Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

M Philadelphia Jitney Association
..nmously voted against the adoption
4 !, M six-for- a-quarter strip tickets at a
,,llpn held today at their headquarters,
r,oad street and Ridge avenue. The
IA was solid against the tickets, not one
amber Of the organization favoring
Se.m The question of the tickets was
sso,ed Of quickly, and the attention Of
4. meeting was turned to new business.
7bs makes an interesting state of
,sslfs among the jitney people The
/ ~ Service Association will issue about
half-milllon of the strip tickets, begin
~ tomorrow The pasteboards will be
IA by all the drivers and the tickets
rI be redeemed by them at the office.
~ Philadelphia Jitney Association will
accept the tickets on the cars oper-
,sd by them, neither will the independent
hysrs making the tickets good on about
stth.rds of the cars only. The Auto
trice people say, however, that the
ssuarty of the tickets will force the
1sss organization to adopt them in short
-ier. The South Philadelphia and West
naadelphia Jitney Associations, on the
etr hand. have Joined the Auto Service
% will issue the tickets.
+ he Philadelphia Jitney Association,
ksdss refusing to adopt the strip
khets, destroyed all hope of harmony in
IL ranks of iitneymen when IL severed
b feations with the Auto Service Asso-
lon by passing a resolution that no
neyman could belong to both organi-
ions The men were ordered to choose
tween the two, either the Philadelphia
iney or the Auto Service Association.
+ nat move was also passed unanimously.
: gheher the odd 300 men who belong to
f kth organizations will desert the Phila-
iphia Jitney or the Auto Service re-
nans to be seen, In either event one of
+ De associations will suffer heavily, and
+ n hope of cooperation in the coming
isht with the city on September 20 seems
% be gone.
IN addition to President Costello's s
'geech against the tickets, Magistrate ".
Scott Richards, well known in Philadel-
ihla and Delaware County as the secre-
|.ary Of the Four County Magistrates AS
..ociation. also made an address advis-
Ing the men to conduct their business as
before. without the tickets. Besides de-
elaring that the rates were already chear
gaugh for the public, Richards said that
Nelqe strip tickets was to gain the ever
laEri enmity of the Philadelphia Rapid
Iislal Company.
re don't want to antagonize the
nhdelphia Rapid Transit" he said;
n want them as friends, and If we
I've the strip tickets we will gain the
Hthstlng enmity of the company"
S nssdent Costello, of the Philadelphia
snciatlon said that the issuing of
3. strips was a direct contradiction
: he iitneymen's statement that they
iis just enough by their prices to
AE a small profit, The adoption of
tickets would weaken their argu-
put He also said that to issue the
aleis would be to reduce the profits,
y that the public has not demanded
Isduction.
TIE Auto Service News made its first
ipearance today. The paper was made
? ceyerly and had many good para
laphs on the jitney and the Councilmen
lAo voted against 1t. The paper plunged
DO the political side of the situation,
hrsng the men to vote against the hos
conncilmen at the next election.
A half million strip tickets will be de-
futd 10 the Auto Service Association at
reeting tomorrow i'm the Parkway
3alding The tickets will be distributed
-oag the drivers and will be sold on
cars beginning Saturday. Arrange
Aias have been made for the drivers to
taiem the tickets at the office for the
ee that they paid for them, A booth
been erected and a stenographer en-
yea In preparation for the flood OF
asss that is expected to swamp the Of
e IN the near future.