The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-22

route, preference viii be given to the
4 first applicant, or lots will be drawn.
The driver who refuses to join q
jitney association already Is being
held up to public criticism. He can
not give the public thorou ghly relia-
BILE services and may injufe: the or
1 ganized service. In every city. Z a
strenuous effort is being made to In
:Educe the owner of every auto doing
3itney work to- Join the local organi-
cation. In Kansas City, and a num-
Tier of other places, prominent bust
mess men are Joining jitney associa-
1 tons They are provided with signs
which they must put upon their ma
chimes In going to and from their of
fees. The passengers they carry
more than pay for the gasoline. In
Ecidentally, this service develops de-
Imocracy.
! Those familiar with the details OF
public transportation are uniting in
favor of the motor bus as public
conveyance. By no, other means
could the great traffic of London be
handled without congestion in most
of the streets. The Fifth Avenue bus
of New York holds an important
place in the transportation facilities
lof the city. The fare of ten cents
instead OF Ave keeps 1t from being
lovercrowded. The establishment Of
a jitney service in that metropolis Is
ALREADY under consideration.
I The advantage Of the motor bus
as means Of transportation is be-
ing well demonstrated by its use in
moving troops In the war countries.
II a. piece Of railroad track is de-.
Istroyed by the enemy, many days of
delay might result, but for, the motor
cars. The large buses in use make,
better speed than the average train.
| II a road is INSTRUCTED at any point,
the motor bus can go around 1t, trav-
cling across country. Thomas Edi-
son, in the interview given out on
his birthday, declared last week
Strategic railroads are no good in
warfare; strategic automobile roads
play big part"
The industrial depression In the
West is largely responsible for the
jftney bus service, which sprang up
there almost in a single night like
Jonah's gourd. Thousands OF men
are out ofswork. Many of them still
own autos Of the cheaper kinds. The
opportunity to turn their autos into
money earners was eagerly welcomed.
is claimed that fully two-thirds of
! the privately owned autos in south
fern California have gone into the
jitney bus service. Rigid computa-
Itions indicate that the cheaper cars
can be oeprated at a cost of 8 or 8 ~
tents a mile. allowing for a reasona-;
BILE deterioration in the value OF the
car. As. the jitney is confined to, cen-
trail localities, except by. special ar
arrangements, the average trip is Loss
than a mile. A machine carrying an
leverage of four passengers, making
four round trips of a mile. or eight
miles in all will earn 81 $50 an hour,
which will aford a conf oTthbfec living
to the owner after all the expenses
4 sre paid.
The advent Of the jitney bus ur-
doubtedly affects the street car com-
panies, wherever 1t has appeared, and
lyet there would generally seem to be
enough TRAGIC for both. 1t is the short
haul, such as the bus makes, that con
lstitutes the cream of the street car
traffic. The long suburban lines do
mot always pay running expenses, In
a number of states, legislative action
limiting the profits of the jitney. are
being promoted by the street car COM
pantes. In Phoenix, Ariz., where the
jitney service was introduced to over
come certain street car difficulties, a
license fee of SEQ is being advocated
and also a bond of $4,000 for each
lear. m 5ss