Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-18
BUS" GROWTH
IS PREDICTED
BY AJIT" MEN
Claim There Will Be 1000
Cars Operating Here Within
Six Months.

At a meeting of the Board of
operating in Newark to discuss the
proposed ordinance for the regulation
of public vehicles, held In the City
Hall last night, 1t was predicted that
within six months there would be at
least a thousand jitneys in the streets
of this city This prediction was
made by w. J. Morgan, speaking in
behalf of the members OF the Jitney
Service Association. Mr.. Morgan
made this statement just after Rob-
ert f. Kellett, president of the asso-
citation, had protested against the
promisouous licensing of reckless men
and boys as drivers.
Mr.. Kellett told the members of the
board that just at present the sea-
shore resorts are filled with jitney
operators, who, at the close of the
season, were prepared to invade the
cities. This, he said, would necessi-
tate great care in the issuance of
licenses, and he expressed the belief
that no licenses should be issued to
persons under the age of twenty-one,
or to anybody not a resident of the
city.
Objections were made to the Sec
tions of the proposed ordinance,
which has passed first reading before
the board, prohibiting the stoppage
of jitneys between Bank street and
Branford place on the west side of
Broad street, and between Mechanic
and Clinton streets on the east side.
These sections were disapproved, and
at the suggestion of Patrick II. Ryan,
president of the board, substitutes
will be offered by the jitney men at
a meeting to be held August 26. The
jitney men also protested against the
section prohibiting them from stop
ping to receive or discharge passen-
gers in Market street, between
Beaver and Halsey streets.
1t was pointed out to the members
of the board that in the section where
the drivers would be prohibited from
stopping is a most profitable section
to them. Paul G. Roder counsel to
the association, suggested that there
should be zones fixed ten feet from
the crosswalks where passengers
could be taken on and discharged.
Anxious to Help.
Alfred e. Halliday, secretary of the
association, said that the members
were anxious to be of as much as
sistance to the city authorities as
possible and repeated the request of
Mr.. Morgan that the members be per-
mitted to work out system of routes
for themselves. He said that of the
whole membership, but one man had
been arrested since the jitneys began
to operate in the city.
But how do you intend to regulate
300 or 400 jitney drivers who are not
In your association" asked Com
missioner William Tries, jr.
Mr.. Halliday said that he believed
that before long all of the responsible
drivers would join with the organized
jitney men,
Description Required.
The proposed ordinance provides
that in applying for a license the
drivers and owners must give COM
plete description of the vehicle to be
operated, with its factory number and
the number as registered with the
State Department of Motor Vehicles.
The board shall determine the seating
capacity of the vehicle. When the
license is granted it must be display
ed conspiciously, and in addition the
route shall be as conspicuously an
nounced. as must the rate of fare If
be operated while any passenger is
standing on the running board or
outside the body of the machine.
1t will be unlawful for any owner
to increase the carrying capacity of
his machine until he has first OBJ
tained the permission of the general
superintndent of works and paid the
additional license fee for such increase
All licenses are to be fixed by the
Common Council.
The ordinance prohibits racing
with other cars compels drivers to
accept any passenger who properly
applies for transportation unless the
jitney shall be full, prohibits the stop
ping in one place longer than ten
minutes and forbids drivers collect
ing fares while the vehicle Is in mo-
tion,
0ne-way Street.
as approved so far, Park place, be-
tween the Hudson tubes and Center
Market, is made one-way street, the
jitneys being forbidden to use it ac-
cept to travel southwark.
ishable with the infliction of a fine
of five dollars for the first offense
and $40 for succeeding offenses.
At the meeting to be held a week
from tomorrow, the provisions relat-
ing to stoppages in the neighborhood
of the Four Corners, the routes and
certain minor provisions will be taken
up.
Tnntinued Fair and