Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-27
JITNEYS THRIVE
IN MANY CITIES,
SAYS EXCHANGE

The shadow of the jitney bus, cast
by the setting sun from the Pacific
coast across the whole continent, has
naterialized into thriving jitney sys-
TENS in 40 American cities, says ST.
Louis exchange.
There are about $500 jitney buses,
of every type and description, in OPP
Grafton in the Tn ted States today.
Perhaps the most ironic situation is in
Toledo. Here Councilman John Null
holland, who must have humorous
as well as business sense, actually
has introduced an ordinance to collect
some $4,000 from the street railway
company as back rental Tor use of the
streets, and to use this sum for es-
tablishing municipal jitney line to
compete with the railway company.
One of the most novel developments
of the whole jitney business is report.
ed from New Orleans. "Fhe jitney is
the peoples own conveyance" thinks
Dan Feitel, president of the Jitney-
vile Company. So he has thrown the
stock books open to the public, and
passengers are actually buying stock
in the concern and paying for it in
car farei :,...... T.. T..
The people of New Orleans thus are
going to own their own jitneys.
Watching these developments, rep
resentatiye of one of the biggest
diets that the trolley cars will be chas-
ed from the streets in many cities,
and the jitneys, too.
Automobile expresses, built espe-.
cially for carrying 10 to 20 persons
through city streets. will replace
them" he declares. 1t is known that
several big manufacturers are at work
on this idea today.
Among the large cities having jit-
neys are: Kill: i.
st. Louis With 80 jitney cars,
plans are being maze 10 extend the
service. a.,
Salt Lake City-Twenty pay-as-you.
enter jitney busses, seating 10 peo-
pie each, have been ordered. One is
in popular operation today.
San Antonio There are 100 jitneys
in regular operation here. They are
tremendously popular en- Sundays,
when mere than 200 are running.
New Orleans-There will be 100 90.
passenger Ibusses in operation soon,
according to officials of the company,
who claim they are making $40 afday
each
Kansas City-The jitneys number
200 now and are carrying 10000 pas
sengers day.
Spokane, Wash.-fhere are about
80 jitneys running regularly here,
while a $4,000 corporation is planning
to install Is 30-passenger busses SOON
Portland, Ore.-America's largest
jitney bus company has Just been in
corporated here. 1t is 100000 con-
Germ.
Denver.-In spite of efforts of pri
sate interests to nip the iitneys in the
bud by passing an anti-jitney ordin-
ance, a company has been formed
which plans to start a jitney service
on regular lines, at the rate of cents
a ride If tickets are purchased.
Milwaukee, Wis-Within several
days 100 jitneys will probably be in
the streets. A regular 10-minute ser.
vice on three-mfle line, in big com
Portable busses at fare. of eight tick.
cts for a quarter is assured SOON
Washington, d. Ca service OF
about 200 autobusses will be opened
March l.
Others of the two score large towns
which the jitneys have invaded or
soon will have are Columbus, Cinein /
natl, Toledo. Dayton. Akron, Hamil
ton; o.; Springfield and Peoria, ILL.,;
Terre Haute and Indianapolis. lind;
Omaha, Neb.; Jackson and Vicksburg +
Miss; Atlanta, Ga; Louisville, KY; !
Des Moines, Ia; st, Paul and Mime /
apolis, Mimi; st. Joseph, Mo-; Birm- I
ingham, Ala; Memphis, Tenn.
Scores of smaller places report that .
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