The new South-news., 1907-06-01

bafng always preserved. and calls at.
teuticn to the case OF . friend whe
lives II Farmington. . Hartford hu-
hure. and drivcs q heavy car. which
goes boiling along the country roads.
but hoids tho respect and good vii
OF every soul In the town because OF
his careful and decent conduct TO-
ward all other users Of the highway.
Isn't It a fact asked the chair
man OF the committee OF Mr.. Southcr.
that II is the footing of tho horn
which arousc~ all the resentment =
farmer IA capable OF. and that II the
autoist will simply open his mufacr
and thus warn the driver OF I'll" team I
he Ia approaching everything viii 80
quietly and wcli1"
Il believe IL IL. Was his reply.
lie insisted tha, the drivers OF all
vehicles OF any description ought To
be obliged 10 provide them with
lights at all times at nisht. and tina,
this would ohy.sto mnch trouble. Mr..
1 Southcr told of an interesting eNpeT'-
,ncc he had last summer and inci-
dcntaily paid a tribute 10 The sood
sense and Judgment OF the mctroQoli-
tan park police Of Massachusetts,. lie
has sammcrca for a number Of years
at Gloucester.
zone Saturday said he. Il started
for Gloucester from Hartford. with
tho idea OF making the two hundred
or 20 miles In about ten hours.
I Enough ! didn't care " II took twelve
, hours. Everything went beautifully.
IL was a nne day and We had rnc
9 trip until We had got near Gloucester.
. We wcse going along wide mac
4 adam road through n town just ont
side Gloucester at a fatr pace. Not
4 soul was In sight and We could see
y half milo along the road. Nothing
X was stirring.
II Suddenly man jumped up iron
'e the roadside and waved something a
q me and ordered me TO stop. | sup
posed a blast was going on or some
v thing. and gu can Judge of my an
* tonishmcnt when he said. You're un
N der arrest. You were exceeding tn
,e speed limit according to our timing
,c L wasg' cried. Why, how fast wa
n eoinrs' Twenty and three-sis
". tcenths miles nm hour. The limit
IT. twcnty.' Well. TO cut = long stor
er short. he had me and ! settled. Yo
nd msy ask why didn't hght II VIII"
cr there wasn't the fnintcst posssbiii'
OF his proving that ! WAS runn'n
H. cnrelessly or In u way that could 20
sibly menace any living thing. ~
hit that was out OF the question. AZ Al
4 atf =
ies was all.
1T. "But now want To sho~ you VII
he happened when the officers hsd go'
big horse sense. In nMassachusetisth the Stn
be mark system is policed by park pols'
on some mounted on horses, some
,ist motorcycles and some on foot, y
ncn never know when you'll met o'
The speed limit in the parkways
any fifteen miles an hour. The next
for We we're driving in tho parkway q
Who proposed to fnd how good our ]u'
able mon, OF speed was and how nes
her could run 10 Just the legal sp'
or limit. The first mile was run IN
,hcr flour mlnutes---at hfteen pilen
r or hour. The second WAS ruN IN th
xs %iSs,ss MIN; as,.io1 i,..l ~. 1I!!.I,
'Nsss~''" nav" " Vv&s tWQ tu4IAts 4
tho We timed twenty consecutive mi
most Of which were over rather Il
fnr Under tho limit
me During that twenty miles
sh'y passed five OF those park policen
'ec' and not one. OF them said word
10 us. Wa simply were not rum
'he unsafely or carclesxly. no mat
ohs what our speed. and that was
''cn there was To II. Those men form
mes splendid body Of experts. who kr
a ~ their business and exercise nnc ju
ork ment In their work. The roads "
AR wide and there wasn't the slight
Ut excuse TO disturb us. At tho "a
10 time I've seen two miles an hour
"eo safe--at Lake QuinsIgamund, n
Worcester. during the races,
~ seen cars stopped from going over
ave causeway entirely because OF
iled crowds"