The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-18
WON'T STAND FOR
ALDERMEN sACT|ON
COUNCIL WILL HARD
In ENDORSE KILLING OF
TRAFFIC ORDINANCE.

What VIII the common council do
with the traffic ordinance when it
comes back to that body from the
board of aldermen for concurrence 2
Turn 1t over to the undertakers
and let them bury it," is the answer
from one member of the council.
One thing is said to be certain.
The councilmen are not going to stand
for such action as the aldermen took
Tuesday night when they eliminated
forty-eight Of the fifty sections in the
ordinance.
In giving the names of undertake
ers who voted to emasculate the or
dinance. The Virginian on Wednes-
day inadvertently omitted that of AL
derman Joseph NJ. Kahn, of Henry
ward. Three other undertakers voted
TO kill the ordinance, and SO did sew
eral liverymen and automobile owners
who are members of the aldermanlo
body
Following are a few Of the clauses
which were stricken out:
| 1t shall be unlawful for any person
while in an intoxicated condition to
operate any automobile. locomobile.
motor tricycle. or motor bicycle. and
any person SO doing shall be liable to
| a fine of not less than fifty dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars,
recoverable before the Police Jus
| tice of the city of Richmond. and
said Police Justice shall certify the
| fact of such conviction to the Chief
of Police OF the city OF Richmond,
who shall thereupon revoke the IL
cense of any person SO convicted.
No persons under the age OF SIX
| teen shall drive An automobile o.
other self propelled vehicle on th'
| streets, alleys. or public highways o
| tho city Of Richmond.
| The roadbeds OF highways ant
| streets are primarily intended To-
vehicles. hut pedestrians have tn
! right to cross them In safety, ant
| all drivers of vehicles shall exercis'
| all proper care not to injure pedes
TRANS. and pedestrians before step
| ping from the sidewalk to the road
bed. should look 10 see what is ap
| preaching. and shall not nedlessl,
interfere with the passage of vehicles
No person operating self propelled
| vehicle shall permit the pipes
| 'muffiers.' or other devices to emf
| sounds of exhaust in loud an'
| annoying manner. and all such We
! hicles shall be operated in as noise
less a manner as possible.
No person shall drive upon IN
| streets or highways any unduly dan
gerous or partially broken" animal
No vehicle. except those mention
cd in section 81 hereof. shall pro
coed at any time at a greater spee'
| than eight Isl miles an hour on tn
| following streets: Cary, Main, FRANZ
| lin and Grace streets from fourtl
| street to Nineteenth street; Broa
street from Adams street TO Twelfth
street, Sixth street from Clay stree
south to Canal street. Seventh stree
from Marshall street south to Are
/ street; Arch street from SeNent
street to Ninth street: thence alon
the line of Ninth street. across tn
James river free bridge; thence alon
Seventh street washington ward) I
| Hull street; Fourteenth street fror
Main street southwardiy acros
Mayo Bridge" and thence alon
Hun street to the corporation lin
on the south. Eighth and Mint
streets from Marshall street TO Car
street; Seventeenth and Eighteent
streets from Broad street to Car
street and in the territory outsio
thereof no vehicle Except those men
toned In section 21 hereof) shall Ell
coed speed of fifteen t1b) miles pc
honr. and no xahicla shau cross. an
street or avenue running east an
west. or make any turn at spec
rate exceeding one-half of the spec
permitted by this section