The sun., 1895-03-12
HOW FAST CARS MAY RUN.
THE BRooKLYN ALDERMEN FIX
THE LIMIT OF TROLLEY SPEED.
a eiS, Eight. sud Tea Mile Rate Provided
Fertile vote IN 10 5-Intimations of
Railroad Hoodie in the CounciI Chamber

A sis, Eight. sud Ten Mile Rate Provided
| Fsr-Tke vete IN TO 5-Intimations OF
RHilrosd Boodie In the Council Chsmbsr.
The Brooklyn Aldermen, after several months
wrestling with the trolley Cnr problem have
adopted a plan TO regulate the speed and TO re-
| duce. IL Ia believed, tho number OF accidents.
| Three schemes were presented yesterday at the
| regular meeting OF the Board. and that proposed
in tho report OF the majority OF tho Railroad
! Committee was adopted. 4 sharp debate en-
llvened tho proceedings, and incidentally inti-
nations were thrown out by their brethren
that some Of the reform Republican Aldermen
were as much under the control Of the bloated
| railroad corporations as their wicked Democrat
ic predecessors used to he during the halcyon
days OF the Willoughby street machine The
Railroad Committee is composed OF Mcssrs.
COlsou, Cary, Unubert. Nalklcy, and Hess, and
the majority report was signed by the first three
ltnrovdes that tho speed OF tho trolley cars
shall not exceed six miles an hour within II
radius OF one-haf milo from the City Hall and
ferries. eight miles nm hour within a mile Of
these points, and ten miles an hour in the other
sections OF the city The cars must also come to
full stop ut steam railroad crossings and shall
not run faster than four miles an hour before
crossing surface roads and before crossing
Schermerhorn street and Clinton street
The platform gates on the track side are to be
kept closed, the cars must he licensed, and not
more than three persons are permitted to ride
on the front platform. The police. are to be re;
quired tu enforce the trolley ordinances. and
each violation calls for the imposition OF n S?5
fine.
Hess fixed the extreme limit of speed ut eight
miles an hour aud considerably reduced the
Alderman Clark came forward with a substi-
tu,e , Tor the other two propositions. 1t provided
the appointment of fifteen inspectors to see that
the law is observed.
proposal to allow the speed u reach ten miesan
hour IN any part OF The city He said that al
trolley wheels. and 407 tpersOns mad been
manned. and that as long as u ten-mie speed
was allowed the raughter would continue, He
predicted that the members Of the Board who
tcial heads crushed under " n cyclone OF objec-
tions" on the part OF their constituents.
Alderman LEIGH also protested against allow
an outburst OF indignant eic1uence waved his
hand in the direction OF Alderman Cary. ths
representative of the Heights district, "a
characterized him as the railroad corpora. :
magnatc."
Alderman Walsh although finally voting with
the majority. spoke OF the Influence OF the |
alderman towen spoke OF the difficulties in
yolved in solving the trolley problem, and of
ming speed, while others would be satisfied II
they crept along at a snail-lke pace: IF we
thing is to take what you can get,
How much did you getT' with emphasis,
came from Alderman Icich.
The Alderman on the floor failed apparently to |
catch on to the suggestiveness OF the inquiry |
and resumed his seat without making any re- |
sponse. The incident caused u broad grin among |
the citizens in the lobby.
The minority report well as tho substitute |
were disposed OF by an adverse vote OF l., to 5; |
and by similar vote of what some one in the |
chamber called the Cold Thirteen" the ten |
mile resolution; provided for in the report of
the ma jority Of the Railroad Committee. was |
adopted. |
The thirteen who voted for the re.olu ton |
bert, liennessy. Gulfoyle jain, KarutZ, Roe |
der, Wallace, and Walsh.
The FIVE who voted in opposition were Clark,
Hess, LEIGH, Nolmer. and Walkley.
Alderman McGarry. the Tenth ward Demo-
cratic statesman, was not present at the meeting.
1t is expected that Mayor Schieren will APP
prove OF the resolution, but even his veto would
probably be overrdden by the Gold Thirteen"
Lawyer Raphael J. Moses of the Equitable
building has submitted volume of alleged
reliable and startling information to Mayor
Schieren about the actual speed OF the trolley
cars. He furnishes n series of tabulRted state
ments which show that in one instance high
a speed As thirty miles an hour was reached, and
In very many Instances twenty miles.
He says that each Cuse is attested by tho atli-
dnvits of two railroad men. who actually rode Ia |
the cars and noted the time of starting and ar
irving. Some OF the aflidavits treat of the speed
in passing school buildings This shows, ac-
cording to Lawyer Moses. the shameful rate
Of seventeen to twenty miles an hour" Mayor
Schieren has forwarded CopieJ of the afidavts
to all the railroad Presidents.