The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-03
Jitncy Ordinance
WillBc RcadyFor
Aldermen Tuesday
Session of the Ordinance
Committee Last Night
Unsatisfactory to the
Jitneymen-President
Storrs Said That He
w ant e d Ordinance
Like Waterbury's.

As a result of the hearing last night
by the ordinance committee of the
Board of Aldermen. an ordinance will
be drawn up which Ralph T. Beers
and Mayor Wilson say will be salts
factory to the public, the Connecticut
Company, and the Bus associations.
1t Is believed by those who attend
led the meeting last night that the
dinance will be somewhat similar to
the ordinance that was declared i1le-
gal by Judge Banks except that it
will follow tie wording of the Water
bury ordinance which drove the jit-
neys off the streets of that city.
The routes laid out by the Mayors
Traffic Commission were entirely elm
mated at tre hearing when President
,Storrs and George d. Watrous. who
represented the trolley interests abso-
s1utely refused to consider those routes
as satisfactory.
Tt Is reported that President Storrs
informed S. H. Bullard, one of the
Mayors Traffic Commission. that if
tthe aldermen passed the ordinance
recommended by the Traffic Commits
sion that Governor Holcomb would
call a special session of the legislature
to declare the ordinance illegal and
the legislature woud fix the routes sat
dsfactory to the trolley interests.
The jitney representatives were
seore at the star chamber sessions
(which were held between the mayor,
president Storrs, Attorney Watrous
and the members of the traffic com
mission during a recess which was
taken during the hearing and in
which the jitney men were not allow
ed to participate.
After this star chamber session It
is said that the members of the traf-
flo commission with thee exception of
George Bevans, changed their atti-
ttude entirely and deserted the recon-
rnendations contained in their report
rand sided with the trolley company
in their demand that the jitneys be
sdenied the use of both the Stratford
tsridges and favored compelling the
ttitneys to use the Grand street bridge
with its dangerous crossings.
1t was the evident desire Of the
trolley representatives to break the
jftney service into two sections al
lowing one set of jitneys to operate
on the west side of the Pequonnock
river and the other on the east side
of the river thereby compelling the
public to pay two 1itney fares III
crossing the city.
The Waterbury ordinance which Il
is believed the committee will follow
in framing the ordinance which they
viii present to the aldermen does not
lay out routes as required by the
statutes of the state but designate:
the streets which the jitneys can use
and denies them the use of all Other
streets in the city except for the pur'
pose of crossing.
There is considerable criticism O.
the ordinance committee for refus
ing to allow reporters and others thu
right to the discussions which wer'
held between the different interest
last night and Chairman Beers sait
today that the meeting was an execu
/. tive session and that it was the rul
of the committee never to allow an.
/ reporter or citizen not directly in
terested to appear at these meetings
During the entire session it is re
I ported the representatives of tn
trolley company took the stand tha
the trolleys would not resume it
service here unless the city. passe
Z an ordinance which was in accor
with the demand made on the mayo
before they stopped running in thi
city
President Storrs at all suggestion
of a. compromise said that he had n
authority to agree to any other prop
osftion but would have to lay a
changes in the original propositio
before the trustees of the Connect
cut company
President Storrs further said ths
even if the ordinance was such g
to induce the trolley company to re
sumo its service he could give n
guarantee that the service woul
continue for any definite period as
might develop that the trolle,
would not get sufficient incon
from its service under the ne
echeme and other circumstance
might arise which would cause tt
trolleys to discontinue it's servic
here.
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