Show JITNEYS OR STREET CARS WHICH Readers Headers of ot THE TELEGRAM are arc showing sho a a keen interest in the jitney problem This received letters i paper has lias many expressing tho peoples people's opinions s on tho the p p question that is i tho the entire West Property to the he jitney owners object because it does not help nav for paving m in 1 front of their homes yet wears ears out the tho paving pavin already there pay Per Per- sons lons living any any considerable distance distance from the time bUn business tho ss district complain because the tho little gasoline cars make only tho short haul baul while whilo others othor who depend tho the declare that there is is no DO upon P jitneys regularity bout n-bout their ther service There scorns to be a ft general demand lor strict regulation here Tho The also demand protection in caso case of accidents They want to know that i if watt they are the tho maimed for life they can sue and r recover O cr from a jitney the same as from street railway aV company That tho residents rents of halt Lake have awakened to the fact t that they havo have ono one or tho the other but cant can't hope to keep both the tho to I jitney f and ancI the must munt printed car is i proven below elow by the maD many letters leters coming comine to thi this office The first te ones trolley troley are George Geore Badger I Its a crime to lo allow alow tho the Jitneys to t operate In n this et city The lives of ot our people popl a are e. e ir In II Jeopardy and there Is who theres no recourse on those thoo thoC persons simply rent a machine and go so Into the business s of or a a common carrier The Thc street streetcar streetcar car company I Is confined to a limited por- por lion lon of ot the street while tho the Jitney wab- wab ob bles ble about all an over the time pavements Tho The car cr company compy has bas not nol only lone done a largo large percentage of tho the paving but J ls Js constantly constant constant- ly my ke keeping It In repair at a big annu annual l ex Ox pense Th The Jitney uses Macs se alt all al tho the pavement and arid pays pas for tor or none of or it I I I make a number J. J of ot the lie cities In the Last East Est and California frequently and none of oC them thorn hl has a car line lne that that will wi compare wih with tho the on one W we have here hern The fhe nearest approach to tu U it I Is 1 the lie Interurban lines In Los Ln ls Angeles The Thc downtown do cars of oC that city are shabby habby affairs compared with the lie ones In operation here We have havo ono one of ot the tine best In tho the land and Its maintenance and upkeep should be by everyone who has the best beat bet Interest of oC the tho city at heart James Jam Hole Hogle Hole It I ft Is not fair air to the street car allow tho the Jitneys company compan to alo to operate a as they have b be been n doing The Jitneys Jitneys' should be b regulated as the thc street streetcars cars are arc Put them on a schedule and make them maintain It Havo Have them operate operate op op- Op- Op erate crate regularly over o cr certain I streets at In interval In- In the same saro as aa tho the cars care are required to do 10 In as much as the street cars Cn have have been granted a franchise for or operating a olon along ong certain streets It ml might ht be a good goodplan goodplan go plan to allow alow the Jitneys to take out franchises franchise on the thc streets that are arc not given en to the street cars If I the thc Jitney Is I alow allowed to run it is only onh fair that it I should be re regulated the same as any other public utilities conc concern m Bert Ber Cohen Cohen I certainty certainly favor faor the thc str street e er ear car Tho Those e Jitneys crowd you Inand in inand inand and there Is I no comfort In them and no safety sety either H H. H G. G McMillan rm Tm not opposed to either but If It one or the other must go Co the argument on time the Ide of ot the citizen Is IB IBall Isal Isalt alt all al In favor lavor of nC tho the street cars CI It I not only makes makeR the lOng Ions and short haul both on and off the p paved n- n streets end transfers trees you oU to all al parts of ot tho the city but has large sums Invested In Its iA equipment and track track- age and It Il takes largo Jargo sums to keep up Is Its I if f the street fUcet cars are not to remain the thA tact fact that they are re not riot notI I desired should have havo been bean made known be- be foro toro the franchises franchise granted I Smiths Smith's Diamond ShO Shop Jewelry and arid Loans Wo Yo hike Ik the tho Jitney It I smells cleaner and do dots does s awa away with the necessity of oC maintaining an automobile to ride between between be be- tween your home and pl place c of ot business L L. L H H. H Farnsworth Tou lou can cn make my opposition to the Jitney as strong as you OU please If It the jitney Is Js allowed to run it should havo an n established alow schedule and made to make the long lone Ions a awell as at well wel as the short hort runs It I Is la right that It I should not bo be allowed to bo be maintained for It pays no does pys taxes not indicate progress in this city b by the te fact of ot 1 Its very vor OT existence Samuel Newhouse I stood on the ner co-ner the the- theother other night end and waited In