Show PUT TAX ON BICYCLES t Wheelmen Generally Gener lly Are In Favor of the Plan Jm 4 f C CUSE USE MONEY W ON J ROWS u I t PROVERB S SUITABLE TABLE PATHS OB TR Ta RIDERS 4 i Leading Bicyclists Agree That Tha the he heBest Best Solution of the Problem m Would Be For Tor Each Owner other Wh r of a Wheel to Pay SI 1 Annually y To Toward Toward Toward ward Maintaining Better Roads Road t 4 The bicycle problem in Salt Lake has assumed a new phase Councilman n bill to provide for the exclusion slon of riders from all of the I sidewalks of the city has provoked no 10 end of comment from the wheelmen I and opinions on its advisability seem se in inI to vary The general ge opinion seems to tobe tobe tobe I be however that if the riderS rider are to tobe tobe 1 be forced out into the streets someI some provision must be made m de for a place for I them to ride Just how that is to be done is the the I question that is troubling more than one wheelman but yesterday a proposition proposition was advanced that seemed to meet with general favor and ald that may have considerable influence e in the solving of the problem It is to tax each bicycle in the city cit 1 and to ex cx expend expend pend every ever cent of that money in the erection of bicycle paths p that would forever settle the question of what hat to todo todo todo do with the bicycle rider While the views Vi ws of the prominent wheelmen of the city vary valY on ca on many things there seems to be a practical unanimity of opinion on among them as asto asto asto to the feasibility of the proposed plan and a number of them talked freely about abo t it i yesterday I John Sharp jr the local representative sent tIve of the National Cycling as association I sedation was very enthusiastic over the proposition pr It is certainly a good idea he said and nd will be favored f I Iam Iam Iam am sure sure by a great majority of those iv a ho ride rl e wheels whee The better bicycler does not want to ride on the side sidewalks sidewalks sidewalks walks If if a place in the streets can be provided for him He is not a danger dangerous ous ou member of the community and even if he did use the sidewalk it would be with very little danger to the pedestrian It is the scorcher that causes all the trouble and he as an anevil anevil evil must be checked che ked Riders Could Pay The 1 tax is so small and would d accomplish so So much good go d that I dont see Bee where there could be any objection I tion If a man has enough money to toI I buy and ride a wheel he certainly has hasI I enough to pay such a small tax when it would result to his direct benefit I C L Berry president of the Opal club is of the opinion that before the I riders are excluded from froni the side sidewalks sidewalks sidewalks walks some provision should be made for them In the roads Let the city build a bicycle path throughout the streets and when each street is finished close the sidewalks on that th t street to the wheels ls he said raid That is the only way the matter can canI an I be handled with justice to the rider I I I i I I Regarding a special tax of 1 on each wheel I will say that tha I heartily favor favorit it it and I think the wheelmen generally gen rally will consider consier it as a wise procedure I understand that the city treasury Is in no condition to stand the expense of building a path and if if ft It is to be I built as it certainly should be it IL must be done doIi at the expense of the riders There are about of them in the city ad d jf if each one of them paid p ld n 1 there would be to be expended on a patTi path and it would go a long lonK ways as asIt It is rean the scorcher er who causes all the trouble and he should suffer r for his misdeeds m One bicycle police policeman I man I is not it enough to Q care fjor Ir the th thI I humpbacked individual who carte caries nothing for the rights of p pedestrians and I that about thirty or forty respectable wheelmen who want wan to see him punished should be vested Nested d t with special police powers and and an should patrol l the streets on their wheels wh Js every i evening for fot an hour or 01 so cT The e money mon y collected from fines and it should be something more than a paltry 2 Id l 1 i igo go into the general fund for the 1 l ling ing of a path t I C S Wilkes favored the spat JE I providing the city put in a t p ta to tax of its own o to help ou out the f Settle Problem at Once i There are four fOUT ways way a of locomotion said Mr Wilkes WI hey are walking riding a vehicle in the street riding in inthe inthe inthe the street cars and an bicycling Places for the first three of these have been provided for and it remains to solve the problem as to what shall be done with the fourth It must be decided sooner or later as the army of bicycle riders is growing every cery year yar y ar arand and is getting to be a power that can ean cannot cannot not be trampled upon It might as well all be figured dout out this summer and the t e only feasible fe i le plan seems se seems ms to be the building of a bi bicycle bicycle bicycle cycle path oath The pedestrian has as the sidewalk the vehicle the street and andt t the street car cr its franchise and tracks But where is the bicycle rider to go I Until a 8 special place is provided for forI I him he must be given the use of the sidewalks I would favor favora a special tax of 1 providing the city added a sum that would swell swen the fund sufficiently to make the building of the path pos possible possible lO sible A W Caine was the only one of the most prominent cycling men vho who did didI not favor the tax There is no special sp ial tax on wagons and buggies rs l 1 said ald aldand I and roads are provided for them There already is a regular tax on wheels the same as on all other per personal personal property and it is the duty of the city to provide a place pla e for the he cyclist to ride j I A meeting of prominent wheelman will be held in Dr office to toI tonight night to consult with air Mr Hartenstein f regarding the proposed measure |