Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-11

Bu<y1 49,
We have he~a Investigating the ~
cidept Il Nay City and have hxed the
responsibility. s&ld state Railroad Conr
missioner - A. biiiines IN The Morton
last evening We have found that the
stre~, railway company did not ssop iss
care b~fcfe rosshius the crosunnsls- st
though il has besn repeatedly o<siesea
Ia 40 80. The notmmea have lesn 10
the habit II running sson4 with 9 total
disregard for the railroad track We
have watched their methods u doing
business. very carefully. and one sftss.
noon out IL ten cars that erossed the
track only tao stopped. and that vss far
the purpose II taking On psssepgess IL
IL surprising that there has newer hcca
an accident before. Ii h the same Ia
Saginaw. have served notice on David
H. Jerome. president II the street rail
way company. that cars must stop b.
fore every railroad crossing and some
body sent ahead ~ see that
the track 10 clear. There is Z
penalty for disregsrding this rule,
The motofman may be fined 81. but II
10 not made misdemesnor and il 10
next a. impossible Ia collect the fine.
Some more stringent punishment should
be provided. Human life must not h
held - lightly. IL the companies them.
selves could lie brought a. terms. the
nsen would bc more careful in observing
the rule. Very frequently the men are
never notified 10 stop. Some time age
the fpeilanti and Ann Arbor street rail
way was In the habit 81 running its cars
across the Lake Shore tracks without
stopping 10 s~e whether the way was
clear or not. heard II il and notified
the company that the cars must IL
stopped. but the order WAS disr-garsicd
! went down there one day and asked
the conductor IL the car I was on, Why
he did not stop at the Lake Shore track
lie said he had never received orders q
stop. Then ! interviewed the company
about II and since then the regulation
has been observed"
I'm many respects the Ann Arbol
strike IL the most remarkable in HE
tory" said j. &. Stone. Toledo railroad
man in The Morton last evening. Iii
didn't amount TO much In itself. for the
1. X A. A. can hardly be called the most
important road in the west. But the
complications that have arisen from the
strike have created more talk among
railroad men than anything else of the
kind in years. The idea that the gov
eminent has power b. restrain q mar
from issuing general boycott IL new
and yet the justice of Il 10 apparent q
everybody. Ii will be great Gay both
for the railroads and for their employs
when the courts " the United States
can be recognized an courts IL arbitra
ton in which the differences between
employer and empIoye may he settles
upon Just and honorable basis"
ID. ii. Ball. . prominent Marquette at
torney. registered in The Morton yester
day. with Mr.. Vosker ~ Ioria ] an
in the city examining evidence in IN,
case Of the United States against tn,
Lake Superior Ship Canal. Railway ano
Iron company" said Mr.. Ball. There il
large land g'-nt involved. Ii va,
given Ia the company on conditioa tina
certain work should he performed. Th'
land finally reverted TO the government
and the company has revived its claim
As much II the land il now occupied b,
homesteaders there 10 an unsettled feel
ing otter the matter. and the Cnites
States court will straighten it out"
Mrs. j. Kieffer. Mrs. b. r. McArthu,
and w. NJ. Burgard of the Park hotel
Mt Clemens, are guests in The Morton
They are in the city buying furniture.
Israel Davis Of Kalamazoo. editor q
the Holland American dined in Sweet
yesterday. ID. s. Goodyear. q Tasting
hardware merchant. and j. L. Wilkins