the therin ram rain rin twelve minutes for tor a D street car and allowed three thee Jitneys to pass pasi I did this th as D a a. matter mater of ot principle lR The he street car company compan has at nt a outlay of ot cash c built bui and equipped a magnificent cent street railway system It is an a Industry th that t should be bo fostered L It I provides a splendid service and its It employees are re roost most court courteous ou Tho two combined make c it a n pleasure to t ride W W. W W. Armstrong Im Im opposed to the thA Jitney I In igi fairness and while Im I'm Im In inn no W way obligated to the transportation company compan the competition cori- cori corn com petition petton Isn't fair John Pingree My Iy personal opinion Istl is tl that t wo s should fa favor or an industry r that tha t pays the t tax an and Is here to st stay The Tho traction should company unquestionably get set our support I I. I A. A Benton It Ils Is not right that the Jitney should be he allowed to operate te oper Street cars cart with wih millions invested carr carryIng carrying carry carry- ing people to our beautiful suburbs suburb in all ni directions where cheap homes home can be procured not be pitted pite against the Jitney jiney that runs only op Of the paved ped streets That the Jitney pays for tor nothing and nd helps maintain Is illustrated bc best t b by the tho experience of an an acquaintance acquaint acquaint- ance of ot wino who had haul a a. 5 hint hat hat brol broken en enIn In a Jitney and nd when he asked ei to be reimbursed he be was WS Informed that they paid for tor nothing Proceeding downtown and arriving at his destination ton he alighted alight alight- ed antI and was hailed haie by a friend who yelled at him and told him that ho lie was not an American citizen to rido ride In the things He ite felt so t o chagrined that tha t he ho has sworn off or of from riding In tho the Jitney busses To The Tho Telegram In answer er nS er to your article of oC the tho Which do you OU want want jitney Jitney or street cars let me DF say r wo we want service serIce service ser ser- ser ser- vice Ice and I If wo we get gOl service servie there evidently evi evl- dent dently denti would b ha no need of ot Jitney cars cr Tho The Utah Light LIht and Traction Tracton company company com corn pany parry compels us to pay py our fare and then stand up In a crowded car cr from tho the time tho the car Is 18 entered until pas passengers pas pas- leave the car ca This occurs every even d day on tho the Seventh So E East cast t line Une to Fourteenth South Then again if 1 a transfer is not used within a few tew min minutes utes utts the passenger Is compel compelled 4 to 10 pay again or be he put oft off the car Again A ln somo some p parts rt of ot tho tIm city only have have ono ono- hour half hour hl-hour service that that is In iii 11 suburbs Now then the Utah Light and Traction Tracton Trac Trac- tion ton company could not operate without with ou out t tho the I patronage of ot the tho pu public bie Then wh why not treat tret tho the public accordingly If I n n. person buys mining stock a cow horse hore or other chattel the they are arc negotiable liable Not so with wih a transfer Ho So must bu buy tho the same article again Tho The same ame 1 thing thins Is 11 applicable to t railroad tickets If fP the lion tion Pa Passenger falls fails to ride to destination destina- destina I i ton ho no cannot sell or negotiate the ticket lel The fhe highest court In the thc I countr country coun coun- te try tr has made mado It I a misdemeanor to ride I on a scalpers scalper's pers per's ticket This is I I thing M for tor a nice I ad or tho the supreme court of ot tho thc Unit Unit- States to ates to make mako er a n person pay twice for tor the tho 5 same article Irs Ira thA Harriman on the loath death deth of oC oCher her husband I was left up upwards up- up wads wards of 01 wealth which Jet accrued ac ac- from tho the Investments and man ma- ma I n of ot water stocks ot etc J. J mI m- and through the tho patronage of oC tho public And public of ot then It If competition starts the tho the company rush to tho the public their sole source of oC f r revenue and dont don't cry v HI 1 wo I ret et everything you ou will gt get noth- noth wil IlS trig We e will wi stop operating KI I a am notI not not- In ta favor vor of ot street t et car service service-if I pIe plc cr the Wo- Wo opIe o- o are served serve JOHN BURNS 1 I To The Telegram In to tho the Jitney jitneys street car I cr I Venture to say sy that the statement of oC the tho car cr company that thero there Is 18 not flOt that room for tor th the rom 2 jitney and street et car to op operate e I In that P. P Salt Sal l Lake Is ls not true We all 01 know rat large larse corporations like the street car can company compan claim they thoy are at I dividends lo loss s unless they are aro paying operating very er vel large lage a wh whereas rc the tho private to Jitney I and man i Is only ily making a very meager living working Corking very hard for tor or the sama Why hy should they bo be deprived of making a a. living How do they know lenow that t only one company can bo be supported by the Salt alt Lake traveling public Havo Hav you jou ou ever over ridden in a street ear car when you OU were forced tO stand