The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
MAKE THE PUBLIC SUFFER
What the Railroad Will Do if
the Street-Car Ordinance
Is Passed.
No Additional Cars VIII Be Run and
the Travelling Public VIII Be
Disconnected.

At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors
held last Monday Mr.. Hirsch introducing
resolution which will put the railroad
people to no little trouble and expense il
finally agreed upon by the Health and
Police Committee, to whom it was referred
The new law proposes that cars on the
following named lines and streets shall
not exceed higher rate of speed than six
miles an hour between and O'Clock
in the afternoon:
California street, between Kearny and Mar.
ket: Clay street, between East and Kearny
Howard street. between Seventh and East
Jackson street, between East and Montgomery;
Kearny street, between Market and North and
East Streets Mission street, between Seventh
aud East; Montgomery avenue, between Union
and Montgomery streets; Polk street, between
Post and California; Post street, between
Dupont and Market; Sacramento street, be-
tween Kearny and Market; Suffer street, be-
tween Dupont and Market; Third street, be-
tween Market and Folsom; Washington street,
between Montgomery and East.
1t is further provided in the ordinance
that any violation of the same shall be
punishable by a fine not exceeding $500,
or imprisonment not exceeding three
months.
If the resolution of Mr.. Hirsch becomes
a law the railroad people must either put
on a number of extra cars to accommodate
the people, or else allow the public to
suffer not little inconvenience because
of their unwillingness to decrease the
danger incident to travel between the
hours named. If the statement of Mr..
Huntington is to be regarded as indexing
the feeling of the Market-street Railway
Company, then the patrons of the various
lines interested will find themselves greatly
inconvenience, to say the least of it.
The ordinance cannot be carried out on
cable lines without lessening the speed OF
all the cars, and, unless extra cars be put
on, the travelling public must necessarily
suffer.
81 have heard of the proposed ordi-
nance" said Mr. H E. Huntington yester-
day, "but as it has not yet become law
there is little or no occasion for comment.
I do not mind saying that if it should be l
think the policy of the company would he
to simply slow down and not put on extra
cars, as many seem to think would be
done. In the first place it would entail a
lot of expense that we do not at present
care to undertake; and again, if the Su-
pervisors, who are supposed to represent
the people, enact such law, the suppose
ton is that the people want it, and we
stand ready to grant it.
$50 far as electric cars go it would be an
named and make up time elsewhere, but
with cable cars it is different. The cable
runs just so fast and unless the speed OF
that is decreased the speed of the cars
cannot be lessened. We will comply with
the law, whatever it is, but fear the peo-
pie will follow the example set by Chicago.
A law, similar to the one proposed by Mr..
Hirsch, was passed in Chicago, and in less
than thirty days the people were clamor-
ing for a faster service
"Now regarding the matter of substitute
| ing electric cars on the horse lines owned
and controlled by US, l will say that this
will be done as soon as practicable. Every
horse-car road in the City will be converted
into an electric line within the next few
months, though just how soon active work
will begin | cannot tell. Many of the
cable lines will also use electricity as
motive power, work having been actually
commenced on the Howard-street system. y