The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-11-27

The Jltney bus is coming back 20 the
streets of Kenosha. It is probable that
within the next ten days the jitneys
viii be in operation and it is declared
that the Kenosha Jitney Association
ready to put forty automobiles into
service as common carriers in the city
by that time
Peter Augustine, one Of the officials
Of the eal ss5eiation, This morninq
esFlie tie city clerk f, copy
ike ordAa..ace regulating operagio1
of automobiles for hire and later in the
day copies of the ordinance were sent
to the Milwaukee attorneys of the or.
ganization and they will advise the
local man as the action to take. It
is understood that the men will make
application to the city for the regular
city license and that bonds covering
the operation of the ears will be fled
with the Railroad Commission the early
part of next week.
Long Route is to be offered.
"We have lost lot of money ON &C.
count of being deprived of the right
of operation on the streets Of Keno
sha," said Augustine, "and you can
say that we are comig back now if we
have to break a leg to do it. The peo-
pie of the city are demanding the re-
turn Of the jitney buses and we will
be able to show any court that the
transportation facilities of Kenosha are
not sufficient to take care of the de-
mand- We propose to ask for bonds
which will cover long route and pro-
vide for the operation of the jitneys
from the southwest to the north limits
of the city. BY this we mean from the
west end of Salem avenue to the rope
factory with continuous trip for one
fare. We believe that such service
would be welcomed by the people.
No Settlement as to Fare.
Augustine declared that there had as
yet been no agreement among the jit-
ney men as to the rate of fare to be
charged for the trip from "limits to
limits but he indicated that the fare
might be started at five cents when the
buses came back into existence in Ke-
nosha. ftWe have made no decision AZ
to what the fare will be- Maybe we
can carry passengers for five cents but
it is costing them lot more now to
make the same trip and they are Fore
ed to make two changes of cars. Forty
Of the boys are just waiting to have
th bonds sanctioned by the Railroad
Commission to go back into the bust
ness. The jitney drivers in both RAJ
cine and Milwaukee are already back
on the routes and the men are not
going to be shut out. -
Court Decision opens Way.
The recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the state in which it was held
that the Railroad Commission could
pass on the sureties presented by jit-
ney drivers but that the commission
could not lint them to specified routes,
is gong to be the basis by which the
jitneys seek TO stage a return in Ke-
nosha Augustine declared today that
no effort had been made to interfere
with the operation of the jitneys in
either Racine or Milwaukee and that
the attorneys of the association had IN.
formed these men that there was no
action under the law by which they
could be prevented from operating over
any route they saw fit to adopt even
though this route should be in direct
competition with a street railway.
Local officials when told that the an.
noumcement had been made that the
jitneys would return to Kenosha, mads
no comment. we have expected them
to be on the streets before this" was