Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-02-11
As Manager Of The Pitts
field street Railway
AS Result Of Fatal smashup
Wednesday At Dalton, Mass.
comp,py DeiIes PittsfleId Alder
men...lnjured All Improving.

Pittsfield, Mass, Feb 10.-Defying
the Pittsf1eld board of aldermen. the
Pittsf1eld Street Railway Co. today
operated its cars over two sections OF
it's road which we're ordered abandoned
by the aldermen at special meeting
last night. Following the accident to
one Of the companys cars at Dalton
yesterday in which one passenger was
killed and 25 others were severely In
jured. the board of aldermen held
special meeting and passed an order
forbidding the operation Of the COM
pany's cars on the Country Club branch
and the Lake avenue line.
When the cars came out of the car
barns on their first trips this morning,
policemen stationed at the beginning
of the Country Club branch and the
Lake avenue line ordered the car crews
to take the cars back to the barns. An
hour later. however. the campany be-
gan running its cars over the lines.
The officials of the company contend
that they have the right, of appeal to
tho state board of railroad commits
sioners. and pending this appeal, they
have the right to operate cars.
When the municipal authorities
learned that the street railway COM
pany was defying the board of alder
men, there was conference of the
city's legal representatives and 1t was
reported that arrests were to follow.
- George w. Bishop OF the state board
Of railroad commissioners. who is here
Investigating the causes of yesterday s
accident, said that the question wheth-
er the company had the right to operate
its cars over the forbidden lines would
have to be passed upon by some of the
lawyer members Of the commission.
1t was announced at the House of
Mercy today that an Improvement was
shown in the condition of all the in
jured who were taken to the hospital
yesterday.
Peter c. Dolan resigned his Office as
manager Of the street railway today
His resignation, which was wholly VOL
untary, was submitted to special
meeting Of the board Of directors of
the company called to take action on
yesterdays accident. Mr.. Dolan will
continue as president and will have
practical control of the ompany's fl
nances but the active management will
be transferred to some other person.
to be appointed later Mr.. Dolan's
managerial policy has been criticized
considerably by the general public and
United States Senator W. Murray
Crane was quoted yesterday as saying
that change in management was de-
sirable for the company and the public.
AS yet the city officials have been
unable to find any law which will spe-
officially indicate their right to take
action against the Plttsfield Street
Railway Co. for the company's failure
to observe the order of the board of
aldermen to abandon the operation of
cars over two branch lines. The order
given last night followed the accident
OF yesterday morning in which one
person was killed and more than a
score injured. The company operated
Its cars as usual today, ignoring the
aldermanic prohibition, after a delay
0f an hour in starting traffic. The
inquest on the death of Miss Bessie
Ryan Of Hinsdale who was killed in the
accident, will be held tomorrow.