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<br />READ IN 'SUNDAY'S PAPER THE PROPOSED .ROUTES Of THE EMERALD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. I
<br />I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GET THE: fRANCHISE IF' THEY:WERE GOING TO GIVE ADEQUATE
<br />COVERAGE, BUT fROM THAT ARTICLE THEY PLAN TO LET THE WEST 18TH ST AREA ROT ON I.
<br />THE VINE SO TO SPEAK.
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<br />., If THEY CANNOT fiNANCE ENOUGH BUSS~S TO COVER THE CITY, THEN SOME OTHER I
<br />GROUP SHOULD BE GI.VEN THE :F'RANCHISE. : I HAVE TRAVELED WITH THEM ON WEST 18TH,. .
<br />ALSO ON Sr KINCAID. NEITHER ROUTE HAD CROWDED BUSSES BUT I NEVER SEEN ANY MORE I
<br />I ON S. K I NCA I 0 THAN WE HAD W. 18TH. I
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<br />, FOR SOME TIME BEFORE THEY QUIT, THEY WERE COUNTING PASSENGERS AND I GOT IN i
<br />II THE HABIT Of COUNTING ALSO. .I
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<br />Ii THE VERY LAST TR I P I MADE ON WEST 18TH THERE WAS 20 PASSENGERS NOT COUNT.~ I'
<br />I ING CHILDREN UNDER AGE.
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<br />I THE COURTESY CARS WE -HAvE: READ SO MUCH AB~U;' MADE: . NO . EFfORT TO TAKE' CARE I a
<br />Of THE W. 18TH PASSENGERS. THEY PICKED UP OOWN ON OLIVE AND TUR~ED BACK WHEN I ~
<br />THEIR LAST PASSENGER WAS DELIVERED, BE THAT AT 13TH~~I?C,I:lAMBERS,_18TI:l.:At-l'?. I
<br />CHAMBERS OR ANY STREET ~LONG THE ROUTE. SO.NO ONE ~O~LD,BE SURE Of A PI~KUP I
<br />fROM THIS END.
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<br />I THE LAST CAR I RODE HAD 6 IN BACK SEAT :A~~ 2 PASSENGERS IN FRONT SEAT.
<br />1 I MADE MANY TRIPS BY BUMMING MY NEIGHBORS AND I KNOW MANY OTHERS ON HAYES ST I
<br />I WHO HAD TO DO THE SAME AND THESE WOULD ALL HAVE RODE THE COURTESY CAR .If WE
<br />. COULD HAVE COUNTED ON THEM COMING fOR SURE. MANY TIMES THEY DiD Go'FRoM'ouR
<br />I STREET AND NO ONE CAME TO PICK THEM ,UP. fiNALLY THE LAST COURTESY CAR ONLY
<br />CAME TO 13TH AND CHAMBERS :AND STI LL P.EOPLE WERE BE'I NG TOLD THEY WERE GO I.NG.
<br />! CLEAR OUT THE W. 18TH ROUTE, AND WOULD GO DOWN AND STAND ~OfIND THERE WAS NO
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<br />I WE 'OF' THE WEST 18TH AREA DO NOT WANT THE OLD DRIVERS TO LOSE OUT.BUT :
<br />1.1' NEITHER DO WE WANT TO LOSE OUT. IT HAS ALREADY DEPRECI.TED~~~'~~o~iRi~'~OT .,
<br />KNOWING IF' EVER THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGAIN-.:
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<br />I WE SUGGEST THAT YOU GIVE EVERY CONSIDERATION' TO ALL THE PEOPLE: ME O~T
<br />. HERE ARE NOT EXEMPT fROM HIGH TAXES AND fEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN
<br />I ANY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
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<br />I If THE EMERALD CANNOT fiNANCE BUSSES feB ALL, THEN IT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO
<br />I SOME ONE WHO CAN ORDIVIDE.THE TRIPS BETWEEN THE DIFfERENT ROUTES.
