Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-17

the south side of State street between Main and Bank streets. Here the vehicles were lined up along the euro interfering with the business of si1e stores by making it impossible for pa irons in other vehicles, public or prl- vate, in stopping in front of the stores for shopping purposes. Not only that, but the drivers of the so-called jitneys, sixty or more of them, hobnobbed on the sidewalk, and jabbered not in the choicest language and regardless or the passing women or the men or re- fined tastes. Complaint after complaint have been made verbally to members of the court of common council and finally there is redress in sight, and the nuisance is to be abated for portion of the time at least, that is from a. m. to 6 D.. D., but the nn1- sanee will be tolerated for the rest of the evening if the privilege is not abused.
 After much discussion by the older man and Attorney George Curtis Nor. gan, representing the iitneymen, the council adopted an ordinance regulat- ing passenger vehicles in the city. The ordinance brings this compara- lively new method of public transpor- tation under certain restrictions that in the end will be to A.e mutual ben eft of the public, and the jitneymen. They will not be allowed to stand in any one place over fifteen minutes within any one hour, except on the stands designated under the authority of the ordinance, and in that respect will be in the class with all other ve- hicles. A public stand has been as- signed near the parklet on the parade and the jitneyS can stand ftlere just as long as the owners or drivers de- sire and. for the convenience of the public telephone booth will be placed convenient to this public stand, where calls for service can be answered.
 Alderman Henry R. Bond, who fath- cred the vehicle regulations in the in- terest of the general public, has been appointed a supernumerary policeman n to take full charge of the enforcement sof the new ordinance. To the sur prise of his associates in the council MT. Bond accepted the appointment and declared that everybody interested would get a square deal. He joculary 1 remarked that in anticipation of the appointment he had ordered his uni form, and in appreciation of his new ! honor, he invited the aldermen to a
 dinner on Tuesday evening, the night after the council session. Opponents | of the ordinance of regulation of the
 vehicles objected on tpe grounds that
 more was required of the jitney chaps than of the trolley people, but noth- l ing was said of the great benefit the
 tIolleys have been and are in the up- l building of towns, cities and state, of l the strict regulations under which
 they operate under state as well as
 city supervision, of the heavy taxes paid the state. Nor was a word said 1 of the cost to the trolley road in as-
 sisting in the building and upkeep of
 the streets, whiCIl the jitneys drive
 ever, use and destroy, in unfair com
 petition.
 The real jitneys where the fare is a 1 it, confine their route along the trolley I lines and pick up the nickels from
 waiting passengers at the painted troll Hey post. There is a good field for the sixty or more iitneys in New London l provided the owners established routes
 other than along the trolley line to i Ocean beach. routes that would result in more prcflt to the operators, for
 win regular routes there would be 1 less standing on State street and more
 people would ride, for all New Lon-
 doners and all visitors have no desire
 to go to the beach al of the time. | When a jit is wanted to convey pa irons to other parts of the city off
 comes the tit sign and the vehicle is converted into a taxi cab with the taxi increase on fare, although the distance is not as great as to the Pe- guot. the fare limit of the regular jit-
 another it being charged for ride 1 from the Pequot to the beach
 Even the trolley men who were OF
 strike recently and who solicited the 1 people to walk or patroize the jitneys, came to the public relief by running a l line in opposition to the tits just be- I fore the strike came to an end. The regular jitney price to the beach Is I ten cents. but the trolley men put on a
 Ine of busses and carried passengers l to the beach for 1it, known in the east, or in New london at least, as a
 nickel. This was cut price against
 the jitney charge, and had the effect
 of compelling the jitneymen who
 charged any old price for a ride that il
 was good policy. to deal fairly with
 the public if they exepected public
 support in patronage and sympathy | This new ordinance will give the puo-
 trimentaI to the majority of the jit- Eeymeu, who do business on the level
 The appointment Of Alderman Harr, R. Bond as supernumerary policeman in charge of public traffic was no joke for bright and early Wednesday morn. ing he assumed the duties of the of, flee dressed in a regulation traffic Of. ficers uniform and unhesitatingly
 held up drivers of motor vehicles whs
 disregarded the traffic rules and tolC them just what they must do to es. ! kA I ordinance. He also gave personal at tention to the rules of the road wflfcl
 requires that all vehicles keep to th, right in turning around the silent sen , ttnels. Down at the junction of Banl ,. ard AIontauk big touring car with New York registry and another with I Connecticut registry went by the sen
 tIneI on the wrong side They wer immediately held up by Alderman l Policeman Bond and ordered to return and go around the sentinel to enforc
 the rules without fear or favor, but h would much prefer to arrest and pros
 ecute some associate clubulan or socia
 leader than the driver of a jitney car , , but in t1e enforcement of law all 1ool
 alike to him.
 Alderman Bond Is president of th
 New London Automobile club, naernbe : os the Connecticut association and 0 the Good Roads commission and is in ,. terested in motor vehicles. good road ; and the observance of traffic reguIa , fions It is this same MT. Bond wh 1za1 naaxr1ad not vsa-y lnnR a-<n ins ln1nr