The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-16
IrolleyS May
Be Withdrawn
In nAFcW Days
Company to Stop Service
If the Jitney Injunc-
ton is Made Perma-
nent and Cars Will Be
Withdrawn Anyhow If
the Jitneys Run on the
Old Routes.

If the court upholds and
makes permanent the injunc-
ton sued out by the jitney men
yesterday the Connecticut Co.
will withdraw it's cars from
Bridgeport streets.
If the injunction is dismissed
by the court tomorrow the To-
cal police will enforce the jit-
ney ordinance passed on Mon
day night.
If the ordinance is enforced
and the jitneurs are arrested
the cases will be fought in the
criminal courts and the jitney
men say they will run over the
old routes as usual.
The Connecticut Co. takes
the position now that if the
jitneys run over the old routes
in spite of the enforcement of
the ordinance the cars will be
| withdrawn.
Yesterday vast the biggest
day in the way Of business the
jitneys ever had
Mayor Wilson indicated in an in
! terview this noon that he was agree
able to having the validity of the or
| dinance recently passed by the alder
men tested by the Injunction proceed
ings which were Instituted by counsel
i for the, jitney men last night.
The injunction prevents the en-
! forcement of the law by the city Of
| ficials of the provisions of the new
| ordinance until Judge John w.
! Banks decides whether it's provisions
/ are legal and whether the ordinance
was adopted according to law.
| It has been the fear the city
| officials that if the law was enforced
| without a legal construction there
| might be riots or other disturbances
| which would cause considerable ILL
| feeling among the citizens of the city
and that the police would be compell-
| ed to make many arrests before the
| jitney men would cease running.
| If Judge Banks should affirm and
| continue the injunction it is the be-
! lief of Mayor Wilson that the Con-
necticut Company will Immediately
withdraw its service from this city.
The jitney men say that if Judge
Banks dissolves the injunction they
expect that arrests will be made to
| enforce the act and that the drivers
of the jitneys who are arrested will
be Immediately bai1ed out and one of
the cases will be used as a test case
on AN appeal which will be taken to
the highest courts. During the ap-
peal they believe arrangements can
be made whereby the jitneys will run
| pending the final decision.
Travel on the jitney buses yester-
day was greater than any day since
they have begun operations and the
jitney men claim that they are receiv-
ing assurances of support from citi-
zens of all classes. Many letters have
been received by the officers of the
Bus Association praising them for the
stand they have taken against the in
tolerant threats of the trustees of the
connecticut company and promising
the jitney men support in their bat
| ties for their rights.
| II ana looking at the transporta ton
problems of Bridgeport in a broad
manner said Mayor Wilson to the
| reporters today. 81 believe that it
would be bad for Bridgeport. in the
! long run if the cars were stopped. 1t
| has proven so in other cities In To
ledo the jitney men raised their rates
after the trolley company stopped and
| the people were obliged to have the
| trolleys restored
/ Haven't the jitneymen promised
not to raise the fare here?" the mayor
| was asked. Yes. but the jitneymen
are not in position to keep to their
promises The cars are owned by in
dividuals and they run as they please
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