The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-05-05
A BICYCLE ORDINANCE.

About thirty bicycle riders attend
ed the meeting at the Y. M @. A.
rooms last night. Prof. A. G Matter
was elected chairman and e. w. Mar
tin, secretary.
A committee had prepared an or
dinance for presentation to the cOun-
Gil, land this was discussed and amend
ed. 1t is modelled after the ST. Paul
and Winona ordinances and is believ-
ed to be an improvement over either
of them.
The ordinance is SO stringent that
it cannot fail to be satisfactory to the
public at La ge, and there is but little
doubt but that the council will pass
1T substantially as presented. Mayor
Weaver was present and pronounced
the ordinance satisfactory so far as he
was concerned.
A committee composed of Geo. NJ.
Palmer, DR. j. w. Andrews and Louis
Janda was appointed to present the
proposed ordinance to the council at
It's meeting Saturday night.
The ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE
RIDING OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES
AND VELOCIPEDES IN THE CITY OF
MANKATO.
The City Council of the City of Mankato
DO OTOtdin:
SECTION l. No person shall ride
any bicycle, tricycle. or velocipede owe
the sidewalks on either side of Front
street between the streets of Vine and
Byron, on the south side of Hickory
street between Front and Second, and
on the west side of Second between
Hickory and Jackson.
SEC. 2. No person shall ride any
bicycle, tricycle., or velocipede over
any bridge, sidewalk, footpath or
street iD the city of Mankato, at a
greater rate of speed than six miles
ian hour.
SEC. 3. No person shall ride any BIZ
/, cycle upon any sidewalk or foOtpath
in the city of Mankato unless bell
be attached to such cycle. The bell
upon such cycle shall be rung when
ever the rider of such cycle is about
to pass any person standing or walk
ing upon the sidewalk or footpath at
distance of not less than thirty nor
more than sixty feet from such person
in such manner as will afford him due
notice of the approach of such rider.
SEC. 4. Any person violating any
of the foregoing provisions of this Or
dinance shall De liable to a fine of not
less than five dollars nor more than
twenty-five dollars.
( SEC. 5. Any person riding any bicy
Gle, tricycle. or velocipede upon any
sidewalk or footpath in this city who
shall carelessly or willfully run against
or collide with any person or vehicle
lawfully upon such sidewalk or foot
path may be punished by fine of not
less than five dollars nor more than
twenty-five dollars.
SEC. 6. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
aus p1ccclSC
The provisions of the ordinance
cover all the complaints that have
been made in regard to bicycle riding.
The riding is prohibited on the side
walks on Front street north to Byron |
and along the two sidewalks leading
TO the postotfice from Front and Jack
son streets. On the other walks the
ample warning given by the bell, and
the slow rate of speed will cause all
accidents to be avoided. On the |
streets the cyclists are prohibited from
riding facter than six miles an hour,
which is the same as the ordinance
regulating driving. This is greater
concession than could have been rea-
sonablY expected from the ocyclists
themselves, and shows their good |
faith IN preparing the ordinance. Care
less riding is made punishable by fine.
{ The Mankato Gun Club held it's
first meeting of the year Friday
eighteen members being present. 1t
will secure new outfit of electric
traps and will hold a weekly shoot on
Thursd4y afternoons at four O'Clock
at the fair grounds, commencing next
week.
-Effie Ellster will appear at the
opera house Wednesday, night, May
10th, in Hazel Kirke."