El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-11
SIYRIDESF0R
AQUARTER NOW
" Independent" Cars Sell
Tickets at Same Price as
the Jitne Company.

Fifty-seven automobiles are now en-
gagged in FL Paso in transporting pas
Bengers to various points in the city
for a fare Of five cents. one Of these
cars, at least, runs all the way to Fort
Bliss, charging 25 cents for the 10 mile
round trip-10 cents each way to the
Country club. A five cent line runs to
the smelter three miles.
An association has been organized
among the independents" and tickets,
six for rs cents, have been placed on
sale in competition with the Jitne COM
pany, which has been selling tickets at
that rate since starting. The associa-
ton cars now all have the word "as-
ISOLATION on the front and tickets is
sued by the association will be accept
ed as fare on any car carrying such
sign. Jitne tickets will be good only
on the cars Of the Jitne company.
Only Few 'Independents.g
In the association there are 35 cars
and the Jitne company is operating 49,
This leaves but three cars running in
dependently, if the count Of 81 is cor
rect. Association" men all say that
they do not believe the street car com
pany is any longer substituting cars in
an effort to put them and the Jitne
company out Of business. THE COM
pany found the task too hard and Quit"
said one of the men. The Jitne drivers,
however, generally express belief that
the street car company is behind the
association
Anyhow, six rides for a quarter is
the rule on the automobiles now, and
it still costs a nickel a ride on the
street cars.
There is beginning to be considerable
complaint in FL PasO however, just as
in Los Angeles-as recited in a dis
patch to The Herald yesterday-over
the crowding of the nickel automobiles.
One passenger said yesterday that he
saw y passengers in a Ford car in the
five cent service the other day. Two
were riding on the radiator hood, he
said.
Much CnrIessness.
There is much carelessness among
some of the drivers Of these cars The
Jitne drivers, as a general rule, observe
speed regulations fairly well and 90
not drive recklessly, but they viii
crowd passengers into cars as long as
the passengers will get in, and then
stop and urge others to hang on.
Among the independents" or "asso-
citation" drivers, there are many who
are really reckless While these cars
are seldom quite so crowded as the
.Jitnes, the drivers of some of them
take long chances and numbers OF them
have been in accidents. In one trip
that a Herald man made this week in
an Overland car, from the east end OF
Montana street to the city, the driver
narrowly missed a street car, ran into
the rear Of Jitne car, and bumped
into the rear of a private car standing
in front of the OrndOrff hotel me
same driver stopped suddenly in front
of a Jitne car the day following and
the Tftue bumped into his car and was
overturned ON Montana street
other Cities Take Notice.
The FL Paso automobile service is at
tracing attention from a number of
places. Several cars from Arizona have
been brought here lately and put into
the service, and others are reported on
the way. In number of cities the idea
of. a five cent service is being dis
cussed.
The Kansas City Star prints the fol-
Blowing on December s:
In Eel PasO, Texas, the street car
service got so ad-OvercrOwding, poor
routing and insufficient number Of cars