Republican farmer., 1920-08-13
TROLLEYS STILL
 IN THE LEAD

(Continued from Page One) the trolley crew"
 I should say no trolieys. Never missed my morning train except when rode in trolley"
 Sell the trolleys to Jacob Bros. The Jitneys are for working people Private cars for trolley sympathiz- CTS"
 J1tneys are clean
 '"Trolleys make good lobster pots for the Holsters that patrcnize them.'' Jitneys have good service.' 'The Hell with the trolley cars. The streets look good without them" Because jitneys can take short cuts, and trolleys have to follow the tracks, Give business people better service in the center of the city at D. m." Quick service and short cuts.'' Give good service in center of 1 city,
 "A five cent fare is handy. You do-'t have to bother with pennies" Trolleys too eXpensive.' "Jitneys, of course. Tro1leys never gave such good service as jitneys do.'' T hope that person in the paper Aug. will get his cyanide easily l A Letter. l Bridgeport, Aug. II. 1920. | Bridgeport Times: < l MT. Eeditor-In looking over your l paper I observe an item concerning g the trolleyjitney controversy includ- l ing a voting contest.
 1 As so many other people have done, I feel it my right and privilege to add {; my opinion to the list and express my /: self in an impartial manner.
 le.f. rho frn law has been in existence for some 30 years and when we look back over 1 that space of time many of us re- l member very plainly how we often l laughed over the trials and tribula- 1 tions of the tro1leymen in the old days 1 of the establishment of the measley 1 trolley cars and how the general pub 1 lie finally approved the natural evo- ! lution of the present-day trolley sys- | tenn.
 We may also find faurt with the l jftney system as it is in this city to- | day, but if we wish to be fair to both l parties we must acknowledge that the
 jitney is giving us service when the
 trolley company went on strike
 against the city, deliberately trying to | influence the decision of the court by | publishing or even only notifying the | heads of the city government that the l troHeys would stop running if the de | cision of the court was in favor o1
 the jitneurs.
 Give the jitneys a fair chance as l well as you gave the trolley a chance l in days of old and see for yourself that the trolley is doomed to die 9 most natural death of evolution ano
 the jitney will take it's place as (
 means of transporting the public, witt ov,1x f1of ha fro Iox
 company in this lively little city O. Bridgeport has hurried the death O. it's existence at a premature moment
 which in other words might be ex pressed as: Give the jitney a chance
 to standardize its service and equip : nent by incorporating them properl!
 unless the trolley service is establish
 ed at a five cent fare with a two cent transfer within city limits. set
 ting a time limit for the resumption
 of the trolley service We certainly are getting along quit, 7 nicely without the trolley and if we gc ahead and keep our jitney service WI are simply the leaders in becoming ) trolleyless city by evolution. The trolley side: Slow. noisy. an, when we had no jitneys we took a 10 of pleasure in kicking because O strap hanging, poor Ventlfatlon and few other things which we are fndin,
 fault with the jitney about now The jitney is a new thing, muca
 quicker, just as safe in the hands 0
 a good driver and in a sllSrt time W.
 will see big improvement in the ser vice if we are willing to give them
 fair deal.
 | If necessary have the jitney corpor
 ation pay something toward the up
 keep of the city streets used by the , routes, but by all means let us remain the leaders of a movement of evolu
 tion which the trolley company | through their short-Sightedness - ! forced upon US.
 T. F. Schaeffer.