Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-11
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
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An Ordnance requiring cars operated
over street railway tracks 70 pe
equipped With tenders ,tnerein ,Ie, de,
of cars or street railway tracks in the
city Of Los Angeles
The Mayor and Council OF the City Of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows;
Section l. That from and after
ninety days from the time when this
Ordinance she'll go into effect II shall
be unlawful for any person, trm or
to be run or operated. upon or over any
street railway track in the City OF Los
Angeles, any car that Is not equipped
with fender as herein provided.
Every such car shall he equipped with
fender which shall be placed upon and
attached to the front end Of said car and
not attached to the frame or the wheels
or trucks thereof; and said fender shall
be so placed and maintained that the
space between the bottom OF the front
part OF the fender and the roadbed or
tails shall not exceed three CD inches
Each such fender shall extend across the
front end OF such car and shall be OF q
width of not less than sixty-eight (66l
inches. The front edge OF the fender shall
extend ahead of and beyond the front OF
the car and the farthest projection there
of. Such fender shall be of such height
that 1t shall extend upwards from the
ss eIe OF Ss sdssa g seS e fender eaie sS sa 'S Se
of such shape and be so constructed that
its lower portion shall form a scoop not
less than three feet from front to back,
which upon striking person. VIII tilt
back and thereby form a cradle or re-
ceptacle capable of receiving and Sc
curely retaining such person. and It's
upper portion shall form shield & OK.
car to protect persons falling into or
upon 1t from injurious contact with the
rigid projecting portions of the car, such
as the bumpers, bumper beams or draw
bars; and such fender shall be constructed
of material that Will afford ample
strength for the purpose for which II Is
intended, and of a yielding or q resilient
character, so as to cushion or break the
impact Of a person falling into or struck
by It. 1t shall be protected along the
front edge by substantial buffers of rub
Der or similar yielding or elastic ma
terial
Sec. O. That from and after the pas
sage of this Ordinance 1t 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
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 a greater
speed than eight miles an hour. said
district being described as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner
OF Flgueroa ana Iemple sIreeISi !nence
ensteriy along the northerly side of
Temple street to Hill street; thence
northcrly 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
street,; thence southerly along the
westerly side of Alameda street. to
Seventh street; thence westerly along
the northerly side of Seventh street to
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 Flgue-
roa street: thence northerly along the
westerly side of Figueroa street to the
place of beginning.
Sec. g. 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
rate of speed greater than four miles
an hour to pass any other car which Is
stationary on the same street for any
cause.
Sec. A. All Ordinances and parts of Or
dinances of the City of Los Angeles in
conflict. with this Ordinance are hereby
repealed
Sec. s. Any person who shall violate
any OF the provisions OF this Ordinance.
or who shalt 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
fine of not exceeding three hundred dol
lars $4,000, or by imprisonment In the
City Jail for a period not exceeding one
hundred days. or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Sec 6. This Ordinance is urgently re-
quired for the immediate preservation Of
the public peace, health and safety; and
the City Clerk shall certify to its passage
by two-thirds vote of the Council. and
cause 1t 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
wo-thirds vote of said Coencil, at its
meeting of June A. 1905, by the following
yote
Ayes-Messrs. Blanchard, Ford, Ham
mon, Houghton, Kern, Smith and Sum-
merland %.
Noes-None.
II. ]. LELANDE,
City Clerk.
Approved this 7th day of June. 1906.
OWEN McALEER,
Gil 1t Mayor.