The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-28
vox PoPULI.
SAYS THERE ARE MORE THAN
TWO SIDES TO a QUESTION:

Editor Pensacola journal
heartily agree win Mr. Earnest
Dean Conductor Ne. 80. that there
are two sides 70 any question and
sometimes more. ! hereby respectful
IS ask you % present ny side a. 4
is seen from my viewpoint This O.
not written a. the request - the PEN
sacola JItuay asus Co. either. hut IN
the Interest OF the employees Of the
Pensacola Jitncy Bus Company fellow
citizens. and especially those who VII
- afforded transportation ~ the lit
uey Bus C0mpang.
AZ the present time the Pensacola
Iltney Bias Company employs only hVe
men. bat upon the arrival of their new
husaes they viii employ many more.
a twelve 81 fourteen passenger Jitney
takes only one operator and forty
passenger street ear taxes two oper-
atoFs and "a "a a known fact that the
garage expenses 81 a Jitney Bus Co.
are from fifty C. slxty-hfe per cent ~
excess IS street car barn expenses q
equal passenger capacity. So g
+ plainly sen that the Per sacnia Jitney
Bus Company VIII spend more money
/ in wages ia proportion 90 SIS receipts
I than the Pensacola Electric Gimpany
As 90 figuring the number g EN-
pluyes 81 the Pensacola Electric Com
pany AZ 2aa. should not Mr. Dean
+ have mentioned that over two-thlr8s 81
these we're either on the ffagshore lire
/ in the Main street station in the power
and lighting department and the line
men pole erectorR and housewirius
men. mrter-readcra. and collection de-
f parfments. and not nutsted ln this
ease
Where does MT Dean think the EN-
rloNes ~ the Pensacola Jitney Bus
+ Company viii snend their money. since
ne sass thsi the Pensacola Electric
4 employees spend an 81 theirs IN PEN
sacala As FAR as the aXereEe pay Of
/ the employees is concerned. the PEN
! sacola Jtney Bus Company pays a.
/ much fer like services Boa every in
/ stance ard much more in a great faany
instances. wish 90 say hat Inc PEN
/ aacoia Electric Campanya support 81
the aasoeiaAWn Is very commendahle.
i Next Mr Dean tells as 81 hard times
inst after presenting the high wag'
pavIng 81 the Pensacola Electric Com
pauy. and ~ how TIRE Pensacola Flee
trlc sold them coal AZ three dollars pc
con in lieu of their buy ng ii - tn
legal licensed coal merchants ~ -
city az six o. eight dollars per ton
The Pensacola Jltnev Bus cumpanl
has not been preached a. yet Cor
loan that I know ~ and J cannot sal
just how such an Application woul'
be- treated
We now ask Mr. Business Man.
. yeu can afford q stand - The way g
people who want e. use g modern
safe and convenient mode - traNs
Is and from your stores 10 you wan
the Pensacola Electric Company 20 vel
their employees coal. drygoods. grocer
lea shoes. and notions 81 cost and eve
SCI up a moving picture show, etc
for chem a. 80 much PET
, Mr. Working Nan. We ask you 20 no
/ tice that il takes more employees
, handle 500 people a day with the Jii
ney Buss Than with an Electric ca
and that though the Pensacola ElectFi
/ Company may suffer the loss u a fe1
B passengers on account ~ che operate
, ~ tire Jitn6y Bus ia Pensacola. wher
/ they lose one passenger. the Penaecol
Ifmey Bus Company wlh gain ~
{ Hence more money spent in Pensaeoi
/. fer wages. etc
!, Friends We place our interests
your hands with absciues conndenc
Yours in toe interest 81 all the citi
Z zans ~ Pensacola.
!, LEON A. APOSTLE.
Chauffeur 81 Jitnty Bae No.