Evening journal., 1912-02-06
RECONSIDER
ORDINANCE
Traffic Law VIII be Acted on
When Street Department
President Receivers
AGREE TODAY ON
PROPOSITION CHANGE

The letter Of Mayor Howell return
ing the traffic ordinance unsigned
and explaining his objections. was
received by the directors of the Street
and Sewer Department at their meet
ing this morning. The letter, which
has been previously printed, gives as
the mayors chief objections. that ne
thought the ordinance should contain
a rule for the stopping-point of street
cars. and that on should take the
place of cor" in the clause relating
to automobiles which reads "cut-outs
or mufflers shall be kept closed. On
motion of Mr. Murphy, the board
voted to reconsider the ordinance at
next weeks meeting.
Street Commissioner Pierson ex-
plaired the intricacies of mufflers
and cut-outs, mufflers being designed
TO suppress the steam engine noises
of motor cars. while cut-outs is part
of a muffler, whose opening causes
the muffler no longer to muffle the
sound Mr. Pierson explained that
muffling the sound took away a little
of the power but so little that a
machine should not need TO turn loose
its steam engine noises when climb
Ing a hill The board members con-
sidered the mayor was right IN point
ing to "on" as the proposition apph-
cable The street car stopping ques-
ton was not discussed this morning.
and has not been taken up by the
board at any time.
President George w. Sparks was
unable to be present this morning
owing to his continued Illness so that
discussion on the traffic ordinance
and on the proposed new ordinance
doing away with wooden poles was
deferred.
Plumbing Inspector Edward p NC
Kav reported for January, IL plans
fled. 26S plumbing and gas inspec-
tions. Is Jobs turned down for detec-
tive plumbing. seven jobs turned down
for defective gas piping, 2O.ol the
average candle-power OF gas, OIL inc
heating value of gas
Thomas Tatnall brought before the
board a request for a sewer on Cor
don street. between Market and La
motto streets either by the city or
built by private owners. and INQUIRIES
concerning grading of the street. inc
title 20 which is held by the Joseph
Tatnall estate. If the sewer is built
the Tatnall estate will build row
If houses there. Mr.. Tatnall stated
the estate would be glad to deed the
street to the city. Secretary Leslie
V. Christy called attention to the
ruie that the city cannot take deco
10 a street until It has been brougnl
io Grade. Mr.. Tatnall did not ice
mat the estate could afford to pa,
the cost Of grading the street bu
n some agreement could be reached
thev would be glad to have the CIT
take f. He stated that the stree
was 25 feet wide, and that stable
had been built in the roadbed
The board instructed Chief Engineel
Alexander J. Taylor to confer VIII
Mr. Tatnall
some time ago, Peter J. Ford aske'
the hoard concerning an agreemen
with regard to Rodman street, betWcel
Third and Fourth, which was there de
fected TO run parallel with the B. am
n so that a railroad bridge would bl
necessary only at Fourth street. MT
Ford thought there was an agreemen
whereby the property owners waived
the opening of other streets IN lieu ,
the opening of Rodman street I'M
morning a letter received from tn
railroad stated they had no record o
any such agreement. The secretar
was instructed TO see If there wa
such an agreement in the city records
The Ford estate is interested in tn
matter as other crossings Of the rail
road are now desired beside tn
Fourth street crossing by propert
owners of that neighborhood.