Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-23

presented the side of the Public Ser
vice and said that he favored regula-
tion and that in view of the fact that
the Public Service was a large tax
payer it's side of the case should be
heard. William J. Morgan, who has
always been a staunch advocate in
D 'e cause of the iitney men, also
poke.
After the hearing the mayor was
asked whether or not he intended to
veto the ordinance. He said that in
all likelihood he would return the
ordinance to the Common Council.
'I may veto it. 1t is drawn in o
careless manner and the method
adopted by the majority of the Com
mon Council to jam it through
against the wishes of the minority
does not meet with my approval.
They must consider me as mayor of
the city and although they may not
consult with me | have the final say
and it is up to me-" said the mayor.
The entire trend of his conversation
led the jitney men to believe that the
ordinance would be vetoed and they
left the room in high spirits.
At the outset the mayor said that
the hearing was called for the pur-
pose of listening to all persons inter-
ested Alderman Theodore d. Gottlieb
was the first TO address the mayor
and said that in his opinion the
ordinance was not regulation, but
strangulation. He reviewed the his
1 tory of the ordinance and the man.
ner in which il had been treated by
the license committee and a majority
of the council He said that he had
opposed the action and that though
/ a member of the license committee
B he did not believe that fair and sound
4 consideration had been given 1t and
/ therefore he respectfully urged the
/ mayor that he veto the ordinance.
1.-THE ordinance was jammed through
4 and in my opinion the proper place
is to refer it back to the council and
then to the license committee since
it is full of Irregularities, said
Alderman Gottlieb.
| Mr.. Morgan called to the attention
of the mayor that since Mr.. O'Toole
was present representing the Public
| Service, that their side should be
heard. "We look upon Mr.. O'Toole
as our friend the enemy" said Mr..
Morgan. In reply Mr.. O'Toole said
that he desired to listen and that later
on he would have something to say
after he had heard the opponents.
Jitneys Prove Worth in storms.
Mr.. Morgan opened for the jitney
men and said that the storm of last
week proved conclusively that the
! iitneys are a factor in the proper
transportation of the people of New
ark. He recalled the fact that the
trolley lines were flooded with pas
sengers when the jitneys were unable
to operate. He said that Chief Engi-
neer Morris r. Sherrerd had esti-
| mated that 10000 people were forced
to walk every day through the fact
that the trolley system was not ade.
! quate. He urged that the regulation
of jitney busses should be based on
the State motor vehicle law. He said
the jitney men favored regulation and
the payment of a reasonable fee, but
that such stringent regulations as set
forth in the ordinance would put the
jitneys out Of business.
Arthur L. Cara abrant, of the Clin-
ton Hill Improvement Association
said that he could speak for the peo-
pie of Clinton Hill, and that they ia
vored jitneys and we're opposed to the
ordinance which would put them out
Of business, "WTfeel that iitneys art