The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22

pay them. So why do they talk about the jitneys.
 The jitneys should be permitted to remain, but they should be regulated and only we'll qualified chauffeurs permitted to drive them. The com pany did not make money when they had a 5-cent fare when times were bet ter than now, so I fail to see how they could accomplish anything by that fare today. Jitneys should be given the | same privileges as the street cars and placed in the same class as common carriers"
 Miss Ethel oBryan. 221S Avenue F, south, said: "Jitneys help people to l get to their destination faster SYou | have to wait too long for a street car and when one does come 1t generally IS crowded and you have a long wait
 until the next car comes. With the Jltney things are different. If one car happens to be full, there is an- other one almost directly behind it. We could not get along without the jit- | neys for if there were no competition the car service would be worse than It IS now and we never would be able to get a car at all. They should be allowed to run on the same streets as the cars We want a 6-cent fare on the street cars because If they come cown the jitneys will reduce"
 Kenneth Charlton, Edgewood, United States commissioner, said; '.The iit
 neys are necessity and I am glad to see them in operation. Of course. q route should be chosen that will be the salest for pedestrians. Whether that will. be on the car lines or on a street away from them can only be decided after careful study. Although the jit neys are cursed by some people think them good idea and their operation will be much better after they are bonded and made responsible for ac- cidents In regard to the 5-cent fare. mat Is feature to decide upon after the present earning capacity of the birmingham Railway, Light and Power company can be ascertained"
 Miss Hope Kellogg, 600 Princeton ave- rue. said: The jitneys should be per mitted to remain. for they are a boon to people and are far more convenient thar street cars. Those of us who live in Wes. Eno certainly get to and from town far more rapidly in the jitney than we do in the street car A jitney is far cleaner to rlde in than the street car A car con tinually raises huge clouds of dust which make it almost impossible for the pas sensers to breathe. A jitney gives per son a cool and comfortable ride. The rares on both jitneys. and street cars should be reduced to five cents, for if they did that more persons would ride than do now. The extra pennies quickly amount to dollars: and 1t is queer, but the average person will hesitate to ride a few blocks for seven cents when they would ride that distance if they only had to. pay five cents.'
 Albert Eager said. T am certainly in favor of allowing the jitney to operate just as they are, while I think it would be splendid thing for them to spread out and extend their operations to streets other than those served by street car lines. Living at East Lake as do, do not have an opportunity to use the jit- neys, but those persons whom I know that do patronixe them are high in their praise for the service. They say it is great time-saveri and at the same tim. serves to improve the street car service on lines served by jitneys."
 Miss Jessie Thompson, saleslady in a local department store, said: T am heart. fly in favor of allowing jitneys to operate just as they now are. for they are a great convenience and I can't imagine myse getting to work on time if I had to ride the street cars again. Jitneys are such time saver and we do not have t, stand up all the way to town as we were forced to do before they made their ap- pearance."
 Miss Myrtle Hinson, HIS Forty fit, street, north. said: We have no jitneys In our section of town. but they ought t. operate there, too. We need them and want them. We see what service they furnish other sections and how much faster person. can get to or from town by them. Jitneys make less noise than the street cars. They do not rattle bang, crash or roar with sufficient noise to wake the dead. You can carry on a cor versation in them but it is almost inn possible to talk in a street car. We need the jtneys and should let them run tho same as we do street cars. They pay city license and that helps to keep up the street repairs, so why try to put them on side streets when most of tn