Evening journal., 1915-04-29
THURSDAY APR. %. 1915
UTNEYs AND THEIR REGULATION.


Z f Wilmington like many other American cities is
destined to go iitney mad city officials should
take time by the foreock and proftng by the eXper-
ience those other municipalities provide reasonable
but effective regulation for such vehicles That
lation should extend to speed stop, load and liability
In fact many persons hold to the theory that such
public carriers also should be compelled to pay special
license fees to the city for the Of the and
the and tear incident TO such traffic
Fresno Cal, for instance imposes a license fee of
from $40 to SOO according to the size OF the tney and
requires the filing OF accident bond Oakland Cal,
imposes a license fee Of $50, demands the filing of
$4,000 accident bond, the running upon pre-
scrbed by City Council and the operation Of the cars
by qualified drivers. In Denver. Col those who de-
sire to operate jtneys obtain franchises before
doing Phoenix, Arz. collects license fee OF 500
wear and demands accident bond of $4,000 Okla
homa City, okla. is drastic in it's treat
of such vehicles. The license fee required there
from $50 to $3.50 and the accident bond. 100000 The
jtneys are not permitted run along street car lines
for than two blocks. Boise City, Idaho, not only
requires license OF from S75 to $3.50. but an
cident bond ranging from $4,000 to S2OOOO according
the element of risk in operation There the
OF such machines have to be made definite and certain
headways have to be maintained for the convenience
Of the public Tulsa OKLA requires license, the iit
must not parallel street car lines they must run
a day for public convenience and give
In Nashville Tenn. a maximum fare Of five cents is
fixed The license fee is $50 a car and the accident
bond required is $4,000 There strict requirements
TO operators Port Arthur. Texas requires accident
bonds and compels the itneys to run over specified
routes In Beaumont Tex. operators of such must
apply to the city for franchises. Fort Worth, Tex.
imposes license fee of $40 to $50 car and
compes the putting up of accident bond of from
$4,000 to $4,000 for each accident The routes are
definite and the drivers must qualify properly. Atlanta
Ca does prescribe definite routes but it does make
the maximum fare five cents, the license from S75 to
$3.50 each and the accident bond $4,000 a year
In Houston, Tex. the 5noys must over definite
and approved routes put up accident bonds of $4,000
and pay license fees of from SPA TO $74 year Salt Lake
City also has to the front in the regu-
lation. There itney must definite route
for eighteen hours each day. The accident bond is
$4,000 and the license fee from S75 to SIPS a year.
And remember. the jney is yet in its infancy Every
community in which it operates sooner later.
itself against it by proper regulatve action
Such community also must do everything within reason
to protect the regular transit lines within its borders
lines that may there today and gone tomorrow THAT
phase of the trouble also is receiving serious attention
in many cities. Contention is made by those who are
urging such protection tor regularyestabshed
ton lines. that the millions OF capital invested therein
and the transit interests Of the public, which are
founded upon the continued prosperity and efficiency
such lines be menaced for the sake the
pockets of iney operators who under the same
burden of obligation to the public that already weighs
down trolley lines in most American municipalities.