Show SPEED ORDINANCE FOR AUTOMOBILES 0 o. W Powers Tells Council of i City's Needs and SugI Suggests Suggests Sug Sug- I Remedy I I i LAWS LAWS FOR REGULATION I I Question of Collecting Rent forI for I Sewer Farm Is Again I Postponed I O. O W. W Powers chairman of or tho tim committee com corn of or tho the Salt Lake ko Automobile I club and J. J D. D Jennings s secretary of or orth the tho club dub appeared before tho the municipal municipal municipal pal laws Jaws committee of or the thc city council coun coun- cil U last evening o and asked that an or- or be passed b by tho the city governing govern govern- I lug ing all manner of or vehicles on the streets Mr 11 Powers presented to tho the committee commit commit- tee tco the tho views of oC the tho club on tho mat mat- ter The Tho club chubS ho ito said is anxious to havo have tho the rights of the tho citizens as well wellI I as of or its members protected It recognized recognized rec rec- that people wore being put in peril on the streets und and wanted laws for their protection For or tho the club ho promised assistance In enforcement to tho the letter Jelter of or any ordinance that might bo lIo passed After Arter discussion of features of ordinances ordinances nances of or Denver Los An Angeles cles and anti Detroit which latter Mr Ir Powers considered considered con cun- a a. model it Il was decided that the tho automobile club chub could embolI embody what it considered a fair tall ordinance In a draft which should bo be discussed with tho the city attorney and municipal laws committee at al a meeting to bo be arranged To fo e Chauffeur Among monS' the suggestions u made matle b by Mr Hr Powers and Mr Ir Jennings was one ono providing pro pro- viding sIding for the licensing of or chauffeurs with an examination and too fee and fix fixing Ox- Ox ing lug the ago limit to do away with young youn and Irresponsible boys running machines s Others Other fix the tho speed in the tho business district eight miles an art pour flour bt being sug suggested In tOo tho business distrIct district dis dis- his his- and on intersections and 1 12 miles mlles mileson on a straight street between blocks Judge Powers also wanted a clause Inserted providing pro for a safe rate rale of or speed such as would not endanger the tho lives of or pedestrIans pedestrian This means a arate arato arato rato rate even en slower than tho tim le legal al rato rate when the time streets may bo be crowded If H such nn on ordinance passes it will contain rules of the tho road providing plo for tor tho tOo pas passing on tho the right or on tOo Iho left Jet when overtaking o a n vehicle are arc to to bo compelled to stop atol on sl signal nal from tho the driver of or a n frightened fright fright- coed ened Morse horse and also stop lop the machinery machin machin- ery cry of tho the car when whon the tho does docs not quiet luiet down Autos must have e lI lights must not ho he without a number and must toot tool their Thero Thelo ar are many other clauses which were suggested Some Somo of them aro are for or ortho ho tito of oC the tho automobilist Ono Onos I Is s In the tho direction of oC eleanor 1 caner streets preventing pro tho the throwing of oC gravel on ho tho paved ll aved streets Many carts haulIng haul- haul log Ing crave gravel g arc are not tightly hUy enclosed and drop hrop rop much of their theil contents Brigam Brigham Brig Brig- ham am street streel has suffered b by this according ac- ac cording to Mr Ir Powers Tho The broken gravel Ira de destroys time tho tires of or the autos and nd grinds In and ruins time the asphalt asphalL Are re rc This Is tho the only town I I know said Mr Ir 1 Powers where people aro a allowed lowed allowed to o con congregate in the middle of oC the timo street and do their visiting there Tho The slowest lowest car ClI and no matter mailer how carefully Care eare- fully ully driven cannot entirely avoid a nc- nc where people crowd the streets Tho The throwing of or gl glass s and anti iron scrap on n tho the street will bo ho made mario a misdemeanor meanor meaner many cars having boon been injured In Iii n this wa way vay In is tIme the Intention of ot the tho club to an ordinance as aH will wili J protect pro pro- ro- ro teet both owners of car and pub tho-pub- puti- puti lie c. c This ThiH ordinance will b be drafted within tho the next few days and put boore bo- bo foro fOlo ore tho the committee Mr Powers and CIt City Ity Attorn Attorney Dininny working or r on Its ItH construction The c cr J J. J C C. Leary was before the cn engineer engineer- In log ng committee to which was referred the tho 10 rent which it I Is claimed he owes on n tho the sewer farm As H hat Ittis been done llone donen In n P past t years t re 4 this was WaR allowed to go gover o over ver and anti Mr Jr I Leary eary will not bo be asked to o pa pay up Ho lIo has ha hatho tho the use of or tho the sewer ewer farm hut but has not us used cd It to tony an any ny extent extent- He Ito was to pay a year car for or thu tho property but bul for tho the last few Cew years ears has spent a good deal of oC money for or repairs of tho the sewer which has halt very every year ear broken out Last year ear car he was fas excused from payment by tho council but the resolution was vetoed tJ by y Mayor K Thompson If IC tho tile city should hould decide to make malto him pay the tho amount mount now owing would bo be 1000 His offset on which ho he would go fO into court ourt would be bt fully as aN much touch so AO tho the councilmen und and city attorney lid dill not see co that anything would bo be gained by forcing It it The sanitary committee discussed tho mount amount paid to the garbage drivers rg Councilman ODonnell O'Donnell was of oC tho the opinIon epin- epin Ion on that at seven se cents a hundredweight hundredweight hundred- hundred weight they were hardly making makinI wages vagos This went over overa ovora a week weel for Health Commissioner Stewart to show th ho committee exactly how much the themen men aro are mal making |