The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-25
Livingston Street Property
Owner Sprinkles Sand
and Enlists Aid Of
Police.
CHILDREN GET UP PETITION
EN-Aldcrman Corner Writes IL, Pa
rents Sign IL and Alderman
Lo0s Promises to Pre-
sent Ii.

II takes sand to roller-skate out IN
the Orange street district these days
and Il takes sand as well to stop skat-
ing and thereby hangs a tale which
bids fair to involve a police chief, d
police captain, q number OF patrol
men, a hundred or more property
owners, and innumerable children of
both sexes. The little tragedy in cap
sule form has looped-t he-lOop as 1t
were That Is, one rate property
owner has attempted to prevent the
children from skating in front of her
nome and has enrolled the aid of
the police on her side In her cndeav-
ory. The children on the other hand,
ar said to haze gone her one better.
They have obtained the aid Of eX-Al-
dcrman Charles +. Corner of 2S4 WI
low street, who has drawn W Pc
tiloG suitably worded, which will res
rcrlfully ask the board of aldermen
for permission to skate wherever they
please in the district. The petition
has u en- signed by about one hundred
or mtre property owners already and
viii e presented to the board Of al
dunen at their meeting next Monday
right in city hall by Alderman Emil
Lc os. who represents the orange
street district of the city
Til question Of rollei skating Is not
q nov one in this section Of the city.
| The craze seems to have returned this
spl'ns with renewed popularity and
every child that can gather together a
Few pennies lras hied it to the near
est shop and bought pair of the
Modern substitutes for Mercurys
N.nts. Many have been the COM
plants that have poured in upon Chief
Cowics from automobile drivers and
others who have made use of Orange
street. The chief has been shown the
great danger there is in hooking" as
IL Is called by the children, on the
back Of wagons The noise OF the
horses hoofs on the resounding pave
nent ahead and the racket of the
skate wheels whirling around drown
out every other sound. The children,
| who are too apt to disregard APP
/ proaching autos, cannot hear them
coming If they will above this din. II
they happen to leave go of the wagon
and swing out into the street sudden
ly in front of a fast approaching auto
the danger is only too apparent to all.
] Following these complaints the chief
issued a general warning to parents
rot TO allow their children to skate
on Orange street.
\ The result has been an exodus to
the side streets. Livingston street,
nearby, with its asphalt pavements,
has offered a tempting opportunity to
follow the popular craze, on the
sidewalks and off of the sidewalks
they have gone it at top speed, back
and forth all the afternoons from the
time the schools were crossed until
dusk. Around the corner of Living
sto1 and Willow street there is mod
ern cement pavement which Is Just
the best possible kind of place for
roller skating. Result immediate
\ ~ became the center Of all the fun.
! Ana the parents We're satisfied for the
most part for there was little dan
ger.
A woman who lives on the corner
mentioned did not see 1t in the same
light however. As cement pavements
will often do, that in front of her
house was hollow in spots underneath
so that the noise of the skates going
'nr al suasion, but that did not
work Then she got some sand and
threw that on the walk so that the
children could not skate. They in turn
checkmatod her by procuring brooms
and sweeping 1t off She put in in
the street IN front Of her house and
then, too, IT was swept off,
Then, 1t Is said, she sought the aid
Of the police department, The skat-
ing she termed Il nuisance and she
asked the chief to see to it that IT
was stopped. The officers on the
beat, and they have been not few of
late days since the Htne shooting
were instructed in the matter and told
to see to 1t that the children did not
skate in front of the house.
With this almost dramatic setting
the children have laid plans for what
might be called their coup detat. The
happy thought was conceived Of en-
listing the aid Of the board Of alder
men. Ex-Aderman Charles f. Germ
er was sought out and he has now
drawn up an impressive looking docu-
ment such as only an eX-alderman is
capable Of turning out. The petition
has been taken around among the
householders of the district and last
evening 1t was said that the number of
signatures enrolled upon 1t We're up
wards Of hundred. 1t will be given
to Alderman Emil Loos who will pre-
sent II to the board Of aldermen at
their next meeting on Monday night
The petition prays for permission
4 from the honorable board for permits
sion for the children to skate WHEREBY