The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-25
THE FIRELEss ENGINES.
The Residents Of Tchoupitoulas street
Opposed to Them.

| The Residents Of TchOuplt0ulas street
Opposed to Them.
At the invitation of gentleman connected
with the Crescent City Railroad Company, re
porter Of the DEMOCRAT witnessed yesterday thu
operations Of the Lsmm Freless Locomotives OF
the Tohoupitoulas street line of oars. The pub
lilo IL too familiar already with these engines
from their use for several years on the st
Charles street line to Csrrollton. that q descrip
ton OF them should be needed here. The loco.
motives of the Tcoupitoulas street line are con.
struoted on exactly the same principle as those
on the latter line. and while they are not AZ
handsome a. those running to Oarrollton. they
seem to be quite as effective.
They will doubtless prove q valuable adjunct TO
the Crescent City Companys appliances when the
line TO Oarrollton is completed, and, we are in
formed by the gentleman in question, will enable
the company to fix the fare to and from Carroll
ton ut o. cents for each passenger. Our visit,
however, was not limited TO tho capacity or avail
ability OF the locomotives in question Having
learned that there was "aome opposition TO tho
use OF these engines on that portion Of Tohoup-
toulas street between Jackson street and Louisi-
ana Avenue, we sought by personal interview to
ascertain the
NATURE or THE OBJECTIONS
The result was that everywhere we found that
not only objections were urged but an emphatic
opposition was manifested against the use of the
engines below Louisiana Avenue. It was first
objected that the Crescent City Railroad Com
pany had no right to run their dummies from
Jackson street TO Louisiana Avenue, and vet had
been doing SO since Monday week ago, their
only privilege being to run them from Louisiana
Avenue to OarrolltoD and, on probation. on Sun
days, from Canal street TO Uarrollton. So much
for the legal grounds. The other objections are
that the dummies have been running at
AN ouTBAaEousLy FAST RATE
between Jackson street and Louisiana Avenue.
and that already several accidents have occurred
in consequence. Last week wagon was run into
by one of the dummies aud damaged, and, it is
said, that upon application for redress to the
company the owner was sneered at. Near sora.
puru Marietta boy WAS very nearly run over
day or two ago Yesterday, at Seventh street.
about O'Clock, woman carrying some bundles
was run down by one Of tho locomotives aud
thrown into the gutter, but happily Sustained
only slight injuries: a mule belonging to the
Louisiana Ice Company is reported to have been
crippled by another locomotive. II is also gen.
orally claimed that the engineers OF the looomo-
lives pay no heed to the warnings Of the people
In case OF danger, however loudly manifested.
Objections are also made to the noise OF the
whistle aud bell of the engines but little i'm
portance il attached to these objections.
The citizens interviewed say. besides. that
Ihoupitouslss Street is the only street east Of
o.s ~nse Pe'''op @ba beuoos VWlHR
TO the fact that the shipping extends az far "a
The grain elevator. it Is great commercial
thorougbfare, which should not even be ham
pered by double track horse railroad, to which,
BY the way, they say they had objected At the
lime the double track was first proposed And
hey add that petition will be presented TO the
Jouncil on Wednesday next, signed by nearly
,very reeindent OF Tchoupitoulas street, between
Jackson street and Louisiana Avenue, and
~ others who are interested in avoiding
The monopoly of street, upon which there is
,uoh Immense traffic. by railroad corporation.
That this petition liz the result of the prevalence
u better counsel at an informal meeting at
which . manifest desire was expressed
TO TEAR UP THE TRACK
II the railroad II the company persisted in run
ling their dummies In violation of the law md of
he wishes Of the people.
In short, 1t would seem that the objection to
he dummies between the streets referred to ia
'ased on the narrowness OF Tchoupitouas
treet, which. according to actual measurement
. thirtythree feet wide from curb TO curb, the
ouble track of the railroad occupying the oen-
re OF the street, making IL impracticable, &C.
ording to the opinion OF the persons inter-
iewed, for floats and wagons, as we'll an foot
nen, to circulate with ease and safety. No oh.
cotton IL made to the running of the dummies
bove Louisiana Avenue, which 10 wider than
Glow that thoroughfare and whore there is very
tile traffic.