Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-22
'CH|LDREN'S LIVES
ARE MENACED
Reckless Speeding Works
Hardship On Youngsters
Says Mayor Seligman
LAS VEGAS TO A|O PAGEANT
Motorists From Meadow City
Promise to Come Over
For Event.

Mayor Arthur Seligman has return
ed home from Las Vegas where he did
some work boosting Santa Fe's Fourth
OF July historic pageant. The idea
was well received by Las Vegans with
whom | talked" said the mayor this
morning, and six or more automobil-
| lists have promised to make the run
over here TO take part.
4 am particularly anxious to get
various cities of New Mexico to send
visitors TO Santa te per auto, for in
this way We will not only get in closer
| touch with the people of New Mexico,
but We will get better roads. These
motorists will note the defects in
roads and call the attention of the
county commissioners TO these de-
fects. In this way Improvements are
bound to result.
While of course, many automobiles
make a city up-to-date, according to
the modern idea of progress, still the
citizens of Santa Fe should lend me
all the aid in their power to enforce
the automobile ordinances. Santa Fe
is an ancient city; its streets are an
cient and they are narrow and some
times crooked. Santa Fe city is no
place for speeding of high power ma
chimes. There is plenty OF room a
mile out out of town for speeding and
those who must have tnat diversion
are welcome to enjoy it-out OF
town.
The lives of our children are par
ticularly endangered by this speeding
and with the number OF automobiles
now in Santa Fe, and the recklessness
with which some of them are driven,
our boys and girls can scarcely feel
safe riding bicycle or a horse.
IF the city of Santa Fe finds the
speed ordinance too severe. then ,at
the city repeal it. AS long as it is the
law it must not be violated. My inten.
tion is to see that the first offense
receives reprimand or slight fine; the
second a heavy fine and the third the
repeal of the license That seems the
only way 10 handle the problem"
Blowing Horns.
Mayor Seligman said that one night
last week he was standing on Palace
avenue and saw machine driven
at great speed coming down the ave
nue. and turned right around the cor.
ner near Judge A. H. Morrisons house
without footing horn or giving any
warning thus endangering the lives OF
all who might be coming down that
street. 1t was impossible to get the
chauffeur's number just then but an ef-
fort will be made to arrest him for
similar occurrence for this turning
rapidly seems to have become mania
with some chauffeurs.
Other Cities Bad, Too.
The mayor said that Santa Fe is not
the only city that is menaced by the
speeding of reckless chauffeurs, for in
another city he saw conditions as bad
ii not worse than here. He said to
several motorists, There are no au-
mobiles in your town, see, for they
are all fling machines" They grin
ned and admitted the truth of the re-
mark.
Mr.. Lewis Is Fined.
Mechanician Lewis, who drives the
yellow car, owned by F. S. Donnell,
was fined $40 and costs today by JUS
tice Alarid for speeding.
Runs Over Dog.
A chauffeur ran over the pretty
black dog of B. TONNES, the we'll
known shoemaker, Friday night while
rounding corner at good clip. Mr..
TONNES called on the mayor this
morning and complained bitterly of
the reckless speeding of chauffeurs at
night.