The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-03
The Bicycle Question
Comes up Sand an
Agreement ntReached
Ladies Want Marion Square
lIPrOtectedg and theIEIectricE
b Light Company get a
Change In Contract

might Mayor C. p. Bishop. Recorde
N. ]. Judah, Councilmen Burrows
Catlin, Hubbard, Pohle. Sims, Stol
and Walker we're present
A committee from the Mariol
Square Improvement League, consist
ing OF Mrs Fry and Mrs. A. N
Moores. presented the following petl
tion. signed by all the members o
the league:
To the Mayor aud Common Council o.
the City OF Salem:
Gentlemen: The undersigned. be
ing desirous to complete the proposed
improvements in Marion square. re
spectfully petition your honorable
body to pass an ordinance prohibiting
carpet cleaning. pasturing cows
driving teams and stock In aud about
and through Marion square. We also
request that you do not allow the pa
vllion In Marion square. when com
pleted, TO be used for a voting place.
Il was not built, and is not convent.
ent for that purpose We trust you
will lend encouragement TO our ef.
fort"
The council referred the matter TO
rthe committee ON ordinances.
Mrs. Moores then addressed the
council. asking that the plans for the
new walks be carried out as the
league wished TO make arrangements
60 place the new fountain. She also
asked the council to have some grad.
ing done around the new rostrum
Mrs. Fry also stated that Mr.. Cramer
had offered 10 plan the walks. II the
city would have the park surveyed.
After some discussion, the council
decided to appoint park board OF
three persons. as outlined by the new
charter. and let the board confer with
the ladies on the matter
The committee on health and police.
10 whom was referred the matter Of
bicycle riding ON the sidewalks, re.
ported. making recommendations as
follows
To exclude all bicycles from the
use OF the sidewalks within the dis.
trict bounded by the middle OF Front
street ON the west. the middle of Cen
ter street ON the north, the east side
OF High street on the east. and the
south side OF Trade street on the
south also from all sidewalks on both
sides OF Commercial street within the
city limits both sides Of ChemeketI
street from High 10 Fourteenth, ant
west side of Fourteenth from Chemek
eta TO Asylum Avenue and the nortl
side OF Asylum Avenue 10 the cit!
limits The north side Of Court stree
from High 10 the city limits. Tn,
south side OF State from High 4
Twelfth. and the north side OF Stat
from Twelfth to the city limits. Tn
west side OF Twelfth from State Z
city limits on the south. The ives
side OF Winter from the south line /
the north line of the city limits. Ais
both sides OF Church street fror
State 10 the city limits ON the south
The committee also recommends
that the ordinance shall declare a
sidewalks 10 be first for the pedel
trian, aud that no bicycllst shall rim
bell for the purpose of demandin
the right of way. but shall be require
20 slow up on approaching pedestrian
and get their permission 20 pass.
Il is also recommended that IN
speed be limited to eight miles a
hour; that no person shall be permi
ted to lean bicycle against the fror
OF any business house nor to stand
bicycle IA the entrance TO any publ
building or business block. and tina
bicycle racks shall be SO constructe
as not TO take up more than thre
feet from the curb. Motorcycles ar
TO be excluded from all walks With
the city
The committee recommended fnrtl
er that the street commissioner b
instructed 10 construct a bicycle pad
on the east side OF Twelfth street
from Trade TO Oak. one ON the eas
side OF Winter street from State Il
Oak; one along the street car tract
ON South Commercial street 70 th'
city limits on the south and one OF
Commercial street from Center 4
North MIN creek.
The report OF the committe was re
ferred % the ordinance COMMITTEES
with lnsilpctons 70 frame an ordi
nance "a accordance with the report
petlllon signed ~ A. Bush and
SO Others, praying for the council e
pass au ordinance prohibiting bicycle