The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-13
The Sunday Railway Travel In PhilAdel-
phia.Tho sunday Law.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin, July IL
The much talked OF question the legal right OF city
railway companies 10 their through the streets
upon the Sabbath, in fair way be legally test
ed. The Green and Coates streets Company and the
Ridge Avenue Company advertised Saturday that they
would run their yesterday The last named COM
papy advertised to run out Ridge avenue from Broad and
streets and the Green and Coate streets line were
70 between Oak street and Paramount, Green
and Coates streets Early in the morning Lieut.. White
ssted the driver OF Of the Rd<e and
took him before Alderman PanSinton, who held him to
bali in Of $500 the charge OF breach Of
the peace After Ahs arrest the the road
run only between Girard avenue and Mauayunk. They
did good business upon this portion Of the road during
the day.
Lieutenant Barcus arrested early the day the driver
OF Car No. 33 the Green and Coates line The
who 1nei him under the Of 1894 The Of this
bne during the remainder OF the day and they
do very large business There were eighteen cars in
SERVICE and The receipts upon them averaged twenty five
dollars for Upon seventy persons,
besides the driver ana conductor carried trip.
large proportion Of the passengers carried women
and children II "a under that the suits com snced
yesterday will be carried the Supreme Court, the
vsxed question will be set At rest 1t seems that the case
hos assumed two dls,ioct ph agent OF
pany has BEEN fined for beacn Of tne law Of 1884, aud
She agent Of another has been held TO bail TO at
the charge of breach Of ths peace The law upon
which both these sciops are based s az folio w. Il
the o. e. section Of the act or l794:- 5t
or OF
Of necessity ana charity only sxse9:ed.or
sport divs,sion whsever day. aud Be convict
na y four to
be she sta refuse to he ssd
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N the forenoon nor after ee Of tina clock ia the afternoon Of
The same day. al-
From the Philadelphia Ledger
The Coates and Green street Railroad Company ran hf-
teen during the day and evening" and in the morning
= number of persons living in the vicinity Of Paramount
churches distant from their dwellings, One individual
carriages and he sec why those could not az
ford private carriages rhoud not in sdch vehicles as
we're wahn their means TO hire This sentiment was uni
vetsay scQnieeced by all the In the afternoon
the wed with children and their parents oil
wei dressed and well behaved seeking refreshing breezes
and deshtul shade at Paramount Some Of the
rcc bgh sixty seventy passengers at time The
Ridge avenue and Girard College cars, nine in number
we're run every fifteen nuter from Ridge and Grard
nue. after the arrest Of the driver Of frs. Broad
and Coates s.reets This line also afforded good oppor
tnSy to many persons 70 20 TO the fas and the wis
Fiage Tie Green and Coates also was OF great accom-
mocaton 20 persons desrous OF going up the Schuyl-
Hill on the route 10 the same place and 70 Mana.
yunk. After the arrest Of one driver on the Ridge
road on the Coates aud Green, the officers TOOK
sSs .w spped but aosbsd whether any fair con-
sruction Of the law will permit restrictions TO pc pu.
upon public travel which are not applied as strictly 70 all
public and private vehicles There a, certainly, neither
equality justice IN deprivng one, and very large
portion OF our citizens OF travelling accommodations,
while private vehicles carry their owners wherever
they please to 60, Sunday any other day. any
one's rights inerisred ~itn by the cars running
there might be the ghost Of argument In favor Of stop
ping them but every individual can worship 10 church
even there other sinners engaged in other ways Of
spending the sabbath committee from the Green street
H. courch called at the Mayors Office yesterday after
poon, to make complaint that the running Of the
past the church disturbed the congregation THU is
petty complaint for It is we'll known tba. the grea
church bells make noise Sunday and for longer
orustpuous tme than the small bells OF the railroad cars
But the cars without bells Sunday there
not the game necessity for their there Is when the
streets are crowded with business