The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-14
NEW ORDINANCE PROPOSED
THE CLARIFYING OF PASSENGERS BY
 STREET RAILRO4DS.

Other Business Transacted.
 The May meeting of the board ot
 oouncilmen last evening was unusually
 lengthy and considerable business ,od
 importance was transacted. President
 Nicoll was in the chair and but three
 members of the board were absent from their seats. Shortly after the
 meeting had been called to order Coun-
 cilman Scoville presented the following proposed ordinances:
 Be it ordained that no person shall
 be allowed to occupy the rear platform
 of any street railway car while making regular trips within the city limits un-
 less actually engaged in smoking.
 Not more than five persons beside
 the conductor under whom a car Is being run to it's destination may occupy
 the rear platform of any street car
 making a regular trip under the pro- vision of the previous section. Any person occupying the rear plat
 form of any street car, who shall hin-
 der the free and unobstructed entrance
 or egress of any passenger shall be | deemed as having committed a misde-
 meapor and shall pay fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars
 for each and every such offense. Any person who should refuse to en-
 ter car when requested to do so by
 the conductor, unless he be smoking at
 the time and there are not more than | five occupying the platform shall be considered a violator of this ordinance and shall pay a fine of not less than e.. ok, violation.
 Drunken or disorderly persons shall not b. allowed to ride on any car within
 the city limits and any person who shall spit or commit any other nuisance upon the floor or seats of any car shall pay fine of not less than $1 nor more than $10 for every offense
 Every street railway company oper- atlng within the city limits shah cause a copy of this ordinance to be posted in two conspicuous places in each car operated by the company and also enforce every other requirement. con- tained herein, and for each case of neg lect on the part of said company or its employees to enforce all such require ments, said company shall pay fine of not less than 8 nor more than $10 This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption.
 After the proposed ordinance had been read there ensued general dis- cussion as to what committee the mat ter should be referred to. Some mem- bers of the board desired that the ref erence be to the committee on ordi- nances and others to the committee on railroads and bridges. When the councilmen were apparently all at sea as to what to do with the matter, Councilman Rourke said: This cer- tainly seems to be q matter of decided reform and therefore move that 1t be referred to the committee on retrench- ment and reform" The motion was mously prevailed.
 The following characteristic communi- cation from l.. J. Matthews was read and referred to the committee on re- trenchment and reform, amid suppress ed laughter.
 To the Board of Counclmen:
 As your honorable body, according to the city charter, has absolute power in controlling nuisances and enforcing or dinances, and as the Hon. N D. Sperry states before the influential chamber of commerce that the losses by the mer- chants and others in our beautiful city are so enormous caused by our flying clouds of dust, and even the medical fraternity, with their sympathy for the poor consumptive, shudder at the sum- mer prospects of needy relief together with a bankrupt city treasury staring them in the face, they can find no rem edy at hand whereby relief can be att tained.
 Why does not your honorable body l take the bull by the horns and compel | the electric roads to run a sprinkler at ] least three times day in return for the | franchises given them and | which would be a great saving to the | city and boon to the general public | travel on the roads will repay them for the small outlay required. If | place an injunction on the several roads to compel them to do SO. |
 You have the powe to abate a nuis- ance. Are you equal to the occasion? | What is the matter with the board of | health? Is their power confined to the | of outhouses? Why do they | not visit the mouths of our sewers at | low water and report to their superiors the foul condition of our flats? Our noble oystermen can give points as to now their trade was affected by con- with the New Haven sewers. For Gods sake, gentlemen, free passes )r no free passes, do your duty by the people and get ready to go back for mother term, and the public will appre- ,iate your efforts in their behalf
 L. J. MATTHEW'S.
 The councilmen next unanimously ,lected Joseph Porter of 215 Whitney lvenue a member of the board of su- of steam boilers for term of hree years from June 1, 1895. MT. Por- CT is at present a member Of the board.
 The members Of the board of finance leld special meeting yesterday after loon and recommended the immediate of S40,000 worth of sewer bonds. When the report came before the ooun- ilmen last evening unanimous consent 0 it's passage was objected to by Coun- ilman Ullman, and in order to expedite business the board resolved itself into committee of the whole with Council { nan Coolidge presiding and Councilman l { 'urtis acting as clerk. After a general It iscussion Councilman Ullman with ( rev his objection, it was unanimously IN oted to order the issuance of the bonds z