The Washington times., 1915-02-07
DRIVERS TO SELECT
yTNEY BUS ROUTES
Auto Service, Starting March I,
Certain to Solve Many
Transportation Problems.

A. straight scent fare. and no trans
fcrs. will be tho toll Of the jitney bus
operators when Waehington's jitney
bus service 4, inaugurated March l.,
With probably 900 cars in operation. 1t
has been determined by the board OF
directors. of which Andrew ]. Hickey
is chairman. to leave the question OF
transfers to the future. -.
An o ganization meeting Of the \ di-
rcctors was held last night, at which
tho uiestion Of routes was taken up.
lans were launched for the organizs-
ton of a national jitney bus association
for cooperative effort and exchange OF
IDEAS. Letters have been sent out to
5ftney bus operators in other cities ask
ing their cooperation and promising
tho cooperation Of the Washington
organization.
It was determined at the meeting that
. while the organization will lay out
routes. these routes will be left In a
large measure to the choice Of drivers
catering the organization.
Solves Many Problems.
In an interview. Mr.. Hickey. tempo
rary president, declared that the day of
the jitney bus had arrived in Washing
ton. and that Its arrival would solve
many transportation problems that have
been looming large in, the past few
years.
Mr.. Hickey said that the Washington
association is in close touch with Henry
J. Mayhem, Of New York city and
Denver. who is. perhaps. the greatest
authority in the s9nntry % on the orsan
hem. he said. had originated and put
into, existence the various sightseeing
cars Of the country. land he Is the
Logical man to take, up the jitney serv-
"Arransements are beinp made with
him for the furnishing on credit
basis of twelve-passenger jitney cars Of
uniform style, at such time as the pres
ent , car. M Of the corporsters tiL Of thi. As, :,
the demands Of bigger service"
washington" he continued. "can
look forward to the success Of the jit-
ney bus not only in the giving Of more
nomic standpoint. see the value Of what
a cooperative organization Of jitney
buses could accomplish. With the one
style Of twelve-passenger buses, 2.0o(
cars properly distributed can. in the city
OF Washington, arrange ultimately for
universal transfers.
Five Cents Is Fare.
I'VE are not entering this service az
competitors.
Our Investigators warrant the or
SaniEers OF this association in sayi
tnAt street cars are not competitors. ex
cept when the elements of the wcJthe
arc SO bad 1t is impossible to get sea
in a closed jitney; then, and then only
is the preference given to the stree
cars. Our fees will be cents strnigh
for ride. We will not have six ticket
Tor a quarter. nor will we at presen
make any transfers.
"Our first routes will cover The mos
advantageous points Of the city. whcr
congestion Is at it's highest. But tn
most important feature Of the 1itne
service is IN keeping with American en-
tcrprise. II Is speeding up the busincs
feature in business life. In cOurs
Of two and half miles We will say
not less than 50 per cent Of the patron
time between points. Let us suppos
that IA minutes have been saved twic
day, for six times a week. This sum
up annually IS hours saved. or. in
round count, 10 working days. Th
average mans vacation. about 10 day
year. is spent in extra time choosin
the street car in preference to III
'iitncy.'
We might carry this figure 20 an in
tnitive. l can sit here and give 70
statistics galore: the only thnS tina
Washington needs is results. and sa
to you that the man who cooperate
with us us 2 car owner can conside
himself an exceedingly fortunate mar
More than this I cannot at this tin
announce"