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Show Bicycle Riders are Disobeying the Laov Tf b'evr'c tidcrs of this city continue con-tinue to nbiiHo the blcvclo nnllnancn in this rity, tho privilege of riding on the pavement grunted by the ordinance n,,t (o be repealed. This is the Won! given out by n member of tlie city council today. Reports nrn coming from all parts of the city that tho bicycle ordinnnce is not belntr obeyed and there has been several narrow escapes es-capes from accidents during tho Inst month btcanre of the disobedient disobed-ient to tho law. Only the other evening a gentleman was on his way home when two men approached approach-ed on bicvolpfl. They would not leave the sidewalk but made the gentlemen who wps walking give them right of wayi Children have been knocked down bv careless' riders nnd morn annoyance 1ms been canted tlmp has been neces enry. APHIWIATE OIIMNAKOE. The ordinance allows wheelmen the right to ride on the averaent provided that they leave tho pave inent fifty feet before a pedestrian and continue fifty feet before ro. 1 turning to the pavement. This would prevent any accident to pedestrians pe-destrians on tho pavements. Tho ordinance is really appro, dated by the considerate whcol riders and they aro in favor of tho enforcement of the law, Other cities hnvo ordinances which forbids tho use of the pavements entirely by bicycles. The law should not bo abused iu Prpvo, and reasonable enough, if some improvement is not forthcoming it will bo necessary for the council to repeal the nrdinanco to protect the people of this city, j poi.iOK Bjion.n OKT WHY. The pallet department should really get busy nnd arrest offenders of the ordinance. So.r.o time ago there was qtiito a orusado against those who porsistod in breaking tho law but lately no arrests have been made and the lawlessness is Increasing, Increas-ing, Qtily yesterday a mm mounted mount-ed a btoyole on the Knight building corner and rode nt high speed east on Canter street, Tlie ordinance prohibits the use of this sldo of tho street entirely. Most bicycle rldcra consider the ordinance with too much favor to hnve it repealed nnd nre therefore in favor of strict enforcement of the law. Effort should bo inndc to apprehend ap-prehend the offenders nnd not mako tho obedient suffer with the disobedient. |