Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-29
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WEDNESDAY MOKNING, DEC. 30, 1858
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VIOLATION OF ORDINANcEs.-Therea are many
ordinances of the city designed to protect ndivid-
nal rights in property, which are not perhaps as
strictly enforced as they should be- That Ordin-
ance which prohibits hitching horses to shade trees
upon any of the streets of the city, is law which
public as well as private interests and rights de-
mand and one which should be most vigorously
enforced. horse thoughtlessly or wilfully tied
to young shade tree, may in ten minutes kill the
tree which has been carefully trained for years
Yet we sometimes see this law violated, both by
countrymen and citizens. The same may be said
of injuring shade trees in any way. These are for
private interests particularly, but there is another
ordinance which is for both public and private ben
eft We allude to the one forbiddiIg driving on
the side walks. 1t is well known fact that there
is great violation of this ordinance in this city
Fire companies take the side walks for their path
way, forcing pedestrians into the street; and upon
some of the by streets, the carriage way is left un
trodden, and the side walks used almost exclusively
for teams
While this practice is common to some extent
over large portion of the city, it has proved a
special grievance to the residents upon Scovi AV-
enue This avenue has been most eXcellently graded
and abundantly furnished with shade trees, which,
when they shall have grown few years, will make
this the forest street. of the city. The carriage
way has been finely laid out, and is now one of the
driest and hardest streets in the CITY, being far bet
ter than Kinsman or Euclid. This excellent road
has been deserted for the side walks, over which
buggies and teams are passed, thereby doing much
damage both to the walks and to the trees and
guards. This had become so great nuisance to
the residents of the locality that they determined
to submit no longer. Accordingly yesterday af
ternoon two of the prominent residents of the
street took their station prepared to arrest with
out respect of persons. each one who rode upon
the side walks The following gentlemen were ar
rested for violating the ordinance:
Edw Hessenmueller, Esq, Prof Horace G. Bird
Prof Il. Geib, James Kyser, Martin Spence, anG
Thomas Wilson. These gentlemen will be brough
this morning before the Police Court,
We need not say that this step was necessary t.
put check upon the constantly increasing traVe
upon the forbidden path. Itmay seem to some har,
that they should be arrested for such an offence bu
let any who are inclined to find taultimagine them
selves property holders and residents upon tha
Avenue Would they tamely submit 10 the wrong
when so much pains had been taken to beautif.
the street Most surely not.
The property holders above spoken of are deter
mined to put stop to lalI such travel, and to fol
low up these arrests with that of all who trespass
Valuable trees and tree guards have been tor
down OR spoiled upon these walks, and a stop
to be put to it The law provides that for viola
ton of this ordinance the offenders shall be fine
in an amount not exceeding $50. Let all who ar
partial to riding upon the side walks take hee
that they be not arrested