Evils Lurk In the Proposed Amendments j
to the Jitney Ordinance
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Let Every Voter Help Defeat Them at the Polls To-morrow I
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The welfare of every citizen of Harrisburg is so vitally concerned in the Proposed Amend
ments to the present Jitney Ordinance that it will pay every voter to consider carefully
the evils that lurk therein, and go to the polls to-morrow determined to defeat them.
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Wiping Out the Bond That Pro- Cutting Down the City's Revenue BEAR THTS IN MIND:
tects You-Your Wife—Your The amendments also provide that the license If these Amendments are carried at the election
fee for operating a jitney be cut from S3O to $lO to-morrow —they will become law for two years.
Bov—Your Girl per year. Under the Clark Act no power—City Council,
J Court, not even the voters themselves can change
Not only will this cut down the revenues to the it within that period.
One effect of the anwndments, if passed, will city—but would encourage the entrance of num- Special ballots (sample below) will be used in
berlo.. jitneys into the field—which would mean ■". ft.,P„po,nd AmnntaonU i|
tion in the case of damage to life, limb or property. • t . voter should be sure that he gets in addi-
Y i, f\A <p - tion to his regular election ballot one of these spe-
In lieu thereof they provide that each jitney op- tH6 vlty S JC/XpOHSC cial ballots,
erator shall pay to the City Treasurer the sum of If you are opposed to wiping out protection for
$5.00 per month, until SI,OOO has been accumu- For, with the consequent increase in traffic will • you and yours—
Treasury, when further payments come greater wear and tear on YOUR streets, and W y° u are opposed to cutting down the city's
s a cease. the necessity of additional traffic officers. revenue
That will require monthly payments for sixteen you are °PP° Be< * *° increasing the city s ex
and two-thirds yc<irs* Greater expense with less revenue to pay it— pense
. and the logical solution to that problem is . you are °PP° se d to possible heavier tax-
Let s see how such protection works out! ation —
Suppose a jitney hits you, your wife or your Heavier Taxation Help Defeat the Proposed Amendments
„ to the Present Jitney Ordiaance by
Property-owners and rent-payers need no de- Marking an (X) Opposite the Words
You will have the large and munificent sum of tailed explanation of this subject. " Ao-a in ct ih a OrH inflnro" TTTTTQ -
$5.00 against which to recover damage. Against Ilie Ur(IlilclIlCe InUo.JJ^
Or suppose the accident should occur after the 1 ¥\ 1J A_
jitney had been in operation 15 years. Mirl 1 1 111
By that time S9OO would have been paid in and If you are for the Proposed Ordinance, mark an X opposite the words "For the Ordinance"
e^^preWousT^^nts 0 ges een c * aim " If you are against the Proposed Ordinance, mark an X opposite the words "Against the Ordinance."
or pre ous acci ens. NATURE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE
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An ordinance amending an ordinance, entitled "An ordinance to regulate the operation of motor * \ \
The ordinance further provides that the amount busses in the City of Harrisburg and providing for the licensing thereof," as follows:
SO paid in shall be returned to an operator when he Reducing the amount of the bond required from each licensee of a motor bus from $2,000 to SSO,
or she ceases to own or lease a jitney, if during the and providing that such bond shall not contain any warrant of attorney to confess judgment and shall j I
_ • j j i_ jl. j * held only as a guarantee against violations of traffic regulations, instead of being conditioned, as at * j I
period O damage had been present, for the faithful performance of each and every provision of the existing ordinance and that
tor Wnicn he or she ri.AD BEEN HELD any person or persons who may be injured or damaged in person or in property by the operation of a
Kt-SiOlNoHjLet. % motor bus may sue under such bond and recover such damages as they may have sustained. For the Ordinance
See the loophole? Proving that in addition to such SSO bond each licensee of a motor bus shall pay t6 the city treas- " ; I
urer the sum of $5 each and every month, in advance, until the sum of SI,OOO has been accumulated in """"" tB j;
All the jitney operator need do would be to im- the city treasury - The afor esaid SI,OOO, or such part as may have been paid, shall be returned, without Against the Ordinance X
mediately cease to be an owner or lessee—before interest to the licensee of a motor bus when he or she ceases to own or lease a motor bus in active oper- |__ j!
. i lj i • , ation, if no damage has been done to persons or property, and providing further that any licensee who ;!
you could bring action to hold hun re.pon.lble— wi.hdraws the aforesaid SI,OOO. or such part thereof as may have been deposited, shall not again be j i
withdraw his fund trom the City I reasury—and licensed until the full sum withdrawn has again been deposited. ! I
you would have nothing against which to recover. Reducing the license fecs from S3O to $lO for motor busscs carry not more than sevcn persons . j1
That's the sort of protection you are asked to 'V T or busses carrying T e scven and less than fiftecn persons; and from i!
. ..i i . .i „ $75 to S3O for motor busses carrying more than fifteen persons. <;
stamp with your approval at the polls to-morrow. \ s ____
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NOVEMBER 6, 1916.
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