CHAPTER XXXIV.
RAILWAYS AND STREET RAILWAYS.
Sec. 592. Speed of cars.
No locomotive engine, car or train of cars or other vehicle on
any railroad track, electric motor, car, train of cars or other
vehicle on any street railway track within the city limits shall be
moved or propelled along or over any such railroad or street railroad
track at a greater rate of speed than ten miles per hour.
No motor, car, train of cars or other vehicle running on any
street railroad track within the city limits shall be moved or propelled
past the point of entrance into the one on which the street
railroad is situated, or where any street crosses the said street
railroad, or where any crossing for pedestrians crosses such
tracks, whether at the end of a block on the street or not, at a
greater rate of speed than five miles per hour. Any corporation
or person violating any provisions of this section shall be fined
not less than $2.50 nor more than $100 for each offense.
Sec. 593. Placing obstructions on tracks.
No person shall wilfully place a stone or other obstruction upon
tracks of any steam or street railway company with intent to obstruct,
impede, or otherwise interfere with the operation of such
railroad. Any person violating this section shall be fined not less
than $5 nor more than $100.
Sec. 594. Locomotives—shall not sound whistles in city.
No locomotive engine whistle shall be sounded in the city
limits, except to give appropriate signals or warning to prevent
accident. Any person having charge of such engine shall be
fined not less than $2 nor more than $10 for each offense.
Sec. 595. Locomotives—ringing of bell.
Every locomotive engine used upon any railroad in this city
shall be provided with a bell which shall be rung continuously
while such engine is approaching or passing over any crossing
within the corporate limits. Any person having charge of such
locomotive, who shall violate the provisions of this section shall
be fined not less than $2 nor more than $5.
Sec. 596. Steam railroads—flagmen.
Every steam railroad company, whose tracks are located within
the city, shall station at such points along the line of said tracks
as have been or may hereafter be designated by the Council, a
sufficient number of flagmen, who shall be provided with flags
in the day time, and lanterns at night, and whose duty it shall be
to prevent accidents by giving due notice of the approach and
passing of trains and locomotives. Any railroad company failing
to comply with this section shall pay a fine of not less than $10
nor more than $50 for each day such default shall continue; and
should any flagman, through absence from his station, or otherwise,
fail to properly discharge his duties on the approach or passing
of any train or locomotive, the railroad company owning or
controlling such locomotive shall pay a fine of $5 for each offense.
Sec. 597. Flagmen—to be appointed special policemen.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor of the city to appoint and
empower as special policemen, without salary from the city, all
persons employed as flagmen, whose names shall be furnished to
the Mayor by the company so employing them. But such police
authority shall terminate whenever said persons cease to be employed
as flagmen, or at any other time that the Mayor may
deem it proper to revoke said authority.
Sec. 598. Locomotives—riding or driving in front of, etc.
It shall be unlawful to ride or drive in front of any moving
train or locomotive within less than fifty feet; or to ride or
drive within the guard gates at any railroad crossing while the
said gates are down or being lowered; nor shall any person except
an employee of the railway company get on or off a train in motion.
For a violation of any provision of this section the penalty
shall not be less than $2 nor more than $10.
Sec. 599. Loitering or trespassing upon tracks or platform.
It shall be unlawful for any person to play or loiter about or
upon the railroad tracks or upon the platforms of the passenger
depots, or about the railroad shops in the city. Any person violating
this section may be ordered to desist by any special or regular
policeman, and upon his failure to do so, he may be arrested,
and, if convicted, shall be fined not less than $1 nor more than $5;
provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed
as to interfere with persons who are traveling, or with
friends meeting or accompanying such persons.
Sec. 600. Street railway—shall not be impeded.
No person shall obstruct or impede the running of the street
cars. The driver of any vehicle met or overtaken by any street
car shall turn off from the track as soon as notified so to do by
the bell or gong of the said street car, provided such vehicle is
not over thirty yards from such car. Any one violating this
section shall be fined $5.
Sec. 601. Same—motormen to warn drivers, etc.
The motorman on every electric car run in the city shall give
ample notice of the approach of the car upon which he is serving,
to the drivers of other vehicles and pedestrians upon the track
in front of him, by sounding the gong or bell upon said car;
every such motorman shall further distinctly sound such gong
or bell at least one hundred feet from any street which his car is
to cross, and shall continue to so sound it from that point until
said car has crossed said street. For every violation of this section,
the fine of $2 shall be imposed upon said motorman and a
further fine of $5 upon the corporation or individual owning and
running said car.
Sec. 602. Same—fire alarm.
When a fire alarm is sounded, all street cars on the track shall
be quickly moved to some point sufficiently distant from street
corners to prevent danger of collision with the fire apparatus, and
shall there be held until said fire apparatus has passed, provided
that the delay shall not exceed five minutes.
Sec. 603. Same—brakes and fenders.
The cars used on street railways shall be provided with proper
brakes and fenders. For any violation of this section the owner
of such car shall be fined $25 for each offense.
Sec. 604. Same—cars to be numbered.
Each street car running upon the road shall be numbered, and
its number conspicuously painted upon each side or end thereof.
For a breach of this section, the owner shall be fined $5 for each
day it continues.
Sec. 605. Motormen and conductors to be special police.
All motormen and conductors of street cars, for the purpose
of enforcing order, peace and good behavior upon their respective
cars, are hereby constituted and appointed special policemen, and
for that purpose are endowed with all the powers and are held
to the same responsibilities as other policemen of the city, and
shall qualify in same manner as other policemen.
Sec. 606. Spitting on street cars—smoking.
No person shall spit on the floor, seats, or any part of any street
car operated in this city, nor shall any person smoke on any such
car or the side platforms thereof. Any person violating this section
shall be fined $2 for each offense.
Sec. 607. Unlawful to jump on or off moving cars.
It shall be unlawful for any person, not an employee of the
company, to attempt to get on a street car or in any way hang on
the sides thereof, for the purpose of riding without paying; or
for a minor under fifteen years of age to jump on or off cars
while in motion. For a violation of this section, the penalty shall
not be less than $1 nor more than $5; and when the person so
offending is under fifteen years of age the said fine shall be assessed
against and paid by his parent or guardian.
Sec. 608. Riding on running boards or steps on sides of
summer cars on street railway prohibited.
It shall be unlawful to permit any passenger to ride on the
running boards or steps on the sides of summer cars on any
street railway. For every violation of this section, the company
guilty of the misdemeanor shall be fined not less than $5.
