Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-17
6 MOTORMEN
ARRESTED
CHARGE is BLOCKING STREET
WITH CARS
ORDINANCE STIMULATES TWENTY
FOOT SPACE
Police Ordered to Enforce Law--Team-
sters and Fire Department Conn
n plain TroIIeys Have Been
Too Close Together

Charged with breaking section 3 of or
dinance No. 14261, new series, six motor
men, employees of the Los Angeles rail-
road, Interurban and Pacific Electric were
arrested by Patrolmen Roberts, Moore.
williams and Miller last night, and will
be taken to court today to answer to the
charge.
The ordinance the motormen are alleged
to have broken reads as follows:
'It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to run or operate or
cause to be run or operated any street
railroad car, interurban railway car or
other car used for transportation of pas
sengers through or along any street In
the city of Los Angeles. except steam rail-
road cars, so that the same shall stand
or approach within twenty feet from an
other car standing upon the same track
or travelling in the same direction thereon,
except trailer car attached thereto, pro-
vided, however, that where 1t Is necessary
to stop more than two cars in immediate
succession travelling in the same direction
on the same track by reason of any
obstruction or interruption of the ordinary
movements thereof at any point, the pro-
vision of this section shall only apply
to the person, firm or corporation who
shall run or operate or have charge OF
control of the third car or of every second
or alternate car after the third car In
each succession of cars
Clearances Small
The men arrested were F. w. Killian
car No 90, Los Angeles railway, third car
In row, five feet between his car and the
previous one; Frank Pinnie, Los Angeles
railway, car No 264, third car, FIVE fee,
clearance; G. B. Peckstein, Pacific Elec.
trio, car No 251, third car, eight feet
clearance; w. E. Johnson, Los Angeles
railway, car No. 17S, third car, one foot
clearance; C. e. Curon, Los Angeles rail-
way car No. 252, seventh car, four feet
clearance.
The arrests were all made at First and
Los Angeles streets. After being placed
under arrest the motormen were released
on their own recOgnizance and Instructed
to appear in police court this morning.
The officers acted under the instructions
printed in the police bulletin of August
20. in which attention was called to- the
ordinance, and the section alleged to have
been broken bykthe motormen was printed
During the last two weeks there have
been frequent complaints received at thu
police station that the cars blockaded tn
streets at that point each night between
!, 4:3O and $50 o'clock.
kThe motormen, were alleged to make 1t
tstom to stop their cars there and 81
~lckade traffic as to make it inpossibl
wagons 10 pass. Complaints were ais
Ieived from the fire department, tn
yTivers of the different companies insist
6ng 1t was impossible for them to breal
j Through the line of cars.
Issue Complaints Today
In view of these complaints 1t was de
cided by the police to make the arrests
and complaints will be issued today b.
the city prosecuting attorney.
Several weeks ago the officials of thu
street car companies caused to be ISSUED
an injunction restraining the city officials
from interfering with the cars which wer'
without tenders. 1t was thought by tht
attorneys of the companies that this woust
put an end to the arrests of motormen
but, according to officials of the police
department, the car crews will be ar
rested whenever ...ey are found to bt
running cars in violation of other sections
of the ordinance.