The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-28
Board of Examiners Holding
Daily Meetings at City Hall.
MANY REGISTERING
People Seem Well Satisfied With
the New Ordinance.
Other Items OF Interest From
the City Building.

Place three barrels in the backyard,
set out your car and make figure
i'll and through the barrels on the first
speed forward Then increase the speed
until you are going in and around these
barrels at rate of 80 miles an hour.
Reverse your car and construct the
same figure. If you can do this with
out touching Il barrel you will receive
the applause and congratulations of the
|: utomooilc board of examiners appoint
ed by Mayor Green to see that the auto
drivers of Topeka are experienced In
the arr of controlling their machines.
More than that you will receive per-
mission to take your car out on Kan
sas avenue ard parade to your hearts
content
The new automobile ordinance goes
into effect at once. 1t is necessary that
all drivers in Topeka be over the age
OF is and under the age of 100. They
shall be examined by board of exami-
rers which is composed of such well
Ii Kemper, George w. Crane and Her
| bert Hackney. These men are now
/ siationed in the council chamber at the
| city hall aid they will be here between
the hours of and 1880 a. m. and 2
ard D. M. on June rs. % and 80 and
Gully 1 and On the first Monday of every
month thereafter.
Today the board is busily engaged in
fling applications and giving out copies
of the ordinance-also taking the regis
trations. At noon today over 25 auto
| lists had registered and before the end
| of the present season they expect to
re gister 500 drivers in Topeka.
| On the automobile drivers certificate
issued by the board this morning the
applicant is required to give his name,
street number. age, name of machine,
city license number. kind of power,
factory number, how long you have
driven the car. and if correct speeedo-
meter is attached to the car. This is
filled out and IL the driver is an old
head he needs no introduction by the
beard of examiners. His application
will sin ply be turned over to the chief
of police and his number watched in
this manner.
If a person applies for license who
is not acquainted with his car he will
be required TO obtain the services of
good chauffeur. and go about the streets
manipulate the machine. When he
thinks that he can drive his car be-
tween two transfer wagons in an alley
he will tell the board of examiners and
just what he can do. They will place
their excellent judgment on his driving
and the license will be issued.
1--WE don't care whether a man can
fly a puncture in his tire or not said
Mr.. Kemper this morning while filing
all application from a 19-year-old girl
What we want to know is if he or she
can drive down Kansas avenue when
| tie street is crowded and if he can
! edge his way through a mass of We
hic!es and pedestrians If he can back
out of a tight pinch and if he can apply
the brakes at the right time and keep
| i'll perfect control OF his car.
! The automobile people over the city
seem to be in favor of the new or
Idinance with a possible exception of a
flew who can not see any sense to the
l1S-year-old limit. Tie ordinance is
really a economical proposition. A man
trays 81 to receive a license and after
that he is free. The old ordinance re-
quired him to pay fee of 81 a year
| ever after. In truth some of the city
officials 10 not know Just how this
Part of the ordinance was overlooked
lit was understood until after the or
| 6,inance was passed that dollar a
1year fee was still retained in the new
ordinance and this morning while hunt
ling for the responsibility of the short
! coming everyone from Mayor Green tc
the janitor was blamed for leaving
this part of the ordinance out of the
final reading. (This is a good argument
I'm favor of the commission form OF
Governchent-the constant shifting of re-
s possibility
I There have been some rumors tc the
effect that the age limit would be re-
dGced 20 II years. Councilman Stanley