Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-05
COMMITTEE REPORT HOLDS ZONE FARES THE
INEVITABLE SEQUEL TO The JITNEY BUS

TIE a,ssy froa ths community
ssardpossts Zee 6FiEis aHi reason for
being. boz &c operates present eject
probzbis futares and q eo@Pisis SUI
vsy ss ths e5@maaity's latrresi IN this
rev frsnse9rtation scheme. is covered
~ az exhaustive report % q special
EFansp 0Ftati1n committee which has
last breu approved by ere board % de
rref8rs 81 che Oakland. Cal. Chamber %
Csmm~rce and CommsFeisi cigb con-
s5tffzfrI rtis committee. % which
stsp1rn a. kisEeF. enaEEltiaE enEi-
neer. is ckairnsar. and % Which tire
0gher members are J. 20. LHousulrr-
Gisu. tarsseape engineer. ard NJ f.
sherwo04. manager % the Sgrses Lurl-
Der e0rranY. made Inquiries aui an
Investigation throughout all the ETiuci-
paF cities in the Caitsf States. Inc
rrp1rt is based upoa that iuFsEtis1-
ti6e-
he investigation vas undertaken
because 81 as believed that the dom
lusat party az Interest 30 any change
% sportati0u units is che commit
atty. and that g. covered by the open
5aE paragraphs Co which the commit
Gee says In au % the controversies
and bearings over the iitr~y bus prob
lea thus Jar. in the press and before
legislative bodies. the positions taken
ard The views expressed have very Eat
uraiiY been those % the Interested
parties from their immediate viewpoint
=0u th~ part % the street railways 20
pToteet their income and investment.
0a che part % che iitnsy owners 20 60
tabiish a business. and on the part %
ske travelling public 90 consult only ifa
own Temporary fancy. pFsiuficsH o.
convenience,
In another paragraph the cozmit-
See asks. Have 80 noW reached she
point where th~ electric trolley car is
60 30 rendered obsolete And BE- super
eesisd b. the Independently owned and
operated snail transportation unit trav-
sllGE on rubber and air. .nd propelled
b. tfs owu power piauts u this n
scientific advance 81 urban trauspoFta-
tioa. and az ecoaouaic necessity de-
handed By tie p~opisg VIII u result
60 stiii further Increasing traffic range
ard the economic residence limit from
the business esntsrs. or ~ not extend
ing these limits. will Il add 20 .h=
speed. eomfort OF safety % the service
utthin The present limits
TIE committee calls attention 90 the
fact that. tn looking over the history
o. urbza transportation q found the
horse car giving way 90 the cable car. I
and the cable car (cxcep, under very
special eonditlonsl 90 the electric /
trolley car. There vas an economic /
g.
made q necessary and unavoidable. |
The Wipink out Of investments 10 the /
horse car. cable car. G-d earlier cleo !
tic car ilres Ead equipment. and re-
placement With che Efficient ana er-
prnsivs modern equipment had SIS Jus
;ieeatioa 81 The accompanying social. 4
peysieai ant financial development and I
l=proverrsn, o, the people and con-
zHGltlss arsetsd- II W4s reflected in /
an Increase 10 property values which !
greatly overshs6oved the immediate
Investment In the transportation sys-
ten destroyed.
VIII the iifn~y 40 this-
IL 10 quite conclusive tha, n the mo-
Tor ess cones 20 stay. q will cot Be
IN the SHAPE % the present n,nsy. and
n the motor bus Il 90 be The trnnspor-
iafioa uni, os the future ~ will super
-este the electric car because Z; - eco
right. aaf In doiuG 50 "a
~ogif fEstisy the replacement 90 the
,rsssar irvsstnsc;s by enhancing the
property values % THE community.
This - The kcyrote from the stand
'oiat % the report VIII the 5itaey re-
ieve eorEes;ton IN apartment or tsre-
-sn; sections n the way tia, every
-tty - A-s-tez 10 striving 90 solve that
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se.sass tie s.ssesf c.sesicss: ri