The Washington times., 1915-02-02
"j|TNEY,BYS"' SERVICE
BEGINS IN BALTIMORE
Trolley Time Cut in Halt on
First Trip Of Twenty-Five
Blocks to City Hall.
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pany will make no comment pom the
'jitney", movement, which has aroused
much more interest than the meager
results OF the first days patronage
would indicate.
Baltimore's "Jitney Girl"
Miss Sarah Henderson. who has been
given the sobriauet The Jitney Grl."
who began operation of the jitney bus
service in Baltimore today is not the
ordinary type Of business woman that
the minds eye might picture. She is
in fact. decidedly the reverse. Miss
Henderson Is young, little more than
girl. only year or two out OF her
teens.
medium height. with a round. full figure.
She Is a pronounced blonde. with bright,
golden hair. the bliest Of blue eyes.
and a pink k-and-white complexion that
IL absolutely real. She Is picture OF
bright smile. contagious laugh, and an
easy self-possession. She Is, in fact,
decidedly pretty.
The jitney bus service in Baltimore
,s Miss Henderson's first business ven
ture. She saw the successful operation
OF such service in Los Angeles and other
Western cities. and became convinced
that etns there W Tas for
che has invested small Inheritance, and
is confident today Of success.
Miss Henderson is Baltimore girl
but Is we'll known to q number OF
at the National Park Seminary last
year. She has not yet finished her
schooling, and will complete her must-
cal course at the Peabody Conserva-
tory this year.
when seen today. Miss Henderson said
there was positively nothing rnyster Gus
about her and that she was not q Call
fornian. but native Of Baltimore.
but d,sciaimed at the outset any inten-
tion Of "bucking' the United Railways
She had sufficient faith In the future
OF the automobile-onnibus. she said, to
stake a small inheritance left her by
her mother upon the venture.
In 1t To Stick.
Miss Henderson explained that her
brother. Charles G. Henderson, a civil
engineer, was attending to all business
for her. Il do not see anything un-
usual" she said. I'm girl undertaking
Baltimore. If it Is a good thing and
has not been tried here before. might
as we'll be the first to try it. Anyway,
] am In 1t and am going to stick.
lived in Baltimore nearly all his life.
and who died a number Of years ago
My. mother died several years ago
while we were living in Walbrook. go
that's enough about me.
How did I come to think of this en-
terprise? Well. was out in California
a while ago and I saw the jitney buses
being operated successfully in Los An
geles and I saw them operated success
fully in other places in the West. MY
brother Is an engineer, and he was in
the West looking for an opening.
thought there was an opening for a
motor bus business in our own town Of
Baltimore. SO I wrote him about 1t and
he made some further and detailed in
YES tSns nh sha US both that
cfded to go into It, I had inherited
some money from my mother. and as I
had mine and he had spent his I Of
fered to put up the money II he would
'I have no Intention Of 'bucking' the
United. as you put It. I believe there
is room here for such service as we
It VIII make even the littlest sort Of a
dent in the United's income.
Her Service Supplementary.
I'VE will simply give an extra service
anyway: or 1t might be said that we
will simply pick up the crumbs that fall
from the United's table. And believe
tnsre enr s W BE nnpe snpesh OF these We to make n
running a competing service. simply a
supplementary service, and we think we
VIII give quicker service. Our cars
to the city Hall in ten minutes and
about the same time from Ellwood ave-
nue. and Fayette street, SO our service
will be sought by those persons who are
N = hurry We are going to do our
will please the people. and We think
that we shall succeed
But Suppose you fail?'
"Oh! well-but what's the use Of talk
GOING
fail. If thing like this can succeed In
other places. there Is no reason why 1t
should not succeed here There Is moth
ing peculiar about Baltimore that makes
failures of things that do we'll else
where. and II we should fail it will be
our fault and not the fault Of the city;
1t will be because Of some defect in our
management.
1--WE do not expect to have all easy
sailing. for the thing is absolutely new.
and we will make some mistakes Even
In such simple proposition as this
there are lot Of details yet to be
make will not be serious. l think the
people will like the service after they
get accustomed to 1t. and II they like
1t we are bound to succeed"
Her Brother To Be Manager.
Mr.. Henderson. the brother. is q civil
engineer and has worked on city work,
including the high;pressure pipe line and
good for other people. think l can
make good for my sister," he said But
this IL not a partnership arrangement.
1t is her money that Is going into 1t.
and I am working for her or n salary
basis l would not have it any ether
way. am to be the manager Of the
concern and to look out for all the de-
tails and she is going to continue her
music. But it's her enterprise from start
to finish"
Mr. Henderson said the service would
start with the two cars Of the first six
that have been ordered. and that 1t
Is expected to order six more II things
pan out well. While he would not say,
1t Is estimated that Miss Henderson will
invest about $4,000 in the proposition.
"Jitneys" Form Association.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. FEB. 2.--The Jit-
ney Service Association has been or
ganized here as a result OF the popular
ity Of the Jitnsy service. One hundred
automobiles are in operation, and inter
urban lines are being established -
compete with the railway lines to near
by points The service was organized
during the cold weather. but there " ere
passengers enough to keep an Sver-