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The Globe Republican
Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas
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The separate coach bill passed by Tennessee's legislature took effect on the 12th, requiring segregated coaches on all railways. The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis uses a dedicated coach for colored passengers at the front, equal in comfort with no smoking. Conductors may seat white passengers there if overcrowded. The Louisville & Nashville will use partitioned coaches.
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Tennessee
Event Date
The 12th
Outcome
the bill went into effect on all roads in tennessee, with specific implementations on the nashville, chattanooga & st. louis and louisville & nashville railways.
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The separate coach bill, passed by the last legislature, went into effect on all roads in Tennessee on the 12th. The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway run a coach exclusively for colored people at the front of the train. In it no smoking was allowed and it was equal to the other coaches on the train in appointments and comfort. The law is construed that if the remainder of the train is overcrowded the conductor may put white passengers in the coach, but not otherwise. The second coach may be used for smoking, if there is no objection from the passengers, otherwise no smoking will be allowed except in Pullman cars. The Louisville & Nashville railway system will use partitioned coaches for white and colored.