Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-03
JITNEY men ARE
TO Be ARRESTED?
City Attorney ]. X. Scott Declares On
orators Are Liable to Pr0secu-
ton Any Time.
DIFFERENCE OVER DECISION
Counsel for Drivers Believes Order
Does Not Apply TO Lines Visit.
Ing Davenport.

Serious difference of opinion exists
as to the effect of the decision of the
state public utilities commission in the
Jllney bus case which has just been
handed down, upon machines doing
business between Rock Island and
Davenport
Copies of the decision of the COM
mission have been received and S. R.
henworthy Of counsel for the jitney
men, is confident that the commission
has no jurisdiction over the traffic be-
tween the two cities, since it is inter-
state business, and that the order, al
though sweeping in its bearing upon
Rock Island and Moline lines, will
have no effect upon traffic between
Illinois and Iowa.
Counsel for the street car company
believes, however, that the ruling
means the elimination of the jitney
bus not only in Rock Island and Mo-
line but between these two cities and
Davenport.
Liable to Arrest.
City Attorney J. X. Scott declared
today that all of the operators are
liable to arrest without further no.
tice. The defendants are in court"
he declared. Notice of the order of
restraint upon counsel for the jitney
drivers is sufficient notice to them and
the commission is likely at any time to
send Investigators here and bring &C
ton il circuit court"
1t was announced today at the city
nall that no jitney bus licenses have
been issued by the city. None of the
provisions Of the jitney ordinance
were attempted to be put into effect
here pending the ruling of the COM
mission. The drivers paid fees as taxi
companies but it is understood that
the operators Of such will be required
by the city, under the ruling of the
commission. to have cab drivers Ii
cense for which the fee is $40.
The jitney bus action was brought
by the Tri-City Railway company.
Moline, Rock Island and Eastern Trac~
ton company and John G. Huntoon.
against a number of drivers.
Defendants Restrained.
The commission found that defend
ants John Dietz, Illinois Taxi COM
pany. Sam kelso, F. D. Henry, Mike
X. Kinney. Henry O. Frickel, Max Al =
tar. j. c. Gardiner, David DeSmet, w
A. Huffman, Harry Weston Arthur
Nelson, Jake Roth, Frank Poma. Os-
car H. Anderson, William DETROIT,
Richard Ross, j. A. Dibbern, B. F
Brussell. Castor VanHyfte, Ernest
Youngmark, Lamont Yer Canteren,
Otto Blackledge, B. A. Stewart, Joe
Bussche, August Van Sprybrock,
Frank T. Tamberber, George NJ. Kern,
Charles Halpenn. Clarence Beatty,
Loise Lanem, Cyriei Verecke, Emil
Swanson, John Roth, Carl Leaf, Harry
Johnson, Robert E. Verne, c. F.
Limberg, G. ". Griswold John Walline,
C. f. Shaw, c. NJ. Myers, W. C. West,
Charles McChestney, Allen kindig,
Rollie Pomeroy and Bum Parr, since
Feb. Is, 1915, have been engaged i'll
operating public utilities and are or
dered to cease and desist from carry
ing on the business, las it is being
carried on" of Transporting persons
for hire between points in this state,
until commission has granted certiti-
cate of public convenience and neces-
sity.
The commission found that James
Galloway and Robert H. Piper were
engaged in the taxi cab business and
therefore do not come under provis-
ions of the act