South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-06
JITNEY BILL IS
PUT UPON TABLE
Wordy Battles Feature Council
SeSSion-WoTking Girls
RIGHTS Are Affected.

Again the jitney bus drivers Of the
CITY who have been waging a bitter
war against license and regulation by
other means were gratified at the reg
ular meeting OF the committee Of the
whole Of the common council last
night The latest ordinance, claimed
to be too drastic and restrictive, was
tabled after a word war in which
Pres't Miller Of the common council
and Chairman Buechner Of the COM
mittee OF the whole were the principal
participants.
The point OF discussion was the &C
ton Of the committees in voting to
adopt The report of the committee on
ordinances. TO which the Jitney bus
ordinance was referred at the last
meeting Of the common council.
Chairman Buechner declared that in
adopting the report. which declared
the ordinance to be too drastic and
stringent, the committee had declared
the bill dead. and therefore must per-
force foregO further discussion in the
matter.
Miller contended that the report
had been filed by the ordinance COM
rnittee-compo posed OF himself. Hagey
ana Councilmen SmOgOr-merely TO
inspire discussion. and to aid the city
attorney in drafting Of a fourth Ordi-
nance for the councils consideration.
City Atty. Seebirt and Councilman
Goebel prevented further hostihties in
calling the attention of the committee
To the fact that the reports adoption
was out OF order, since il Is a rule
established by precedent that the com
mittee of the whole may transact no
business on matters which have been
referred 10 II by the council
Councilman Lang spoke in favor OF
an ordinance which would strike a
happy medium between the first ordi-
nance and the one at present under
consideration. lie declared the lat
ter too restrictive. calling a $4,000
bond from each driver a prohibitiye
section and one which would probably
cause many drivers to Withdraw from
the business entirely.
All the other alleged detrimental
features OF the ordinance were dis
cussoo pro and con. including the sec
ton which provides for the prescrib-
ing Of routes by the city in II license to
each applicant. and that which re-
Quires each jitney driver TO sell six
fares for Is cents.
Atty. Isaac Kane Parks, speaking In
behalf of the jitney bus drivers. said:
From the viewpoint Of Mishawaka,
this ordinance Is not wanted at all.
We have asked the cooperation of the
jitney drivers in that city and they
have responded to our suggestions
They have, more than anything else
improved the street car service be-
twen the two cities, in that the cars
run at regular intervals, OfteneT. and
q. } not so crowded. A straw vote
taken in the factories OF Mishawaka
would doubtless result IN the demand
for the retention OF the jitney bus.
These things Will be impossible II
this ordinance is passed. The traffic
would be diminish ID greatly and
would inconvenience at least a thou
sand working girls who travel back
and forth between the two cities
daily. These people have said that
they were wiling to accept the jitney
bus service in the winter season rath-
er man the street car. They say that
/ ) minute exposure in an automobile
is the lesser Of two evils when the
only recourse is a 35-minutes ride in
q cold, crowded street car.
They have asked for many years
that the street car company give them
IN express service at the closing hours
This has been refused by the company
but 1t is gwen by the jitney service"
william y. Calvert. a local rea
estate agent, called the attention OF
the committee TO the fact that work.
men in factories in the extreme wes
end Of the city were asking for the