The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-17
ing onto the car and is being dragged

ing onto the car and is being draered
along.
The fourth and last of the reru,o-
signals, is the signal for backing Tbs
motorman rings four bells asxirs
whether the track is clear or NOT 70
the road is clear the conductor an
swers with four bells. If there is -.
answer the motorman should not hanS
the car. If he does so, It is on his o1,-o
responsibility.
In addition to these four regular si,-
mails there is an optional one used dr.
ing the season is which open cars ar.
run. If the motorman rings i've,
bells, it is warning to the conductor
that the car is running close to an oh.
struction, which might strike him /,
he were on the step
From the matter of signals one nat
urally turns to stops. The general idea
that all cars stop on the far side az
the street is true; but there are certain
places where cars also stop on the
near side. These are known as either
railroad or fire stops.
At streets where one set of tracks
cross another, a car stops on the near
side. first, to avoid possible accidents
If car is waiting on both lines, the
one that arrived first, generally has
the right of way.
Fire stops occur before all street.
that have fire houses located on them
the idea being that if the fire depart.
ment is called out at any moment
there will always be a clear road. In
cities having a large trolley system
there are number Of such stops.
Sometimes, though rarely, a car will
be stopped on the near side of a street
on which a hospital is located
These. are known as "ambulancs
stops"
those who travel on the surface cars
is that of pennies, the general idea be-
ing that the conductors are limited in
turning in pennies to the amount of
So. The car companies have no rules
at all concerning this question. Never
theless, there is an unwritten law
among conductors, whereby they sell
dom turn in coppers. Boys and wo-
men seem to delight in giving pennies.
One conductor tells of sixty school,
boys who boarded his car one morn
ing, each one handing him five PEN
MES.
In the case of disorderly persons,
even if they are intoxicated and use
profane language, the conductor and
motorman have no right to eject such
persons from a car. Inspectors are
scattered all along the line, and one
of these may be appealed to. His de-
ciSl0n is fnal, ana IL ne uecldeS IndC a
person should be put off the conduc-
tor is then at liberty to act.
If a person offers large bill in pay
ment of fare, the conductor-if he has
no change for the bill-can request the
person to leave the car and take the
next one. He cannot, however force the
person to leave. A story is told of a
man who for three successive days Of
fered $40 bill in payment of his fare.
On the fourth day he again presented
the bill This time the conductor was
ready for him, and, for the three pre-
vious rides, he handed back to the pas
senger $3.50 in nickels.
Every accident is supposed to be re-
ported to the office at the end of the
run. If an accident is of a serious ma
ttlre, and IL the motorman is arrested
on the spot, the motorman on the fol-
lowing car comes forward and runs the
one left vacant. The motornan on the
! third car behind moves up to the sec
ond car and so on until man arrives
from the office to fill the vacant place.
In the case of blocks the first few
cars have the privilege of not stopping
for passengers, until they have resum-
ed their regular place on the circuit.