The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-21
The Transfer Ticket Question
Generally Discussed.
Resolution Adopted Calling for a New
Order OF Things,
Councilman From the Tenth Ward
Had Direction of Affairs.


joint special committee appointed to ex-
anime and report relative to cross-town
street railway and transfer tickets to
enter into no negotiations with the
Union Railroad Company unless provi-
sion is made for the establishment
OF proper system OF transfer
tickets on all street railways within the
city limits. Mr.. West, of course, made q
long argument; so did others, Councilman
Barney being foremost among them. Mr..
West was sarcastic to the ex-
treme and the others were
plain spoken. Mr.. Vests argument was
good, ana so were the others; but nobody
seemed to appreciate 1t, except President
Sellew, who voted against the resolution.
Mr.. West thought the country mem
bers OF the Legislature had helped make
the laws such that transfer tickets would
be hard to get, but his resolution would
tie the hands ot the committee so that
they must, in negotiating with The road,
insist on them.
Mr.. Barney thought, because Mr.. West
had referred to the railroad act as infa-
nous, that seine imputation was directed
toward the committee of which
q Is member, and he warmly
answered Mr.. West. He failed to see how
she committee could be directed to ''nego-
.iate" when 1t has no authority to do so,
u having been appointed solely to see il
the railroad company would or could make
good its previous promises concerning
cross-town lines and transfers.
Mr.. West said his idea was simply to
fDd out whether the company was SOL
vent or bankrupt as regards its promises,
but, rightly, the transfer tickets should
come before granting the road any further
Mr.. Joseph II. Keudrick explained how
the committee had received lots of ad-
vice, how good its intentions were,
and how warmly they favored
. system OF trapsfers, but he really did
not think it fair to expect transfers on
lines where already a ride OF eight or ten
miles is given for five cents, nor did be
think 1t proper to bind the committee
positively.
Mr.. Barney and Mr.. West had another
tilt at this point, the former accusing the
latter Of insulting the committee. Then
Mr.. West said that Mr.. Barney would do
anything but vote for that resolution.
'Give him any other resolution and he'd
swallow--er, vote for it," Finally Mr..
West promulgated this platform: "To
the Union Railroad Company: Transfers
or nothing; II you don't give us trans
fers, you get nothing"
Mr.. Joseph II. Kendrick had the resolu-
tion read again, and then asked il he was
to understand that the negotiations were
to be left to the discretion of the commit
tee. Upon being answered in the affirm
ative BY Mr.. West, Mr.. Kendrick said the
committee didn't propose to give the
railroad company something for nothing,
or words to that effect. A roll call was
taken and the resolution adopted by 80 to
j, Messrs. Barney, Durfee and Vose not
voting.
Another matter. to cause considerable
augmentation and display OF oratorical |
nf hn
mittee on railroads submitting q bill |
for an ordinance for the regulation of |
street cars. This report was tabled May |
8, and, On motion of Mr.. Vose was taken |
from the table, and that gentleman NOV
ing It's passage.
Mr.. West thought he saw some very Sc
rious objections to the bill becom-
Ing an ordinance and was of |
the opinion that II ought to be re. COM
mitted, or some eliminations made or
something. The word "average," relative
to the speed of electric cars he thought
right to run at twenty-five or
thirty miles an hour at certain
points, especially If they have to make up
lost time. The section providing that
cars running in the same direction shall
not approach each other within 80 feet.
he called "Dogberry rule" There Is no
penalty for its violation. The rule regarding
tenders was similar; there Is no penalty
for violation of Il. He objected strenu.
ously against this chastity compiled
report" giving the railroad company the
greatest privileges they ever had. The
matter OF salt on the tracks was bug
bear, the bill giving the company the
right to put salt the entire length OF the
tracks.
Mr.. John Z. Kendrick had Mr.. West
interpret another section, which was
really unimportapt, so far as the present
xxro
b hurst had something TO say. He did not
see now the bill could pass, nor did he
zee how 1t c. I'D be sent back TO the com
mittee, which already had wrestled
with 1t. He thought it should be
amended or postponed. Then followed
some cursory remarks by Mr.. Vaughan
and Mr.. J. Il. Kendrick, and then Mr..
Nose "got back" in part, at Mr.. West.
de was willing to have the Council saw
what the average rate of speed should be
and at certain times the cars should run
faster than at others. As for salt, he never
knew OF Its hurting horses feet, nor any
pody else. he called attention to the fact
THAT the city engineer and commissioners
OF public works were on the
committee and they had examined
many tenders, but none had been found
which they would allow the company TO
apply 10 their cars. Then followed some
hgures from an old report of the city en-
gineer and the committee, read by Mr. j. |
4. Kendrick, showing that the old horse
car time was as good as the present
schedule.
The whole matter was referred TO the
committee on ordinances.
The city solicitors opinion on the legal
eneet OF the act relating to the Union
hailroad Company and the Proyi.
oence Cable Tramway Company,
passed by the General Assembly
april III, 1895; He thinks the city at lib
erty 10 enter into new contracts with the
companies and has the same privileges
occupied by all other cities and towns in
me state and the city can ask the road to
pnuu cross-town lines.
Onder suspension OF the rules, on mo-
ton OF Mr. Voso, the New YORK, New
Haven d Hartford Railroad Company was
given permission TO lay a spur track i'm
Dyer street TO the Reliance Mills ward.
Upon recommendation OF the ordinance
committee, the resolution for furnishing
a certified list Of voters to the Chairman
OF each ward COMMITTEES without compen-
sstion was indefinitely postponed.
IL was ordered that Victoria h. Chase ba
paid sbe, aud Mrs. John b. Heyworth 1921
fnr N A abafeuaapt