The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-12
AN ALL NIGHT SESSION.
The City Council Has Its Hands Full
OF Business.

It Regulates the Hacks, the Running
of Electric Cars and the Employ
ment of Boys as Conductors and
Mortormen, and Hears a Docket of
Appeal Cases From the Police
Court.
The city council was in session unit
after l o'clock this morning There was
a good deal OF routine business to be
transacted, and the discussion of the
street railway ordinance, and the hearing
Of appealed liquor cases consumed the
balance Of the time
The mem bers present were Mayor Nc
Donough, Aldermen O'Brien, Mcmillan,
Haines Cam, Folliard, Screven and
Dixon.
Several attorneys and President Collins
and Directors Hicks, Lindsay and Wiki
inson of the Electric railway were pres
ent. A crowd of spectators filled the
room.
THE HACK ORDINANCE PASSED.
Alderman Dixon's ordinance to regulate
the hacks was read as follows:
AN ORDINANCE to regulate passenger vehicles
used for hire in the city OF Savannah
section l. BE it ordained by the mayor and
| assembled, That il is hereby made the duty
OF drivers of passenger vehicles for hire In
| the city OF savannah, when waiting IN the
| city or Savannah to be hired, to stand at such
| place or places as the committee on streets
and lanes of the city Of Savannah may desig-
nate, and the said committee Is hereby author
| lzed to designate such place or places. 1t
| shall not be lawful for the drivers Of such
! vehicles to stand at any place in the city of
| savannah other than those designated by the
! SAID committee longer than fifteen C5J min
| utes when the said drivers are waiting to be
hired
Sec 2. Be it further ordained. That it
| shall not be lawful for the drivers of said We
| hlcieS to charge exceeding twenty-five (25)
| cents per passenger as fare from on to any
! depot in the city Of Savannah to or from any
| point IN said city And further, II shall not
| De lawful for the said drivers to charge ex-
! ceedlng one (l) dollar per hour for the hire Of
| the said vehicles without regard to the num-
Sec 3. Be it further ordained That it is
! hereby made the duty of the drivers of the
| said vehicles to post inside the vehicles so
| that 1t may be plainly seen by passengers, a
| printed notice showing the rates fixed by this
| ordinance.
Sec. T. Be it further ordained. That this
! ordinance shall go into effect on the frst day
! OF November next, and from and after that
| time any person violating this ordinance. or
any provision thereof, shall be subject, upon
| conviction before the police court OF the city
| OF savannah. TO a fine not exceeding twenty
| i've 90 dollars and to imprisonment not ex-
I ceedtng thirty (20) days, either or both in the
|
sec. s. BE It further ordained. That all
! ordinances and parts Of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
/ Alderman Haines suggested an amend
ment requiring the drivers of hacks to
| have a badge showing their numbers.
Aldermen O'Brien did not like the
| idea of the carrying out Of the ordinances
| being imposed upon the street and
! lane committee
1t would be very difficult, he said,
to select stands for the hacks as it, would
| be Objectionable to owners of private
| houses TO have such stands in front of
! their houses. The hotels, he said, were the
| only places where such stands could be
| located without serious objection.
Alderman Dixon explained the ordi-
nance and advocated its passage
The ordinance with Alderman Haines
| amendment requiring the hackmen to
wear badges was passed Alderman
| O'Brien voting III the negative.
TIE STREET RAILWAY ORDINANCE
The ordinance regulating the speed Of
electric railways and forbidding them to
| employ minors, was passed and VIII go
! into effect Oct. 20. The speed of the cars
| is limited to six miles an hour north of
| Liberty street and ten miles an hour south
! of Liberty street.
! Alderman Mcmillan objected to the
| section as to minors. He said that there
are plenty of young men in the city who
/ could operate motor or take up fares
| great deal better than men from the
! country 81 years old who might never
| have seen a street car.
Alderman Haines did not believe that
the city had the right to dictate whom a
street railway company should employ
and said that he would vote against the
| ordinance
Alderman Cam differed with Alderman
! Haines. He said the street railroads had
gotten valuable franchises from the city
and that it was the duty of the city to
regulate the cars for the protection of the
citizens, The boys who had been put upon
some of the cars, he said, are not proper
| persons to have charge of them. Police
powers are delegated to street car con-
ductOrs, and minors are not fitted to eX-
ercise such powers.
Alderman Mcmillan took issue with
| Alderman Cam on the question Of the
| employment of minors.
Alderman Dixon said the street rail
roads did not employ boys out of charity,
but because they could get them cheaper.
MUST BE POLICEMEN.
City Attorney Adams explained that
the state law endowed both street car
| conductors and mOtormen with police
power, and authorized them to summon
the passengers to their assistance when
| necessary.
a vote was taken on Alderman
McMillan's amendment, and the amend
menJ was lost.
Alderman Haines offered an amendment
to fix the speed north of Liberty street at
ten miles an hour and south of Liberty
street to twelve miles an hour, but re-
Ceived no second.
A yea and nay vote was taken on the
passage Of the ordinance, resulting in its
passage by vote of 4 to g. Aldermen
Dixon, Folliard, Cam and O'Brien voting
in the affirmative, and Aldermen Screven,
Haines and Mcmillan in the negative.
Alderman Haines introduced an ordi-
nance providing that the ordinance regu-
lating the street railways, so far as affect
ing minors, should not go into effect until
! Nov. l.
Alderman Cam objected, preventing a
second reading. He said the object of the
ordinance was to give the railroads
time to carry the ordinance before tho
next meeting of council Exceptions
were taken to Alderman Canns's state
ment by MIR. Charlton, attorney for the
Electric railway, and President Collins
and Alderman Haines. A compromise
was agreed upon by deferring the date
for the enforcement of the ordinance un-
til Oct. 90
THE TROLLEY WIRE MATTER