Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-26
SAFETY TENDERS
TO BE REQUIRED By THE CITY ON ELECTRIC
CARS
An Ordinances Recommended by the Committee
Last Evsning-Ths Awning Question Up
Again-Othsr New Measures.

The Council Committee on Ordinances
met last night and considered several i'm
portant measures, which will be brought
before Council this evening.
Perhaps the most important matter be-
fore the Committee was the ordinance pro-
viding for safety tenders for electric rail-
way cars. This matter was brought up IN
Council some weeks ago, and
resolution was adopted requiring the
Committee to report al ordinance. Some
data bearing upon the subject, and emeody-
ing experiments recently made IN Pitts
burg, was procured, and last evening,
after a good deal of discussion, measure
was passed and recommended TO CouncA
for adoption. The ordinance Is 10 take
effect ninety days after its passage, ana re-
uuires all electric cars to be equipped Win
the Vansant-Jo hnston fender, or one e9 ual-
lv good. Each day cars are not so equip
ped, after ninety days, constitutes a SePa,
rate offense, for every car, and the
fine imposed is not less than 30
nor more than So The tenders
project about three feet in front
of the cars to which they are attached, and
the front edge hangs TO within foot or less
of the surface of the street. The frame
work is OF metal, and theinetting IS OF espe-
cially prepared rope fiber. The idea is
that persons struck by the metal ecge OF
the netting would be thrown into the
fender without being hurt, whereas with
out the fender victim struck by the cars
would be pretty sure TO be killed. Inc ne-
vice seems TO have worked well IN Plus
burg
The ordinance establishing hay-market
was not quite in shape, and was referred
to the Solicitor and Mr.. Richards, 10 De
perfected.
Public Works forbidding booths occupied
by street vendors, was recommended Tor
passage.
The ordinance requiring the city Boards
TO acknowledge the receipt OF communlca-
tions from Council, stating the adylsaoln-
ty, practicability or probable fulhllment
Of matters touched upon, was recommend
ed for passage
Then the awning QUESTION came up
again. At the last meeting of Council a
petition bearing one hundred and ninety
nine signatures, against the ordinance re-
curing stationary awnings TO be- not less
than eight feet high, was presented IN the
First Branch. The Second Branch had no
quorum. no business was transacted, and
the paper found its way 10 the Committee.
The petition stated the eight-foot require
ment imposed a hardship on many, and
asked that it be changed to seven feet.
Then a communication from the B. p. W.
was brought out. 1t stated that over one
half tho awnings had been made to comply
with the ordinance, including nearly all
those on the principal streets;
that the public had been ben
os+ad aud the anpearanCe of the
streets improved; that there were kickers
on all ordinances; that the statement pub
lished that the Columbus eight-foot ordi-
nance was old and was not enforced was
untrue, as the Columbus City Clerk had
certified that it vas enforced, and finally,
that it would be inexpedient 10 make any
change in the new law. The committee
discussed the matter for some time, and
then decided that the papers were not prop
erly before the body, and the subject was
laid aside.