Republican farmer., 1920-07-23

VI '1S o! MS 1lllOy
 Men SeemHappy Over
 Court Proceedings.
 There will be no change in the trolley-jitney situation in Bridgeport until some time af- ter next Tuesday for Judge Banks. in the Superior court to- day, after three hours of argu- ment on the motion to make the jitneymen's injunction against the city permanent or dered that counsel for the iit- neymen and the city file briefs Tn the case at five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. As the de- cision will probably not be ren- dered immediately that means that the status quo will prob- ably be maintained for some days at least.
 The filing of the briefs may mean that there has been an Understanding to take the case to the Supreme court for adiu- dication.
 The jltney men seemed very we'll pleased with the result of the proceedings and with the conference which preceded it. The County Court House presented | an anima ted sight this morning as the crowds gathered to hear the proceed ings before Judge John w. Banks on the motion of the City of Bridgeport to dissolve the temporary injunction which prevents the city from enforc- l ing the ordinance passed last Tuesday night by the aldermen restricting the ! use of central streets to the trolley company and preventing the jitney buses from crossing the center of the city.
 Every seat in the Superior Court was filled when Judge Banks took his seat at $40, most of those present be- ing partisans of the jitneys. I A notable array of counsel appeared. the jitney-men being represented by 1 and DeForest & Klein, local counsel 1 The city was represented by City At 1 torney William H. Comley and Assist i ant City Attorney Parker Seeiey. The 1 Connecticut Company was represented ! by it's general counsel, George Wats rous of New Haven and Arthur M. Marsh of this city. The town of Shel- ton was represented by Joseph G. Shapiro who with Mayor Dr. C. P. Nettleton were appointed a committee I to endeavor to continue the trolley i service to that town.
 In the audience were Joseph G. Goodwin, former local manager of the Connecticut Company; Robert M Jones, assistant city clerk, who had been called to produce the original of the ordinance John B. Schwarz, pres 1 ident of the State Bar Association; Harry Frank, president of the Park 1 City Bus Association; George Bevans, vice president of the Park City asso- citation; Harry Josephson, treasurer, and Jacob Massoth, former president and Sergeant Thomas F. connery, for merly in charge of the traffic squad of police.
 1 The attorneys held a conference with Judge Banks in his chambers 1 from to $40 when the judge ap- peared on the bench and Attorney Klein commenced his argument in fa- NCT Ol IudhluS IIl0 lIJunCI1On- peTuld- nent.
 Attorney Klein said that he rep resented 475 owners and drivers of l buses who did business in this city,
 owning PTS buses engaged in local traffic and 75 on suburban lines. These buses carried 140,00o passen- gers day and on the Stratford ave-
 nueAsh Creek line and on the State street-Barnum avenue line they car via of 6nt Der of passengers carried each day. On the North and South Main street line 50 per cent, on the East Main and Boston avenue lines 50 per cent. and on the Beardsley
 park line 25 per cent.
 That 250 of the buses averaged in
 value over $2,500, most of which Is
 being paid in insta1lments of $10o a
 month and that the banks of the city held chattel mortgages on many of
 the buses.
 He said that before~a man could
 operate bus he was obliged to pay
 in license fees, taxes and for permits
 s377.25, besides paying the usual 7 taxes.
 The bus associations pay nine
 starters, who are special policemen ss5 and $40 week each and chief
 starter, $50 week.
 City Attorney Comley said that ne would admit that certificates which were then offered in evidence would show that the bus men would re- ceive irreparable injury if the ordin-
 ance were enforced.
 !! Attorney Klein next introduced the 1 permit issued to one of the drivers
 which showed that it ran to Jan. 1
 1921, and called attention to the or
 iginal ordinance which provided that
 the police commissioners should is- ; sue these permits which should be i valid until the first day of January next succeeding their issue. Assistant City Clerk Jones ther [ produced / the original ordinance , passed by the aldermen. Attorney Klein continued to press
 his point relative to the new ordin-
 ance being passed after conference
 had been held with the trolley com