The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-04
IITNEYs FORsAkE STREETS
Fourteen of Drivers Arraigned in Court
as Result of Police Activities on
Tuesday-New Ordinance in Effect
And Police Ordered to Enforce It.

chairman Carl JACKSON OF the WIS
consin Railroad Commission notified the
City Attorney on Friday that the com
mission would take up the battle to
put an end to defiance Of commission
orders by jitney men of Kenosha.
He declared that if the jitney men
insisted on operating on routes other
thanS those named by the commission
that the Attorney General Of the State
would be asked to seek an injunction in
the name of the state against every
jitney driver who persisted in the vio-
lation of the orders of the commission.
We shall take this action on Fri
day. chairman Jackson informed City
Attorney, John G. Slater, "and we
shall be prepared to bring the full le-
gal battery Of the state for the en-
forcement of the orders in connection
with the traffic situation in Kenosha.
The commission is thoroughly advised
as to conditions there and we will do
all In our power to respond to the de-
mand of the city of Kenosha for a
proper remedy for conditions.
It looked today as if it would be
improbable thai any such steps would
be necessary. The jitneys for the most
part had deserted the streets of the
city and for the first time in years
the common carrier" sign was not
seen along Main street. Fourteen of
the drivers were taken into custody by
the police ON Tuesday and the hearing
of all of the cases were adjourned sun-
til July 9th at which time it is ex-
pected that the Attorneys of the state
Itney association will be on hand to
defend the men charged with violating
the law.
The new ordinance for the regulation
of jitneys is now effective. 1t was pub
lished today and under the publication
| it is Immediately in effect. Chief
O Hare this afternoon issued special
order to all members of the police de-
partment demand ing that the new ordi-
nance be enforced to the very letter. If
this enforcement is secured there will
be no further trouble as to the opera
tion of the cars over routes not sane
toned by the Railroad Commission.
The ordinance leaves no doubt as
to the jurisdiction of the city to en-
force the jitney laws of the state. The
prosecutions may now be brought I'M
der the city ordinance and until test
of this ordinance is made in the Su-
preme court of the state the city will
have full power to regulate. The city
attorney has declared his belief that
the ordinance will stand any test in
court which may be sought by the
jitney men.
No statement has been given out by
drivers of jitneys or the association as
to the plans of these men for the fu-
ture. One or two of the jitneys today
made trips over the new. routes laid
down by the commission but there was
no suggestion Of general acceptance
of the routes by the drivers.
The ordinance regulating the use
of automobiles "for hire is also effec-
tive this afternoon and it is expected
that this will practically drive this
class of vehicles from the streets. No
licenses for drivers or for jitneys had
been issued by the city clerk up to a
late hour this afternoon.
The list of defendants in the NUM-
cipal Court was increased on Tuesday
afternoon by the addition of the names
of Henry Fish, Fl. LaParr, Thorvald
Petersen, I. Y. Yingst, Peter Angus
tine and Alex Schaefer. These men
were all released on rscognizance bonds
for the hearing set for July 9th.