The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-25
Friday August IS, 1905
CITY POLICE MATTERS

yet the muscular trength which It
gave to my Jaw has lasted me all OF
my life" Samuel Hoebuck might prop
erly have quoted this from his Alice
when charged with disorderly conduct
YESTERDAY. His Wife accused him OF
using lou tones on the stooD OF ms
house at No. IT'S Seventeenth street.
and Rochuck explained to Magistrate
Tighe in the Rutler Street court.
BROOKLYN. that he had been Il saWmilI
rroLrietor and that the habit OF
speaking loud to make himseff heard
was one which he could not easily
break. The Magistrate suspended
sentence.-New York World.
If something is not done about sup
pressing the hideous noisss made ! 4
this city in the early mornings by the
factory and mill whistles many of our
people whose duty requires them to be
astir at early hours will fall into n
habit of that fellow The World men
lions in the above article. We do not
believe there is another city in the
United States which would allow suc1
q nuisance. 1t is bad enough at this
season of the year, but when the cot
ton congresses start up in the fall and
add the screenings of the exhausts to
the pandemonium it is almost unbear-
able. The congresses in busy seasons
keep the noise up the whole time. Day.
and night, that fearful, nerve-racking
sound is heard every few minutes.
And while we are giving advice to
the city authorities as to how they
should run municipal affairs we wish
to call their attention to the conditions
which frequently exist at the junction
of Front and Princess streets. Traffic
is very often congested there, especial
ly when there are a number of excur-
sionists in the city.
There is a city ordinance which pro-
hibits driving a horse at a faster speed
than a walk over the intersection Of
these two streets. This ordinance is
violated daily and often when there is
a policeman on the spot.
A few days ago a Messenger man
saw. within the course Of a half hour
or less time, two persons at this cross
ing narrowly escape being struck by
horses which were being driven in a
streets. In both instances the persons
had to make a quick dodge to one, siie
to keep from coming in contact wt.1
the horses. A policeman was stand
ing on the sidewalk a few feet away,
but his back was turned to the streeu
and he was busily engaged in talking
to several persons. There were q
number of excursionists in the city at
the time and the intersection OF
the two streets was crowded with look
4 ers-on and with people who were pass
ing from one street car line to another.
At another time this same Messenger
man while standing IN the northeast
corner of Front and Princess streets
saw two ladies coming down on the
east side of Front street. When they
reached Princess street the sidewalk
was so blocked by people standing
there that they had to turn into he
street and go nearly to he street car
track on Front street in order to get
around the crowd that was blocking
Princess street sidewalk and the cross
ing to the southeast corner of the Two
streets.
The police should pay more attention
- I-oo,;or +ba cilnuyo1lc a1oor 0f loaf
ers at this point and they should be
more rigid in enforcing the ordinance
against fast driving over the intersec-
ton of these two streets.
Because of the junction here of the
city and the suburban cars there is al
ways more or less of a crowd at this
point and On days when there are
many excursionlsts in town it is very
crowded. There should be better pol. e
surveillance here. 1t should be done
for the protection of our citizens and
of the visitors to the city as we'll as to
AVOID the possibility of damage suits
against the city for not taking proper
precautions to protect the people upon
the streets.
We feel confident that now the at
tentlon of the authorities has been cali
ed to this matter it will be looked into
and proper precautions taken.
An exchange says Bishop Potter has
come out as an advocate of twenty