South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-26
DISCUSSES THE JITNEY.
Editor NcWs-Times.

Editor News-Times.
To the people of South Bend who
believe in fair play and are not
moved by selfish interest II Is
shame that people OF clean. common
Judgment Interested in fair and
square play could not be at the
council meeting May Il. 1920, and
listen 10 some OF the petty unrea-
sonable. childish arguments offered
i'm behalf Of the street car company
against the jitney bus.
10 is a surprise that so prominent
people would be SO careless with
tho truth
\ few assertions made al the
Z meeting
The street cars are regular. re-
liable and responsible"
Regular? Frequently. Reliable?
/ Sometimes in nice weather when
traffic is light Responsible? So
can jitncy bus be made.
The street car company was los
/ ing $500 day on W. Washington.
Wait "a minute. $500 equals 5000
| passengers and the switch at Circle
Az. 10 city limits will accommodate
six per hour and the cars run Is
hours. Eighteen times six cars
/ equals los cars at b passengers
seating capacity equal 1856 passen-
gers. ] suppose il is the hope of
+ many 10 stand as many as they seat.
II 5000 people ride every day on
/ the jitneys, 40 jitneys per hour for
/ is hours l think YOU viii agree
I that is service.
Wearing out the streets" Who
! rides the jitneys? property owners
and labOring people Can YOU show
/ where the property owner has not
\ The right 10 ride on your street when
! you ride on his? Do YOU say any
| thing about delivery companies who
operate any number Of machines
/ who go as many miles per day as
| a jitney2 Do you ever look at the
! condition Of the streets where there
/ are no jitneys2 Eddy. Main. Wis
tula, etc. How do you explain? BE
fair. give the devil his dues.
Parking in front Of his place
Of business"
Wait. suppose YOU had a store and
! three or four customers made il a
/ business of parking in front of your
place and you came down town in
your car and had 10 park i'm front
/ of my store because YOU could not
get in front of your own, and about
the second week / got rather angry
1 came out and told you TO vacate
or I would have you arrested what
would YOU say Where is the right
ard wrong OF this? Some one spok,
Of a nuisance: what is more Of a
nuisance than holding up corner
for 30 or 80 minutes, of doubling
up on the switches. putting two
capacity loaded cars in One?. of
being held up waiting for some car
that never comes Of false signals
of nv Hos of esfc l.
having 20 back up, OF waiting for
friends half n block away. of
/ Cigaret smoking, chewing tobacco
/ employees, OF riding in overheated-
under-heated cars unventilated. cars
[ standing for % minutes; then when
the car comes refusing to stop be-
cause of overload? What is the
reason for overload
A mention was made of seven
perhaps. fve-minute" service on al
the lines in the city. Without any
improvements being mentioned fol
some time.
For instance Miami st? Who
will bear with me when I say il
, can't be did How did the SOutF
Side people get seven minute service
How did w. Washington get extra
tTiDpers2 Five months after the bu,
started on the South side the stree
{ car company came across with
| service.
Where would the bus business bt
) if the people had the service tina
has been promised, not once. bu
times unnumbered2
a truth clipped from The News
b. Times editorial. 1T is just as wei
: 10 remember that the de facto gov
! eminent in Mexico can be Judged by
performances better than by prom
o. iseS.'
Does n ship wrecked sailor in mid
ocean hanging TO a spar leave e
, his hold Of the spar when he sight!
a ship? Nix, He does not relinquisi
his grip on the spar until h,
Erasped the saving boat. w,
are all sailors.
I II the street car company cam,
across, the jitney would auto
matically go out of business from
lack OF patronage. Anyone can Sc,