Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-05
NO NEED FOR ALARM
IN CASE OF JITNEYS'
FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE
While Drivers Seek Bond
Security in Injunction
Proceedings, There Is No
Danger Of Court or Po-
lice Interference.

Owners aud drivers Of jitney cars and
the thousands OF persons who ride III
them need not become alarmed because
OF reports that the Injunction granted 10
give the jitneys a lease Of life, at least
until September 20 by Judge sulzberger,
may be dismissed because OF the failure
Of the Jitney Auto Service Association to
/ nle the bond for tz500 The bond was
| requirement tagged on to The opinion
| given by the court when the city was
prevented from enforcing It's new ordi-
nance that would have been the death
Of the popular cars in Philadelphia.
Both Director OF Public Safety Porter
and Superintendent Of Police Robinson
are out Of the city. It has been learned.
however, that the police will not make
any attempt to enforce the provisions OF
the ordinance without instructions from
Judge Sul2berger to do So Such instruc-
tlons would only come from the Judge
after the injunction had been set aside
in Court. 1t IL not believed that an
other Judge would set aside the lnjunc-
ton granted by Judge Sulzberger. The
latter will not sit regularly until on or
about September 20, and there are no
present indications that he could ar
range to sit in special session to hear
complaints against the Auto Service As
sociation before he leaves the city on his
summer vacation. Therefore, It Is not
thought probable that the Injunction
would be dismissed, even though Michael
j. Ryan. city Solicitor, should desire to
appeal to the Court In event the bond
was not filed.
RYAN SYMPATHETIC
That Mr. Ryan Is not anxious to take
steps to have the injunction vacated is
clearly understood by those who have
discussed the matter with him, II is said.
When asked II he planned TO apply to the |
,rN IN bax ha ttti, CtiaO diarniauph |
and then to ask the police department to |
enforce the ordinance, Mr.. Ryan smiled |
and said that he was not prepared to say |
at that time. but that he did not think |
II would be necessary. He expressed his
confidence that the jitneymen would file |
the bond as soon they could and said
he had been informed that they would.
The City Solicitor declared that he had
every reason to believe that they in
tended to do so.
When asked II there we're any proba-
bility that he would take action today IL
the bond is not filed, Mr. Ryan said he
would be out Of the city and would not
return until tomorrow. Since Judge Sulz-
berger Is to leave on his vacation either
at the end of this week or early next
week, It is, therefore. unlikely that Mr..
Ryan could arrange to have the Judge sit |
to hear a complaint before he leaves the
city, even though he should decide to
make an application for dismissal of
the Injunction after his return tomor-
row.
TRYING TO GET BOND
In the meantime 1t is known that the
itneymen are working increasingly to OBJ
ain the bond. All day yesterday and late
ast night the committee representing the
Iltney Auto Service Association and the
Jitney Association, the lat
er the original organization of jitneymen,
vas hard at work trying to arrange to
lie the paper and George S. Winner,
PRESIDENT of the Jitney Service AssocIa-
Ion, asserted that it might be filed to-
lay.
Some jitneymen and members of the
Special Bond Committee OF the two or
have stated their belief that
hey have been unable to obtain the bond
because certain corporation powers had
'een active to prevent the bonding COM
'anieB from selling them the bond. In
upport Of this assertion they pointed +,
ut that although the cost OF the in
JUNCTION proceedings. which the bond !
intended to assure, would in all prob
bility be less than $3.50. a bonding COM q
any had refused to sell the bond to :
hem when they offered to deposit $500
l actual cash. They had the cash on !
and and offered to deposit It the day :
efore yesterday.
Tomorrow night a meeting Is to be :
eld in the Parkway Building, and at
nat time 1t will be proposed to form
strong organization with officers at its
cad that will be satisfactory to all lit
eymen, and 1t is planned to nght to the /
lst ditch to prevent any action that
'ould kill the business.