Republican farmer., 1920-07-23
Tr0llcyS May
 Be Withdrawn lnAFcW Days.
Company to Stop Service, If the Jitney Injunc7
 ton is Made Perrnal nent and Cars Will Be} Withdrawn Anyhow if
 the Jitneys Run on the Old Routes.

Old Routes.
 If the court upholds and makes permanent the injunc-. ton sued out by the jitney mem yesterday the Connecticut Co., will withdraw it's cars from Bridgeport streets.
 If the injunction is dismissed by the court tomorrow the lo4 cal police will enforce the jit4 ney ordinance passed on Mon3 day night.
 If the ordinance is enforced and the jitneurs are arrested the cases will be fought in the criminal courts and the jitney men say they will run over the old routes as usual.
 The Connecticut Co. takes the position now that if the jitneys run over the old routes in spite of the enforcement of the ordinance the cars will be withdrawn.
 Yesterday was the biggest day in the way of business the jitneys ever had.
 Mayor Wilson indicated in an tn- l terview this noon that he was agree l able to having the validity of the or dinance recently passed by the alder l men tested by the injunction proceed | ings which were instituted by counsel for the jitney men last night. | The injunction prevents the en- i forcement of the law by the city of l ficials of the provisions of the new | ordinance until Judge JohnelW. Banks decides whether its provisions l are legal and whether the ordinance | was adopted according to law. l It has been the fear .t the city 1 officials that if the law was enforced | without legal construction there 1 might be riots or other disturbances
 which would cause considerable ill., 1 feeling among the citizens of the city and that the police would be compell- ed to make many arrests before the jitney men would cease running. If Judge Banks should affirm and continue the injunction it is the be- lief of Mayor Wilson that the Con-
 necticut Company will imm edtately
 withdraw it's service from this city. I The jitney men say that if Judge Banks dissolves the injunction they | expect that arrests will be made to
 enforce the act and that the drivers
 of the jitneys who are arrested will 1 be immediately bai1ed out and one of
 the cases will be used as a test case
 on an appeal which will be taken to
 the highest courts. During the ap- peal they believe arrangements can be made whereby the jitneys will run
 pending the final decision.
 Travel on the jitney buses yester-
 day was greater than any day since
 they have begun operations and the
 jitney men claim that they are receiv-
 ing assurances of support from citi-
 ZenS of all classes. Many letters have
 been received by the officers of the
 Bus Association praising them for the
 stand they have taken against the in- tolerant threats of the trustees Of the
 Connecticut company and promising
 the jitney men support in their bat
 ties for their rights.
 l. ttI am looking at the transp ortation
 problems of Bridgeport in a broad
 manner" said Mayor Wilson to the reporters today. 'I believe that it would be bad for Bridgeport, in the
 long run if the cars were stopped. It has proven so in other cities. In To- ledo the jitney men raised their rates , after the trolley company stopped and
 the people were obliged to have the
 trolleys restored.''
 Haven't the jitneymen promised not to raise the fare here?" the mayor . was asked. "Yes. but the jitneymen are not in a position to keep to their
 promises. The cars are owned by in
 dividuals and they run as they please Haven't the jitnyemen furnished eff fcient service?' "Yes, but this thin g , cannot continue until they are legally organized and under government
 control"
 'I believe that the Connecticut Company is not bluffing and that they
 will remove their cars if the jitneys
 continue to compete with them,'' ''
 said the mayor. To the suggestion r lthat the trolley company would not give an inch on their demands. the
 mayor said, Neither will the jitney- men" "But the jitneymen don't de- mand that the trolleys be stopped" it f was suggested. "No,'' said the mayor, 6 they do not.'
 The Mayor admitted that passeng- e CTS for Fairfield Beach weuld have
 to go to Park avenue to gsf jitney t i and that the trolley charged IS cents to bring Fairfield passengers a mile away from their destination while
 the jitneys carried them from the center of the city to the beach for 10
 cents. = Passengers for Milford, Walnut r Beach, Devon and Stratford would d have to travel to East Main street to = order to get jitneys for their destina- r. ton, but said the Mayor. the tro1leys l. will not run unless we keep the jit- - neys from the center of the city.
 1T hold no brief for the trolley
 company and I believe that the jitney
 bus under proper organization and
 and supervision will eventually sup- = l nlapt be troI1eyS but | believe that