Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-21 | Page 7 | Misdemeanor to Talk to Motorman, Ordinance Decrees

Misdemeanor to Talk to Motorman, Ordinance Decrees Street Cars to Be Subjected to Same Speed Rules Governing Autos. X ordinance calculated to constitute A street car motormon the most exclusive ex-clusive set of Salt Lake's population popula-tion was a matter of discussion ye&Lorday with the city commissioners. commis-sioners. The ordinance, as prepared for enactment, enact-ment, would make it a misdemeanor to speak to a motorman on duty. It also provides tha t the at reet cars should be subject to the same speed regulations that govern the driving of automobiles. Generally, the advisability of the legislation legis-lation was scouted by the eommissioners. The city attorney explained that the ordinance ordi-nance was drawn in compliance with requests re-quests from the chief of police and the superintendent of the 1'tah l.isht & Traction Trac-tion company. The commission deferred action unt il tomorrow moininp. with t he understanding that an Invitction should be sent to the originators of the proposed ordinance to appear before the commission commis-sion and explain the merits they claim for the ordinance-