El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
NEW ORDINANCE
JITNE FUNERAL"
Attorney for Jitne Men De
clares Ordinance Will
Kill Business Here.

The bond Of $4,000 for al drivers OF
nickel cars. and the restricting Of cars
! to specified routes we're features Of the
proposed new ordinance regulating the
iftne service that were under fire at the
public hearing held by the city council
! Tuesday morning. Other features OF the
! proposed law came in for discussion as
! the ordinance was read section by sec
tion and some suggestions for changes
were made.
il mas made clear by the attorneys
representing the various operators that
! there is no objection to regulation, but
that the regulation should be reason
able
The council chamber was well filled
with owners and operators Of cars, but
the discussions were confined almost
{ entirely 10 the attorneys. Eugene Har-
ris, representing the Home Auto Serv-
ice Public Auto Service. Star Auto
Service and the Independents; and A w
Norcop. represenEng the Jitne company,
were Spokesman.
Gene Harris Speaks for Drivers.
The feature Of the proposed law re-
curing a driver. in applying for a IL
cense. to indicate over what streets it
is intended 10 operate and between
what terminals and compelling driver 10
operate only upon those streets, was
the subject Of considerable discussion
Eugene Harris pointed out that IL would
be an injustice to compel the street car
company TO confine its cars to any GER
tain route. and said similarly il is an
injustice to compel 1itne drivers 10
operate only over certain streets
Funeral Of JltueS-'
Taking uD the feature of requiring
drivers TO give $4,000 10 cover liability
for accidents, etc. Mr. Harris said
IF this feature is allowed TO stand, 1
see the funeral Of the jitne, for no bond
ing company, / am informed, Will bond
all drivers. Most Of the drivers have
little or no property. and If owners VIII
h1ud drivers The
drivers cannot"
The council in this proposed or
dinance, is struggling between two
propositions one Of attempting to
attempting to regulate the driver said
A. ". NorcOp- The two come up in the
same sections. IN my opinion there
shall be some provision in the or
dinance aimed at the driver in compel
ing him 10 meet certain qualifications
and then provide that owners Of cars
employ only qualified drivers As for
the bond. il should cover the owner and
not the driver, except where the owner
and driver are the same
@SpOOninE- Clause.
Some objection was raised TO the
section providing that where autOmO-
biles operate at night with top up,
both front and back seats should be
lighted Mr. Harris and Mr.. Norcop both
stated that their clients had raised
some objection TO the section. one ar
rent consumed would dim the head
lights. Later in the discussion Thomas
Davis. of the Home OIL company.
brought out the point that a lighted
car would interfere with the vision
through the glass wind shield To il
lustrate, he stated that locomotive en-
gineers dim the lights in the cab so
as TO better their vision in watching
the track ahead c. ". Gillespie also
spoke I'm opposition TO the section. stat
ing that the object Of the curtain be
hind the mOtOrman Of the street car is
TO cut off the light from the interior
Of the car.
Mayor Promises More Time
At the conclusion OF the reading Of
this ordinance. both Mr.. Harris and Mrs.
NOrcOp stated that they desired il IN
derstoOd that the driver Of nickel cars
are not Directing 10 regulation. but
had raised objection TO the features
that had been discussed Mr.. Norcop
before the final passage Of the meas
ure 10 allow the nickel car people 10
make an Investigation and see whether
il is possible TO comply with the pro
posed law
we have always given the public
plenty Of time to Investigate and TO
be heard on measures brought before
the council mayor c. E. Kelly replied.
We have never rushed anything
through. and we viii observe the same
rule in this case"
Fl. 5. Potter manager Of the FL PaSO
Electric company, and judge J. NJ. Cog
gin, attorney for the Electric Railway
company, were interested spectators.
Judge GOggin stated at the outset that
the company was interested only indi-
recUy.