The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-14
Ordinances.

TO tho uonorable the Common Council:
! Gcntiemen--Your Committee on I'll
dtnances TO whom was relerreu puSN
the report submitted al tne @ 81 an
| ordinance entitled An ordnance "
| increase the safety anu reduce u'u
danger TO passengers ana proPsIS ~,
| the operation OF street cars In tne o..y
~ netroit" as amended by the COM
! mittee respectfully report that we
| have again had the matter unoer con
| alteration and beg leave 10 state M
In our judgment the ordinance snouIu
ne na ssed as an expeI .ment, and IL AT
the end OF six months u w touna TO pe
inpracticable. II can wlthout oI,ou.y
be repealed. We reaiisc IuII WI nc ne.
discretion must be exercised by the
~ otormen and conductors in not oeins
too hasty in ordering passengers 20
step inside: SO per cent or the puphc
will gladly comply with ieaues. upon
the rart ~ the motorman to step =
aide the car and IL poiitentss and ais
erection are exercised but Mite oiH.-
Guilty will. be- experienced, when on
command" car patrons to get inside
| or got off the car. II Will quite natur-
ally be resented, and In nine cases out
OF ten will provoke trouble Whicn
! unnecessary and uncolled for. Inc
| notormen should bear III mind that All
car patrons are human, and the Ameri-
can public as A whole. VIII cheerfuliy
comply with reques. but resent 10
The main difficulty in connection
with this matter is that the WORKING
| classes, irrespective OF the NUMBER OF
| cars furnish he'd for their convenience
are hound 20 get on The FIRST car. and
| II they could all find any availaole
| space they would board that car an,
! leave the remaining cars vacant, anu
the time is not FAR distant WEcn some
legislation will have 30 be passed I'M
iting the number OF passengers 10 De
carried on each car. Whether or not
/ II is practicable remains TO DE seer,
II L. distinctly European, and while
suitable TO them, does not and Will not
meet with public approval In this coun-
try. as the European countries hrst
aim IL Tor comfort In every conceiv-
able form, while in the states the
American citizen is brought up along
entirely different lines There " Is
ease ard comfort, while here tt ~ a
hustle In every vocation for the mighty
dollar.
on the other hand, We suggest that
the so-calied "Codd Service Ordinance
be rsvampcd so as to Compel the ID
L. r. TO furnish better service on many
Of the lines during the morning and
| evening hours when treniC Is heaviest
! and recommend that the Committee OF
Public Utilities undertake this task I'm
mediately.
In vi"is OF the above. We recommend
that said ordinance be amended by
adding the following section TO be
known as Sec q
sec MS 94i"4' W.
apply 70 officers, aSent or EN-
t,ioNes OF the operating street rail-
way COMPANY nor 10 such per
sons as ntnv be authorized by the
op.rating str4,t railway company
~ ride in the front VeStibules OF
it's ears,
and further that Section I " the pres
emf ordinance be designated "a Sec
ton g." and that said ordinance az 50
amended be passed.
Respectfully submitted
VIM GUTMAN.
\. J. WALSH.
JOHN uRINDLEY
oTrO REINHARDT
JOHN &. CARNEY.
Aid Gutmau moved the adoption OF
the report aud the Ordinance with the
-lrr-~r,sr..--f,t- Ats.e,.se-i---s-tife
committee
Aid Freiwsld moved as an amend
ment that the whole matter be refer
red to the committee on Public Uun-
ties which motion was lost ss follows
Yess-Ald. Burton, Frsiwald. COOS