The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-22
Mayor Wilson
 Makes Appeal
 For More Buses
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 bus owned but that he believed the matter was one of civil rights. MT. Beach said that he has lived in the west end of the city for the last 20 years and that lately he had been out of work. He obtained temporary em- ployment in Norwalk and has been spending 50 cents day for jitney fare down there and back each day. why should I have to take twice as long and spend double the money to go to work he demanded. T would rather walk to Norwalk than pay the fare that the trolley company wants"
 Ex-Senator John '. Caldwell, al derman from the Twelfth district, spoke on behalf of the residents of added to the Ash Creek-Connecticu avenue line and the Barnum avenue line
 Percy Iftchfield, speaking for the Chamber of Commerce, took a slightly different point of view from most of the other speakers although he agreed in large measure with the opinion of Mayor Wilson. He stated that more buses ought un- doubtedly to be added within the city, but that those he represented believed that the trolleys were essen-- tial to the welfare of Bridgeport and that in order to retain them here adequate support had to be given them. This support, he said, how ever, would not and could not be given until the fare was reduced to a five cent level
 Where he differed with almost everyone else was on the question of suburban lines. He stated that in the more sparseiy settled neighbor- hoods there was not enongh traffic to support two transportation sys- tems and that therefore the trolieys ought not to be interfered with there | The main point according to MT | 1.itchfield, was to creat such a bal ance that both forms would be able to exist side by side in the city | proper.
 Adolphus Winter, general manager | of the Manufacturers association, said that his asso citation felt that all workers ought to have proper trans portation and that they were not get | ting it at present. He said that the | presen situation was one of eyolu- ion; that it was the automobile indus
 try as a whole that was supeersed1ng | the trolley and cutting into its reve- | fe rather than the buses alone. If | one of the two must go it would be
 better for it to be the traction com. | pany, but he expressed the belief that the two could live side by side. He particularly advocated local routes | between here and Norwalk, New Ha- | ven, and Derby, and also said that he believed express routes, to be operat- ed preferably by touring cars, ought to be established between Bridgeport and Norwalk and New Haven. | MT. Winter said that he thought 1 the jitneys ought to be run strictly l according to rules laid down by the | Public Utilities Commission and that
 he was convinced that the commis- sion would provide enough buses for
 the needs of the city.
 R. W. Miller, traffic manager of the Crane comapny, said that the Con-
 necticut company, in spite of it's many I promises, had not increased it's ser vice since the Initiating acts against l the buses. If it were left to the public the trolleys would be cut out l entirely" he said.
 FlnIer Hayes of ho o Arms company, spoke on behalf of the people who live in the neighbor- hood of the Milford beaches, saying that at present many workers are delayed getting to their employme ent and that a great financial hardship is thus worked upon them. When asked by, George D. Watrous, attor- ney for the trolley company, whether he believed that the company alone should bear the tax burden of the
 new Washington bridge if the jitneye
 were to benefit by it, he replied that
 if the jitneys were allowed to incor- porate that they should share some of tEe expenses, but that at present
 they were paying enough to the state in the form of licenses, etc. Later
 in the hearing MT. Beach hotIy stated
 that the Connecticut company did
 not pay their taxes anyway, g re-
 mark which drought forth a laugh
 from the crowd
 A strong plea in behalf of giving
 preference to eN-service men was en- tered by Joseph Devine, attorney for
 twelve former soldiers who operate buses.
 Attorney John T. L. Hubbard spoke in favor of the association plan
 saying that many of his clients were
 ready to form legal corporations to operate various routes. He claimed
 that this was by far the most logi- cal way of running jitneys. He is
 interested in Routes A, B, E, and F. At late hour this morning the crowd in the COunCjl had
 thinned out any and there were still
 q number of people who wished to be heard. Indications were that a re-
 cess would be called and the hear
 ing re-continued after lunch. Among
 those to be heard from were repre-
 sentatives of the Democratic town
 committee of Milford who wished to | speak on routes to that city.
 Many people were interested to
 note that Lucius S Storrs, president
 of the Connecticut Company was
 among those present.
 A decision made public in Common