Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-09
JITNEY BUS IS HERE
AND Scent AUTO RIM
Innovation From the West d,
rives in Philadelphia-Mo,
Mean Legal War.
All han lac JItney ,Rusl

| All nal tne Jltney Bust
Perhaps your curiosity has been aro,....
| recently by the appearance on the s,,..,l
Of this city of small autonobi,ss ecu ueess
cloth sign on both sides announo, VIII
large letters "Jitney Bus. To Anv,rssI y
| &C." "neft
That same appearance msrks a.
vent in Philadelphia of the latest NY. y.
OF the Wild and Woolly-sonnetir1a.a'o oNues les
the very up-to-date-always-W West put
jltney bus, in plain Enalisb
automobile, landaulct, 7-pasae,,s..Ss az
runabout. II will take you anvwbsa, o.
may happen to want to 90 for tbs ~ you
sum OF five cents. 1t combines ~, ,,vue't
comfort, elegance. style and fee,1a 'qa
superiority OF taxitab with ths hi,s i,.s.,,o oi
,,,oni ILLS ol tne purse OF ten-dolar-a.ve.,'
MwoIker, M II IS In the parlanoe OF ~
street the poor mans Pullman y W VI tns
Blockley limousine" VI tht
Philadelphia's jltney belongs % ~,
W.. Hambright, POPS Norris streot NuvNm
line passenger car and runs fro- y y "
hall 10 Broad and Diamond streets N'V
A few short months ago San Fras.,.
as far as transit was concerned 'aco
an average American CITY. wits W.
iilrush OF visitors attracted even tbsr ny
me sne eNposltion' the trolley lines w.. ~
doing rushing business. Furths. wer
That, notorious company, with @ snaa
per OF brand new, nicely painted vah,s,r
was making handsome profit an - ~
rate to the exposition grounds o. s ee
jitney bus started picking lin nos'ay usy
gers anywhere at all, unloading vvbss..,a,.
they might want to get off one ~
siine' TWO at time, or as many az ~
back seat would hold, while ths dsul sns
collected at the destination two so,.ss. n,s.
or two miles away five cents or in ~.
western slang term, a iltney ~"
The next day more jltneys anno.s..
AT the end of three weeks tbera nv
hundreds of the vehicles on the strss,.
OF San Francisco. 1t was at this no;s,
that the NOTORIOUS company went n,o
the hands of receiver. One week t.,s.
there were more hundreds and the troIIss
company announced a net loss for IAN,
weeks of $4,000. Today San Fropc;ss.
numbers its jitneys among the thousanS'
1nsidious but as relentless as a spTin,
cold or the wearing out of a suit n
clothes. the idea spread to other cities !.
scarcely city Of any size in the Wsst
and even in small towns the streets A..
dominated by the little carriers, Scat.
tie has only few less than San Fran.
cisco and Los Angeles is not far behind
Seattle. And, Furthermore, the jtney /,
sweeping east. Salt Lake CITY. Kan.
sas City, st. Louis and even Chicago ana
Detroit are full-hedged jitney cities.
Most of the jltney busses arc run by IN.
owners and according to reports II Is hs
pot at the end of the rainbow for thoN
engaged in the business. In San Francis
co one operator announced an averass
daily income of SIT or $1S
OF course, the jitney movement is 1s.
ceiving great opposition from the trolley
companies everywhere but behind then
with liberal support are the gasoline inter
ests, the tire concerns and the car mani
facturers themselves. 1t is a boom for au.
tomobiles in general.
Just what the future of the jitney bus
Is to be in Philadelphia 1t Is a little early
to determine as yet. AS to their LEGALITY
here there seems to be some difference ot
opinion, but the weight of the argument
seems to bear out the claims of those who
state there is no legal objection to them
The State automobile law distinctly states
that no tax shall be imposed on motor
vehicles beyond that paid for the license
and the case of sightseeing buses. which
pay no additional license fee, is cited as
an argument in their. favor. i