Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-05
|ATNEY LICENSES
TO Be FIFTY DOLLARS
This In Fairness to Street
Railway---COuncil Rescinds
Certain ReaSSeSSmentS

Jitney busses' from Portland and other
ortside towns are going to have hard
shedding during the period of the Ore
gon state fair as the result of the pass
age last night by the Salem council of
an ordinance raising the iitney license
from SIS to $50 year. The prime pur-
pose of the raising Of the license is to
keep out the foreign jitney and give
the Salem operators- and the Salem
street railway company chance 1T The
business properly theirs.
Manager Billingsley Of the railway
company was granted the courtesy of
the floor and stated to the council that
the street car company was running at
loss and has lost about $4,000 during
the past year. He said with the equip
ment on hand it was impossible to take
care of the crowds and in order to do
it effectively it was necessary to hire
cars from Portland his takes consider
able money and if jitneys from the out
side are to compete he said there would
be little for the car company.
Councilman McCleland protested
against the passage of the ordinance
as he termed it one of the usual pre-
state fair measures gotten up to suit
the iitney drivers of this city so they
can have a monopoly.
Re-Assessment Rescinded.
In urging the passage Of the measure
Councilman T'nruh, who introduced it,,
said it was designed to protect the Sa-
lem iitneurs and does not apply to those
who hold licenses nowThe ordinance ex-
pires at the end of the year.
Because it was desired to change the
form Of the resolutions for the reass-
essment of south High street and south
Twelfth street, on the advice OF the
city attorney, they were rescinded last
night by the council.
Bids for railroad crossing danger
signs were received by the council last
night. The bids are as follows for II
signs:
Coast Culvcrt and Flume company,
signs 1910 each, posts 1910 each; Hod-
SON Feenaughty company, signs $3.50
each, posts $3.50 each; Burdick Enamel
Sign company, signs $3.65 each. The
matter was referred to the committee
on streets.
To Pave Approach.
As the result of the boiler of the
street department plant giving out, ON
motion of Councilman Elliott the council
authorized the hiring of another at ths
rate of So day.
The west approach to the new bridge
was ordered paved by the council at the
request of the Marion county court. The
cost is to be borne by the county and
the work to be done by the city paw
ing plant. The paving will probably be
done in two or three weeks.
Bids for the furnishing of hay were
received. d. A. White and Son offered
five tons of cheat hay at $23.5O a ton
and five tons of straw at SO ton.
The hav is TO be delivered at the fire
department if accepted. The matter was
referred to the fire and water commit
tee.
other Matters.
The matter of the construction of
steps on High street to the basement OF
the Hubbard building came up last
right, when W. II. Norris, receiver fol-
the building, stated that the health of
/ ficer had requested him to secure ven
tilation for the basement. He had beer
turned down by the council previously
in his request for steps to the basement
However, the matter was made speeia
order Of business for the next counei
meeting.
Because she fell on a side walk il
the city and broke the bones in he
thumb, Mrs. Alive Helsig has filed
claim for $IO0 damages against the city