The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-21
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 his clients favored the cftys petition for routes with the addition of two others, on connecting the Plaza with Beardsley Park and Stratfield with SeaView avenue.
 Alpheus Winters, general manager Of the association whc was the spokesman for about 100 manufac- Of jitney service, and particularly the establishment of the new routes as suggested Neither, he said, would conflict with street railways save for snort d1Starces on both ends.
 Members of the traffic commission who testified for the commission and for their plnts included Romeo " Miller. of the Crane Company; Ray Graphophone Company; w. H. Pease, of the Bridgeport Brass Company; Elmer E. Hayes, of the Union Metal lie Cartridge Company; P. B. Brill, of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company; and MT. Perry, of the Harvey Hub bell Company.
 Representatives of employees and labor organizations who expressed their views included James Riley, representing 5000 employees of the U- M C.; Joseph c. Ivers, of the Bridgeport Brass Company; and Boat Company. Samuel Stemlaff, representing the residents of the North End, expressed the approval of the J1tneys in that section.
 proposition to take over all the j1tney routes in Bridgeport by one corporation came to light when At torney Edward McManus appeared for the American Transit Co.
 Mr. McManus explained his corpor- alton was for the purpose of taking over all the jitney lines in the City their consolidation into one operating unit, and to provide a uniform stan dard bus for ideal service. Eighty bus owners have already expressed their willingness to sell their lines for stock, and petitions in favor of the proposition bearing 12,000 signatures were presented.
 Each of the men who testified were questioned by Attorney Watrous for the trolley company to learn whether the individual views favored the troll ley or jitrey in preference to the oth- CT, and the reason for the prefer ence.
 From the testimony of the various men, It was apparent that the jit- neys were more generally favored than trolleys. The question of fares was an important contributing ele- ment, and another was time. beaces caat was service oonred to the snd Milford again the jitney was shown in a, light to the trol1eys. The biggest factor in favor of the jitney was NAiSAI -d-SleI SS1ISlCe ana E7S e8pEd1neO by Mir. Hayes. of the U. NJ C., the jitney would make the trip to the beaches in 20 to 25 minutes while the troHeys average 20 to 50 minutes. and at fare that was nearly one-half that Of the trolleysL
 When the proposition of trolley versus JFneys had been generally dis cussed, President Higgins opened the | hearing on Route A from Stratford to Ash Creek, with the continuation to | Fairfield Beach in the summer time.
 Attorney Hubbard introduced Jo- seph Flint, town clerk o. Fairfield, | who told of conditions existing about | Fairfield Beach, and the absolute ne cessity for jitney service
 "If the 5itneys stopped running, the beach woud have to be shut down." he declared
 The street railway company fell down flat, he claimed, when they tried | to provide service from the corner Of | the Boston Post road down Penfield | avenue to the beach. The road is | clear stretch of one mile and the | beach would be totally inaccessible | were it not for the Jitneyk