The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-07
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Ths residents Of the out-shepfks
section are up In arms a. . result OF
. number Of prominent people and q
number OF vsry unpopular people JOY
riding IN The snail houp Of tho night
out tn Fstionai road. IL r. q com
mon occurrence every night TO see
and hear . number OF machines load
ed Win these socaIied Joy riders
Thsss soy ridsu can Be CHASED IN
two separate classes. One class IN
supposed 70 be the respectable citi-
zen Who In the small hours of the
night gathers up . few Of his gentle
men friends. goes TO q wine room
and picks up q few OF their lady
friends ana thsn takes them into the
subues for . spin. They stop ct the
different road houses. have a few
drinks. get several cold bottles 10
drink On the way In. and then the fun
startA The machine can not travel
fast enoush for them. and with every
drink tansn. the scene changes. popu-
lar kongs are sung. and the noise and
din IN kept MP until the city limits
are rssohsd. and then they retire to
ths1r respective homes and all 10 we'll.
They are eonsidsrsd hvAbidins cit-
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Thsa ussDD b ne lower ciass, q
elaAs composed Of girh principally
from The rediight district. and girls
pfcksd MP on the streets of the city.
The cars they use belong 20 the gar
agss and soms Of than 10 individuals.
The pilots Of the different cars, and
oftsn the owners of the cars are at
the steering wheel. and they in turn
invite their gentlemen friends out for
spin and take the pike whils they
are out
Now this practice Of Joy riding is
not approved by the Ohio Valley
Automobile Club. or by the majority
OF the owners OF automobiles. but
there 10 q certain class IN the well-to-
do element who. II seems. have no re-
spect whatever for the residents along
the road they use. ana the other class
have no other use for their machines
except for the purpose OF Joy riding or
picking up girls OF tender years. The
onicers know a great many OF the
parties Of both classes. and the prac-
ticed In TO be stopped. n everyone OF
them has to be arrested for so doing.
Last Saturday evening an automobile
containing three deputy eherifs and
. driver hailed one OF these Joy riders
who was prominent Wheeling man.
and he was very indignant for being
stopped. and by tho way he did not
stop until several shots were fred by
the officers.
The citizens along the National
road have to date subscribed over
5000 for the purpose OF purchasing a
motorcycle for the use OF an officer
to Be stationed along the pike Deputy
Sheriff Henry Make has also been
patroling the road after night, and
when interviewed by an Intelligencer
reporter. he claimed Il was a dis
graos the number of young girls that
were scNn along the road after night
riding with men He thought that
the practice should be broken I'D at
all costa. and with men OF his char
acter patroling the road no doubt the
prActice Will not continue long. Very
little trouble has been encountered
lately from people speeding. Only
two were arrested this week and fined
before Mayor Roeder OF Fulton.
Safety on n: public highway. de
upon the ability OF the rnotorist to
have adequate warning OF the approach
OF Ms car. II II for this reason that
statutes are being more vigorously en-
forced which require the automobiles
70 sound hts horn at all obviously dan
ferrous crossings and points where con
gestion Of trafric may occur.
The history OF countless accidents
has shown that the failure 20 observe
these requirements has contributed 20
more than majority Of the smash-ups
and collisions which come before the
public eye
''Therefors. II would certainly seem
That the day OF the bulb horn IL past
At best this device-with It's feeble
nndspeneaole honk-is an absolutely
inadequate warning signal II has
neither the power to warn At any dis
lance. nor the consistency 90 perform