The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-15

In New York City wased against the
proposed elevated claiming they could
not survive month OF competition
Later. he said. the elevated and sur
face lines united in fighting the sub
way. and now, all three are still In
operation.
Rapid Transit Needed.
Mr.. Matthews says that 1t is the
duty Of this public service corpora
ton to supply rapid transit. and IN
the event OF their inability to do so.
that the people should be allowed to
patronize any carrier which could
ss-;omply with their requirements As
witness to his statement that the
present ordinance concerning jitneys
is too hurdensome to permit their
continuance, he called attention to
an announcement In yesterdays morn
ing papers of the withdrawal of all
the cars owned and operated by the
Motor Transit Company. tho explana-
ton of the action being that the COM
pany was losing 800 per month.
aside from interest on the original
investment, through the operation OF
the cars.
AS ii was known that Mrs. Norman
" Randolph was an advocate OF the
jitneys, she had been sought diligent-
Ily all yesterday. but without success,
and ii was not known that she had
attended the meeting until the keen
eyes of President Hooper detected her
In the rear of the auditorium. Mr..
Hooper at once invited her to ascend
the rostrum and tell those assembled
her reasons for favoring the reinstate-
ment OF jitneys.
Mrs Randolph said that. like men
politicians, she would announce that
she had prepared no speech. but that
unlike them, she would not then pro-
coed to place under the water pitcher
n yard and a half OF carefully pre-
pared eloquence. She gave four rea-
sons for the operation OF 1itneys. the
principal one being that working FOLK
were enabled to come home to hot
midday meal. whereas now they must
he content with an insufficient cold
lunch. Her last reason. the one she
said was most Imperative, was that
she WANTED JITNEY6." Mrs. Ran
dolph closed her remarks by suggest
ing that the committee to present the
resolution be not composed Of any
given number. but that any one VINO
was interested should be requested to
be on hand. This motion was adopt
ed. and Mrs. Randolph retired amidst
the most thunderous applause OF the
evening, which Is putting It strongly.
The names of the twenty-five men
who had originally been selected to
present the resolutions to the ordin-
ance committee on Thursday at
F. NJ. were here read.
Outdoor Folk Applaud.
At this 1uncture Mr.. Hooper ex
planned that tho loud applause out
side were occasioned by the reading
to the outdoor gathering OF the Feso-
buttons. which had been unanimously
adopted. ~ was the case In the audi
forum.
A gentleman In the audience rose to
move that. in the event Of q failure
of the present meeting to express dis
approval Mrs. Randolph was at once
on her feet asking that tho motion
be not adopted, as she made 1t an In
variable rule to never consider the
failure Of anything she was connected
with The molten was at once with
drawn, amidst much laughter and APP
plause.
Haddon. r. p. Pitcher and c. A. Sea-
ton. counciimen from Clay Ward. at
tended the meeting, and were all
called for and made to speak. Each
one OF the gentlemen stated that they
had voted against some OF tho clauses
In the ordinance. and were unanimous
in condemning the clause requiring
the 81 10000 bond.
Messrs. John J. Mitchell and Law.
renee Paul arrived rather late from
a meeting of the Board OF Aldermen
MIR Paul said that he was unaiferrably
opposed to the ordinance restricting
the titneys. and had been from the
first. He said that the premium each
year on the bond required would be
$3.50, which would make the opera
ton OF buses impracttcable.
Underlying the strata of humor
which cioaked some the speakers
remarks, could Be dstectsd the serious
and we'll considered object which
brought this mass Of representative
citizens. estimated at about twsivs
hundred. together to consider this sub.
ject which deeply concerns them all
Secretary Robert Mitchell rAauesta
that every cittssn. irrespective Of seq.
who 10 interested in the jitney ordi-
nance, b ~ the City Hall Thursday
Eaight at 1-o'ciock. 70 present the rsse-