The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-11
STREET CAR SERVICE
SOME MORE TESTIMONY GIVEN
 THE COMMITTEE.
Other Citizens Tell What They Know About the Old and Ramshackle Cars and the Indifferent Off,
 fcers on the Cars.

The Committees of Judiciary and Fran- chis ss and Privileges of the City Councn met last night to continue to hear the people in the complaint of the inadequacy of the Montgomery Street Railway sys- tenn. .,... except Alderman Wiley, who Is absent from the city and has not attended any of the meetings. were in thslr seats promptly and asked all who desired to do SO to testify as to the facts set out in
 The gentlemen named below took the witness stand and were examined by Al derman hushton. making the statements as indI cated:
 Mr. s. Lew said he knows the Mont gomery Street Railway Company. In rainy weather it rains very hard Tn the cars. Tho water Was on the seats ana leaked through the top of the cars-ne noticed 1t twice He uid not know the numbers of the Cars. The cars ran on on the switch on Hull Street just m lront I of his house. He did not know of any reason for its getting of. The cars make a great deal of noise and sounded ike the machinery. The track is eight or ten t inches above the street out there. All this happened in the city. The track IS level with the street above South Street. it has been fixed recently.
 Mir l.. w. Norton said he knew the Montgomery Street Railway Company He thought the whole equipment was old and out of date, The cars made great deal of noise, are ramshackly ana loose
 
 them. There was a peculiar noise lhds keeps one uneasy all the time. some oL the cars don't make as much noise as others. When some of the cars come along it is impossible to carry on com versation. He knows nothing of the wires he thinks the track is all rlght-he @ no- ticed that the cars get on the track now now and then. He knew nothing about the cars leaking. The cars do not come UP W to those of other cities. They are large enough to accommodate the people Wh0 want to ride on them. The ears are olo and have none of the recent improve ments. He would not say that condluoilS would justify action to Vacate francmse but he thought demand ought 70 pS made to have the same improVed-Out III 1t was not improved and as 1t stands action should be taken.
 H L. Rose said he knew the Montgom- cry Street Railway and hated to rae on the cars. He had an accident on the car when South Jackson Street car ran into a Park car, He thought the motor man was incompetent. The accident nap | pened two years ago. The cars couiu pe better ones, but the main trouble IS III | the motormen who are careless and seenl- | ingly incompetent. Some of the cars are l good and some are nOt-some very dllap- | idated-not fit for decent people 70 | ride on-the cars are liable t to break down and run of the track put 1 that is more the cause of the motormllani otolIa \ than of the cars. He didn't know what makes the cars iump--the wheels or the l track. When they get behind they rtIl much faster than the law allows: !he motormen change so fast that IL IS liIl- possible to keep up with them. When they get rid of one they go out m the country and get others He saw motors burn out and the car had to stop. lie had seen cars of the track very often, l nearly every day here lately. They get of any where, He thought much or the the 1 trouble could be avoided If they hao the l right sort of men to run the cars. Mir. J. w. Sparenberger said ne Iived on the Court Street line, the principal | objection he had ts them Is the noise and the service given by the conductors Outside of two men on that line tne con con ductors don't give the proper attehtioIl @ !, | to ladies and do not help them on anu | of. He had seen smoking on the cars cars | and one time had seen the coiiIuS,toL c.,n !. smoking The noise was a MnH LIns @ sound, he thought caused by the ma t- chinery to propel the car; Ths gu yuiul.ivI aa .I l cars here are about the size oI tne cars Sars used in other cities. the w~lnts. ~ s,, csIs seem to be used here all the summer, Ter Some of the cars, the summer cars @le