Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-06-15
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cusslon relative to jitney busses
when George M. Judd, referring to
Chief Justice William S. Gummere,
said that the jurist ought to be
lynched. Mr.. Judd's ire was aroused
by a statement made by William }.
Morgan that the chief justice had de-
clded that the life of a child killed
by street car in Jersey City was
worth eight cents. Reference to this
matter was made during a discussion
relative to the need for liability in
surance for owners of jitney buSses.
The accidental killing on Saturday
night of James Connor by bus
driven by Harold II. Bross was men
toned, and Mr. Morgan declared that
Bross was detained in Jail all night,
when he ought to have been out In
twenty minutes.
Criticism for Local Authorities.
"If President Thomas N, MoCar-
ter, of the Public Service Corpora
ton, had hit that man he would not
have been held prisoner like Mr.,
Bross," said Mr.. Morgan. THE time
has come for the citizens to free
themselves from Public Service dom
ination. want to tell you, gentle
men, it is time for a Magma Charta
of liberties. We listen to what the
jobholder at the City Hall says and
what other people say, but we also
have some rights. There are seventy
five jitney owners in our association
now and there will be 500 before long.
I'VE ought to have a judge on
Sundays. We ought to have Inn
mediate service when an accident
happens. Why should they take
\ IN /
you this is just an abuse OF au-
thority."
Want Crowding of Cars stopped.
Discussion of jitney bus service
brought up the question of crowded
cars, and the association decided to
go before the Board of Health and
plead that the latter body stop the
oyercrowding of cars. Mr.. judd
pointed out that In New York the
health authorities had tackled the
problem successfully on the ground
that crowded cars are a menace to
public health. The trolley car COM
pany will also be asked to supply the
Clinton Hill section with the new
style open cars.
Theodore S. Fettinger, president of
the association, reported relative 10
port development, telling of the Tip
made by the board of governors OF
the association to the meadows last
week.
"Our port development will be one
of the means of gradually reduclhg
our tax rate" said he. 1T is too
bad we didn't spend couple Of mil
lions more on this Work.
Mr.. Morgan said that while he
could not speak officially, he believed
that eventually his employer, Henry
Ford, would probably locate an I'M
mense automobile factory in the new
zone.
'T believe" said Mr. Morgan, that
Mr.. Ford's foresight will cause him
to come here and that Newark Will
be a second Detroit in the reclaim1ng
of its waste lands. Thousands of
automobiles could be shipped direct
lv to Europe, and, let me tell you,
they'll need a million over there after
the war. All the cars they have now
will be junk when the war is over.
When the question of Sabbath OBJ
seryance in the Clinton Hill section
was voted on one member, Fred A
Fischer, voted against 1t, primarily
| ON the grounds that sectional regula-
| tion in the city would be Impossible
| Mr.. Fischer, who stated that he came
| TO this country as q young boy ano
| had spent SlXty-IWO years III Iho Si'S
| added that the ideas of what con-
stituted Sabbath Observance had
changed considerably, and today many
things, in particular Sunday recrea'
tion and Sunday amusements, were
looked upon from a much broader
point of view than formerly.
He pointed out as one instance te
! the Sunday band concerts, which were
not in accord with the old "blut
laws" In his opinion, Mr.. Fischer
said, the fault of stores and other
places opening on Sunday did not lay
with the proprietors so much as witt
the people. If they did not patrronizt
places open on Sunday the latter
would not be opened.
IT was decided to go before the
Board of Works and ask for better
lighting on Clinton avenue, between
Johnson and Badger avenues. 1t was
the opinion of the members that the
| insufficient lighting may have ha(
something to do with the jitney bus'
| accident on Saturday.