Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-03
Hampton Council Makes Speed
Limit Is Miles.
PROPER LIGHTS REQUIRED
City Fathers Adopt Regulations for
Running Of Machines and includes
Horns or Other sisnais-Authorixes
That Note be Negotiated.

The Hampton city council at its
meeting last night adopted the specia
automobile regulation ordinance a;
presented by Mayor Thornton F
Jones, and hereafter the owners Of
the autos can run at a speed Of
fifteen miles per hour through the
city streets.
The ordinance as passed follows:
The Ordinance.
'First-Be ii ordained by the com
mon council of the city of Hampton
that no person shall run, drive or
operate any automobile or motor
cycle within the corporate limits al
greater rate OF speed than fifteen
miles an hour; that in rounding cor.
ners the speed for the same shall not
be greater than eight miles an hour
and all such persons shall give warn.
ing of their turning such corners by
sounding the proper signals; and that
at no time shall any such person
run, drive or operate any automobile
or motorcycle in a careless or wreck
less manner.
Second-That no person shall
run, drive or operate any such
automobile or motorcycle along any
of the streets or public ways of the
city during the period of thirty min
utes after sun set TO thirty minutes
before sun rise without displaying one
or more white lights on the forward
part thereof so as to give proper
warning of approach, nor without
showing red light on the rear so as
to be seen at reasonable distance;
all such automobiles and motorcycles
shall be provided with suitable horns,
bells or other apparatus for signals;
and no bell, horn or other signals will
be allowed which gives forth unusual
or freakish noises.
Third-Any person guilty of violat-
ing this ordinance, or any part there
OF, shall be fined not less than So nor
more than s25 for such offense.
This ordinance shall be in force
from its passage"
To Negotiate Note.
Upon the recommendation of
Chairman Hunter r. Booker, of the
finance committee, the proper city au-
thorities were authorized to negotiate
d city note with r. II. Richardson &
Son for s7,156.42 in lieu of the note
given the city by the Newport News
& Old Point Railway & Electric Com
pany, which falls due in September.
The mony derived from the railway
note will. be used in paying off the
city'S obligation. Chairman Booker
told the council that the committee
can dispose of the note and will also
be able to dispose of the second note
when II comes due.
The sum of $1,000 was ordered
transferred from the general fund to
the contingent fund and that of $500
fom the special street improvement
to the special bridge fund.
Reports Of Officers.
Mayor Jones as police justice re-
ported fines and fees amounting to
S1O2-S0 during the month of May.
City Sergeant Walter E. Owns SUBJ
mitted his report, showing that the
police department made 40 arrests in
May, as follows: Officer Leslie Cur
It's. 1; Officer J. w. Cunningham, 3:
Officer Henry Curtis, 9; Officer T. l..
Watts. L; Officer r. ID. Hope. 16; Of
ncer NJ L. Parker, L; Sergeant
Owens, Is.
Counci;men Present.
The councilmen attending the
meeting were CoUncilmen II. r.
Booker, F. w. Darling, r. c. Lee. w
II. Face, F. c. Rees, George w. Rowe
Thomas j. Haskins. J. s. Wyatt. w
S. Hudgins, and c. 7. HoltstIaw.