The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-21
.J|TNEY ORDINANCE IS INTRODUCED BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS Will Lie Over for One Week
 for COnsideration-Is
 Only Tentative
MANY CHANGES WILL
 PROBABLY BE MADE
Neatherly Announces He Will Fight Measure to the Last Ditch and Jitney Operators Are Flock
 ing to His Standard

In spite of the efforts of "Jitney Jim" Weatherly to the contrary, an ordinance Ito regulate the jitney busses of Birming- ham yesterday was introduced before the lcommission and will lie over for consider ation for one week.
 "Jitney Jim stated yesterday evening that he proposed to do everything possible to defeat the ordinance. Its sole purpose is to put the jitney out of business and that's what it will do if it Is adopted" he declared
 The ordinance was drafted by City At torney Boyd and is only tentative, being intended as a basis for the commsson- CTS to work on. It is practically certain 1t win not be adopted without change. That it will b eadopted with some minor changes, however, seems now to De very probable.
 The ordinance Is said to be the most lib- eral proposed by any city of the country so far in regulation of the jitney bus. Its object is merely protection to the public which uses the jitney as means of trans rortation.
 No license on chauffeur or owner of g car is proposed.
 An indemnity bond of 5000 is proposed. The amount of the bond may be changed
 A permit, to cost s2, is provided for. This will give the city record of all cars where they operate, and who operates them, and will give the city government power to stop any jitney which for any cause is shown undesirable, by revoking it's permit
 The ordinance will apply to both litney busses and taxicabs
 Regulations and Routes
 Regulation of the routes of the jitne { cars is provided for. This is another of the provisions which may be changed be- fore the ordinances come up for final adoption or refusal
 There was some frigidity in the atmos- phere when the conference between the commissioners began yesterday morning, but it passed away gradually and Mr. Weatherly and MT. Ward appeared 10 be on more friendly basis of relations.
 Facts concerning what happened at the Hove feast held by the two commis- sioners late Monday night in the commis- sion offices and later at the Newspaper club were withheld but it is understood that they promised each other to be good asked forgiveness and made up. While they are still at wide extremes on the jt. ney question, their personal relations are gradually losing the Von Hindenberg characteristics which have prevailed for the past day or two, and it appears the scrap started last Saturday over the jitney question will produce few if any more spectacular features.
 'Jitney Jim Is still working his statement for the newspapers. giving his side of the question. He says It is based on the Fundamentals of the question and will prove absolutely that any regulation of the cars is unjust and unfair. Ire jit- rey operators are swarming to Jitney Jim's' standard with avidity. They have employed Sid Cowan to take care of their interests and intend to fight the proposed ordinance to ''the last ditch
 On the other hand the great majority of the public, it is understood, is thor
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