Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-15
I'm EFFECT DECEMBER IS
Orders Lamps on Hired Carriages
Until Half Hour Before Sunrise.
TAGS FOR BUSINESS VEHICLES
After April /, 1911, They Mus.
Garry Numbers Visible for at
Least Twenty Feet.

private carriages from half an hsuI
after sunset until 4 am.
Lights On cabs and carriages for hire
from half m hour after sunset until
half an hour before sunrise.
Metal Number tags, similar 70 auto
tags, en- all wagons used In business.
Lights ON ali bicycles, motorcycles
ETC., from half m hour after sunset un-
til half an hour before sunrise.
Everything on wheels I'm the District
of Columbia. except baby carriages,
will have to carry lights at night. In
accordance with a police regulation
adopted by the Commissioners at noon
today, In addition to lights all busi-
ness wagons will have to carry metal
tags bes ring q number. The tags will
be furnished by the license clerk at
the District building in the same way
automobile tags are furnished. The
cost Of the tags will be fifty cents.
The regulations regarding the lights
on all vehicles win be effective Deoem-
Der 10. The tagging regulations will
not go into effect until April 1. 1911.
Matter Carefully Considered.
This regulation IL the result Of sew
eral months study ana conference on
the part Of the three Commissioners
A lighting regulation was passed early
In tho summer. but owing to protests
by many business men was nullifed
for further study.
A hearing was given the business men
at which 1t was stated that the reguia
tions as then drawn up were drastic II
the extreme. Today's regulations are ths
result Of study on the part OF the three
members Of the board since that time.
Horse-drawn vehicles used for busines!
purposes must have, after April Of mex
year. a metal tag on the right side, Wis
ible at least twenty feet.
Every public vehicle for the conveyance
of passengers for hire shall display be
hour before sunrise brightly lighted lamps
The lamps must be plainly visible from
front, sides and rear for a distance OF 2O(
feet, and must be so fixed as to show
the metal tag and number at distxnee o
twenty feet.
/ Private Carriage Regulation.
/ Private carriages, which now have NJ
regulations forcing their lighting, will
have to carry lights from half an houl
after sunset until 1 O'Clock in the morn
ing The regulation specifies that they
shall display at least one lamp or Ian.
tern showing a white light for a distance
Of 200 feet in the direction toward which
such vehicle is proceeding. and to the
side thereof. and a light visible for 9
distance Of 200 feet directly to the real
which shall be placed or fixed, unless
otherwise ordered by the major and SUI
perintendent of the Metropolitan police
upon the left side of said vehicle. and sc
as to be plainly visible and free from
obstruction"
The regulation plainly specifies, how
ever. that belated private carriages ano
business wagons have an hour and a halt
leeway after sunset. provided they are
not going faster than q walk and are
on their way home.
The way the regulations now read
bakers wagons. milk wagons and ice
wagons and other early morning vehicles
will not have to carry lamps. This was
one Of the points contested for by the
business men at the hearing. They claim.
ed that there was so little traffic in the
early hours that lights were not needed.