Accrington on Rails - The Tramways: A Complete History - Robert Kenyon

These Bye-Laws and regulations as now set forth shall extend to and apply to all vehicles of the Lessees or Licensees for the time being of the several tramways constructed by the Corporation within this Borough. 1) No engine shall be driven at less than 4 miles per hour, and no more than 8 miles per hour. 2) No engine shall be driven so as to follow a proceeding car at a distance of less than 30 yards along any section of the Tramway, unless the cars are coupled. 3) Every driver and conductor shall stop the vehicle when required to do so by a passenger who wishes to alight, or a passenger who wishes to board a car, or by any police officer who is controlling the passage of traffic on any street or road. 4) Any driver approaching a vehicle standing or travelling on the road, which is now allowing enough space for his car to pass, shall sound his bell, horn or whistle as a warning to the person in charge of the obstruction, so that he may with all reasonable dispatch remove it to allow the car to pass. 5) No person shall wilfully impede or interfere with the Tramway traffic, nor shall any driver or conductor needlessly cause interruption to ordinary road traffic. 6) Any person breaching these Bye-Laws and Regulations shall be liable to a penalty of 40 shillings for each offence, and a fine not exceeding 10 shillings for every day the offence continues. 7) The conductor of every car shall carry with him a copy of these Bye-Laws and Regulations and on request from any passenger produce them. Copies will also be posted in the offices and waiting rooms of the lessees, promoters or licensees within this Borough. 8) These Bye-Laws and Regulations to come into force on November 1 st 1886, following ratification by the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade, having received a copy of these Bye-Laws and Regulations, did not dis-allow them within the statutory two months before they came into force. They were signed off by Courtnay Boyle, an Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade on October 28 th , 1886. FURTHER REGULATIONS a) Every passenger shall enter or depart by the rear (or conductors) platform and nowhere else. b) No passenger shall smoke within any car. c) No passenger shall play a musical instrument whilst travelling on a car. d) No person will be permitted to ride upon any car when in a state of intoxication, or if found to be It was then resolved on the recommendation of the Tramway Manager to raise the pay of Inspectors G. E. Birtwistle and H. Pilkington from £1 – 10s – 0d to £1 – 12s – 0d per week. (This was still 1 shilling less than the fixed maximum.) It was also resolved to cover the cost of sending Inspector Benjamin Crabtree to a convalescent home. Mr Crabtree had been the victim recently of a serious assault, whilst in the course of carrying out his duties. will be removed from a car under the direction of the conductor. e) No person shall use foul or obscene language, or commit any nuisance on or against a car, or deliberately interfere with the comfort of any passengers. f) No person shall cut, tear, soil or damage any seats, remove or deface any notices or plates, break or scratch any windows or in any way damage a car. g) Any persons found contravening this regulation will be liable to a penalty, in addition to a requirement to pay the full amount for any damage done. h) Anyone improperly dressed in a way which might soil a car or cause offence to other passengers shall, in the opinion of the conductor, be refused entry to a car, and if found to be within the interior of a car be requested to depart. i) Every passenger will on demand be requested to pay the authorised and correct fare legally demanded for every journey.

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