The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
lie Service Motor Vehicles, as defin-
ed by Chapter 23s of Public Acts.

ed by Chapter 2ss of Public Acts.
1919.
Bell Ordained by the Common |
Council of the City of Bridgeport:
Section 3 of an Ordinance entitled |
IAN Ordinance Fixing Traffic Routes
for Public Service Motor Vehicles as
Defined by Sec. 1923 of General Sta !
adopted by the Common Council at
a meeting held June 23d. 1919, is |
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8. The Board of Police Com
missioners shall have power to fix
the route over which public service
motor vehicles shall operate in the
City of Bridgeport, except in its pub
lie parks; and upon receipt of an ap-
plication as above provided shall
grant a written consent to operate
over any one of the routes applied for
as fixed by said board; provided how
ever said written consent to operate
over any route applied for may be
denied by the Police Commissioners
If in their opinion, the granting of
said written consent will result in
excessive and unreasonable traffic on
said route. If consent, as above pro-
vided, ito run over any route is de-
MED, the applicant may amend his
application by specification Of an
other route or routes and such
amended application shall be granted
or denied by said board as above pro-
vided But said board shall not deny
to any applicant consent to operate on
some route if applied for; provided
further that no consent shall be CIV
en- to the owner of any public service
motor vehicle to operate such up
on the following named streets, with
in the designated limits, to wit:
Main street, from South avenue to
East Washington avenue.
Fairfield avenue from Stratford
avenue bridge to Park avenue.
Park avenue from viaduct to North
avenue.
Stratford avenue from Stratford
avenue bridge to East Main street.
East Main street from Stratford
avenue to Boston avenue
Barnum avenue from William
street to Central avenue.
Noble avenue from Boston avenue
to Crescent avenue.
Crescent avenue from Noble avenue
to Congress street.
Congress street from Congress-
street bridge to Main street.
State street from Water street to
Fairfield avenue.
Water street from State street to
Congress street.
John street from Park avenue to
Water street.
Broad street from viaduct to Fair-
field avenue.
Any written consent given by the
Board of Police Commissioners here
tofore for the operation of any public
service motor vehicle, within the
limits. of these streets, from which
said public service motor vehicles are
excluded by the terms Of this ordi-
nance, is hereby revoked.
When granting such written con-
sent the Board of Police Commission
ers shall furnish to the applicant a
number plate bearing the number of
said consent, which the applicant
shall display conspicuously upon his
motor vehicle, which the same is op-
Grated in the City of Bridgeport, and
said applicant shall pay to the city the
cost of said number plate. Said writ
ten consent to operate shall remain in
force and effect until the first day of
January next following the date. when
such consent was granted, and shall
be renewed for a period of one year
by the Board of Police Commission
ers upon the application of said owner
or owners, for operation on route
named in said consent, unless said
Board of Police Commissioners, at
time of such application for renewal
shall be of the, opinion that the issue
of ruch renewal will result in excess
i've and unreasonable traffic said
route. Such consent shall be granted
only to the bona fide owner of the
vehicle, for which such consent Is
asked, and shall not be transferable.
Such consent shall not be granted I'M
| til the applicant has satisfied the
Board of Police Commissioners that
| he can read and speak the English
| language sufficiently well to under
| stand traffic rules and regulations
and spoken, directions of traffic Off
| GERS. Such consent may at any time
be revoked by the Board of Police
| Commissioners whenever such Board
shall be satisfied that the driver en-
| p1oyed by the consentee does not I'M
| derstand the English language in
| compliance with the foregoing test.
| Provided, however, that nothing
| herein contained shall prevent the
| holder of any such license from max
| ing application to the Board of Police
| Commissioners and securing as here
inbefore provided, a written consent
to operate a public service motor We
| hicle over such route or routes as are
mot" denied by this ordinance.