The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
JITNEYS MAY RUN,IF
NOT IN COMPETITION
Upstate Board Makes Its
First Ruling on the New
cOmprS.
4 NEW ROCHELLE LINES

AteAxv. oct. 22.-The upstate Pub
lie Service Commission made u plain In
tie Hrst decision on the jitney bus that
ir granting or refusing certificates Of
convenience the protection OF already
est blished utilities will he a primary
consideration.
The opinion by Commissioner En-
met Of the upstate Public Service Com-
mission in passing on the hrst appli-
cation for y certificate Of convenience
and necessity for n iitnev bus line lays
down In broad lines the principles which
will govern the commission In these
cases.
The commission grants certificates N
four NJ six routes asked for In New
Rochelle and refuses two others. The
principles which guide this decision are
these
The duty Of the commission to pro-
tect already established utilities under
its Jurisdiction from unnecessary
competition is reiterated.
II is held that the commissions
duty to the public. entitled AZ least to
some individual liberty in their choice
OF means Of transportation. should
come before It's duty to protect vested
capital except where such choice
would lead to competition surely
ruinous to interests which the pubic
assumes TO regulate.
II Ia recognized tnn; owing to 70.
cent improvements in 1utTt..obile ''r-
strur;ion and maintenance OF pub,ic
highways the motor bus line rather
thu the trolley will he the rel!ef
sought bv persons residing away from
existing trolley lines who desire trans
portatlon facilities.
The four routes authorized run IN
the same streets with existing trolley
lines only for IN. short distances neces-
sary TO reach the New Haven rail
road station. which. due to the rNrr-
muting nature Of New Rochel'rs
population. is the heart of its urban
transit system with this exception
they run on other streets. many Of
them nc, parallel "a and m'ry some
distance AVA from existing tr,'lev
limos.
Tho two routes for which certificates
are refused would have run parallel
to ami on the same streets with exist
ing trolley lines through their ent,'c
route. and through territor,
srarscly built up hy persons OF
wealth. many NJ whom maintain their
own private means of transportation
While It l. held that the contention
q. the applicant that the Increased
facilities provided by t's hus linz
wculd h,,p develop this territory ANA
add to tho convenience OF its in
hahi'ants might have been sustained.
no proof was Induced of the 'neces-
s,,v" Of these lines and their
authorization was refused. The com-
mission refuses 20 pass upon the
validity ~ the franchise a. Il may he
sfcctcd by tho contention Of the troll
low corporation that II WAS ~irregularly
advertised or as To the ann In
which the action Of the commission in
approving so'ne and disnpproving other
routes may affect the validity OF the
franchise. The opinion confines tho
decision specifically to the question
OF the public convenience and neCes-
sity Of the r.utes proposed and lea YES
other quest ions 20 Other tribunals"
= The routes for which certificates wer
refused ran through the Winyah an
North avenue sections. and were for tn
most part on the same streets with ex
listing trolley lines.