The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-17
NEW ORDINANCE WOULD
GREATLY EXTEND "RUSH
HOUR" SERVICE ON D, u. R,
Committee on Judiciary Has
Practically Completed
Schedules
MOST LINES AFFECTED
Provision Also Made For Daily
Scrubbing of Cars and Their
Proper Heating

Chairman Littlefieid, with the aid
OF other members of the council com
m!ttee on judiciary, has completed
the essential details of the proposed
new street car schedule ordinance.
A meeting OF the committee was
called 10 consider the ordinance
Thursday morning, but was postponed
until next Monday morning
The ordinance provides for quicker
service on the lines, but its principal
feature is the extension OF rush
hour when the service shall be at
its maximum The ordinance would
require the rush hour" service be-
tween a. IN. and s: 30 a. M, and be-
tween and $3.50 p. IN. The company
contends that the need for this SER
vice under normal conditions does not
extend beyond 6:l5 p. m. and not SO
late as $50 a m.
The ordinance calls for half
minute schedule on the Woodward
ave. line during rush hours. Cars
are now operated frequently on a 20
second schedule during rush hours,
but this service would have TO be
sustained for longer period both In
the morning and evening ii the ordi-
nance is passed. The ordinance would
also require one-minute service from
$50 a. m. until 4 p m, slightly
faster schedule than now obtains UNI
der normal conditions.
Or the Baker line the ordinance
would compel & minute schedule dur
ing the rush hours, and four-minute
schedule during the other hours IN
the day. This same schedule would
apply TO the Third-ave. line. whilo on
the Brush-st. line schedule OF ! IL
minutes is provided for the rush
hours, and fouV-minute schedule dur
ing the intervening hours.
On the South Chene line the ordi-
nance provides for two-mlnute
schedule during the rush hours, ana
a seven-minute schedule in the inter
yening hours II also requires the
company 10 send two cars through
from the river north on the Chene-
st line every morning On the Four
feminist. line a half.minute schedule
is provided for the rush hours and
two-mlnute service for the interven-
ing hours The night service has not
been decided on definitely
representative of the ID. U r.
refused 10 give The Times the scbed-
ules now in effect on these lines m
der normal conditions SO that an &C
curate comparison cannot be made.
Members OF the committee, who aided
In framing the ordinance, say that "
requires faster service on all the lines
named at all times during the day ex-
cept the Woodward-aye. line, ana that
service mlrr1 be sustained for longer
period during the rush hours, The
ordinance, If literally enforced. would
require the company to maintain uni-
form schedules on all portions OF the
lines, something the company declares
is impracticable during the rush hours.
with present facilities. The com
pany states that ii is now using more
cars than are required under any To-
cal service ordinance, but admits IT
is not making the time called for,
Members of the council committee
realize they have hard task on their
hands in preparing specific schedules
TO govern the operations OF the cars
under all conditions, and they take 1t
for granted that If the ordinance Rms
contrary TO schedules az prepared by
the companys own schedule makers.
the company will attack the ordi-
nance in the courts. But the commit
teemen declare that If the service
were not away below what il should
be no attempt would be made to fix
the company's schedules arbitrarily
Schedules pertaining TO the Hsr
per-ave. and Crosstown lines VIII be
written into the ordinance later,
The ordinance also provides that
every car shall be cleaned and scrub
bed inside at least once a day; that
the temperature must be kept up to
at least 45 degrees and that no car
shall operate which carries more than
25 passengers in addition TO the seat