Republican farmer., 1920-08-13

itary.''
 T live near Harvey HubbelTs plant and have to ride to business four times a day. I have always used the trolleys but now must use the jitneys Two straw hats for ss, and one pair of pants for ss5o is what it has cost me in two weeks. I got on jitney at Barnum and Mill Hill avenues the other day and a lady got on at East Main street, with a pail of hot soup: The driver started before the woman was seated and half of the contents landed on both of my legs, hotter than h-l. That settled my pants, $8.50, and drove me to drink to quiet my nerves, and cool off the blisters on my legs. 1 Two drinks of moonshine at S2. Cheap riding in jitneys I don't think Driver looked worse than a coal heaver, and smelled more"
 | In favor of jitneys: "Fare is cheap CT and you don't have to drag your | clothes through the motorman's to- bacco juice.' Quicker and more reliable. They do not obstruct traffic. Soon the trolleys will be out of date as the 1 horses are today" "If the jitneys were not running 1 the trolleys would cost 15c, but not | now they can't
 Turn back every other jitney at Broad street, and give the people in the center a chance"
 1 Give the workers in the center a better chance to ride during rush hours"
 "If it is necessary to rid the streets 1 of the jitneys in order to have the trolleys returned, by all means have the tracks torn up at once. While the jitney service has not been 1o09o it has been much better than before the trolley suspension, and the trol- leys were never 1001 perfect, even ! when assisted by the jitneys Re- ] move the jitneys and where do you suppose the trolleys would get off
 The smoking nuisance should be
 stopped if it exists. I have failed to
 find one case of smoking since the trolley stopped running, but no doubt there are cases. Those who desire to
 retain the jitneys should cease the
 practice of their own accord, as there
 are critics watching and looking for
 all kinds of reasons to rid the streets
 of the jitneys. It only takes a few
 minutes to complete your journey in
 the jitney and you ought to be able
 to refrain from smoking while you
 are riding. I read an article the other night of a man who complained
 of bed bugs in the jitneys. Well of
 course that is serious thing but not
 serious enough to call for the remov-
  moved doesn't MT. Bug Carrier know that the person who carried that bug into the jitney would ride in the troll . ley and thus carry his bugs into the
 trolley, and then again MT. Bug Car rier does not present one bit of evil 1 dence that he got the bug in the jit-
 ney. Perhaps he got it in a moving
 picture show or a theatre and per haps in his own home, who knows :. Regardless where he got it, 1t is an inoying but no matter where he goes , if he gets in a large crowd he is liable | to be made bug carrier, so by all f means don't let your Judgment of the f jitney be influenced by foolish argu- ments." "Jitneys are speedier, more fire. . quent, cheaper. Give better service in bad weather. No cars beyond
 Park avenue on Fairfield avenue fol
 four days following a snow storm las winter. Jitneys giving good service all through this period. Trolley com ! pany in the position of a concerr 7 which is trying to abolish competi
 tor who is hurting their business b. giving better service. Jitneys ar, ! here to stay; every change has it's an
 tagonists, no matter how much of al improvement the change is. Ask tn, 7 man who rides, not the man who ha4 ] interests in the Connecticut com pany.''