Show POLICE REGULATIONS 1 I Chief Pratt Will Sit Down on the Trnraegrelss i Now that the warm weather has i come again and the festive riders of I bicycles have come out on the streets I there are many complaints about the i nmuner f which some of the wheelmen wheel-men dash over the crossings Some of i them are seen coming down the streets I at the rate of about ten miles an hour I and they never seem to think of slow lug up when they come to the cross ings but bolt right along and endang crss e the safety of the foot passengers i 1 who are luckless enough to get in their T way As conference time approaches this becomes especially aggravating on ac f Cunt of the larger crowds that are I Jr constantly passing over the crossings i w and Chief Pratt ha determined that 1 f the nuisance shall b abated at once Jig I V Consequently the officers have been f given orders to see that the wheelmen I adopt a decorous pace whenever i is necessary nd those who will not do tl so are to be arrested The necessity 1 t V for an extrememeasure has been seen for some time as the swift riders V V V that Wish t burn the pavement for the I I edification of their admirers have been I S very insolent when told to desist frequently V V fre-quently putting their thumbs to their I nose and making the time bonored waving motion of their fingers B they I went down the street These smayties however will fn t their sorrow tar ta-r r 1 1 > jr ik the coppers will be on their trail and they will rue beIr tricks V Chief Pratt also intends to put a stop at once to the reckless driving of vehicles over the crossings He has tfen enough of this and if the ordinance ordi-nance is not heeded will make it warm for some of those who transgress war I evils of this fast driving are greater than fast cycling as in case a person Is knocked down by a team he maybe i i may-be killed while if he is hit by a wheel he may only be maimed The chief has also gone in on several sa oh nt I other reforms and he Intends that the orders given shall be obeyd He has laid down a rule that the ash boxes shall be placed In front of stores just before S oclock in the morning and shall not be allowed to remain on the V streets for hours at a time and have their contents taken up by the wind and distributed all over the streets He thinks there is no use having nicely paved streets unless they can be kept clean and they cannot be kept so V unless such a regulation a this is adopted Another rule that has been laid down is that sidewalks must be swept before S oclock in the morning I This will fill a long felt want Both these rules will be strictly enforced and I arrests will be made for inattention |