The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-07-31
MAYOR ADAMS VETOES
TTNEY ORDINANCE
Full Text Of the Measure That
Has Created Considerable
Comment Pro and Con.

ordinance passed by Council at its
last meeting and known as the "Jit-
ney" ordinance. He will return it to
Council at their next meeting with
out his approval, and will accompany
it with a letter in which he gives as
the reasons for his action the follow
ing:-
'First, to my mind the ordinance
did not legally pass Common Council
for the following reasons: Section 10
of the Act of 1897 under which Pleas
antville is Incorporated says, No or
dinance shall pass without a majority
vote of the Common Council not a
majority of those present. The ordin-
ance passed with a minority vote as
the records show, the vote being:
Ayes-Adams Anderson and Schmidt;
Nayes-Blackman and Derr; Willis
passing and Sapp absent. y
"Section 8 is a good provision if en-
forced against all automobiles, but
when aimed at those carrying pas
sengers for hire only tends to make
class legislation.
GAS to Section 4-the Common
Council had before it an ordinance
to prohibit the standing along the
highways of Pleasantville of any au-
tomobile for any unreasonable length
of time, but they thought it would be
unfair to anyone but a jitney and for
them because they take a few pas
sengers from the trolleys.
"Section 6 is a good provision II
made to include trolleys also that
they might carry a seated load and as
| have rode on trolleys many times
when the best | could get was a
standup sea- and on the ear plat
form at that.
"Section 7 is not lived up to by the
trolleys operating from Pleasantville,
but the same trolleys want the Jlt-
neys to be compelled to live up to 1t.
"Section 8-This section was also
framed for the sole purpose of plac-
ing such a burden upon the jitneys
that they would have to go out OF
business, leaving a clear field for the
companies, which companies
have never paid any license to Pleas
antville for operating cars.
"My personal reasons for vetolng
above named ordinance are as fol-
lows:
"Pleasantville has long suffered
from the effect of the 10c carfare be-
tween Pleasantville and Atlantic City.
Now that there comes to Pleasant
Vile something that they call a Jlt-
ney that offers to the people OF this
city a cheaper rate of fare than the
trolleys, and that has been taking
from them some of their profits, they
at once have their attorneys prepare
an ordinance to kill them and try to
have Common Council pass the same.
Pleasantville should try to favor any
thing within reason that offers to 1t
from the grasping policy OF the
trolleys and should be ashamed to
try to place anything in the way that
would tend to keep the fare at III
cents. The newspapers of Atlantic
City are trying their best to help
Pleasantville to get a reduction of
fare from the trolleys and the least
that we can do is to give them what
assistance we can, and 1t would be a
black eye for them and US to try ana
put the jitneys out OF business, as
well as a hardship for our own cltl'
zens who operate the same IN Pleas
.antville, therefore feel it my duty
to veto this ordinance"
It is thought likely that Council
will pass the ordinance over his veto,
as it was finally passed by the vote
of 5 to 2.
The ordinance in question is as fol-
AN ORDINANCE to regulate the use of auto
mobile buses engaged In the business OF
common carriers operating over the streets
and highways, or any OF them, OF any par
thereof, within the limits OF the CITY OF
Pleasantville.
Council of the City of Pleasantville that II
shall be unlawful for any person or corpora
to operate any automobile Dus as a COLI
mon carrier for the transportation OF passen.
gers over the streets and highways, or any OF
them or any part thereof, within the CITY OF
Pleasantville, without first obtaining a license
for such m bus, which license shall
be furnished by the City Clerk OF salo Olty
upon application therefor. and the payment
of the license fee hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 2. That evidence of the issuing OF
said license in the form of a plate OF eertln-
cate bearing the same number as the automo-
bile license shall be affixed to said automobile
bus in some conspicuous place, in open view
to the person designated by the City Council
to inspect the same, and also in open view to
the passengers riding in said automoDlle.
Sec. g.. That no automobile bus shall be
permitted to take on or discharge passengers
within thirty feet of the sidewalk crossing at
any street intersection within SAID CITY.
Sec. 4. That no automobile bus shall re-
main standing at any one point for the pur-
pose of taking on or discharging passengers
longer than five minutes at any one time.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be unlawful to solicit pat
ronage of persons upon the streets and side
walks of said City of Pleasantyille, or any of
them, by cutlery, barking or other means.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be unlawful to carry in
any such automobile bus within the limits of
the said City of Pleasantville persons in ex-
cess of the manufacturers seating capacity
of any such automobile.
Sec. 7. Every person applying for a Ii
cense to operate any automobile bus as a
common carrier for the transportation of
passenger S shall indicate the route over
which they desire to operate such automobile
bus, and upon the issuing of such license
shall operate such automobile bus over the
route designated at least one trip in each
direction every two hours between the hours
of six O'Clock in the morning and eleven o.
clock at night throughout each day of the
year.
Sec. 8. The license fee for the privilege
of operating any automobile bus as a common
carrier for the transportation of passengers
within the limits of the City of Pleasantville
shall be Three Dollars $4,000 for each per-
sons seat such tomob contains, which
license fee Is hereby imposed for revenue.
Sec. 9. That any person violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance or any of them,
shall, on conviction. be subject to the pay