Salt Lake Herald | 1907-07-14 | Page 10 | That Bicycle Ordinance

THAT BICYCLE ORDINANCE Salt Lake Cit City July 10 07 01 To The Herald Your Tour comment on the cycle ordinance recently passed is In my estimation the roe goods The Herald always gives Its readers a very precise under understanding understanding standing ot of the transactions of the city I think that the council including the ma mayor or must all have had wheels in their heads when passing the wheel ordinance but the city needs the money and needs it bad or preferably good But there is no reason whatever that the whole community t ty should suffer because of a few reck reckless reckless less riders and neglect of the police It ItIs Itis Is unreasonable I have lived in Salt Lake City for tor tour four years and I like the place It is growing fast If the administration would grow with It why it would be an ideal place Yours trul truly A READER I do hate to rough ride on a wheel Councilman Hobday who has as assumed the paternity ot of the ordinance explains very kindly that no one will have to buy bells or lamps for bicycles until the season comes when wheels may be used on the sidewalks That provision is thoughtful it ought to make the wheel wheelmen men feel grate grateful grateful ful to knos kno they wont have to buy un until Until til fall faU though some of them may ob object object to being penalized at any time for forthe forthe the benefit of the hen bell vendors Come to think about it though the council overlook a chance when It neglected to Include and chil chii childrens drens vehicles in the prohibIted class Surely a kid coasting on his wagon waon down doi a steep grade Is a deadly enemy of the peace and corn com comfort fort of at the community and ought to be compelled to keep off the walks A woman hauling twins in a e ad baby buggy bugy Is certainly certainly dangerous on the sidewalks par particularly if she has been shopping and keeping keepin an eye on the twins at the same time Compared to a tired work workman workman man coming home on his wheel these are rampageous terrors of destruction yet Councilman Hobday failed to in include elude clude them In his ordinance and the they stilt stIn hold sway wherever they appear on the walks Nor do they have to buy bens bells and lamps If some one would tie the councilmen to a wheel and make them bump the bumps on almost any street outside the asphalt district they might be cured of the tho delusion that the average Salt Lake dIrt street Is in any sense n a thorough thoroughfare fare fit for bicycles automobiles drays vans or baby buggI bugg J Fur Further Further ther they would be ready to repeal fool ordinance before they got ot ba bak k to the council chamber And what they ought to do anyway