Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-23 | Page 16 | Wants Ban Put on Talk to Motormen

WANTS BAN PUT ON TALK TO MOTORMEN Dicke Would Have It a Misdemeanor for Passengers to Converse With Employee. f I. F. Picke, general manager of the Ltah Light & Traction company, urged upon the city commission yesterday the enactment of the proposed I rat fie ordinance ordi-nance which would make it a misdemeanor mis-demeanor for street car passengers to cu-cace cu-cace the motorman In convei nation. The company's rule forbkMing conversation conver-sation with thrt motorman is ignored, Mr. I i- ke devla red. lie urged that in the interest of public safety it should be a misdemeanor both on the part of the passenger pas-senger and the motorman. To a sugges-1'on sugges-1'on that passengers might bo kept off the front platform, he a na we red that this would he Impracticable. The matter was finally lair! over another an-other week to permit the commissioners i further to consider it and acquaint them- ' selves wit h the solution of the problem I in other cities.