The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
MANKATO. MINNESOTA FRIDAY. JUNE

I versely upon the petition for a change i
] the NIapleton road near where it leave
Glenwood avenue. The report was adopt
ed and the petition denied.
] Park Ordinance Passed.
The park committee reported favor
ably upon the park ordinance and it wa
given its first reading. The substance o
, this ordinance had already been publish
ed The rules were suspended and tn
ordinance was given its second reading
The ordinance was amended so as t,
prohibit bicycles from the walks in tn,
parks.
7 Henry F. Leonrad opposed the cutting
out of automobiles from Sibley mound
He said that automobiles are convey
ances, and can be stopped anywhere OF
a hill or elsewhere, SO that teams car
pass them. He suggested that signs be
put up, directing teams and autos where
to 60 so as to avoid meeting on the hills
DR.. w. w. Eberhart said that many
obnoxious laws are being passed every
where about automobiles, and the small
Ter the place the more stringent the law.
He would not like to be barred from the
mound, and did not think that any trou-
bic would result from the use of the park
roads by autos.
Geo. NJ. Palmer said that automobiles
are supposed to have the same road
rights that teams have under the law.
He would not like to be barred out of any
part of the park, unless there was alb
solute necessity for it, which he did not
think there was. With care by the shelf
feurs, no trouble will result. Horses are
no longer frightened as rule at autos,
and have never been as much so as they
were when bicycles first came out.
T. w. Hart said that there are five or
six automobiles in the city and five
or six hundred horses and carriages. The
public should be protected by regulations
made for the greatest good to the great
est number. Drivers of horses should be
protected in the park. He came near
having smashup on park driveway
the other day, on hill, because of meet
ing an auto there, although his horse is
ly,nf frasI &c -
people do not go to the park because
their horses are a little shy of automo-
biles and they are afraid of accidents.
The council would do wise thing if it
will keep automobiles off of the steep
hills in the park. He favored giving au-
tomobilists all they are entitled to.
C. H. Saulpaugh said that he agreed
with Mr.. Hart, but thought that there
was same way around it. Mr.. Leonard's
suggestion was good one. If vehicles.
were turned to the right or left, and
give the horses one, read up the hill and
autos another there would be no trouble.
The automobiles would be satisfied
with the steep hill by w. L. Wilson's.
None of the automobiles want to
scare horses.
Mr.. Hart said that this would be salts
factory.
DIR. NJ. B. Wood thought that the ar
rangement would be satisfactory, as
women and children could use the other
hills. As a matter of safety, this should
be done, for the protection of the pub
lie. 1t should be understood where autos
are to 60 and where teams are to go.
Mr.. Saulpaugh said that the autos
should be given the lower road by the
river also.
Supt. Blake said that he had been try
ing for several years to have the ice men
make this arrangement. He made sug-
gestion that teams and autos be required
to all 60 one way, and there would be
no meetings and no troubles. He would
do this on the north hill, but would pro-
hibit autos on the south hill.
Mr.. Palmer thought this good sug-
gestion.
Mr.. Wood thought Mr.. Saulpaugh's
suggestion a good one, that the river
road be given to automobiles and the
other for teams exclusively.
A recess was taken to talk the matter
over.
| How it Reads.
| The ordinance was amended to read
as follows, on the automobile question:
''No person shall drive or operate any au-
tomobile, motor vehicle or motor cycle
or the westerly travelled roadway over
Sibley park mound to or from the pic
mic grounds near the confluence of the
Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers, nor
shall any person drive or operate any
automobile, motor vehicle CT motor cy-
Gle from the top of said Sibley mound
to said picnic grounds
The ordinance was given it's third read
ing and was finally passed. 1t seems to
be satisfactory to both automobiles
and team owners. The provision is far
from plain, but the intention is to keep
autos off of the roadway at the south
end of the mound, either crossing over
or going up or down the hill.