St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-04
is THIS COERCION?
The Ordinances to "Bring the
Transit Com Dany 60
Time"
All of the Restrictive Measur es
Slide Through
Easily.

The board of aldermen committee on
streets met yesterday afternoon and re-
ported favorably all the recent street
railway ordinances which have been
handed in. Those present were Aid.
Conley, Franklin, Jensen and Warren.
The Warren ordinance regulates the
speed at which street cars should be
operated and gives the fire department
the right of way when going to fires, at
taching penalty when motoneers and
gripmen do not bring their cars and
trains to a halt to permit fire apparatus
an opportunity to pass safely by.
Since the electric lines have been in
service great many accidents to fire
apparatus and firemen have happened
by street cars daShing into them. Aid.
Warren has devoted q good deal Of time
to looking up data to support his ordl-
nance. Among the many Instances III
which street cars have run into the hire
department are the following. Nov. IL,
while Chemical No. IL was on the way
to a fire, IL street car dashed into 1t at
Sixth and Jackson, upsetting and break
ing it and injuring the men. 1t cost the
city considerable money to repair the
damages to the machinery. April III,
1891, Assistant Chief Cook was dashed
into by street car while driving In
his fire wagon to blaze, thrown out
and injured SO severely that it was
thought for while he would not re-
cover. Sep &, 1891, No. s hose cart was
smashed by street car while 1T was on
the way to fire. Feb. IL last Assistant
Chief Martin was run into by street
car while on the way to a blaze and Sc
riously hurt. March 6, 1891, Hook and
Ladder No. 2 was smashed by street
car while going TO fire. At the time
of the big fire year ago III the Whole
sale district a street car dashed into one
of the wagons of the fire department
while it was crossing the track on Fifth
street en- route to fire headquarters for
more hose, and the driver was thrown
out and a part of Ole OF his hands
crushed under the wheels OF the car.
People on the street called to the mo-
toneer to stop, as the fire wagon was al
most in front Of it, and the motoneer
only smiled and kept on.
AS to the regulation of speed of cars,
the ordinance provides that i'll the cen-
trail part of the city cars shall not run at
over eight miles an hour: from outside
the center to Dale street they may run
at twelve miles an hour. From Dale
street westward their speed Is not Inn
tied. Mr.. Warren has procured a long
list Of accidents which have resulted
from the fast running of cars in the dis
tricts limited He also procured state
ment from nearly all the large cities of
the speed at which cars are permitted to
run there. His ordinance is framed
after the Boston ordinance. 1t will I'M
doubtedIy be adopted by the common
council.
Aid. Franklin's ordinance requiring
interurban cars to stop at all street
crossings on its line Ill st. Paul, and re-
quiring the signs in the Midway district,
which signify where the cars will stop,
to be taken down, will no doubt also be
adopted by the common council. In
the Midway district the interurban cars
do not stop at streets where there is no
sign indicating that it is place of stop
ping. Near the transfer several quite
prominent street CROSSINGS are passed
by III this way.
The resolution instIucting Comp
troler McCardy to include in his tax
estimate for 1898 a sufficient amount to
paw off several judgments against the
city was recommended to pass.