The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-13

. A great wave of indignation and
protest swept over the city today
when the travelling public heard Of
the action Of the Board of Aldermen
in passing an ordinance which if
lived up to would Danish all jitneys
from the streets of this city.
Many expressed their intention of
walking if they were unable to get
jitney transportation.
The officers of the Bus Associations
| were loud in their denunciation of
tht action of the Mayor and Alder
| men and predicted that the Republi-
| can party would feel the effect of this
| knuckIing to the demands Of a
foreign corporation against their own,
citizens and voters of the city.
Jake Massoth, formerly president
| of the Park City Bus Association af-
; ter looking over the routes left to the
| jitney men said that the only way
| that the jitneys could cross town un-
| der the new ordinance would be by
| using the Grand street bridge.
The officers of the Bus Association
said that the jitneys run over the old
routes notwithstan ding the new ordi-
nances as all of the jitneys have HI
censes which do not expire until next
year and that the 4hen Will run al
though they may be arrested every
minute. Their counsel having in
formed them that the ordinance was
entirely unconstitutional and illegal.
The Park City Bus Association will
meet this afternoon to take definite
| action looking to a concerted move
ment to insist on their legal rights
and they will then formulate their
campaign for meeting the situation.
! In case arrests are made an appeal
will be taken and If the men are
| threatened with continual annoyances
and arrest injunctions will be sought
against the city and it's police COM
Iunlssioners and officers.
! L. S. Storrs, president of the Con-
| necticut Company, and one of the
other officers of the company were in
| conference with Mayor Wilson this
| morning and were awaiting certified
| copy of the ordinance to be submitted
to the company's chief counsel in New
| Haven for his opinion as to whether
the company would agree to run the
cars after the 18th under the condi-
tions set forth in the ordinance pass
ed by the aldermen last night when
President Storrs discovered that the
last para graph of the ordinance
which was on file in the city clerks
office nul1ified the entire ordinance
from the Connecticut Company's
point of view and took the matter up
with Mayor Wilson who brought the
original back to the city clerk and said
that the word mot should be insert
ed before he would sign. The mayor
said: "You know this was spoken of
last night and it should be in there"
The word was then inserted and the
ordinance was signed
The original copy also failed to
contain a provision stating the time the
ordinance went into effect and also
repeating inconsistent ordinances but
stated that it was agreed after the
original draft had been accepted to
insert the following clause: 'This
ordinance shall take effect July 15.
1920, and all ordinances or parts OF
ordinances inconsistent herewith are
repealed" This provision was at
tached to the copy, signed by the
| Mayor.
President Storrs said this morning
that even with the passage of the
new ordinance the Connecticut Com
pany did not intend to operate it's
cars in Bridgeport more than thirty
idays longer unless the receipts of the
company increased SO materially dur
ing that time that the operation Of
the road here was no longer a losing
proposition.
All Against TrolIeys
The Connecticut Company with all
its works and po1nps was renounced d
and denounced by most OF the SPEAK
ers at the session of the Aldermen
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