The age-herald., 1901-09-02
Bodies of Mrs. Norris and Child
 Taken to Tusca OoSa
TENDERS AS 4 PROTECTION
Presidert Jemison of Railway Com pany Says He Has Been Una bie to Find a Praeti-
 cable Instrument

The remains of Mrs. Curry S. Norris by street car in Twentieth street at Third avenue Saturday. were carried to Tuscaloosa yesterday morning at 70 o'clock. The funeral services were held there during the afternoon.
 The remains of the mother and child were accompanied by MT. Norris, M .. Reynolds and several other friends from Birmingham. The party left the city at 10 o'clock on the Pan-American flyer or the Alabama Great Southern. The train is the one which the mother went to the station to meet twenty-four hours before she was carried away corpse.
 The accident was the subject of conver- sation throughout the city yesterday me extreme feeling expressed saturuay against the motormen of the Street Raii- way Company cooled down to some ex- tent. and the talk turned to ideas for the prevention of other tragedies: Many cit- izens expressed themselves as being m favor of forcing the street railway com pany to place lenders on the cars, argu- ing that had there been fender on the car Saturday the death of the two persons would not have occurred. There was some talk of petitioning the Board Of Alder me, to mass an ordinance requiring fend- CTS.
 Mayor Talks of Tenders.
 Mayor Drennen was asked for an ex- nression of opinion regarding the ques-
 f0 force the equipment of cars with Tenders lie said:
 "T am not familiar with the use or ten- ders and do not really know that they are used to any extent In the cities through ont the country. If they are used' now ever. they must be of some value ana give some protection to human lives. And if they give protection to the women ana children of the city, then Birmingham should have them. am in favor or any thing that will give protection to the citi- zens of the city and to their wives ana children"
 Alderman Walter Moore, when asked for an expression, made statement 10 the effect that he favored the use of fem ders If they were really a protection. He said:
 q am in favor of any plan that will save lives. If there is. a fender Tn use that will protect pedestrians, then. Bir7 mingham should have that fender In use on all cars that traverse the streets"
 MT. JemIson's Statement.
 Robert Jemison, president of the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power Company,in speaking of lenders and their practicability. said:
 'It Is the general consensus of opinion of three-fourths of the street railway au- thorities of the United States that fem ders are a menace rather than protec- tion to human life. Accidents will occa- sionaily occur no matter what precau- tions are taken. We formerly had fem ders on our cars, but found them imprac- ticable and abandoned their use. Many of them are packed away in our barns now.
 "we have been trying for some time to find a fender that would be a protection. and during the past few weeks have sought the highest authorities in America on the subject, as we'll as others. but have not as yet succeeded In finding any, thing that will answer the purpose en- tirely. If any one can show us lenders that will save lives, then we will gladly buy them. We do not need to be forced by the city to use precaution. We will be glad to do anything that will better our system and protect the public"