New-York tribune., 1890-06-04
SCRFACE CAR MEN PARTLY SUCcESSfCA
ryy CENTRAL. ALIrNIGHr ORDINANCE sUS.
prxnrn-spEc1A1. LINES TO BIZ FAVORED.

rur GENERAL ALLrNIGHT ORDINANCE sCS'
PExpED-sPEcIAL LINES TO BE FA'oHED'
wben ihe BOARD Of Aldermen met yesterday severa
npomneut surface railroad men wee present Huu III
aarnest conversation with members ot the Board IL W."
,ra,r that MAYOR Grant Sad affixed his Signature to
tho resolution OF May 90. which requires All s"''''
I'D 10 rim cars every twenty minutes between inc
bours of IL d. m. and 6 a. m. Before aPPi"Ni"1 mo
ordinance the Mayor had referred u 10 '9rpo'''n
Counsel Clark aud had been adv'seH oS MI" Ina"
the Common Council possessed the power he'NSS''s
for such legislation. ~ nj.
A. The proper point in the proceedings MI Roche
~, ,bo yyth District offered preamble and reso-
ons citing the passage Of the ordinance Of May 20.
and asserting that such nocturnal operation OF cars
q. may not be necessary for the cohNehehVe VI t'o
nublc therefore il is ordained that IN ddon 10 mo
surface and elevated running on MAY ~ Io'''
ALL night north and south, the following Hhe' man 20
added thereto and their cars shall DC ope'".o N
80, each WAY ore car every twenty minutes oet"eci
the hours of midnight and 6 a. m Inc INC "
r. ,b, Central Dark North and East RIVER haI'oa'
,pe Liuel in Fifty y-ninthst. and the west eiT u 10
BATTERY the Forty -secOnd-st. Crossto"h' Hol" -
second ST and the Hudson River To lmFN .'""'"
-, ,ho ra.t River: the Twenty third It. Cr)sso"n
line. the Christopher and Iehth st A'' ''
cbristopher- st. ferry Union square the D'S Do'
Fast broadway and Battery line. from the "iaAu ~
ferry TO pe,brosses st. ferry; the FouF1AaNe "' w
Low, Xth- st.; the BrOadway llne ul' '"'S "
tho secona. Third. sixth and Eishthaye. lines. anu
those Of the Gable Company in one hundred anu
twenty fifth Violations Of the ordinance arc l" y"
punished by 800 for each olence.
Mr.. Roche asked that his resolutions pe reierreN -
a., Committee ON Railroads. Mr.. Clancy iouo"oi
,r,mnttv with A resolution providing that perum1
,,e rport of the Committee Railroads the ordinance
of MAY 20 requiring the ruhhi'H oi ~ ''" ~ '
car. he suspended for two weeks
Mr.. oakley moved that Mr.. Clancy fe'o'""o" ~
laid on the table and nsnuatcd that tac FcpF'' h'
on ~ the surface railroad companies VINO 'al o'v"
around " touching up" the members ol the lotm were
ENGAGED in something at variance with the lte'e'ts oi
,h, p.op,e Mr. oakley did not say that he sceht.i
- toos,lr but that what IL was sehcg'u4' sap
po,ed he meant. - 49,, .,,A NJ, oakley
,nlv Nc>srs. DAILY and Walker votei win Nir VaNi.
40 ,, CLANCY, resolution on the table. and the tNthN
,,bcr Aldermen voted " No Then Mr. taAty Ioso
n,ti,n ,u,p,uding the operations, IL thc az in-ns
'.,inonce wa, adopted. and Mr.. Rochrs resou,,o.''
,,'r, referred TO the Committee on RAILROADS "'hou'
II is the purpose Of the riilr'ai compaAi&c, & "a:
Mr. Roche, resolution shall BE- reported on June /,
and passed They will then take tie pace Oh eus
ori,nIuco of MAY 20. which applies q All tAe aj surj
road, In the city. III the MV"''''e III '
ordinance Is suspended. ,i,. ., ,ot
How much did 1t cost the suriac" companies l" : n
their work in today - a prominent lamhdHS "'"
don't think it cost them over $1,000 was y"
nj