The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-10
THE NEW RULES OF THE ROAD.
SEVERAL CHANGES MADE IN THE
ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.

All Vehicles Required TO Keep to
the Right So Far as 1t Is Practica-
bic 10 Do So-Ihe Speed Of Bicy-
cIeS Limited 10 six Miles an Hour
North of the Park and Ten Miles
an Hour south of Castor Street
The Penalty For Violation Fixed.
The Hack Ordinance Amended.
The police have not yet been notified Of
ficiaIly of the ordinances adopted by the
city council Wednesday night. Acting IN
der instructions of the mayor. the clerk
of council will advertise these ordinances
for several days in order that all inter-
ested may be fully informed of their pass
age, after which the police will be noti-
fed, in order that they may be enforced.
As a matter of fact, however, the o.
dinances are effective from the date of
passage.
-Four ordinances were adopted, the road
ordinance, the ordinance requiring
hacks to carry light at
night, the ordinance regulating the
compensation of chimney contractors and
the ordinance changing the name of South
The ordinance in which the public gen.
orally is most interested is the one deln-
ing the rights of the road, which was IN
troduced by Alderman Guckenheimer
The ordinance was not adopted. however,
in the shape in which Alderman Quicken
heimer intended 1t, which caused him to
vote against it. Some inaccuracies oc-
CURED in the report of the ordinance, ow-
ing to the supposition that 1t was the Or
dinance which had been introduced by
Alderman Guckenheimer which had been
passed with slight amendments.
The ordinance is entitled an ordinance
TO amend the ordinances heretofore passed
to prevent accidents and collisions in the
streets of the city Of Savannah.
Section ], provides: That 1t is hereby
made the duty of all persons driving or
using any street in the city of Savannah,
any wagon, cart, dray truck, buggy, car
rage, phaeton, and any and all similar
vehicles, and also of all persons using on
said streets velocpede, bicycle, tricycle.
or any similar vehicle, TO keep to the
right of said streets, whenever it is prac-
ticable to do so, and in going around
squares in the city of Savannah to take
to the right hand side of the squares"
Section L also provides that whenever it
may become necessary to stop any of the
vehicles named in this ordinance it shall
be the duty of the per-
son in charge of such vehicle
to at once draw or drive the same
alongside the pavement or sidewalk of
the street. and parallel thereto, so that
the vehicle shall not project into the
street at an angle to the pavement or
sidewalk; provided that nothing in this
ordinance shall prevent omnibuses drays
or vehicles of like character from back
ing up to the sidewalk for the purpose Of
loading or unloading within a reasonable
time. In these cases teams shall be
turned at right angles to the vehicles and
parallel to the curbing when possible"
Section 2 limits the speed of bicycles,
tricycles and similar vehicles to a speed
of ten miles per hour south of the south
ern line of Castor street, and to a speed
of six miles an hour north of the same
line.
The penalty provided for violations of
the provisions of the ordinance Is a fine
not exceeding $50, and imprisonment not
exceeding ten days.
The provision requiring all vehicles to
use the southern roadways on Liberty and
South Broad streets when going east and
the northern roadways when going west
on those streets, which was a feature in
sisted upon by Alderman Guckenheimer,
was stricken out on an amendment offered
by Alderman Wyily 1t was this which
caused Alderman Guckenheimer to vote
against his own ordinance. The amend
ment offered at the previous meeting of
council, rquiring that not more than four
bicycles should go abreast was left out
in the revision of the ordinance.
The hack drivers have already equipped
their vehicles with lights. The lanterns
however have not the numbers of the
drivers painted on them as required by the
ordinance. This will have to be complied
with. one reason which prompted Alder
man Huh to include this requirement in
the ordinance is that 1t is believed that
many hacks are running without license.
The numbers of the badges issued to
hackmen will be furnished to the police by
the city treasurer and the hackman who
does business without a license is likely
to get into trouble. Having the numbers
on the lanterns is also a protection to pas
sengers against INSCRIPTIONS hackmen.