The San Francisco call., 1897-12-11
Supervisors to Recommend the
Adoption of the Basket"
Contrivance.
DETlIY'S NICE FREE BEER DEVICE.
Sutter-Street Fender Called Fraud"
and a "Burlesque'-Delany
and Repartee.

The streetcar-fender5 in use N this city
are "fra uds" and a burlesque on the
genuine article. That is the verdict of
Captain Delany, chairman OF the HEALTH
and Police Commit ee of the Board OF
Supervisors, after an official examination
yesterday OF the ones in use by the Suffer-
street. the Calf ornia- street and the Sutro
road companies.
The result of this inspection is that the
tenders Will all be condemned, and in a
short time local inventors will again be
given 4 chance.
At P NJ. yesterday Supervisors Devany,
Britt, Lackmann and Morton arrived at
the terminus of the Larkin and Ninth
streets lne-Ninth and Brannan streets
in company with Superin ntendent Johnson
Reynolds of the Suffer- street line and
Superintendent J. w. Harris of the Cali
form ia-street line 10 examine the tenders
in use by the Sutter-street Company.
Delaney and Secretary Stevens arrived
on the same car and at once entered into
discussion OF the merits OF the tenders
This fender is no good" said the captain
after a cursory examination. IF a man
is not knocked down ana hurt il is not
owing TO the efficiency OF the fender, but
to the carefulness Of the gripman. I
consider il fraud Of a fender. 1t is q
regular burlesoue on what 4 fender should
rea be-"
We'll" replied the secretary. II am
telling you the facts. The fender has been
in use for nine years, and although peo-
pie have been hurt by these cars nobody
has ever been killed"
III l were worth a million dollars" re-
piled the doughty captain, Il would offer
you The who're sum 10 stand in front of
one OF those cars while it was running at
full speed"
Not or SIC. COO, =" answered Stevens. ~
am not in tGat business"
Delany then proceeded TO give his idea
of what fender should be. His opinion
was that il should have ru bier guard, a
sort OF pneumatic arrangement that
would preYenJ a man from being badly
bruised when hit, and then should oblig-
lngly pick him up and carry him along
until the car could be Stopped and the un-
! willing passenger be released. Devany
! here Clipped i'll and wanted to know if
/ the conUivance could not be provided
| with a nickel.in the-s lot arrangement that
/ would permit the man who happened TO
/ be picked up TO get a glass of beer as q
/ kind OF reward for the excitement he was
forced 10 endure, at which the captain
righteously snorted his indignation.
BrItts opinion was that it was impossi-
! Die 10 get 4 peFlcCL leNOeF ana tnaJ IN Qat OF
! the SutteT-stTeet Company is about as
good as any in general use in the city.
| The common belief OF those VINO wit
| ne sed the examination" was that the
tenders are poor, and they were mentally
| placed on the condemned list.
Superintendent Harris then invited
the memb rs of the board present to
/ make an examination of the tenders in
use by his company and trip was made
for that purpose. The verdict on the
lenders in use on the Calfornia-street
cars were that they are about a. good as
are attached to any of the local streetcars.
! Deiany liked the idea of having them
sweep close 10 the ground, where the
+, limbs OF any unfortunate who happened d
70 be struck would be prevented from be-
| ing mangled-
On ca ifornia sireer, between Webster
and Fillmore, where there is a pretty
steep grade, the gripman was signaled to
STOP instantly ana stayed the forward
progress of The car within a space of two
feet. This performance was applauded
! by everybody
The car tenders of the Sutro line were
condemned as being as bad as they very
well could be. In Lackmann's opinion they