The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-24
London Express.

Irndareronnd railways are new insti- tuition in Paris, but newer stlil anu uuCll M more startling are the pohGe regeta'lGns aSst ins was started about a year ago the whole scheme was, such novelty U tne municipal statutes concerning pus and tramway service St 3t tbe I,e ee ,erai con ditions necessitated by the latest addi- ton to the urban traffic system. .,.,,u.+ M. Lepine, Prefect Of Police, it4os tn4uSha a long and deeply, and finally emitted nnnderous ordinance. with sixteen pre- ambles for foundation and twenty-ohe | inhibitions by way of superstructure | But as the underground road mas been lenethening it's lines M. Lepine has | deemed if necessary to follow suit with | his ordinances. These he has Just pro mulgated. They have not yet been posted | in the stations along the route, because l the station walls are so filtered Wlth | advertisements. Two or three chocolate | manufacturers will have to Vacate thelr | reservations in the next day or so, ana | then the Police Prefects provisions will 1 be displayed where anxious cltizens can | survey them.
 | Jrp to the present time the most con spicuous municipal literature concerning | the Underground has been in the form | of a warning to travellers of the penalties that will befall them if they pick nght ht with the railway employees or are III | any way lacking in respect to the gen l tlemen who open and shut the car doors and mispronounce the names Of the sta | tions. ,.,, uphold the dignity of uniformed Pa | risans and designate what should DC the. attitude of the railway hands toward simple citizens. They also enuIperale | string ot 'don'tS" for the general guld- | ance of the subterranean servants.
 In his last effusion Prefect Lepine hXes the maximum speed of the trans at twenty-two and hal1 mics y,ead ad in nouk ex | cess of that limit unless by his specla
 permission" He directs that Ro trall | shall exceed 234 feet in length, which means that it shall not have more than four carriages that no train snail nave less than 100 places for passengers anc l that the first-class accCmmouat1on shal never amount to more than onc-thlra oi
 the total places on the train.
 The Prefect requires that compialHl
 book shall be kept in all stations ant that every facility be afforded passen
 ger for inscribing in it their comments He obIi,es the company to make an i'm
 mediate investigation of every complaint land to report tne same to the Prefecture
 Any rudeness on the part Of an enl
 ploye will subject him to discipline bl
 the police ''
 M. Lcpine issues his fiat against the
 overcrowdinG of trains. and says he vii
 hold any employe responsible who all
 lows a single person to get aboar'
 when the limit fixed by the prefectur'
 Is attained. The only exception made tt
 this rule is in the ease of an official in SpeCter' WHO mas tue llS Tt tp SSt o'ot'i @ whenever he pleases and whatever may
 be his personal aVoirdupois.
 When every place in a tra'n is oc cuped the conductor is required to an
 uounce the fact in station in higl
 and distinct voice..
 The official "donts" are multitudinous
 hut specific. They are addressed to sta
 ton masters. who among other things
 are instructed to deny entrance t
 trains to gentlemen CT ladies in a stat
 of intoxication. to citizens wearint
 dirty or inconvenient clothes to per
 sons carrying loaded firearms or thos'
 having bundles whose bulk or odol
 might annoy other passengers.
 The PrefeCt vests authority in the trail
 hands to eject any ono who spits on thu | floor, who insists upon smoking, or wh, may be found trying to hide upon hl person a domestic or wild animal. Al dogs are to be politely but firmly noti
 fled that they cannot make use of tn underground road.