1700's. In 1835, Cadieux purchased farmland in what was then
a part of Hamtramck Township, but in 1848 would become Groose Pointe Township (today, the City of Groose Pointe).
The road which bordered his land became known as Cadieux Road. Michael Cadieux died on July 24, 1865, in
Groose Pointe Township.
July 21, 1941. The line was launched during the post-depression years of 1940–1942, when the DSR
made a number of significant improvements to its bus operation. A number of new and reinstated bus
routes were launched, and many short distance routes were extended to the outlying areas of the city.
Lines such as Hoover (renamed Conner), St. Aubin, Lahser, Eight Mile East, Seven Mile East,
Wyoming-Meyers, Five Points, Schaefer, Southfield, Holbrook, Greenfield and McGraw–
Davison were examples of bus routes launched and extended outward during this period. Meanwhile,
on the far east-side of town, the Cadieux bus line would begin servicing residents within that
developing outlying area of the city.
Early Cadieux headways from November 2, 1945, show eleven-minute headways during peak hours,
22 minutes during the base, and 40 minutes during evening service. Assigned to the east-side
Shoemaker Terminal, the 5.1-mile long route required five coaches during peak hours and two
during the base hours. However, ridership on the line would remain "marginal" at best.
By March of 1955, a number of the outlying bus lines, described by DSR general manager Leo J.
Nowicki as a drain on DSR funds, were facing possible abandonment. Six bus routes, Bassett,
Broadstreet, Cadieux, Five Points, Lahser and Meyers were being considered for service
elimination, with the Cadieux line to be amongst the first lines to be cut. However, instead of total
elimination of the route, Sunday service was discontinued effective May 1, 1955, with adjusted
headways the rest of the week. Timetables placed into effect October 1, 1957, show a 20-minute
headway scheduled all day (Mon-Sat), with a 40-minute headway after 7:00P.M. (see 1957 TIMETABLE)
During its last year of operation, the Cadieux line had to be rerouted via Harper, University, Chester
and then Moross, effective July 7, 1958, due to construction of the Edsel B. Ford Expressway along
Harper. However, the line was discontinued the following year due to low ridership numbers. Effective
on June 18, 1959, the line was eliminated and the service along Cadieux street was replaced by the
DSR's McNichols East line — which was extended from Harper and Whittier, via Harper and Cadieux
to Mack.
D-DOT route #32 McNichols continues to provide service along Cadieux, between Harper and Mack,
to this day.
CADIEUX ROAD FOOTNOTE:
Like many of the streets located on the city's lower east-side, Cadieux Road (pronounced "CAD-joo") carries the family
name of the landowner whose property that road once bordered. Most of these properties were "ribbon farms" —-
narrow strips of property that extended inland for a mile or more, and ran perpendicular to the river. In general, these
ribbon farms gave each landowner three to six hundred feet of shoreline.
Cadieux Road, which runs northwestward from Lake St. Clair, and borders the cities of Groose Pointe and Groose
Pointe Park, and into the city of Detroit, was named after Michael Cadieux, a Canadian Frenchman born in Ile Perrot,
Quebec, Canada in September 1785. In 1803, at the age of eighteen, Cadieux came to the Detroit area to join other
Cadieux relatives who came to the New World in the 1700's. In 1835, Cadieux purchased farmland in what was then
a part of Hamtramck Township, but in 1848 would become Groose Pointe Township (today, the City of Groose Pointe).
The road which bordered his land became known as Cadieux Road. Michael Cadieux died on July 24, 1865, in
Groose Pointe Township.
| This map displays the route followed by the DSR's Cadieux bus line during most of the route's years of operation. |
