The morning call., 1893-08-16

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''li Is a way the railroad company has
Of sGpping the people faF daring q as
sert their rights. sad Broadway mer-
chant yesterday. "Whatdo they care for
a mangled limb or a life. more or less2"
Neither Councilmen Hoffman nor Wat
kinson could be seen yesterday. but opin-
ions Of the other members of the Council
are as follows:
President Towle said ne would not like
TO express an opinion as to the ultimate
decision of the Council regarding this par
tscular ordinance. OF as to what particular
action he would take on it when it came
ND for passage, providing the Judiciary
Committee reported il favorably. For his
part, he would rather see IA compromise
ordinance broad enough to take in all the
steam roads. He: would like to see one
that could be made applicable to all the
steam roads. in Oakland-the Webster
street narrow-gauge, the First-street and
that running along the edge of the bay and
sometimes called the overland. These
should be considered. he thought, ia. the
framing of an ordinance. =. 80:
81 believe" said Mr.. ,Towle, 't'that four
miles per hour is unnecessarily. slow. -
What would you make, the rate of
speed?" asked the reporter. -
81 think 1t ought to be not less than
seven or eight miles per hour. j would
not make it more than that. The cable
cars on Broadway. run eight miles per
hour and l think this is about right"
you are in favor Of Limiting the speed
on the Seventh street line?"
"Oh, yes; and the speed will no doubl
be limited at the next meeting of the Coun-
Gil Monday night. Meantime, Thursday
night. the Judiciary Committee meets,
and their action will somewhat govern the
Council. An ordinance will be passed
that will fit the case.
ut seems TO me that an eighth lie
rate through the principal streets would
not work a hardship TO the railroad
company, as it could not possibly make a
difference in time over the entire route oil
more than five minutes.
Then there is the other side to be con.
suited. People living at long distances
want TO get to their business and to thei,
homes as soon as possible, and we must
consider their interests while at tho same
time considering the public safety
Mr.. Snell-The Ordinance and. Judiciar,
Committee, to whom the ordinance intro
duced by Mr.. Dalton on Monday night was
referred, will digest measure, probably
composite one, and submit it to til,
Council next Monday night. As far. a,
my personal idea of the present situation
goes it is that we should not be too hast,
IN what we do This is too serious mat
ter to be rushed through hurriedly.
favor the placing of more fiagmen and tn
granting of permission to make good time
/ am opposed to stopping AT Webster an,
First streets on railroad crossings. II i,
an unnecessary hindrance. for. no ohjee
whatever.
The wisest course would be to adopt
ffteen-mile rate between stations ant
an eiRht-mile rate at important crossings
with no stop at steam railroad crossings
Trains should be. regulated at .Broadwa,
%. exactly as they are now.
The immediate effect of such an actor
ON the Councils part would be to do ava,
with the present free ride system which i,
and has been detriment to the city
Deaoheadfng is a wrong principle, as i
creates an unnatural distribution of trad,
and fosters an immoral influence.
Mr.. Barstow-There is no doubt wha /
ever but that Mr.. Dalton's ordinance will
pass, though perhaps with some mino
corrections. My idea is that we should q O
2 curtail the railroad. company's rate o.
speed from the Pointto Washington street
In that part Of the city it is sparselv get
tied. and there would not be very mnc,
danger to life after Washington street Il
reached. However. the rate should be re
duced to about four miles per hour. ant
that speed maintained to Webster street
advocate the stationing of flagmen. an,
do not think that such measures as thi
would work any hardship to either tn
railroad company or the people of Oak
land. 1t must be apparent to every on
that a severely stringent policy Of reduS
ing the speed at which cars are to run |
bound 10 provo unHise and react againi