Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-07-28
FRIDAY, JULY %, 1905.

The accidents caused by automobiles,
many of them being serious, are con-
stantly being reported by the Press of
the country. The following is from
recent Boston Herald.
LENOx, MASS, July 13.-Her little
pony frightened by an electric automo-
bile owned by Mr.. Carlos de Heredia,
Miss Ethel NJ. Cram, daughter of Mrs.
Henry A. Cram, of No. 5 East 3Sth St,
New York, was thrown from runabout
this afternoon and SO seriously injured
she cannot live. Her skull was
fractured by kick from the horse and
late tonight she was unconscious.
An operation was performed this after
noon by Drs. McBurney and William M.
Polk, of New York, assisted by William
Armstrong and E. p. Hale, of Lenox,
and Henry Colt of Pittsfeld With Miss
Cram when the pony SHE'D, at the foot
of Court House hill, were her two nieces,
Katherine Haven, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Woodward Haven and Charlotte
Cram, daughter of Mr.. j. Sergeant Cram.
The two girls escaped unhurt.
Mr.. de Heredia's car had stopped and
he was trying to ascertain the trouble,
when the pony became frightened
Little Charlotte Cram was driving, and
in trying to snatch the reins Miss Ethel
Cram lost one. That scared the horse
still more and the children screamed
Miss Cram was dragged several rods.
AS a result of the accident to Miss
Cram, though Mr.. de Heredia was not to
blame. the Lenox selectmen this after
noon issued notice of a public hearing
to be held at the Town hall on next
Monday morning, at II o'clock, to con-
slider closing certain roads in Lenox to
automobilsts. 1t is proposed to close
entirely Hawthorne street, on which the
accident appened.-Boston Herald.
1t is noticeable here that it has been
proposed to close certain highways in
Lenox to automobiles. This as we
believe is in the right direction and
should be done throughout the country.
1t may be necessary to close all roads
used by horses or people, that is to enact
that each method of travel that by
steam and that by horse, should have
their own highways. One thing is
certain that whatever is necessary fol
the protection of the lives, safety and
comfort of our citizens considered as a
whole, will eventually be done. Whether
this will necessitate an entire division r
the use of highways, between vehicles
horses, may not yet be certain, but it i:
entirely evident that certain ROADS
which, because of their great amount OF
other travel upon them, or of insufficient
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cannot be safely used by automobiles
should be closed to them; and it is en-
tirely evident that the danger from
automobiles to the comfort, as well a!
safety of the great majority of the people
should be at once reduced to minimum
by such restrictions. Nor do we thinl
that any special laws are necessary to d.
this, but that it is duty, as well as al
inherent right, for every community
which has the charge of its high
ways, to so regulate their use as t.
properly protect all who may use them
Such right has always been exercise,
by every town; too fast driving, whethe
on bridges or elsewhere, being forbidden
when thought best; or the passage o
too heavy loads over bridges or else
where, when this cannot be done wit
safety, or without danger of seriou
injury to the highways. Such polio
regulation, in the nature of the case
must be lodged with every town.
Along this line we believe will b
the regulation of the future; and if
eventually leads to the distinct seps
ration of the roads used by these di