Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-06
AUTOIsTs WILL TAKE.
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, Liberty road a speedway and a place
to demonstrate the fine points of the
many different new cars being sold
. in Salem this spring.
Road Being Ruined.
The Liberty and Rosedale road Is
conceded to be one of the finest, II
not the best, of the roads in Marion
county. It was built two years ago
by the county and tax payers own
ing farms along It, and is today a
substantial and model piece ot
highway Notwithstanding the inces-
SAINT travel of both horse and wagon
and automobiles. Recently, how
ever, some impressions have been
made on the surface of the road by
the heavy, speeding machines, the
wheels of which are incased in steel
chains and the chains combined with
the heavy weight bearing upon
them, tear up the hard crushed rock
road greatly.
Fifty Miles an Hour Slow.
The majority of the complaining
people say that autos pass by their
place at a rate of speed that would
make Halley's comet look like il was
!
who makes but so miles an hour
over these roads is going very slow in
comparison with his brother buzz
wagon pilots The demonstrators of
the different makes of machines are
the ones who make trouble in the
Liberty vicinity One man told
County Judge Bushey recently that
certain auto driver in a brand
,I1 hNyh fC
the other day so fast that he fairly
shook the fence posts down and the
muss he made of the road, was SINH
lar to that a harrow would make af-
ter dragging it over a wet field
Near Rosedale, farmers and other
people complain of the autoists rae.
ing to the top of the hills and "acL-
ing smart" by racing down again
backwards to show what perfect con-
troll can be had over their painted
buggies Another grieved farmer
told the court that an auto passed
him so swiftly the other day that
his horses baked for half an hour.
Court Will Probably Act.
To preserve the public peace and
the surface of the Liberty road, the
matter of speeding machines will be
taken up and discussed by the COun
ty court before it adjourns this ses-
sion, and If it be found necessary,
Constable Ira Hamilton will be in
structed to take the case in hand
and enforce the state law to the let
ter. The following is the general
laws of this state governing auto
mobiles, in part: Every person
having control or charge of any
motor vehicle, or motor
cycle, when ever upon any public |
street or way, and approaching any |
vehicle drawn by any horse or
horses, or any horse upon which any |
person is riding, shall operate and |
and control such automo- !
BILE, motor vehicle or motorcycle IN |
such manner as to exercise every |
precaution to prevent the |
of any such horse or |
horses, and to insure the safety and !
protection of any person riding or
driving the same. No person, driv-
ar operator in charge of any auto !
mobile, motor vehicle or motorcycle |
On any public road, highway, park |
or park way, street or avenue with
in the state shall drive, operate, or
move, or permit the same to be
driven, operated or moved at a rate
Of speed faster than eight miles an
lOur within the thickly-settled or
business portion of any city or vii
age within this state, nor taste"
han eight miles an hour in the
country when within 100 yards of
my vehicle drawn by horse or
horses, nor outside of such thickly-
settled or business portion of any
,ity or village on any public road.
highway, park or parkway, street or
avenue at a rate of speed faster than
mile in 2 y minutes, nor over any
,rOssing or CrOSs-walk within the
limits of any city or village at a
'ate faster than one mile i'm 10 min
Ites when any person is upon same.
The violations of these provisions
shall be deemed misdemeanor.
by fine not exceeding
525 for the first offense, nor exceed
ng 500 for any succeeding Offense. 1
Passing around corners in this city
)r any other city at a rate of speed
aster than one mile in / 5 minutes,
,T four miles an hour, when persols
ire standing upon the corner, is in
,iOlation of the state law and this
provision viii be strictly enforced
'y Constable Hamilton,