Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-23
Order Respecting the Stopping Of
Washington Street Cars,
THE POLICE REGULATIONS AMENDED
Bell Of Fire Apparatus Signal
to Motormen.
RULES AT INTERSECTIONS

The District Commissioners today pro-
mulgated their amendment to the police
regulations requiring street cars when maxi
ing ordinary stops to stop on the near side
of intersectfng streets, and before crossing
over the routes most commonly used by the
apparatus of the fire department in re-
spending to calls. This amendment, 1t will
be recalled, was recommended by Comms-
sIoner Macfarland, who has immediate
charge of the fire department, and was due
to the recent collision between Truck b and
Metropolitan street car at Connecticut
avenue and NJ street, in which Fireman
Keefe lost his life.
The amendment gives the points on the
several lines at which the cars must stop
before crossing the commonly used routes
of the fire department, and IS az follows:
That section "A, article OF the police
regulations is hereby amended 10 read as
follows
Sec "a. No street car shall move at
greater rate Of speed than twelve miles an
hour in the city of Washington, nor at
greater rate of speed than fifteen miles an
hour outside of said CITY, except between
proposed Flint street north and fearce
Mill road, within the village OF TenleytoWn,
where street cars shall not move at "A great
er rate of speed than twelve miles an hour.
Street cars shall not exceed rate OF
speed greater than six miles an hour at
stop shall stop on the near side thereof: the
front end of the car or train to rest on a
line with the curb on the near side or the
ntersecting street; provided that IN cases
where stops are now allowed on both sides
of a crossing such stops may be continued
IL the railroad companies so desire, ana tne
street cars running along the parking
through the middle of Pennsylvania avenue
east of the Capitol shall be permitted to
ston on the far side of the crossings OF IN
tarsecting streets instead of the near side
of such crossings.
Fire Department CROSSINGS.
"street cars shall stop on the signal or
the fire apparatus bell before crossing at
the Intersection of the streets whenever
fire company is about to cross the tracks on
which they are running. They shaii aiso
stop before crossing at the intersection OF
the following common IRE runs Oh 'iie hi'
department: 5000. III.
west I'd and G streets northwest 9th and q
streets northwest 10th and streets north
west. 18th and G streets northwest l3tn
and G streets northwest, North Capitol and
c streets northeast. -,
..On F street line-Connecticut avenue and
K street northwest, Connecticut avenue
ana NJ street northwest 9th and r streets
and F streets northwest 18th and streets
northwest, 18th and streets northwest
20th and ? streets northwest.
'tOn H street line-New Jersey avenue and
west, Sd and II streets northwest.
ION 4th street lne-4th and NJ streets
northwest, New Jersey avenue and + street
northwest.
"On PENNSYLVANIA avenue line-5th and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast Sth and
avenue southeast. lst and
streets southeast. New Jersey avenue and &
street southeast
"On 14th street line-14,h and X streets
northwest. 14th and R streets northwest.
"On 7th street line-1th and ID streets
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and l streets northwest. Ith and NJ streets
northwest. 7th and streets northwest.
ION 9th street line-9th and ID streets
northwest, 9th and E streets northwest, 9Th
and I streets northwest, 9th and NJ streets
northwest, 9Th and r streets northwest.
ION 11th street line-1lth and NJ streets
northwest, 11th and r streets northwest.
l1th and L streets northwest.
"On E street line-1Oth and E streets
northwest. 18th and E streets northwest,
18th and ID streets northwest.
As to ObstructiOns.
at shall not be lawful for any street car
to stand upon street avenue for
longer period than five minutes unless the
way be obstructed, nor stop so as to OBJ
struct street crossing intersecting
street; and no street car shall follow pre-
ceding car moving in the same direction at
a less interval than 100 feet unless coupled
thereto. Every street in motion after
sundown shall have two lights, one dis
played at each end thereof. and all vehicles
moving in streets with car tracks shall
keep on the right side thereof between the
right side and curb"
The penalty for violation Of any of the
provisions of this regulation is fine of not
less than 81 nor more than $40 for each and
every offense, the court being empowered,
OF course, to impose a term Of imprson-
ment in the workhouse In default. The
regulation will, it is stated, go into effect
thirty days from this date. although the
street railways are, 1t is understood, at
liberty to make the changes sooner il they
desire to do