Despite strong objections from a homeowners delegation, St. Vital council adopted Monday a motion by Councillor Florence Pierce giving metro transit division a free hand in deciding the route of a bus service through the Pulberry subdivision.

Arguments on the route were presented by spokesmen for two delegations. Metro director of streets and transit D. I. MacDonald gave metro's position and Mayor Harry Collins and Councillor Pierce fired verbal volleys at each other.

The route question was settled at the last regular meeting of council when a motion was passed to inform metro of the route proposed by council's transit committee. But petitions against the route by homeowners in the subdivision prompted the amending motion by Councillor Pierce.

The motion Monday asked metro to decide upon a route that would best serve the people in the subdivision and, at the same time, provide adequate transportation to and from the St. Boniface Sanitorium.

Mr. MacDonald intimated that the route would go from St. Vital Rd., along River Rd., back down Parkville Dr. to Pulberry Rd. and along to St. Vital Rd., thus looping around the subdivision.

Mr. MacDonald said that Moore Ave. would be considered as an alternative as it is the most "central" street and would be accessible to the most people. The present Sanitorium bus service, he said, would be used in the subdivision.