The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-31

bridgeport neeQS DetI oOi FiCCS'
and the jitneymen think this is best.
The same question was raised in the
legislature in 1917 and again in 1919
and the action of the company to-
wards the public showed that they
needed no consideration. Further
more, they didn't get 1t. In stopping
its service the Connecticut company
has thrown service to the winds"
B. Sussman, workingman who
has lived in Bridgeport for five years
was the next speaker, and he fur
nished the comedy of the evening.
ut is neither the trolley company
DR. the jitneys that are suffering"
said Sussman, but the public. I
have lived in Bridgeport for five
years, and I know that the Connect
cut company she never give GOOD
service. When / rode on the trolleys
was always late to work, but now
when the buses are here I get to
work ahead Of time. We could get
along without the trolleys, and if the
jitneys do not give good service it
is the fault of the city administra-
ton. The jitneymen want to get
good buses, but they are liable to get
thrown off the streets any minute.
We've got to pay if the company asks
10 cent fares
I'm not a Socialist, but I want a
square deal. When I vote for a
ticket I want to see a square man
on it, and 1 don't think everyone
should be on it. If the city don't
pull the buses off they will give the
public a square deal. The trolleys
make too much noise, but there is
nothing to it,
T. H. Richel, proprietor of the
Connecticut lunch, at So George street
spoke in favor of the trolleys. He
warned that after the trolleys are
taken off, the jitneys may pull out
and give the public the laugh. High
er fares may be charged on account
of greater cost of materials, accord
ing to Riche1, who concluded his re-
marks by recommending that the
matter be left to the traffic commits
sion.
D. F'airchild Wheeler, president of
the Bridgeport Chamber Of Com
merce, next took the floor, and stated
that the directors of his organization,
at noon yesterday, passed a vote of
thanks to the traffic commission for
their excellent report.
I'VE hold no briefs for anyone
declared Wheeler, except to obtain
good and safe transportation for
Bridgeport. The commission has
done good work, but it has not gone
as far as it should. In recent
vote taken among the members of
the Chamber of Commerce, 851 ia
vored the trolleys and 102 the buses.
President Wheeler then presented
the following resolution which was
drawn up by the Chamber of Com
merce
ITO the Mayor and Board of Alder
men:
after a very general public dis
estr A.
ton problem by a secret mail ballot
to our 1900 members, a. vote of 851 to
102 favor legislative action as rec
commended by the Mayor to the Com
mon Council that would in effect
eliminate active jitney competition
from the streets about the center OF
the city, on which the Connecticut
company operated trolley cars, con
ditional upon the guarantee of ade-
| quate trolley service.
1.-THE directors of this organization
in session this noon, interpreted this
vote in it's relation to the report oil
the Traffic ommission as follows:
Resolved, That we endorse the re-
port of the Traffic Commission az
the most constructive solution of the
| transportation problem that has beer
| submitted, but we believe that in Sc
| far as 1T is possible, and as a prin
| ciple for the construction of or
| dinance, that no jitneys should be-
| routed on the streets occupied by thu
| trolleys except in so far as it il
| necessary to cross the down towr
| district, or to connect for one or TIVE
blocks from one non-trolley bearing
| street to another trolley bearing
| street.
I'VE respectfully request that thi
| be given consideration in any ordi
nance which may be enacted will
relation to the routing of jitne.
| traffic.
Signed. &C. of c.,
I'd. FAIRCHILD WHEELER,
| president
IS. B. Price,
Secretary"
'sTris problem should he left to tn
commission, and not to this meeting,
said Wheeler in conclusion. In de
Gliding what course to follow, the com
mission should consider everything
not forgetting the women, childre
and aged who cannot ride in jitne
buses
The cause of the jitney was cham
pioned by Joseph Pennell, the mex
speaker to be heard.
The day the troI1eys were take
off the streets, the company forfeite
| its rights to any consideration TOT
the public of Bridgeport" announce
Pennell. 81 remember tine lack c
consid Grafton and service on the pa1
} of the company in the early days. A
! they wanted was fares, and now the
want to put the jitneys off the street
! for their own special benefit.
: why should I pay 10 or II cents
ride to Ash creek in half an hour
! a trolley car, when 1 can pay nickl
in a jitney and get there in 10 mir
: utes? The money is just as good
t my pocket as it is in the company
and none of my money will go to pa
off Mellen's watered stock
s At this point, a spectator created
t disturbance by starting to voices h
= opinion without being recognized /
= the chair. Fennell halted his rema ri
n until the disturber had been ejecte
from the hall.
THE company can complain
takes and the cost of bridges" col
, t;nued Pennell, but who ruined Il
,. bridges? L was the trolley compar
With it's jumbo cars. The brldg
i, couldn't stand the strain. AS far
: taxes are concerned, 1 think the il
= Ineymen pay more taxes to the sta.