The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-18
JITNEYS GET
CONCESSION
tKON CUUNCIL

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with true disregard Of the pitfalls
besetting the path Of the pioneer.
Bammona.s new city council evidences
with eaeh succeeding session an amiable
tolerance OF appropriation ordinances,
an agreeable alacrity ~ further pet
projects Of the mayor and a haanting
youthful scorn for the conventionaIl-
ties Of parliamentary procedure
Last night the ebullient spirits Of the
city fathers bubbIed right gally. IN
fact the councilmen swept through a
mass Of business with such vim and
viEor that less than an hour after tax
ing their seats one of their number
leaped to his feet and moved for ad-
journment Seemingly there being
nothing further To detain the alder
men the motion received hearty sec
ond and a rousing cheer Of yeas.
At this psychological moment. as sew
eral Of the councilmen We're moving
to the door and as Mr. Keeler himself
arose from the presidents chair,
s,tentorian voice echoed from the rear
Of the council chamber. The voice
begged the ear of the councilmen for
moment. The city dads paused. AND
resumed their seats. The request was
granted. Ana Mr. Charles Nichols. ex-
pert organizer. president Of the jitne9
drivers association, and orator of
parts. spoke.
"Gentlemeu." he said in effect. The
iitney ordinance Is the death knel of
the jitney iii Hammond. l arise not
to pronounce a funeral oration over the
remains Of fivver transportation. No,
rise to ask a respite. ask for an
attempt 10 revive the poor mans troll
ley-less car The jitney ordinance is
in operation We haven't been able
to secure bonds as provided in the
measure we want thirty days grace
to secure and file those bonds Can
we have it,
Council had already adjourned. Law
yers say procedure Of a legislative body
ceases with adjournment. Nothing
that transpires after adjournment is
legal unless the motion for adjourn
ment is reconsidered. Technically then, |
the power Of the city council was null
But did that feaze city council Not (
this city council
with true swashbuckling spirit Of
youth the city dads snapped a con- /
temptuous finger at Roberts Rules Of !
order and granted Mr.. Nichols and ali /
Hammond iitney OPERATORS ten days
grace. But that doesn't mean they
shall not secure licenses, display jitney /
signs as des gnated in the ordinance, /
and meet the other provisions of that
measure city Controlled Broertjes !
says his office is ready to furnish pa
pers and tags TO the jitneurs. And
Chief Of Police Bunde says his men are
ready TO pick them up Immediately if /
tags. licenses route cards, etc. are not
obtained, displayed, quoted. and paid
for SO that's that.
sCHULTE's oUTBURsT
Following the ten day extension
granted the jitney men. council appar-
entity got warmed up for an extra spe- /
cial session regardless OF legality OF IL
Legality.
For william schultz eighth ward
councilman. IN another outburst
brought huzzas from his fellow coun
ciImen and cheers from the gallery
when he swung both fists against the
public service utilities and called upon
the mayor. the city attorney and other
administration officers, to emerge from
ther lethargy and attack once more
the telephone company. street car COM
pany. electric light company and any
other company that continued to
charge consumers wartime rates for
lbs products He demanded that a
concerted effort be made to force lower
rates There were FIVE seconds to his
motion authorizing the mayor to carry
on the fight The measure was pas
. zod without debate.
$1,000 TO sCHWERIN's WIDOW
Another resolution passed by council
after it had adjourned was that author
izing the board Of works to carry
through to completion settlement,
with the widow Of Frank Schwerin,
city water works employe killed scy-
eral months ago in Holman street by
an automobile driven by E. S. Bate,
state street pool room owner. schwer-
in was working on water mains at the
time lie VI as struck.
Together with $4,000 from the chi
cago Automobile Club the widow viii
be paid $1,000 by the city. Under the
law, $1,000 is the city's limit Of habii-
ity.
$3.50 PER MINUTE
In ten minutes the city council. in
regular session passed three appropria-
tton ordinances aggregating more than
s. 500
s400 goes to pay special city judges
hired during the past year.
/ 1888 goes to pay for the new warm
/ ing house at Harrison park lagoon
This viii be used in the summer for
bath house.
! s45 goes to pay men recruited to aid
I IN the search fer John Kotzer's body
I in the ruins Of the Run building
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