New Britain herald., 1915-05-10
Town Officials Beginning to Fear
for Passengers Safety.
IaAhWAY co. FEELS COMPETITION
Odd Fellows to Entertain BristoIites-
Local People to Attend Conventions
Local Baseball Team Vanquishcd
old Resident Moves to n. Il.

With the astonishing increase i'll
the business of the "Jitneys' and the
ever swelling fleet of cars now plying
Gus common carriers between Bristol
and Plainvillc the town officials are
beginning to consider the great dan
I ger OF accidents and although they
seemingly are without authority to
regulate the traffic it is possible that
an effort will be made to do some
| thing towards safeguarding the lives
| OF the pedestrians and the travelling
public.
| over score of cars were trans
formed into 'jitneys'' for Saturday and
Sundays trade and there was almost
| constant stream of the machines,
| loaded with human freight, moving
| between the two places. COMPETE
/ ton has become SO keen among the
/! operators of the cars that apparently
|. everything is sacrificed to speed, the
| autos going at such a pace that the
| distance is covered in from twelve to
! ilften minutes. Machines built to
I carry four people sometimes have
nine and ten passengers, some of them
riding on the running board while
| the others cling to the sides of the
cars. ....- ..
i: The Bristol and ePlainville Tram
way company kept it's cars running as
usual yesterday, but the conductors
| had an easy day and they had but
a few nickels to turn in when they
reported at the Office with the cor
poration's prospective dividends It
| was the poorest day that the COM
pany has had in a long time, practi-
| cally all the business going to the
"jitneys."
Despite the fact that the public
autos were very thick all the oper-
ators report having had big day
and their profits were large. There
were all sorts of motor-driven con-
veyances in the field yesterday, de-
/ livery autos, trucks, and other high
powered cars in addition to the little
Fords.
/ - Constable John. E. Conlon was on
/ traffic duty at the, center and, he was
| kept moving nearly all the time The
J. jitneys," of course, were the prin-
cipaI source of annoyance. They
| whizzed about the streets, making
sharp turns at the center, the ter1ni-
| nal for their lines, in an effort to
catch prospective passengers, for
which several cars at time were
bidding. -@e.
/ The fear of accidents as the result
Of the growth of the ''jitneys'' trade
is growing daily and the selectmen
| are now considering what they can
| do to minimize the danger. H. They
seem to be facing problem very diff
| ficult of solution as there is no law
which they can use to regulate the
/ traffic. A~.-.
With the Odd Fellows.
The directors of Sequassen club
| will hold their regular monthly meet
J ing tonight in the club rooms in I.
| o. o. F. hall.
! At the regular meeting of Sequas-
sen lodge to be held Thursday night
| the first degree will be conferred. Ar
rangements will also be made for en-
PERTAINING the members of Pequabuck
! lodge at the meeting on Thursday,
May 81. TIL Bristol lodge will come
here to exemplify the second degree
and the members of >Sequassen are
! planning to make their visit enjoy
/ able.
1 The local lodge recently went to
| Bristol and was entertained in delight
/ full fashion. The members hope to
reciprocate at the meeting of the four
teenth..
| Delegates to the Woman's Relief
| Corps convention to be held n the
| First Baptist church, Hartford, on
/. "Wednesday and Thursday, who will
! probably represent Manross corps, are
| MRS. Minnie Bryant, Mrs. Soule, Miss
! Rose Bebee and Mrs. Ethel Foster.
| Some of the other members are also
| planning to attend.
Rey. F. L. Grant will head the del