The morning times., 1896-07-27
NHEELNEH WILL SPEAK
Committee Of tie League to
Meet the Commissioners.
WHAT THEY WILL ASK
Only Want All Vehicles to He Treated
AIike-Will Proffer the Services
of Any Number of Officers Mounted
ON WheeIs-0ther Changes They
Would Like Made.

The committee from the District Division
! OF the League OF American Whcelmen meet
the District Comm issioners this morning at
II O'Clock.
The hearing is result of the agitation
OF the question OF the rights of wheeimef
started by the League. One week ago the
chief consul OF the division, Mr.. W. T.
Robertson, called the attention OF the
Commissioners to certain irregularities In
the law and requested a hearing. The
request was granted and as a result the
hearing of this IN orning will come.
CLAIM DISCRIMINATION.
The District wheelmen are of the opinion
that an unjust discrimination Is made
against them under existing regulations
and the committee will present to the
Comm issioBers some anne ndments and
changes which they think should be made
in the existing regulations They say
that 1t is nottheir object to ask any exclusive
privileges but to petition simply that the
cycling public be granted the same rights
accorded to other users of the District roads.
TbiscOurse has been pursued in compla nee
with the requests OF a number OF influential
mem bers of the District League who have
become impressed with the injustice done
to bicyolists as shown BY the police court
records. The committee appointed to pre-
sent the petition is composed of the follow
ing gentlemen; Messrs. w 7. Robertson.
chief consul District Division OF American
Wheelmen; w. X. Larrimore, vice-consul;
J.c. Wood, Elma Simpson. referee; Bernard
II. Bridget and John L. Steele
They will ask that the regulation pro-
hibiting the depositing of broken glass,
crockery, etc. in the public highways.
as provided for in section five OF
article eight, be enforced. That sec
ton twelve be changed SO as to pro-
bibit vehicles from being driven across
iDtersecting streets at a speed greater
than four miles an hour. That bicycles be
allowed to attain tie same speed as street
cars, anG that the section requiring a
different speed 10 he maintained at cross
iDgs be stricken out. That vehicles of all
kinds be required when turning corners
to first proceed to the middle of tie street
before making the turn. That vehicles Of
all kinds be required to carry q suitable
light after dark.
WANT VOLUNTEER POLICE.
1t will also petition that a number of
wheeim en-, preferably members of the
eagueof Amencan Theeimen. be appointed
special policemen, without pay, to aiG the
regular police in enforcing the regulation
prohibiting fast driving and other viola
tons Of the street regulatiors, and that
these special policemen be empoweIed to
arrest and turn over to the authorities any
person found throwing glass or other like
rubbage in the streets. That a special
squad OF regular mounted police be detailed
TO look after the interests OF whceirien. in
like manner as special body has been
appointed TO look after pedestrians.
The wheeimeD say that some bicyciists
and drivers or teams seem to take delight
In using the wrong side of the street. and
they argue that il wheein,eD he appointed
to keep these violators OF tie law in their
proper place, that soon all vehicles would
fail into line and the number of collisions
aod accidents would be greatly diminished.