The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-07
MAY INTRODUCE TENDERS.
PRESIDENT JOHNSTON FOR PRO-
TECTIVE APPLIANCES.

The Hanging Tenders no Good, He
Says, But the Drop Tenders May
Work Better-CarefuI Employees
the Best Protection the Public Can
Have From street Railway Acct
dehts-ReckIessness on the Part Of
Employees Is strictly Discouraged
by Him.
President Johnston Of the City and SUB
urban railroad said yesterday that he had
written the owners of street railroad prop
critics here living in the north on the sub
ject Of tenders for street cars and other
protective appliances.
Il am In favor of adopting these ap-
planes for the prevention OF casualties"
said President Johnston, whenever they
are perfected The tenders have not come
into universal use in the large cities. as
yet, and such as are in use have not prov
en- satisfactory. I have only seen one
fender as yet, which l think is capable
of performing even in part the service
for which it IS intended, and that Is the
drop fender, which is suspended from the
front Of the car and dropped by the mo-
sees he is about 70 come in coin
er falls entirely to the ground, and
IL Is claimed for IL that IL VIII absolutely
prevent the victim of the accident
from being run over. 1t has recently been
introduced in New Orleans, but has not
been in use long enough TO furnish salts
factory evidence of it's value in saving
life. The tenders which are carried In
mont OF the cars and which are supposed
to scoop up persons, who have the bad
luck 70 get caught by the cars, have
not worked satisfactorily. l have seen
cars equipped with these tenders, ana
think there is very little benefit to be de-
rived from their use.
The stationary Tenders" Capt. John
son says, are suspended IN front OF the
cars, several inches from the ground, IN
order to AVOID stones and other obsuuc-
tons which may be placed or may hnd
knocked down by a car, especially a
child, is almost certain TO be ground
under the fender, which is about as bad
as being struck by the truck. The hang
ing tenders which have recent
~ come into USE, are attached
70 the front Of the cas-.
ly to run INTO a person he touches a
spring and the fender drops clear to the
ground, thus preventing the person, II
struck, from being run over IL this fen
der or any other device proves TO be sue
cessful in preventing casualties OF this
kind 1 shall certainly urge its adoption
by our company. At present there is
no reliable device of this kind.
The best means of avoiding accidents"
continued President Johnston, rs to train
employees TO be careful and attentive 70
their duties. That has been my policy and
it has proven fairly successful. We have
only had two fatal accidents that / can
recall since adopting electricity. one in
the city and one near Thunderbolt. Reck-
less running on the part of the mOtormen
is strictly discouraged, and our employees
have shown a disposition to comply with
their instructions.
While in New Orleans Capt Johnston
found he could not get on car from the
left side of the motOrmen, and that the
cars did not even stop for people who
stood on the left side Of the street. lie
thought this wise precaution for double
tracks and switches. This is the custom
in nearly all cities in the north and west,
Savannah being about the only place OF
any size where cars stop between streets
and where passengers Chamber on wher-
ever thew can