Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-04

eompany's default Of Its $4,000 payment
to the board Of park commissioners last
June. Mr.. Ashby said he was going to
seek the settlement outside the courts.
He was out of the city today, but in
fimated that some action might be ex-
pected Wednesday.
The city also contends that the railway
company, under the ordinance, is charge
able with the expense of original paving
and upkeep of pavement between tracks.
The company feels differently. show
down upon this point is expected when
the board of public work issues an order
for track paving to the company Under
the new franchise surrendering law the
company may appeal to the public serv-
ice commission upon any order or ordi-
nance OF the city which it feels unjust.
-JTTNEY DRIVERS
PACK CHAMBER.
About 500 jitney drivers packed the
council chamber They were granted a
thirty minute public hearing before the
regular meeting opened by DR.. Sumner
A Furniss, chairman of the public works
committee, which was considering the
jitney ordinance.
Speakers for the jitney men, including
Mr.: Bonifeld and c. J. Orbison, declared
the ordinance should not pass because
it is prohibitory instead of regulatory,
it is unconstitutional, it is a surrender
to the street car company, which was
operating without a franchise and could
run one car every twenty-four hours and
increase fares without the city being able
to do anything about it; the jitney has
been a boon to the working people and
because the ordinance would deprive from
800 to 200 men of their means of earning
a living Mr. OrbisOn declared that I'VE
can't afford, as citizens, to lessen the re
sponsibilities of the street car company"
Others who spoke were David Erbled-
ing. representing the Central Labor
Union; Julius Cohen, speaking for the
disabled veterans who are driving jit-
neys Mrs. NJ. L. Reiffel, president of the
Original South Side Women's Club
Ellsworth Conklin, president of the Jit-
ney Association, and John E. Settler.
Leroy Collins, Jerry ". Everingham and
Daniel Meyers, drivers.
JITNEY ORDINANCE
VOTE, SIX TO THREE.
When the jitney ordinance came up
for final vote Mr. Carnefx made his
declaration about the next administra
ton" bringing back the iitneys, declared
that the present administration has mad
enough mistakes and that he thought il
ought not have to answer for another
He moved that the ordinance be r.
referred to a committee of the whole and
made a special order of business 70.
Nov. 81 Councilman William B. Peak.
seconded this. DR.. Furniss moved tina
Mr.. Carnefx's motion be tabled and Dr.
o. B. Pettijohn seconded it.. All bu
Carnefx, Peake and Lee J. Kirsch vote,
TO table. The roll ~a3 called on ina
vote and all but Peake, Carnefx anu
Kirsch voted for the ordinance. passing
1t by vote of sir to three.
Jitney drivers must be free from
major Physical defects, not under "a
years old, free from conviction on
charges of driving while intoxicated. con
Viction twice for spec ding OF conviction
or a felony in connection with violation
or traffic laws, under the jitney ordi-
nance They must pay 4 license fee of
SZ9 on car Ct five or less passenger ca
pacity; $50 for more than five or less
than eight passenger capacity and $50
for eight or more capacity. schedule
OF the route to be followed failure to
follow which for at least ten hours par
day means revocation Of HCenSe) must be
MED with the city controller al well as
bond Of 5000 fer each car Of less than
eight passenger capacity and $4,000 for
cars of more than seven passeng ca
pacity. Jitneys may not be ererated
upon streets where car tracks are To-
Gated fine Of not more than $500 or
imprisonment for 1Se days, or both. is
provided for violation Of any section.
The clause keeping the busses of OF car
lines is considered a death blew by the
jitney men.
The vault ordinance requires sanitary
flush toilets within the city limits, eff
fectiYe twelve months after the ordinance
goes into effect except in cases where
sewers are not within 100 feet of property
lines, in which case septic tanks must
be installed
TAXICAB CHANGE
AT UNION STATION.
Change Of the Unien Station taxicab
stand from Jackson place to the east side
of Illinois street at the side of the sta
lion and under the track elevation. is
provided in an ordinance introduced sew
eraI months age, which unexpectedly was
called out Of committee and unanimously
passed.
Ordinances introduced included one ap-
propriati ting $4,000 30 the city plan com
mission for it to operate upon until 1922
and four others transferring a total of
$4,000 from and to funds Of the street
department, city civil engineering de-
partment, fire and police departments and
other funds under the control OF the
board Of public works. Transfer Of
funds in this manner for purposes not
set out in the 1921 budget Is not legal
nnder one Interpretation Of the State tax
law. The State board of accounts an
n0unced some time ago that it would not
countenancB such procedure after this
ySaK.