The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-19
CARS
ARE MENACE TO
GIRLS MORALS
-HuGH SHEPHERD.
Give Opportunities for First
Step On Road To Ruin,
Declares Prosecutor
THREE ACCOSTED By
CADETS, THEY DECLARE
Men Able To Make Advances
Under Coax of Jam In Rush
Hours

Is one OF the most insidious meth
DDS oi .he white slayers employed on
the crowded street cars Of Detroit
Prosecutor shepherd. Monday. de.
cared that his campeigu 10 secure
better accommodations fog the travel.
ing public was instituted N part
through stories told hlm by yoaug
girls VINO were brought into lIIs ONCE.
In the past few weeks save had
no less than three girls In my Office
VINO were connected in some way with
white slave cases and who declared
that advances We're first made 20
them 10y cadets who were enabled 10
crowd close 10 them, defending their
actions in the case OF trouble by
throwing the blame on the Jam said
the prosecutor
The early morning hours and the
early evening hours hnds the cars
crowded with young shop girls and
Others who are forced TO battle for
their bread TANNED in aisles wheye
they cannot move they find them
selves the prey of evil men who press
close 10 them aud take the first step
toward an acquaintanceship that ends
In disaster for the girls
The Rockefeller grand Jury in its
recent Investigations i'm New York
and the citizens committee In Chi.
cagO found the same trouble That
the health and safety of the pubic
is endangered by the overcrowded
cars is bad enough. To say nothing
OF the discomfort. but 20 allow the
safety OF our working girls 20 be thus
endangered is even more a . powerful
reason for remedy OF existing con
dition"
Prosecutor Shepherd is just a
months late with his proposed ordi-
nance for the better regulation OF
street car service. said Thomas Pen
niman. assistant corporation counsel,
Monday morning.
THE ordnance which | drafted for
Aid Barnett. and which Is intended
TO compel the ID II. II. to better the
car service especially during the
rush hours. has been in the hands
of the council committee on ordi-
nances since last February. IL is a
health measure and ! am sure that
IL can be enforced. Prosecutor Shep
herd proposed ordinance would be-
unconstitutional according to tn,
ruling made by Federal Judge Swan
on the Ially 20-second ordinance
several years ago The Judge grant
ed an injunction TO the D. l.. r.
preventing the city from ENFORCING
the ordinance on the ground that it
was confscatory
THE council committee has held
three hearings on my health meas
ure and each time the ID t. r. oili-
Gals came in and promised 10 do
something to better the service The
necessity OF a measure OF this kind
became apparent when the h. L. II.
installed the prepayment ear system.
The great trouble is that the u.
IT, r. does not care now cheaply pas
sengers can be carried as long as the
company can regulate the service.
The Marx agreement of Aug Z gives
cheaper fares. but II says nothing
about the kind of service the railway
company is 10 give the people OF De
troit Consequently the company has
taken advantage OF the agreement 20
decrease the number of cars on vari-
Gus lines.
THE D. l.. r. lets the cat ont uf
the bag when il prints an article
from the Electric Railway Journal
which says that service can be dis.
guised when the fare cannot.
The public does not realize when
tho service is shaped 10 the end OF
q three.cent fare says the article
add'ne IL IS possible 10 make a
change ina service without public an
nouucement
Service regulation fed with The
expiration of enc ID. = r. franchises
on various ines Unde, the terms a
the franchises We had righ 20 de
mand adequate ear service. and We
could pr,eeq l-a linst "a COMPANY lol
violation OF 1t contract ii service were
Qurtaiied NoN we have no WAY .o'
compelling ha company 20 give adj
Quate service unless we attack 4
through health measure Tire Min
neapous court hss sustained street
car ordinance similar % the one now
before the council committee"
Prosecutor Shepherd wants am ordi
nance fixing he minlmlm number o'
cars thar the ID. n. II wa be allowed
To operate on each city line. Mr. pen
nfmau would force the company 10 ~