Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-17
VOTES TO REPEAL
J|TNEY ORDINANCE
Committee Recommends Substi-
tute to Haddon Measure An
nul)ing Law in Toto.
TO DRAW NEW REGULATIONS
Call Is Signed for Special Meet
ing of Council on Next
Monday Night.

To the cheers Of crowd of 900 men
and women who occupied every foot Of
space in the Council chamber not re-
served for members. the Council Com
mittce on Ordinances. by Il vote OF
TO 3, last night recommended for pas
sage an ordinance repeating in toto
the ordinance passed by the Council on
July II for the Regulation OF jItney bus
traffic.
Then. on the motion OF Councilman
Edgar r. English, who had offered the
motion to repeal. the committee voted
TO appoint n subcommittee of three to
undertake the task OF drafting a new
regulatory ordinance which shall be
fair 20 all the people and properly
protect all interests" Acting Chair
man Jones appointed on this committee
Councilman English. chairman: Coun-
Gilman Chea,wood and Alderman Paul.
JOIN IN CALI. FOR
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
And then. taking at It's food the tide
that leads TO fortune. the four mem
bers Of the committee who voted 10 re-
peal the present law, signed n call for
, a special meeting of the Common
Council 10 be held at 7:30 O'Clock Mon
day night for the purpose. II possible,
of carrying the multiplying ordinance
through the lower branch without fur
thcr delay. The signing of the call by
7 the four members makes il mandatory
upon President Peters to call the spe-
cial Council meeting as requested
The Board of Aldermen will hold an
adjourned session at o'clock Monday
night TO dispose of the regular docket
which failed of consideration Tuesday
night II Is barely possible IL the
spir!, of majority of the Ordinance
Committee is shared in the Legislative
branches, that the ordinance may be
repealed before the end of next week
The meeting last night was enliyened
| by the presence Of an attendance Of
citizens larger than has gathered in
the Council chamber at any time in
recent months. The crowd was sew
eral times as large as the derutation
/ that gathered on Monday night TO press
| upon the Charter Change Committee
/ the favorable consideration Of n new
+ form of government for the city of
t-Richn.ond.
! PRESENTS RESOLUTIONS
: ADOPTED AT MASS-MEETISG
/ l.. c. Younger. acting = chairman OF
| a committee Of West End citizens an
/ f''h''''i ny nights mass
meeting at William Fox School. intro
duced George j. Hooper. who had pre-
! sided over the mass-mecting. Mr..
Hooper presented the resolutions
| adopted upon that occasion calling for
the repeal of tho present ji,ney ordi-
nance.
| In presenting the resolutions, Mr..
Hooper drew attention to the unani-
nifty OF sentiment In the West End for
| the removal of the regulations which
| he said. have legislated the jitne;. out
| OF business. ~" discussed the legal
| aspect OF the bond required by the
present ordinance, expressing the opin-
| lon that 1t afforded no protection what
ever to the citizens, and operated
merely TO make it Improbable to run
| jitneys.
Attorney w. Kirk Mathews said that
the experience of the Motor Transit
Corporation, which claims that it lost
! 500 a month operating jitneys under
| the present ordinance, is proof conclu-
| sve that the regulations are destruc-
tive. II ii were possible 20 operate
profitably under the ordina nee. he said,
| II might have been expected that this
| company. having the expert operating
knowledge and advice OF the Virginia
Railway and Power Company, wou j
| have succeeded in doing so
MRS. RANDOLPH JOINS
IN PLEA FOR JITNt,YS
! Mrs. Norman V. Randolph made a
general plea for the removal of restric-
4 tions on jitncy operation in the inter-
est OF people residing in the fan" sec
tion of the West End who. she said.
have been subjected to real inconveni-
ence by the elimination of this trans
porta tion adjunct. Enthusiastic speecnes
| for the removal OF burdensome rcgula-
tion were made by Clarence Coleman
and Attorney Alfred l.. Cohen
Councilman Haddon, patron of a
measure before the committee provid- :
ing for the repeal OF the bonding pro-
| vision OF the jitney ordinance, told the
committee that he would not object
TO 4 substitute repeating the ordinance
in Its entirety. He believed. he said.
in some form of regulation. and wanted
| n new ordinance drawn that would rea-
sonably regulate the business
| Or. George Ross, H. {. Baskerville
and DIR. w. l.. Prince. residing on Park
Avenue and Grove Avenue, told the
committee that, while they had no oh
! lection TO the jitneys and would well
come their rest ora tion under reasona BILE
regulation, they were opposed to their
| restoration under the old terms The
| rest of the city, they contended, had
no right to enjoy any service at the
expense Of the peace and property Of
citizens. residing on Grove and Park
Avenues. These streets. they said,
were practically ruined for residential
| purposes in the days of unrestricted
jitney operation. and they were strenu-
ously opposed to a restoration Of the
old situation.
| UIILAUF DECLARES FOR
NEW JITNEY ORDINANCE
| Former Councilman Jacob Umlauf, a
member Of the mass s-mceting's deputa-
tion. thought the committee would
make no serious mistake in repealing
the present ordinance and addressing
itself to the task OF drafting a new
one. Pending the completion of this