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<br />I If THEY CAN GO SOME ROUTES EVERY HALf HOUR, THEY SHOULD DIVIDE THOSE
<br />i TRIPS.AND GIVE EACH HOURLY'.T~IPS. _ . ;'
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<br />! THEY HAVE OUR SYMPATHY AND WOULD HAVE OUR SUPPORT BUT WE CERTAINLY DO NOT
<br />1 WANT TO BE LEfT WITH NO TRANSPORTATION. WE HA~E ALREADY eEEN DEPRIVED ~ONG_ :
<br />ENOUGH AND IN OUR fAMILY, WHEN WE WERE BOTH UNDER f)OCTOR~S ,CARE, AND HAVE .HAD' ! I
<br />: A BAD TIME fiLLING OUR APPOINTMENTS. MYSELf, I HAD TO GET IN TO DOCTOR EVERY i
<br />j DAY fOR ONE WEEK AND HAD TO.DEPEND ON A ,NEIGHBOR,WHO WENT BEfORE OffiCE .HOURS, Ii
<br />! THEN WAS DISMISSED IN MIDDLE Of DAY,AND HAD.TO WALK fROM 11TH AND WASHINGTON I
<br />i TO OSBORN HOTEL TO GET A RIDE BAC~ HOME. YES, THERE IS TAXI SERVICE BUT WE
<br />I' CANNOT AffORD $1.35 MANY TIMES A WEEK.. AND OF. COURSE OUR STREET DOES NOT
<br />. PROVIDE ALL THE PASSENGERS fROM THIS AREA. ACCORDING TO YESTERDAY'S SCHEDUlE
<br />'.! OUR CLOSEST CONNECT ION :ON :WEST -18TH. WOULD BE 19TH AND JACKSON. ,WHO. WANTS TO j
<br />I WALK HALF' WAY AND THEN PAY 25 CT TO RIDE THE OTHER HALf. ~
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<br />r 0 TO THE LADY AND ALL GENTLEMEN Of THE COUNCIL, KINDLY IN THE INTEREST
<br />I Of ALL, CONSIDER THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS THE ONES WHO
<br />I ARE TO SUPPLY IT. DON'T LET US DOWN. OUR MAIN,REASON F'ORBUYING ON HAYES ST
<br />I WAS BECAUSE WE COULD.GET A:BUS.. ..,
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<br />I WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO OWN OR DRIVE A CAR Of OUR OWN AND THE DAYS AHEAD
<br />I LOOK VERY BLEAK WITH OUR MEANS Of SUPPORT AWAY DOWN ON WILLAMETTE AND 5TH.ST
<br />i AND A POSSIBILITY Of NO TRANSPORTATION.
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<br />j WE Of THIS AREA HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE CUT OfF BECAUSE SOME Of THE OLD BUS
<br />I DRIVERS COULD NOT WAIT AND HAD TO GET OTHER WORK TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.
<br />1 ~f EMERALD IS TO GET THE fRANtHISE, SEE TO IT THAT THEY MAKE ARRANGEMENT~.NOW
<br />i TO SUPPLY ALL ROUTES OR GIVE WAY TO A COMPANY THAT WIL.." .
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<br />I liTHE COMM I TTEE Of THE CITY COUNC I L HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNC I L - I
<br />I AT ITS.MEETING OF OCTOBER 27, 1958 DIRECT THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE Of IN-
<br />lTENT TO GRANT A BUS.FRANCHISE TO EITHER EMERALD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INC.: I
<br />I OR TERMINAL Bus Co., AND IN THE EVENT THE CITY COUNCIL SEES FIT TO.DO .THIS; - .11
<br />I TERMINAL Bus CO. HAS AUTHORIZED ME TO MAKE A STATEMENT. I
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<br />WHEN.THE QUESTION Of: ISSUING A.fRANCHISE TO_~ITHER COMPANY COMES BEfORE I
<br />THE COUNTIL ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 24, 1958, If EMERALDcTRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, ~
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