Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1915 — Jitney Busses Win in Commission’s Decision. [ARTICLE]

Jitney Busses Win in Commission’s Decision.

The public service commission Saturday entered an order dismissing the petition of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co., which sought to bring all jitney busses' in the state under the control of the commission and subject to regulation by the commission. A hearing was held on the case Thursday. Three attorneys for the traction company argued that the jitneys were common carriers and public utilities within the meaning of the utility law and_ ought, therefore, to be regulated. . ' The commission’s order was brief. It simply set out that the body had no jurisdiction and therefore diamissed the case.