The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-13

. whether the police can enforce the finding of the commission tomorrow
 IS also a question which has yet to
 De settled It was announced today,
 that the prosecuting attorneys office mas as yet received no official notice
 of the jitney decision, and that no
 action can be taken by Prosecutor F.
 Earle Garlick until such notice is re-. ceived. MT. Garlick said this noon. that he had not received any word from the Commission in regard to the decision, and that he would be unabIe~ to prosecute any driver unless official Iy reported.
 also expressed doubt today as to whether his department could make arrests in cases where the new rI1Iings3
 are being. violated. The police chief announced that he would take no ac- t1on until he had consulted Prosecu- tor Garlick, and the City Attorney. ana had been given instructions by these officials
 In view of these circun1 sts noes # appears that the local authorities will be forced to maintain a hands off, policy, until the Public Utilities Com. nlss1on forwards to them official no- tlce Of its decision. It is not expect-f3 ed that this step will be long delayed however, and jitneymen will probably be cautious about operating their cars on such a pretext.
 On the street, the commissions ruling appears to be far from popu- lar. The reduction in jitney service IS being generally dep1ored and the discontinuance of interurban routes has brought forth an almost unanf- nous protest from persons residing in the outskirts of the city, and in :. neighboring towns. The stopping f the Norwalk, New Haven Derby Fairfield Beach and Walnut Beach 'busses is the cause of much com plalnt, inasmuch as the public sees in the action, only the fact that they will have to pay more money and spend a greater amount of time in order
 reach their destinations
 According to all reports secured this morning, it is the general con- census that some jitneymen will con- tinue to operate tomorrow despite the fact that they have been denied l permits; others will hold off for further legal advice and a third group is still undecided as to what course of action to follow.
 While expressing surprise that the : 5itney route popularly known as Bar nun-State street had been granted a permit by the Public Utilities Com mission, officials of the local office of the Connecticut Co.,, on the whole seemed pleased with the outlook. This route almost directly parallels that of the trolley company and furnishes l the most direct connections.
 One effect of the decision will be to enable all the former employees of the company to get back to work again ! A call mas been sent out TOT. all extra men, and men laid off, but no new ] inexperienced men will be hired at the time being. It is stated that , men called back will exceed in num- Der jitneurs deprived of a job.
 The service to Ash Creek via Fair s field avenue will be on five minute headway with extra service at busy hours Service to Fairfield center will i be doubled, meaning 0 minute head j way, in addition to the Norwalk cars ; which will run every half hour in ! stead of every hour at present Ine addition thee will be the usual rush. hour extras to Southport and West l port, and a special service to Fair field connecting with the buses per | mitted to operate to Fairfield Beach. l
 Paradise Green will have consid- ! erably better service, in fact extra 1 cars showed on this line today. This ]
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