The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-17
Court Reserves Decision
In The Jitncy Injunction
File Briefs On Tuesday
There Will be No Change
in the Situation, Prob
ably Until That Time
and Until a Decision
Has Been Rendered
Following the Filing
Of the Briefs-Jitney
Men Seem Happy Over
Court Proceedings.

There will be no change in
the trolley-j jitney situation in
Bridgeport until some time af-
ter next Tuesday for Judge
Banks, in the Superior court to-
day, after three hours of argu-
ment on the motion to make
the jitneymen's injunction
against the city permanent or
dered that counsel for the jit-
neymen and the city file briefs.
in the case at five o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon. AS the de-
cision will probably not be rem
dered Immediately that means
that the status quo will prob
ably be maintained for some
days at least.
The filing of the briefs may
mean that there has been an
understanding to take the case
to the Supreme court for adju-
dication. -s...... c<e gonsr*
The jltney men seemed very
well pleased with the result of
the proceedings and with the
conference which proceeded it.
The County Court House presented
an animated sight this morning as the
crowds gathered to hear the proceed
ings before Judge John W. Banks on
the motion of the City of Bridgeport
to dissolve the temporary injunction
which prevents the city from enforc-
ing the ordinance passed last Tuesday
night by the aldermen restricting the
use of central streets to the trolley
company and preventing the jitney
buses from crossing the center of the
! city.
| Every seat in the Superior Court
was filled when Judge Banks took his
| seat at $40, most of those present be-
ing partisans of the jitneys.
A notable array of counsel appeared,
the jitney-men being represented by
Senator M. ]. Qdinn,' state counsel,
land DeForest & Klein, local counsel
The city was represented by City At
borney William H. ComIey and Assist
ant City Attorney Parker SeeIey The
Connecticut Company was represented
by it's general counsel, George Wat
rous of New Haven and Arthur NJ.
Marsh of this city. The town of Shell
| ton was represented by Joseph G.
Shapiro who with Mayor DR.. c. P.
| Nettleton were appointed committee
| to endeavor to continue the trolley
service. to that town.
| In the audience were Joseph G.
Goodwin, former local manager of the
| Connecticut Company; Robert NJ.
Jones, assistant city clerk, who had
been called to produce the original of
+! ident of the State Bar Association;
Harry Frank, president of the Park
| City Bus Association; George Bevans,
vice president of the Park City asso-
citation; Harry Josephson, treasurer,
and Jacob Massoth former president,
and Sergeant Thomas F. Connery, for
merly in charge of the traffic squad of
police.
! The attorneys held a. conference
with Judge Banks in his chambers
| from 9 to $40 when the judge ap-
peared on the bench and Attorney
Klein ornmenced his argument in ia
| vor of making the Injunction perma-
nent
| Attorney Klein said that he rep
resented 475 owners and drivers of
buses who did business in this city,
owning 275 buses engaged in local
| traffic and rs on suburban lines.
These buses carried 10000 passen-
gers a day and on the Stratford ave-
nue-Ash Creek line and on the State
street -Barnum avenue line they car
ried 75 per cent. of the entire num-
Der of passengers carried each day.
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