tand a after c torce r ator working hard har all al da day Why should we stand when stano we can sit It In Cn a comfortable Jitney and get there thero in a Jiffy iii thy h Mr lr Editor one evening on the cot au-cot f f i cr car rf one F told bid me m he had riden ridden on that tuat same lam car for tor or six Ix months month and mo most t of the time he had to toH stand H tor or lack of ot seats leat Aro Are you OU slur slur- rf r- r lur- lur wl it If f I tell you that that f told me he tel with 01 others others others-I same sam sam samman man n I ma may say nay myself ray my- self were also only ny waiting for tor or the lY jItney fr- fr se Service r rIe Ie 1 Live and let live lle ought to bo be th tho th motto of or all al But Is it No Now let us have moto JUne ut- ut ne ncy ney and str street tr ft t car both and nd If It one or the other hike quitting let them them But wilt will wi the they Well ell not the street car an anyway anyway- a R. R p. p WELSH ca I To Tho Telegram Thank you very Cr much for the tl to express s my opinion In tho the case cane of ot Jitney bus busl vs l street car ce Are we U ln living under Uder a socialistic or a competitive form of ot government lo Of Ot course we arc aro living the latter Iatter So So th therefore tho Jitney bus has lias tho right to stay Then you ou know as every merchant will tell asor or wi you rou competition Is the life le of ot trade Are Arc there not In Euro European Eur- Eur uro- uro penn cUe cities street cars and une bu bus s lints competing with each ach other and Id both live 1 0 Wh Why hy not riot here What has the tho street car company done to t endear It ItOI Itself itself It- It self OI to us Saddled us with wih a lot hot of ot irksome Irk Irk- some ome and ironclad rules rules' Can I 1 get et a transfer one ono or two minutes minute after er 1 I paid pid my fart faro and forgot to ask for Cor one that moment Oh no no because the tho the Utah Uth Light bt and Traction company wants to ta tomako t mako make another anoter nickel 1 Or may ray I trans mans fer at any other point than the tho pint tn one I pointed out in the tho rules Of Ot course coure not b because th there thero re Is another chanco chance to make mako another nickel nicel Has HeR tho street car company ever o built builta buit n R mih rl mile of or track for tor the love lovo of oC God Go Did Dil It not get tenfold returns for tor c every ry c cent nt expended You know It I did Vh Why can cant can't t the street cn car company make a a living and the Jitney Jiney bu bud too to Why rhy because its Is stock Block is watered to such an extent that It cannot c even cn n stand the thc I slight alight competition of the tine Jitney For In In- In stance Lat Lt time wh when n it II was sold or previous to this there thero have hav I ben been en several sever I occasions for tor watern watering tho stock taken advantage ante ad of Further I forgot to mention tho of ot the tho JOYt Joys Joyn strap strap- holder Has HD the str street t car ar company over er c thought of ot providing us with sufficient seats Bets Do not aged working m men n and arid I women base havo o ha to hang hong to the straps very on frequently for tor or a hour half trip trig during the te rush hours houra The street car cr com company has hl done noth noth- big ing to endear ender Itself Iselt to I Its patrons patons anu and I I am willing to give ghe it Justice cold Impartial Im Im- partial parta justice and nl unrelenting Tell Tel mo me what would Auerbach Bros BroS Keith Keith- OBrien O'Brien and others do If I another r large n c competing department store were opened up p here Do you OU hear the tho Salt Lo Lake Route whine because the tue Orem line lino lne has h opened up Do you hear the tho Oregon I I Short Line Lino whine because the Bamberger Bamberger Bam Bam- I I berger runs Into Ogden Osden Indeed not noU I They go 10 out and huste hustle B By all 31 means let lot the tho Jitney bus remain remain re re- re I main but it has to b be be- regulated Preferably Prefer Prefer- I I ably th they y ought to torn form a com company pan or I two and each line lne must run rn on a a. schedule schedule sched sched- I ule approved by tho the cl city commission I over a fixed route with proper signs displayed dis die played on sides of ot bus busses e Of Ot course courE I they they the ou ought ht to pa pay a license but not a I prohibitive one because they dared to ex cx ex- ex 1st I Can Cn the street treet car cr company not riot stand this competition 1 Why then ten lot let It I go gc Into bankruptcy like an nn individual and havo o ha the water squeezed out out The city would surely burely suffer no Inconvenience I 1 am nm a R subscriber paid up for for- many months and have havo ho rep repeatedly admired your jour our fearless editorials on public ques ques- lions tons and nd trust you OU will wi be Kind enough to publish this letter leter although it I may probably not quite Quie agree with wih your views Respectfully MARCUS BRU BRUTUS US 1 t To The Tho Telegram Telegram Telegram-In In In your issue of ot c you rou ark aak for or an expression of ot public q opinion upon the subject Jitney Busses t vs 8 Street Railway COm Company The Tho public pub pub- lie lic le la may shout about their heads hea oft off or yet ret bo be short on |