The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-06
UNITS CITY TO RECONSIDER.
FAIL SAYS ROTARY GONGS ARE
GLOSSARY FOR STREET CARS.


ines would Use Them once-The
vire Engines Must Have Right of
of the streets Only Occasion
~. while the street Cars Require
:. +he Greater Part of Every Day
- Nieht-Mr. Fall Says Car Tick
els Are Nuisance-People VIII
uove TO Pay Cash Fares or Walk.
- lines Not Inclined to Make
concessions.
vr I H. Fall, vice president of the Sa-
.nnah Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
p.nway Company, who has been in the
-. since Monday, will leave to-day for
Wv, York by the Kansas City. He will
.,,bahlv return through Savannah on his
a., to Nashville, and will discuss street
,.i',rav improvements with President Par
sons
/ Mr. FAN thinks if Council will give a
second thought to the matter of rotary
/ ,,rgs for the street cars it may see fit
10 reconsider its action
4 ~ cannot help but think that Council
4 acted hastily in this matter" said Mr..
&TsD Il have no doubt that the intentions
4 we're of the best, but if some representa-
Have of the street railway company had
|been given an opportunity to discuss the
question Council might have been brought
10 see the matter in different light. The
only question is how the number of acct
a dents resulting from collisions with street
: ,I,s
approaching each other rapidly, even OF
In narrow street. an accident can be avoid
ed by the driver of each vehicle sticking
&rigidly TO the right hand side of the
street street car motorman cannot
avoid an accident in this manner. The
car is pianed down, as it were, to two
lines of rail. Either the vehicle or person
Occupying the track in front OF 1t must
clear the right of way or there is trouble.
unless the motorman is fortunate enough
to stop the car in time to prevent the ac-
cdent
Again, an engine or a patrol wagon
coming along the street, can avail itself
|of the entire street. If a man or a child
Eor a wagon suddenly comes upon its route
from a cross street the driver can swerve
&hs team TO one side or the other and thus
#avoid an accident. The street car has no
such advantage, it must either keep
|straght ahead or come 10 a full stop, and
latter is not always possible. Again,
#admitting rotary bells TO be of advantage
n n preventing accidents, 1 think the argu-
+ nent is altogether in favor of their use
BY the street cars as against the fire an
# Faratus We have number of street cars
Constantly on the street for the greater
b. of 10 frxypp 10
( department., with a less number of vehi-
Fes than We have cars, makes a run once
"a day, or once a week, and sometimes
only once a month The rotary gongs are,
f course an advantage to the fire engines,
Fnd they should not be without them but
The proportion of our need to theirs is as
|W to l. In all probability, estimating the
+pumber of hours which each car is upon
a ihe streets, and placing against it the
estimated number of hours which each We
Pice Of the fire department is upon the
fITeet the proportion is probably nearer
P0 to !. That is, supposing all the street
fars 10 be equipped with rotary gongs as
Nell as all the vehicles of the fire depart
nent the street car bells would be heard
PD times on the streets to every time a
Pre- engine bell was heard.
Did you ever when a boy. try to nat
.fthe Top of your head, rub your stomach
|&Rnd stamp your foot at the same time?"
<sald Mr. FAN. That is just in line with
4what street car motorman is called upon
TO DO when ne endeavors to stop his car
70 prevent an accident. He must turn off
#tne current, put on the brake and ring the
pei all at one and the same time. Is it
&any wonder that he sometimes fails to do
tpne Of these things? The difficulties be-
Nng as they are, of how much Importance
ps it that the cars should be equipped with
Neongs which have a long and loud warn
Rhg IN response to one pressure of the
<foot3
Ia what we want to do is to reduce the
possibility of accidents to a minimum. The
foels are not attached to the cars for orna-
Hent. If Council says so we will attach
Y church bell to each car. So far, how
fyer, the most satisfactory device we have
Peen able to hit upon Is the rotary gong,
fnd hope Council will yet see its way
fear 10 allow us TO use them"
IN an Interview published in yesterdays
Nlorning News, Mr.. Fall told of a CONVEX
patton which he had with General Man
Fser Connette of the Nashville Street Rail-
way Company, on the subject of car fend-
Prs Mr. Fall received a letter yesterday
Prom Mr. Connette, in which the latter
Bays:
Replying to your verbal inquiry, I will
ftate that we do not use tenders on the
fars here, as we consider that they would
cause more accidents than they would
pave; our streets are narrow and the fend-
Frs sticking out in front of the car would
FiaVe tendency to strike pedestrians and
Fehlcies' and while they may be considered
# good thing in some places, still am of
ne opinion that they are only beneficial
Nnen all the conditions are favorable, and
fVen then persons are liable to be manned
III injured by the lenders
IN Inc question is frequently asked why the
freet railway company does not sell books
~ tickets or make reduced rates to per-
sons who desire to purchase a number of
slckels This subject was brought to Mr..
'ftalps attention.
n Inc company does not put tickets on
tale Mr.. Fan replied, because of the
Iouoie and expense of keeping track of
fnem- Tickets have been tried and proven
De nuisance The first expense of en-
traVlng and printing while a neat item Is
Suly an incident. An account has TO be
49, Of the sale of tickets, and they must
~ counted and checked as they come in,
"nlch requires extra clerical labor as well
'roube and inconvenience. The cash
are mas been found to be the most salts
"IroIy method of doing business"