Show Which d do the people w want nt Jitneys r or Street Cars The jitney proposition has grown to such proportions throughout the VI West est that the time has come for the people to decide whether they want electric trolley cars or gasoline motor cars The owners of street railway systems declare that the people cant can't have both Judging from the few letters already received by this paper on the subject the people of Salt Lake fully realize the importance import import- ance of settling the question before demoralization goes too far The people can have what they want want they they always get what r they want and they always will get it If they show a preference t for the jitney there is no doubt about the fact that the jitney will remain If they turn thumbs down there is no question that the jitney will wiIl cease to be a competitor with the street car Street railway officials declare that the long haul passe passengers ers do not pay a profit It is on the short hauls that the companies inies al pay dividends The two must be combined it is declared to make street railway operation a financial success of the short The jitney robs the street railway company f. f haul and therefore of f. f its profits profit declare officials in every city where the new competition has comeI come r I I rI I The gasoline cars do not accept the long haul hash business t i Its Paving Expenses THE TELEGRAM r is interested only in seeing that the people get what they want This i is a nation of majorities The popular will rules everything This Tills paper is not considering the wishes of the street railway people or the owners of jitneys it jitneys it is considering considering con con- sideling simply the effect of the new competition on this city and anda a J its people 1 w nen tl the e street railway company asked for a franchise that tl i this paper thought improper THE TELEGRAM vigorously opposed opposed op op- posed it This paper will do the same thing again when it believes i the peoples people's rights are not properly cared for BUT IT WILL TILL NOT OPPOSE THE COMPANY COl MERELY BECAUSE IT IS A At t 1 CORPORATION J This present problem is too big a one to be considered with either prejudice or sympathy II The street railway company has invested over in t r Salt Lake The company compan paid out over in wages to 1000 emIr emI employees em em- I Ir plo plo-ees during 1914 J t During the past year the company paid in taxes a oC The street railway company pays between 40 and 50 Percent per percent pert t cent of the total cost of all street paving on which its tracks are laid YET ITS CARS NEVER TOUCH THAT PAVING OR WEAR yEAR I i IT OUT Paving repairs cost the company last year THE j COMPANY HAS PAID TO DATE FOR STREET PAVING IN f SALT LAKE The city's paving plans for 1915 call for an expenditure b by bythe Y the traction company of I They Stop Building The jitneys wear out the paving that has been paid for forr b by Y the traction company while competing with the traction company for the cream of the business i The gravest concern to the people is the effect of the jitney on the of the city Suppose the gasoline car is allowed to take all aU the quick profits by dashing back and forth on downtown downtown downtown down down- town paved streets leaving the electric trolley car to make the thelong they y long trips Will Vill the traction company continue to make the long i trips Will the man who has been forced to build his little home on the outskirts of the city because land is cheap have any service service service ser ser- vice Shouldn't all concerns engaged in city transportation be forced to give the man several blocks blocks' away from the heart of I town a chance In other cities the extension of street car r lines has ceased because because be be- cause the companies could not compete with the file short haul gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line busses There are many points to be weighed in considering the Jitney jit jitney r n ney y problem m. m We Ve re want the people to express their opinions on the the subject co I It is IS against all aU re Je reason on- on onto to believe that they can hay have both eboth the ther r street skeet railway system and the little busses operating in a harum- harum searum manner asat present i What is is' the publics public's decree decre |