The morning call., 1893-10-10
mo GATES TO-DAY.
But the Peoples Ordi-
&. :: nance Is Not Passed.
SHARK TALK IN THE COUNCIL
Forth Outlines the Defense-The
:: TemescaI Trouble Body
= Found-Butts Is Mendirg.


last night Just bristled with good things
and there was a big crowd in the lobby to
appreciate them.
!: The bone of contention was the Dow
cage ordinance. Neither Messrs. Dalton,
the sturdy champion. nor Hoffman was
present, but there was plenty to applaud
:: nevertheless.
:: The Dow ordinance. forbidding cages on
: The local cars. was read. and this was i'm
medlately followed by move from Smell
:. tolay on the table. A vote was had and
RESULTED as follows: Barnard. Barstow,
Smell and Watkinson votedaye, and Messrs.
!: Capell, Manuel, Dow, Marshall and Presf-
dent Towle voted no. The motion was
lost and the crowd applauded roundly.
!: Smell then had some amendments he
wished to add to the ordinance, but at the
" sugges ton of the chair made his ordinance
.a.substitute.
After the reading Mr.. Barstow said that
asian experiment he wanted to give the
!: substitute ordinance, which called for
:: half-gate the same as are used on New
+: York elevated cars, chance. He did not
: believe, for the safety of the public, that
:: ft:would be the right thing to do away en-
tfIely> with the c8ging on the cars. Ii this
did not succeed, then, perhaps, he would
:: be willing to vote for the original ordi-
nance,
: Mr. Manuel said be was just as willing
: to protect the life and limb of people as
8: Mr.. Barstow, but to put a thirty-One-inch
scaga on the cars was the heighth of fool
ishness.. "And furthermore" he said, lit
is :un.Amercan 20 be locked up. The
:. Pullman cars are not Gagged up" He said, in
answer TO a question. Il am in favor of
regulating this Seventh-street line. but
CT
: 10 that direction" The lobby cheered him
loudly when he sat down.
49, Barnard-The original ordinance. |
think, was conceived in haste and would
work badly. At present there is neither
safety n or protection. and something should
be- done, The elevated roads in New
: York have these gates or tenders, and
.a:Simllar device on Seventh street And
~speaking of locked doors, why every car
door opens inside, and now suppose
twenty. or thirty people made rush TO get
,;oht when the door was closed. They
would be shut up like rats in a trait There
~1las be en- too much legislation on this sub
ject, and L say 1t is time now to call halt.
=. BaTstOw-I want TO mention here the
case of a young woman who was recently
:pushe6 off the cars at Oak street by hood
:. Gums and had her skull fractured. This is
: liable to happen any tune 10 any ones
child.
=. Snell-If it is necessary for any apology
: te be made for the appearance of this sub
stftute ordinance in minority report being
brought in here now instead of going
through the committee l want to say hat
we were not allowed to make any change
. in the original ordinance. so the only course
twas this minority report. No person op-
posed. -Der did the City Attorney have an
Opportunity to examine and pass upon the
;eTdinaDce, The trouble with il is that il
:applies to all cars on all the roads, comDe-
tent lawyers say. L want TO see a suitable
gate On the cars. These cages are an
:0ffehise to me, aud the time may come when
j Will add my vote TO remove them entirely.
But'in this substitute these gates do not
seem so nearly cage. Now. l did not ride
if Mi. CrOcker's private car. / was not
invited. But l want to say that his car is
provided with just such a low gate as |
suggest and If that is safe enough for him
tits surely safe enough for the people OF
Oakland. 1t is all an experiment
aud / say let US give it trial. According
to the attorneys you cannot stop the rail-
road company by law if it wants TO pre-
went free riding. Every mem Der of the
Council. with one exception, is opposed to
: free riding. and this bungling ordinance
but perpetnates that very Thing. | do not
speak for the railroad company. L am op-
POSED TO it, and your worthy chairman has
done me the honor TO make me the chair
man of that most important Of all commit
tees, the waterfront committee. / am in
earnest in my opposition. | want to ask
why we have such poor cars on this Sew
epth-street line? Why do we not have
upholstered cushions and all the convent
enceg,. as other roads? The reason is,
am told. because of this free travel
Hnodlums make iJ a practice to cut and
mltilate the cushions. This ordinance is
all, wrong. 1t is nothing more than
zfoI1 to ho rooic al IF h.
do not have the best interests of Oakland
at heart.
:: DOw-l regret very much the opposition
Ito this ordinance 1t was drawn in good
: faith, and [ believe the people of Oakland
want to see it passed. 1t was open in
COMMITTEES to amendments and no adyan-
tage was taken over the opposition to it.
a majority of the members thought it was
a proper ordinance 10 bring forward under
the circumstances. Why, | ask, should
this cage be cut off half way-the upper
half for the people ana the lower half left
for the railroad? And what woman or
child could get over this lower or railroad
half in case of an accident? What do you
mean when you ask to try their half gates
as an eXperim emit? Do you want 20 wait until
some serious accident occurs to see how
they work? [Applause.l Why, the next
day after the ordinance was introduced,
rhe locks were taken from these cages, and
L
vast difference between these calabooses
and Pullman cars. The object of the orig
inal ordinance is not TO make free travel,
but so far as that is concerned. let the
railroad collect fares, but if they can't do
it without these cages, then let them go
without fares. l fear the ordinance will
not pass, and very much regret it as it is
a peoples ordinance. [Applause.]
= Mr.. Capell-I am not feeling well to-
night and should nor be out, but / want to
say word. The ordinance of Mr.. Dow
was properly put through the committee.
The vote on it was honest. l believe it is
IA peoples ordinance. AT least nineteen
tWentieths of the citizens of Oakland are
favorable to il. l suppose Mr.. Shell wants
to bit. at me when he says only one man
in the Council isEfavorable to free riding.
j am. in favor of free riding, and don't
care a snap of my fingers who knows 1t.
don't want to be locked up like lot OF
sheep or cattle. II the railroad wants to
collect fares. let it put on enough men on
the cars to collect them and keep off boys.
]: .Manuel-We have been informed that
but one man in this Council was favorable
:: to free riding. l want to say that Mr..
::Capel is one. l am two. Mr.. Dow is three
and Mr.. Dalton is four. So the gentleman
at large from the Fifth is a little off.
ELanghter.l [ want to say also that the
gates on the New York eleVatsd cars are