Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-11
NEW FENDER
LEGLSLA TON
is ASSURED
COMMITTEE NAMED TO FRAME
LAWS
Council would indorse Slaughter, He
Declares, by Taking Move Urged
by Interurban Railroad
Companies

AS a result of the fender discussions
before the council committee of the
whole yesterday, Councilmen Pease and
named a special committee to prepare
amended fender legislation.
Dr. John r. Haynes made lengthy
plea to prevent the exemption of inter-
urban cars from the operations of the
fender provisions. Dr. Haynes said:
''I come before you today to protest
most earnestly against any action. ex-
empting the suburban cars. from the
provisions of the fender ordinance, while
running through the streets of our city.
ALLOW me to say to you that l never
have been, or expect to be, financially
interested. directly or indirectly, in any
fender company in the world. Nor have
1, to my knowledge, any friends or ac-
quaintances who are so interested.
Most of the suburban railway COM
panies, in failing to equip their cars with
tenders, have been deliberate law break
ers for eighteen months, and this de-
spite the fact that two courts have de-
cided upon every point against them.
For the second time their officers come
before you asking for the exemption OF
these cars from the use of tenders. This
request should be denied for several
reasons.
No Need for Exemption
"First-There is no necessity for this
exemption. The fender now upon our
city cars has saved many lives. This
fender was voluntarily selected by w.
e. Dunn out of three different kinds
shown him, after he had considered the
matter for two or three months. The
fender that will save life when attached
to a city car will be equally efficient
;,,fo rhov, rIln
the city limits under similar conditions.
st believe there is no doubt in your
mind as to the efficiency of the Tenders
in use upon our city cars in saving life.
The evidence is overwhelmingly in favor
of this assertion. The following letters
from Fielding j. Stilson and G. ]. Browne
are only two of many similar letters
that 1 have received:
"'LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 26, 1907.
" 'Dr. John r. Haynes, Los Angeles, Cal:
" MY Dear DR.. Haynes-I think you will
be interested to learn of an incident
which occurred on the corner of Fourth
and Spring streets one afternoon about D
o'clock last month. inasmuch as you
have taken leading part In securing the
placing of tenders on the urban cars,
and your further efforts to secure the
same for the lnterurbap cars.
GAS I stood on the northeast corner
OF dIu OpHll6 StiCCbo tdihAl6 ~
a friend, an eastbound car turned from
Spring street into Fourth street or its
way to the Southern Pacific depot, and
just as it reached the crossing 1t came
to sudden stop. There before our eyes
lay outstretched on the fender mother
with her child, curly-headed boy Of
about two and one-half years. The fender
worked perfectly.
A Demonstration
"This Incident ard what might have
been terrible accident clearly demon
strated the absolute need of tenders on
all cars within the city limits Every
car using the streets of Los Angeles
should be equipped with tenders.
"Every father and mother of this
city owes you debt of gratitude for
the splerdid successful efforts that YOU
have made so far in protecting the lives
of little children as well as grown peo-
pie by the installation of tenders.
Very truly yours,
" FIELDING j. STILSON.'
"The other is:
"'LOS ANGELES, Sept e5. 1907,
:" DIR John n. Haynes:
g Dear Sir-Being somewhat acquaint-
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