The evening world., 1893-11-03
TROLLEY REGULATION
Kings County Grand Jury Makes
Important Recommendations
1t Calls for Regulated Speed, Guards
and Bell Signals.
Criticism OF Jury Llsts and the
Quarters OF the Insane Poor.

The Grand Jury for the month OF oc-
tober came into theCourt OF Sessions in
Brooklyn to-day and handed up three
presentments. Changes are recon-
mended in various matters connected
with the trolley system.
The Grand Jury declares in favor of
revising the laws bearing on the cleo
tion OF Jurors. and they also pay their
respects to the county institutions at
Flatbush and st. Johnland.
or the trolley railroads the Grand Jury
says:
Mindful of the numerous accidents
which have occurred lately on the trolley
systems of railroads throughout the city,
the jury caused to be brought before 1t
officers of the trolley system, editors and
reporters from a newspaper, and also
asked number Of persons. whose names
and addresses were published In this
newspaper as being interested IN this
matter, also motormen and inventors of
patent appliance which would prevent
persons who might be struck by the
cars from falling under the wheels, to
The gist of the evidence leads the
Grand Jury to recommend:
First, that the authorities see that the
speed OF the trolley cars be confined to
the legal limit OF ten miles an hour and
tnat the motor men shall not be per-
mitted In making up for lost time to
exceed tnat limit.
Second, that the District Attorney or
other proper officer be directed to frame
a petition to the Legislature to compel
the trolley companies to equip each OF
which will at least help in saving per-
sons from getting under the wheels
that the cars shall be so equipped with
in sixty days after the passage Of the
act.
Third.-That less startling and long
er continued bell be used on the cars
to give warning of their approach, 1t
being evident that many accidents occur
because the cars come down upon pedes-
trians without sufficient warning.
the Grand Jury recommends that a
bell be adopted which viii r.ng. continu-
ously as long as the motorman keeps his
foot on the sprino. The Grand Jury
also recommends that committee
should be appointed to look after mat
and to see that these recommendations
are carried through with the utmost pos
sible despatch. similar commission
SpstPp was aPponteS t some SONS time ago in a Massa ASA
ciates, the benent to the city and its
suburbs In particular, Of the trolley sys-
action to. be taken by the roads to
lower their accident rate
Another presentment is as follows:
THAT the District-Attorney petition
the Legislature to change the present
law with regard to Jurors, and make 1t
the same as the law used in the city OF
| New York contained in the New York
| City Consolidation act Of 1891, chapter
10. said law to be exactly similar,
with the exception that under title 3,
section 1851 the sentence reading,
! "A person who has actually served as
trial juror in a court of record
| twelve days within a Jury year is en-
titled to be discharged by the Court.
&C. should read six lays instead of
twelve. The Grand Jury also recon-
mends that no person shall serve as
trial juror at more than one term in
u jury year. They recommend that the
! Commissioner OF Jurors shall ascertain
at the beginning OF each jury year
about the number, of Jurors that will
be necessary for the year. and that he
should take out Cr the list of persons
liable, for jury duty the number re-
quired, and that those names shall not
for that year until the remaining
names on tie entire list shall have been
used"
| The Grand Jury visited the insane
asylum and hospital at Flatbush. Both
| institutions are overcrowded. and as
told in THE Evening World" several
weeks ago. patients are compelled to
sleep on the floors. The Grand Jury
says that the attendants at the asylum
complained of their salaries being too
low. The same complaint is heard from
the doctors. There Is too much helr
which is well paid and too few doctors
who are underpaid, say the Grand Jury
men. The Grand Jury says that the
work Of completing the buildings at St
| Johnland Is very slow.