Telegram-herald., 1886-10-08
DUMMY DISCUSSION
The Ordinance Amended but
Not Passed.
OPINIONS EXPRESSED By CITIZENS.
The Mafor and Citr ATTORNEY Ordered
70 Take steps u STOP ths
hydraulic Compaafs
Operations.

a sHct Lzl session lt common Ar4a@lt i
3as held last nisat ~ discuss the dummy /
ne ordinances. Mayor Dikeman presided /
and a. the aldermen we're present. except !,
DeGrasf and Mars. The foom wss nliec |
xith citizens. among them being haat
dozen ladies'. AID Thumb offered az
amendment % the ordinance that the Street
Railway Company pay u the city, Tor tie
benefit Of property owners along tifth ave,
eizht of the cost Of grading that high
Nay Adj DOan moved that the traction
be increased 10 0ne-haf both lost.
Alt Richmond moved al amendment tO
section Z that the road BE- commenced with
ia thirty days after The passing Oi the ordl-
nance and &c completed by June 10 next
Carried Sec 4 vas amended 70 sec ufr TIE
laviug VI a wooden strip on the outside oi
the track not less than SIX inches wide and
4 quarter Of al inch lower than The top sur
lace of fhe rail Carried. Aid Launiere
moved that citizens be allowed 10 speak on
each section when the aldermen get
through with II. Carried. time
limit II i've minutes Was preseuo 81
for speaking citizens. Aid. Panthnd
Offered a. ar amendment 20 sec. D. that the
word noiseless be applied % the dummy The
company proposes q purchase aud Aid.
soft coal or ike fuel be not used 10 run the
dummy Aid Creque moved that the
/ Baldwin motor No. $40 be inserted as the
/ latest improved dummy 10 be purchased oy
the company. Aid DOan moved that the
motor power be approved by the Council.
/ Carried. Sec was amended by Aid. Doan
/ that the trains stop wherever passengers
want 10 get on. and a. amended by Aid
| Pantlind that they be required 70 stop al
every place where passengers want 70 get
on or OF except between Prescott-st. and
/ Second ave. where the grade IS such that a
/ stop is easily made. Col. Penney asked
/ when citizens would have a chance 70 sug
gest amendments 20 the Council, and was
/ instructed that after the reading OF each
section the right OF speech for fve minutes
was granted TO any citizen Aid Pant
linds substitute was then carried. Aid.
/ Ihun made an amendment 10
the same section that II steam
power De used, the trains be compelled 20
/ come TO A dead stop before crossing Madi-
/ sOn-ave JefiersOn-ave. and South Division
81 Mr.. Penney asked that some alderman
| make as . substitute 10 section o, that all
passenger cars, save those under charge OF
excursi0uists. DC compelled to stop on the
I farther side of all street-crOssings and that
the character of the motive power be not
such as 10 interfere with such service and
that no extra fares be charged TILL after 1910
D. ~ Alderman Brenner. who left
/ in disgust because citizens were
not given mere say in the
matter, returned. Aid. Launiere moved
that Col Pennys statement be carried as
/ an amendment to Sec. 8. Aid. Creque
/ moved that Col. Penny's amendment De
| numbered Sec and the following sections
put one ahead. Aid Pantlind moved that
all computation tickets issued oy the cOm-
panv De good on all trains. Hon. Henry
/ Fralick suggested that prosecution for non
pavmeut OF fare De carried on at the ex
pense Of the company Aid Thum moved
such an amendment and u was carried.
Alderman p0an moved that motors be
/ stopped on cross walks as well as cars, as
an amendment 20 Sec. 9, carried. Alder
man Brenner moved that engineers as we'll
As drivers be compelled 10 stop trains as
soon as possible when danger Is present, As
an amendment 20 Sec. 10. Alderman Stein
moved that brakes be put on each pas SEN
ger car as well as each mOtor-an
amendment 10 Sec Il. Sec. II was passed
intact Henry Fralick made the same sug-
gestion as formerly. that the prosecution OF
persons for remaining on tracks with carts
or wagons be prosecuted at the
expense of the company Carried and Sec
l. SO amended Aid. Creque moved that
sec l3 be stricken out. Carried. Mr.. Fra
lick suggested that the Council prescribe
the ringing of a bell at such places as the
Council may direct such an amendment
10 sec. II made by Aid. Stanley was car
RED Col. Penney suggested that any COM
pany which should need the use
Of the street for gas pipes or
water mains. sewers or wires
be given the privileges bestowed upon the
present water works and gas company by
See IS Alderman Stanley moved that the
company be not compelled To run cars each
way oftener than one each hour, which was
amended 10 make the time every half hour
from m 70 10 2. m, a. Al amendment
20 -ec Is. Section II passed Alderman
Brenner moved time be made twenty live
years instead Of thirty years as granted by
Sec IT.. lost Alderman D0an moved that
Sec II De amended 20 50 a. not 10 include
the daily use Of cars, but the
ordinary use for license, carried.
Col. Penny suggested that the license run
for ten years aud then let the Council hK
the amount Suggestion UNDECIDED sec.
~ n. - and % passed. Sec - was
! stricken out after the words six months
since the State law covers the matter GOV
cred bv those lines At the suggestion of
Col Penney Aid. D0an moved that an
amendment be made to Sec. 25. that the
/ company pag one-thir8 of the cost Of pres
ent grading Of Fiftb-ave from south ionia-
/ 81 "a " sdisOD-ave. and deposit such sum
I WIN fnF niEF rft-ILtf lt " AlFl4tA htiltitE
the resident tax payers pro rata according
20 the showing II the assessment roll. Aid
HAYWARD argued thar other street grades
had not been paid for hy the company where
street car tracks are laid sud that
therefore a discrimination vas rnade in
favor Of Fifth-ave folks simply because
they had not paid their taxes. Applause
/ A'd Stein said that hs wanted So endorse
the remarks Of AID Hayward. since the
esablishing 0f such a policy would tend to
check the extension 0f railway lines 50
much desired AID Iaunere considered
thar there wss difference between horse
cars and a dummy line. since the latter oc-
cupied the whole street Re would
pay half the expense Applause
The motion vas iost AID Crfqns moved
/ thsf the amount he made one eighth. Al.
/ Rrenner offered a. substitute. one-fourth
/ Cot Penney remarked that fhs franchise
vas worth to any syndicate $4,000 Al
Havsri remarked thar Gel Penney vas in
/ consistent in that he AZ one time favored
/ one point an5 them another. a pubir Iu-
Vr0~ement is never made except FOR the
benefit offhe msi1r and Che few must be
I inconvenf fenced by any improvement
The streets belong fo Che citv not to those
dwelling On either siie ef them. i' fhe use
81 street F. ta he sCid n1f f1e money I'M
the Duh'ic treasury sri 1of refgr~ II te
property owners along the lue eeisuse 81
I vor 40 the came ngsf 80 lone iu tie case
T of rania ard ether st7aefs. Alderman
Creous suggested thar when Cans.-ss. Vss