Republican farmer., 1920-07-16
Compromise Probable In Irollcy-Jitncy Row
 Will Continue Service

night Will Recom-
 mend Action Looking
 to- a Compromise.
 With Mayor Wilson at press time preparing his message to the council tonight on the de- mand of the trolley company that the jitney traffic be shunt- ed off the main streets the out look was that some compro- mise would be effected by which the trolley service would not be suspended next Thurs day. While no definite state ments are made that such would be the outcome the at titude of both the jitney men and the city officials seem to indicate, that the council to- night might receive some pro- position from the jitney men which would obviate the neces- sity of suspension of trolley serve on Thursday.
 1 All civic bodies in the city are do- l ing their utmost to avert -transpor- tat1on and traffic condition which will 1ncommode the travelling public and it is believed that Mayor Wilson and | City Attorney Conley in their report to tRe Aldermen will recommend that l the request of the Connecticut Com pany to restrict the jitneys to streets on which there are no trolleys be l consented to, in part.
 It is believed that the mayor will recommend that the jitneys be ban ned from the corner of Main street and Fairfield avenue and that parking places be allotted to the jitneys in the center of the city where prospective passengers will be able to get jitneys | for any point.
 It is believed that the mayor will recommend that the million dollar Plaza be used for this purpose and | jitneys running east and west will leave Fairfield avenue at Water street and use Cannon street as far as Courtland when they resume their runs along Fairfield avenue to the city line.
 The mayor will also recommend that a. supervisor of jitneys be ap- Il pointed who will have authority to lsee that the rules and regulation i'm posed by the city authorities and off, cers of the Bus Association be strictly icompied with and that the Bus Asso- citation bear the expenses connected with this supervision
 From present indications there will 1@, T, , ever attended Alderrnanic session l; in this city but it is dounbtful if any of the adherents of either party will be given the privilege of the floor to advocate their favorite cause.
 Former Corporation Counsel Charles L. Kleiner of New Haven and his law partner, Senator M. J Flynn, will quest permission to state the stand of their clients, while Senator Quinn will appear before the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at the Strat- field
 John B. Schwartz. president of the
 State Bus Association. and Harry
 Frank, president of the Park City
 Bus Association, held conferences thia morning with Mayor Wilson and with , Stewart Price of the Chamber of l Commerce.
 l
 the conference with the mayor but
 they were very wroth at the action ot the Chamber of Commerce in calling a meeting of that body to take action
 of the trolIey-jitney crisis al the same hour as that set for the meeting of
 the aldermen.
 They believed that it was. an at-
 tempt to split the forces of the ad- F. herents of the jitneys and prevent
 them from attending the aldermanic , meeting.
 T The Manufacturers Association I held a meeting this noon and the
 members discussed the advisability o1
 complying with the demands of the
 Connecticut Company to restrict the jitney service to untrol1eyed streets. T Such recommendations as they for.
 mulate will be presented to the al
 dermen tonight
 The aldermen will also receive q | proposition from the advocates o1
 municipal ownership who will de-
 mand that the authorities take action
 to have the trolleys taken over by the city and operated by the municipal
 ity.
 Superintendent Frank L. Ktbling o1 the Bridgeport division of the Con.
 necticut Company stated this morn. :, ing that as far as he knew the cessa. tion of the rolleys in this city would
 occur after the cars had met the late
 trains arriving in Bridgeport on Wed.
 nesday night at the railroad station
 if a compromise was not effected. The e notices that have been sent out to the t men saying their services would nc = longer be required after the 18th o1 k the month become effective at the e same time, according to MT. Kibling