Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-19
Cars Stopped at Midnight
When Limiting Ordl-
nance Is Effective.
INTEND TO SHOW TO
CITY NEED OF CARS
Decision Comes When Com
missionerS Turn Down
All Petitions.

THE jitneys have quit Rather
l. than antagonize the city admin
istration every iitneur in Tulsa went
out of business at l. O'Clock last
night. The new ordinance limiting the
number of passengers to be carried
oy .btney at any time to two more
than the registered capacity of the
car became effective at that time.
This morning hundreds of persons
who have been accustomed to ride
down town in iitncys W!ll be COM
rellCd to either 20 afcot 10 the busl q
ness district or walk 10 the nearest
street car line. jus, how long the
demonstration of tfe jitney driVeis .
will last is prohlematical as they say
il decpnds upon the number and
force of protests lodged with the COM
mssionerS.
A contest of the iitnev ordinance
will not be made i'm the courts as
previously threatened by the iitney
men. Instead they believe suspen-
sion of all iitney ser'ice will have
greater effect on the city Commis-
sioners. \ parade of all the iitneys
through the downtown streets will be
held this morning.
Hope that a peaceable policy would
gain more than an open fight against
the ordinance was given the jitncN
operators yesterday in conferences
MaNor simmons and Finance Commits
soner Brink. According to the iitney
men they were told that a new or
diu@nce may be considered by the
CON missioners.
Destroys business.
Operators of iitneys declare that
the ordinance passed last Friday abb
solutelv destroys their business. Be
sides limiting the number of passen-
gers to what they declare would not
permit them to operate at a profit,
the ordinance provides other restrc-
tjons. All drivers are required to pay
an annual license fee of So, payable
semi-annually and pass a physical cX-
animation
At meeting of the jtney union
Monday night il was decided to apply
for an Injunction to restrain city
officials from enforcing the new ordi-
nance. The matter hung fire all Tues
day and part of Wednesday, but yes
torday noon an agreement was reach
ed not to apply for the restraining
order.
I'VE believe the citizens Of Tulsa
want the jitneys." said Secretary Carl
Maupin of the jitney union last night.
at is impossible for us to operate
our cars and not lose money under the
regulations of the new ordinance" no
added.
81 Cars i'm City.
There are S4 jitney cars in Tulsa
and more than one hundred drivers
are engaged in the work. One-fourth
of the jitneys run on Admiral boule-
ward. Among the other districts served
are North Main and North Denver,
Boston ana Maple Ridge, Carson,
South Denver and West Tulsa.
The jltney men believe stopping all
Of their cars will be the most effective
means Of combating the new regula-
ton. They expect a prompt protest
TO the city commissioners from the
persons who will be Inconvenience by
the discontinuance of the jtneys.
The jitney question Will probably
come before the commissioners again
at the meeting tomorrow morning. All
of the iitneurs are planning to attend
and they say they will have a delega-
tion of citizens there to protest so that
there will remain no doubt in the
minds of the commissioners that the
jtneys are really wanted