Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-09
BUS VERSUS STREET CAR

the repair hill would be several del
lars, all for the sake Of an inner tube
not worth a quarter the amount Of the
damage sustained by his motor
The street railway people have seizs
upon the sttustiou created By thu sus-
pension Of their services TO Try and
get better charter and resume oper-
atoms. Their contention ia that un-
der the old charter, granted in 1915 for
a period OF IS ysars. tho company wac
forced to operate Al a loss of about
1900 a month. II vas in IN. hands oil
receiver when the courts granted per
, mission to run the cars into the barns
and suspend service.
II Is an undeniabie fact that DrHI
Aoinss WAS seriously hurt by vs.ir q
NJ and finding itself without street
cars The merchants who had bsenl
indifferent to the impending chsnSc inl
the methods Of transportation about
the city took a decided stand e. soon'
as they found cut that arteries OF
commerce were blocked. and that peo-
pie could not get to their Htorca readi-
" to make purchases. They app.Alcd
tn the city council to restore the stree
car service after very few days ot
observing the new conditions
The original 81 buses were suppl.
mcnted by about IS more, hut THE w.
not drop in the bucket The congo
tion seemed to bs as bad as ever br.
D =
vaks was taken among the employst
and officials Of s.Nersl plants and Of.
fic~a in pcs Noincs. the question put
being whether they wanted the street
rsr service back again Tn, result ~
this vote showed .aG2 In favor Of re-.
toration Of the street car service. an.
only ass opposed
Tho city officials we're somAyhaI
amazed that some financially stror.
nus company did not come TO ~ Wit
some sor7 Of proposition to handle th'
city's traffic. I, was expected tina
there would be a number Of .pplic.
tions for tho service II vn found
though that all sortn or attpul,tinnl
were made even hy bus OPERATOR %
tho 'ny-by-niEhi" variety. SOM
wanted guarantee that they wuut
ne allowed TO operate for a, ieso' :
year without competition from d,
street cars being resumed
O.. STREET CARS DID NOT PAT
The direct cause Of tn. suspen.io,
.of the street cars was that N. chsrtef
limited tho companies 10 collecting
.five-ccnt fare Thc company ver
INTO tho hands Of a receiver beau,
.of this, and tho receiver found M.
the company vas losing about tinoc
a year So. after occurring the court
permission, tho receiver Rhut down N,
expensive property. and left the peorL
OF Dee Moines to walk or take IN,
bus. " they could 60, into on. Tn,
nusses. which had been chsrrinr fivi
cents m fare. in some cases eoos,s,
the price almost Immediately to ,.,
cents. and some instances v.rs -
corded where tho fare fo- IN. IorSsi
hauls was raised to aS cenis This wa
done when " Nas found th,, there "a
more than enough traffic to t.sp m,
eusHes fun and moving all tn. time
almost rsEsrdloss of tho far. charged
The newspapers. Hornc of which h,t
been orrr to conviction On the .ubt.r,
az printed stories n the hr.sbsor-
or the attempt to handle IN. citv'I
traffic nv husfes
Tho gravity Of the situs,io, viii r,
much increased when winter come on
II if Tar easier n handle crowds rhs-
Walking is possible and the stres,s AZ,
clear. than n vili he when ,h.-. n
Hno", with no adequate provision f,f
GEARING " away The husses c.r-,i
.oe expected to buck Ehovdrif,s in ~,
streets along which ,hsv operate s-S
AZ the fams time kst people do-r,o-r
IN the morning and back home al
night The experiment lust made vac
DURING three weeks when the r.sth.,
vas warm and clear. rain falling on
oniy one DAY during the first ,hrs.
One newspaper sent a reporter out -
interview Des No,nsr reori. q. rs-l
dom about hoy they 60, do-n,orn 4
rode or the handle bars NJ friend.
oicyols. one high school siri said I
vaksd. several replied 4 rode on tod
OF furniture van with shou, 80 othe4
people one rirl answered ard ord
man made this rossibiv u,s.i,.r. ryd
undoueedly true response. II ,oss N
bus and big IA. woman ,ri.a 20 ed
out and pushed hsl' Of he o,,, vfI
her"