The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-11
TROLLEYS ARE
 IN THE LEAD
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(COnt1nued rom Page One) The dirty, filthy things. I am sur prised people are not sick "The tro1leys for all the Beardsley park sections
 'Jitneys are unsafe and dirty and i operated by dirty, greasy looking | men,
 Please give us back the trolleys.'' -'Jitneys are unsafe and dirty and operated by a dirty looking band.''
 If they charge cents on the jitney | transfer plan, people would rather pay i z cents on the trolleys.' | '"The jitneys are not clean or san 1 itary''
 T live near Harvey Hubbelrs plant and have to ride to business four times a day. I have always used the trolleys but now must use the jitneys Two straw hats for s6, and one pair of pants for Ss.50 is what it has cost me in two weeks. I got on a jitney at i Rarnum and Mill Hill avenues the other day and a lady got on at East Main street, with a pail of hot soup. The driver started before the woman was seated and half of the contents landed on both of my legs hotter than h-l. That settled my pants. $50, and drove me to drink to quiet my nerves, land cool off the blisters on my legs.
 Two drinks of moonshine at g. Cheap
 riding in jitneys I don't think. Driver looked worse than a coal heaVer, ana
 snelled more."
 In favor of jitneys: Fare is cheap
 CT and you don't have to drag your
 clothes through the notorman's to- | bacco juice."
 "Quioker and more reliable They
 do not obstruct traffic. Soon the
 trolleys will be out of date as the
 horses are today"
 'If the iitneys were not running
 hut not
 now they can't
 Turn back every other jitney at
 Broad street, and give the people in
 the center a chance"
 "Give the workers in the center a
 better chance to ride during rush
 hours.''
 If it is necessary to rid the streets
 of the jitneys in order to have the | troIleys returned, by all means have the tracks torn up at once. While
 the jitney service has not been 100To
 it has been much better than before the trolley suspension, and the troll
 leys were never 1O04o perfect, even
 when assisted by the jitneys. Re
 move the jitneys and where do you
 suppose the trolleys would get off The smoking nuisance should be stopped if it exists. have failed to
 find one case of smoking since the l trolley stopped running, but no doubt , there are cases. Those who desire to : retain the jitneys should cease the r practice of their own accord, as there , are critics watching and looking for 5 all kinds of reasons to rid the streets of the jitneys. It only takes a few minutes to complete your Journey ln
 the jitney and you ought to be able 5 to refrain from smoking while you l are riding. I read an article the other night of a man who complained | taf hnI I,1o i,, I,n course that is a serious thing but not ] i serious enough to call for the remov- al of the jitney. If they were re- I moved doesn't MT. Bug Carrier know , | that the person who carried that bug into the jitney would ride in the trol- ley and thus carry his bugs into the :. trolley, and then again MT. Bug Car | rier does not present one bit of evi- r dence that he got the bug in the jit- ; ney. Perhaps he got it in a. moving
 | picture show or a theatre and per , haps in his own home, who knows
 Regardless where he got it, it is an
 moving but no matter where he goes
 if he gets in large crowd he IS l1a oIe I to be made a bug carrier, so by al ' means don't let your judgment of the
 1 jitney be influenced by foolish argu Il ments.S
 l. "Jitneys are speedier, more ire l, | quent, cheaper Give better service > in bad weather. No cars beyond r Park avenue on Fairfield avenue fol = four days following a snow storm las $ winter. Jitneys giving good service it all through this period. Trolley com d pany in the position of concerl l. which is trying to abolish a competi e tor who is hurting their business b. q giving better service. J1tneys ar e here to stay; every change has its an d tagonists. no matter how much of al l oL IT man who rides, not the man who ha it interests in the Connecticut com T. pany."
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