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Show '' liuniciol Authorities T.7ill Take Prompt Action to Capture and Punish Reckless Scorchers Vho Knock Down Children; V iluto Ovners Score Reckless Speeders . Prompt action will be. taken by the municipal authorities authori-ties to protect the children of Salt Lake by putting a stop to the reckless automobiling of scorchers who, by their indifference in-difference to the safety of little children, cast discredit upon the careful, considerate autoists. The Police committee will' confer with Chief Sheets this afternoon, and on Monday night several automobile speed ordinances will be introduced in the Council. Some of the most prominent automobile owners in the city denounce the scorchers and favor a speed ordinance. Parents are urging that prompt action be taken, and that the scorchers be arrested and punished. ' A. J. Davis, President of the City Coftncil, said this mcnim; y " '.'It is probable that more than one iinance to limit the speed of autoists -rll be Introduced in the meeting of the Council Monday night. X am not at liberty to say who will father the bills, but X hare talked with several members, mem-bers, and know that the sentiment of the Council favors such legislation. We consider it the demand of the people of . the city. ''I hardly know just what speed limit ihould be placed on the drivers of machines, ma-chines, but It is very apparent that the scorchers must be done away with. . Either tU rtrnoon or tomorrow the .. members of the Police committee win confer with Chief of Police Sheets. X expect to attend the conference. We : -want to find out how many policemen are available for the patrolling of the residence streets where scorching has become common, and where the lives of several children have been endangered recently. If the police force is suffl-' ciently large X believe men should be detailed to watch for Just such cases." Col. E. A. Wall is an autoist.who believes be-lieves drivers who are careful to avoid accidents should be protected by those who are in the habit of scorching recklessly. reck-lessly. v"I have given a standing warning to my driver that the minute he starts to drive faster than fifteen miles an hour he loses his Job," said CoL Wall this morning. "Those orders express my sentiments. By all means we must have an ordinance limiting the speed of machines. No automobile should be per-' per-' riltted to run faster than fifteen miles v S hour. That limit should be high ough to suit any one, and X should not object if the maximum were placed at even a lower figure." Mrs. Clesson 8. Kinney, who is president presi-dent of the Utah Federation of Women's Wo-men's Clubs, has decided views on the subject of fast driving. She baa been shocked by accidents in which children have been struck by machines ma-chines and by the number of instances in which other tots Save barely escaped injury as a result of careless automobil-tng. automobil-tng. . "I am not versed in the law," said Mrs. Kinney today, "but I roost certainly cer-tainly believe we should have an ordinance ordi-nance compelling automobile drivers to maintain a reasonable speed, if we have not now such an ordinance. "I heartily Indorse any move which has for its object the protection of chil-, chil-, dren from harm of any sort." Here is a sample letter from a mother of small children: To The Telegram: I am pleased to see that you are tak-ine tak-ine upthe protection of the children of Salt Lake. Some of the scorchers who rsce their automobiles abont the city are a disgrace to the name of manhood. man-hood. It has come to psss that little children are not safe unless they are "constantly kept under the eyes of their parents. The streets are for the ehil-dren ehil-dren as well as for the autoists. There are at least ten autoists in Salt Lake who- have no regard for the safety of children. I do not mean to criticise all the autoists, for the majority of Sslt Lako't autoists. as THE TELEGRAM says, are considerate and careful. What do you think of an autoist, who after knocking a boy down tells that young boy to go to h 1 Most men would have been so thankful that the boy was not hurt that they would have htirzed the voungster. Keen up your 4 work. ' A MOTHER. -It Lake, March 7, 1907. |