Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-12
PUBLIC ADvER Using
Ordinance No. 12,76o
CNew Series.O

An Ordinance requiring cars operated
over street railway tracks to be
scribed, and regulating the operation
of cars on street railway tracks in the
City of Los Angeles.
The Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That from and after
ninety days from the time when this
Ordinance shall go into effect it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to run or operate, or cause
to be run or operated, any car upon
or over any street railway track in the
City of Los Angeles without such cnr
being equipped with a fender as herein
provided.
Said fender shall be placed upon and
attached to the front end of each such
car and not attached to the frame of
the wheels or trucks thereof; and shall
be so placed and maintained that the
space between the bottom of the front
part of the fender and the roadbed or
rails shall not exceed three CD inches.
Each such fender shall extend across
the front end of such car and shall be
of a width of not less than siXty-eight
(6S) inches. The front edge of the
fender shall extend ahead of and be-
yond the front of the car and the farth-
est pro lection thereof. Such fender
shall be of such height that it shall
extend upwards from the rails or road
bed TO at least the floor level of the
car. Such fender shall be of such
lower portion shall form a scoop not
less than three feet from front to back.
which. upon striking a person will tilt
back and thereby form a cradle or re-
ceptacle ca pable of receiving and Sc
curely retaining such person; and it's
upper portion shall form a shield ex-
tending across the entire front of the
car to protect persons falling e into or
upon 1t from injurious contact with the
rigid projecting portions of the car
such as the bumpers, bumper beams or
drawbars: and such fender shall be con-
structed cf material that will afford
which it is intended. and of 81 yielding
or resilient character, so as to cushion
or break the impact of person falling
into or struck by it. 1t shall be pro-
tected along the front edge by substan-
tial buffers of rubber or similar yield
ing or elastic material.
Sec. 2. That from and after the pas
sage OF this Ordinance II shall be un-
lawful for any person, firm or corpora
tion to run or operate. or cause to be
run or operated, any street car. or any
car, upon any street railway track,
upon or over. any street crossing or in
I tersection within the following district
in the City of Los Angeles at a greater
speed than four miles an hour or upon
or over any street crossing or interscc-
ton outside of said district. but within
the city of Los Angeles. at n greater
speed than eight miles an hour, said
district being described AS follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner
o. Flgueroa and Temple streets; thence
ensterly along the northerlY side of
Temple street to Hill street; thence
northerly along the westerly side of
Hill street to the north side of Sunset
boulevard; thence easterly along the
north side of Sunset boulevard to New
High street; thence northerly along the
westerly side of New High street to
ord street; thence easterly along the
southerly side of Ord street to Alameda
Etrpnt- thence aI ba
westerly side of Alameda street TO
Seventh street: thence westerly along
the northerly side of Seventh street to
Los Angeles street; thence southcrly
along the easterly side of Los Angeles
street to the southeast corner of Los
Angeles street and Tenth street; thence
westerly along the southerly side OF
Tenth street to the west side of Figu-
eroa street; thence northerly along the
westerly side of Figueroa street to the
place of beginning
Sec. 3. That from and after the pas
sage of this ordinance It shall be un-
lawful for any person, firm or corpora
tion running or operating any street
car or street car line in the City of
Los Angeles to permit any car going at
a rate or speed greater than four miles
an hour to pass any other car which is
stationary on the same street for any
cause.
Sec. 4. Any person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this Ordinance.
or who shall aid. abet or direct any
other person to violate any of its pro-
visions, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor for each such violation, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ishable for each such violation by a
hne of not exceeding three hundred dol
lars (s300), or by imprisonment in the
City Jail for period not exceeding one
hundred days or by both such fine anG
Imprisonment.
Sec. 8. All Ordinances and parts of
ordinances of the City Of Los Angeles
In conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. This Ordinance is urgently re-
CURED for the immediate preservation OF
the public peace, health and safety: and
the City Clerk shall certify to it's passage
by two-thirds vote of the Council, and
cause II to be published once in the Los
Angeles Herald, and thereupon and there
after 1t shall take effect and be in force.
| hereby certify that the whole number
of members OF the City Council of the
City of Los Angeles is nine and that the
foregoing Ordinance was passed by a
two-thirds vote Of said Council, at its
meeting of May T. 1905, by the follow
ing vote. to wit:
Ayes-M essrs. Blanchard, Ford, Ham
mon, Healy, Hitler, Kern. Smith and
Summerland go.
Noes-None.
II. ]. LELANDE.
City Clerk.
Approved this 10th day of May 1906.
OWEN McALEER.
b-l2 lt Mayor.