Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — OPPOSE LICENSE AND BOND [ARTICLE]

OPPOSE LICENSE AND BOND

I afayettc Jitney ”rhcrs Say They Will Quit if Ordinance Passes. Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 12 —Lafayette will be without jitney busses in a few week§ if the ordinance now before the city council, which would require drivers to give a $5,000 bond and pay a city license fee of $?5 is passed. The ‘jitney’ owners say they could not afford the license fev and bond. They liavo formed an organization and say they will withdraw all thei’- machines from service if the ordinance Is passed