The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
Extra Flock of Jitneys3
Grabs Nickels of Passen-
gers Who Desert Trolley
AS Means of LocomotiOn-
Ancient Pastime of Walk
ing More Popular Than
Ever. -
No Arrests For Evasion Of
Fare Reported By Police,
But Many No Decision
Arguments Are Staged I'M
Cars Conductors Get the
Worst of the New Ar
rangement.

Copper came into its own to-a.
day, when the Connecticut ca
Instituted the practice bfS
charging six cents for service
for which it has been lucky :toi
get five cents hitherto.
The public which has always {
considered it an outrage to be
compelled to pay five cents, |;
was gouged for a cent extra.
The buffer between the public
and the company, the con-
ductor, got the worst of it ali
around.
The six cent fare went into effect I
at 4:s0 a. M. when the first car was
run from the barns.
The results were many. A larxaJ
part of Bridgeport's population be-
gan developing unused muscles in 4
reversion to long distance walking, in !.
this wise conserving their wealth and
their health
More jitneys appeared on the streets
and the regulars carried bigger loads
than usual. The jitneurs have decid-
ed to charge only five cents.
These two things had the effect Of
1essoning the patronage of the trolley
company, SO that many cars, ordinar-
lily crowded, and with the human S. s
R.fO. sign hanging out the windows,
had scarcely enough passengers tor
keep the conductors busy arguing
The Connecticut Co., had supplied +
it's conductors with bags of pennies i
but the change-makers in many cases +
had difficulty. One man who started
out on the Stratfie1d line with z80l
pennies was shy before he reached !
the end of the line.
Nobody wasAarrested for evasion of j
fare, but this probably was because
the conductors had their hands so /
full of pennies and their ears so full |
of arguments that they didn't have
time to call the cops. II they had
stopped the car to can a policeman
every time they got into arguments
with defiant passengers who stood On
their rights and would like TO see
them put off, there would have been
a trolley tie-up.
Besides losing their peace OF mind,
the conductors were set back some
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getf1er. Some would put in two. some
louf' Gnu So 80. -
WASH pul ~ 50, - upposeu - soiie 80
oA -, .he ~ ,.
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noon INA, q iiee.lns " .ns 80
70 De ea1to lolipoi ow u So - os.ilas ~.
olscusseu. Ines pidii q - ' o'esse sae' atsiss
settnhg iof l,fese iosses
WneTner tfiey meet on e,als lHae.sl
or not lhey are eApeceed 70 ges 20
secher 10 oeH,ano . more wases. llsss
are poorly palo no" anu Tue SIX cent a1
rare increases lhelr wMoIh M 50 tnal tnsy
deem they are entitIed TO snare IN the
puoiIc,s copper bounty.
several penehts VIII De derived from
the SIX cent h iaEe. Inc nealeh ol many
persons VIII pe improved py exercise.
Inc u'in.ies seVNe IN genera al VII III
improve oeesause tfiere W1i pc moTs
anu anu oee.er 1ieies service. ana tne efos-x fsex
icy eInpioses are iheiy 70 get raise.
<Auoilionai -ieney seFvlce Is expecIed
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