Bisbee daily review., 1920-09-22

to whether the residents of the War ren district want to depend entirely on rent cars, or to have the street Railway continue service, the city council passed a resolution refusing the application of the Lowell Warren stage line for permit to extend it's business into Bisbee. Attorney Fred 1 Sutter, representing the stage line. in- timated that the stage company would run its cars into Bisbee in spite of the action of the city council, and would fight any action that the city might take, in the courts and before the state corporation commission. The 1 city council promptly passed a reso- lution instructing the city marshal to l arrest drivers of rent cars every time i they enter the city without d license. DoweiI Makes Statement ] G. II. DOwell, manager of the Cop. Il per Queen branch of the Phelps Dodge corporation, appeared in the council chambers as a spectator and was asked to state his position. MT. i Dowell said that he could consider the 1 question only from the standpoint of what is best for the community
 'It is simply matter of what
 this community wants" said MT. | Doweli. Last year the street car | company lost more than $10,00o. The investment is from f3oO,o00 to S35O,0000.. see TO prospect ! for gain in the future in running
 the street cars, but we are unoer
 certain obligations to the commun-
 ity. | don't think wo can raise
 tic rates; we don't want to raise | the rates, and will tell you why. | 1t is because we have been trying to keep down the cost of living in
 this community.
 ''if the iitneys can give the
 same service ct the same cost to ] patrons, 1 say turn the business | over to them. l don't see why 1 the people should pay twice as ! much to ride on the jitneys as i they do to ride on the street cars,
 and I don't think that most peo- 1 pie here want to do it."
 i MT. Dowell said that it is his desire | to go before the corporation commits sion and have the matter definitely settled. He declared that the street i car company is entitled to a show down: to know exactly where it is at l He said that the corporation commis- sion had previously given the street railway company some assurances ] that it would be protected.
 sutter States Opinion
 The stand taken by the city council will not affect the position ot rent cars already doing business out oi Bishee. A total of IS licenses for rent cars have been granted by the city council. and the council has expressed it's determination not to allow this number to be exceeded.
 Fred Sutter, speaking for the War ren-LowCll stage line compary, saio that in his opinion the city council has no legal right to refuse a license to the company when the corporation commission has granted it one. He asked the city council what action  would be taken if the stage company drove it's cars into Bisbee without a license. Mayor Erickson informed him that the drivers would be arrested and the matter threshed out in the courts. Sutter suggested that the stage company be allowed to drive us cars into Bisbee without being moiest ed and that the city council await ac tion by the corporation commission The council did not favor the suggest ion. and offered a counter proposal that the stage company should re frain from driving its cars into BIS bee until the corporation commission has acted in the matter.
 Vote Rejects Application
 Councilman John Caretto said thai he is not particularly interested II the affairs of either the street cal company or of the stage line company AySSzSsSsrExssfxessssxz.a .zs4s