The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-14
THE sPg5BLIG NEEDS THE JITNEY
 TT WILL GIVE GOOD SERVICE AND COMPEL THE TIeOIIEYS THE SAME

Fl
 COMPEL THE TROIIEYS TO DO THE SAME lN T ANAGER CHARLES H. Chapman of the Connecticut Company has handled jobsyVith great skill He has piloted the Bridgeport division through many
 hard contest and by diplomacy and goodnature has managed to al1ay public Indignation whenever dang erous heights because of service cond lions of and debt that regned eles to which the Connecticut Gompany.is subsidiary
 But when Mr. Chapman is put forward champion of of his supeTIors place him in u1sdig1fied position, and made themselves
 the huaors onnectiout life is the attitude the connecout Company brings to the discovery that for the carriage of taking the trolley managers standees staphangers passengers,
 Mr. Punderford the general manager Connecticut Company duty Generals semby to regulate thatsno Connecticut like sardne into crowded lyentilated vehicle which of measles scarlet fever dphtheria woopng and have the maximum chance to do their
 Even Mr. Hi is officer of the Federal court with duties and trolley nagnate quoted sharing the opinion that tneys
 Ignoring conversion of trolley nsnasrs t0 the prOiPes Of public rsgulation let for if anybody talk nteligenty for the trolley
 MT Chapman says jitneys in the majority of be made responsible for accidents ness and seen when raining or storn1ing
 He the jitneys ought to pay sfate tax Connecticut pays taxes and is quite evident he be- eyes the Gonneecut Company taxes large ratio of
 Inportially the purz pose of aseeraining the facts, ' re- aponsibIe simple expedient taking relatively expensive insurance the private
 But why should the Connecticut Company worry matter the public and the public trying long tlne o free itself from the grasp of trolley monopoly
 of other cities that the itney share of the including the sandees but they fair weather and often vhen-the trolleys are tied up
 Mr. Chapman doubtless past winters mobiles both public and private moving at fairly lively ga his i1npeded move But why does the Connecticut Company challenge right of the public to enjoy automobile pleasant day even if he should not desire one stormy
 0 Jones walks Monday, drives behind trotter jtney Wednesday, and propes bicycle Thurgday2 is it to be assumed that monopoly has the making holders believe the public should deprived from place place. except standee straphange trolley carr
 Now the matter of taxation.
 overfaxed Everybody ertys for the support of government
 The theory is that the tax is laid upon property way sl pay much as s2 and $5 fves times much $d-
 The Connecticut Company. tax which i'm posing when it is mentioned without the the property against which it is laid The pay claims $5OoO0O0O property charges public he basis of such investment It is taxed about per the Of which home, in Bridgeport is taxed
 Mir Chapman thinks the jftneys should pay tax to state
 BTNEY DOES PAY TAX TO THE STATE.
 s9OO Jney pays $f2 the state taz gand $2 for tax the driver also pays something like s6 to the municipality, making $2o
 If fhe Connecticut Companys $5oOOOOO0 property the $440 jtneY pay $20o0O0O year. the support government
 The truth is that monopoly has deprived managers il Gonneccu it historically has in the past everywhere gfon sluggish through dependence upon legislation instead of thriving these people come to believe they the state They actually believe they vested interest the public that rid of cir cars.