El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-06

required to keep moving and 70 aE YOU
lettering and blocking the slueWaIhS'
Passengers on street cars are 90
toned to enter by the rear door aLLU
leave by the front door, except on IN
paved street where passengers can en-
Ter and alight from the rear entrance
Provide Kear-Side stops.
All cars Will be required 10 stop
on the near side of the streets inter
sectinar from the right. This shall De
the case always on paved street where
streets are unpayed cars may stop oA
either side. Upon boarding streets cars
all passengers are required TO move ~
the front and occupy the front sedts'
thereby filling up the car from tle
back and preventing croWding at the
Alderman Chapa's ordinace may
serve to relieve crowded conditions on
street cars as this provision Is IN
.When any street car in the city
shall have become loaded to its ca
Dacity. the car shall then proceed TO-
ward its destination with al us
patch and shall not stop Tor the pur-
pose of taking on more passengers
until passengers have alighted from
the car in sufficient numbers 10 &C
commodate more passengers IN the
car"
Provision is made in the ordinance
for safety signals and drivers OF We
a stop must signal those behind by
raising the whip hand virtically. IN
backing up ample warning must De
given.
The policemen assigned to traffic
duty soon viii have 10 acQuaint them
selves with use Of the whistle, as the
measude provides for the direction OF
traffic on street corners through
the blowing OF whistles one blast VIII
indicate that east and west traffic
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may proceed. Two blasts will lndi~
cate that north and south traffic must
stop and east and west traIfic may
proceed. Three or more blasts viii
be a signal Of alarm and the ap-
preach OF danger when three WINS
ties are sounded all vehicles and
street cars must clear the street and
stop.
Like in the present ordinance. fire
apparatus, police patrols, ambulances,
United States mail wagons and ply
sicians answering emergency calls are
given the right of way.
Must Tell Reporters.
Alderman Chapa provides for the
fullest publicity in all cases of accl-
dent and those in the participatin
vehicles must give the complete de-
tails, including the names and ad-
dresses of all passengers, to police OF"
ficers and newspaper reporters. This
section reads as follows;
Whenever any mOtor-driven vehicle
is in an accident by collision or other
wise with any person or other vehicles
or when such motor driven vehicle IN
Jures any person, horse or vehicle, II
shall be the duty of the driver of such
mOtor-driven vehicle to forthwith
bring his car to full stop and re-
turn to the scene o. the accident and
TO give any proper person and news
paper reporters demanding the same
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cense and the registry number of the
motor vehicle and the names and res
licences Of each and every male and
female occupant OF said motor We
hicle."
Rules Of the road defined in tbs
ordinance are those followed by every
careful driver, and are the rules IL
general observation throughout the
country This section regulates the
places and manner in which autOnu-
hiles shall remain standing for more
than 20 minutes. The use of a 'muf-
fer on every motor vehicle is re-
qUired and the use of "cutOffs" is for
hidden The ordinance provides that
no intoxicated person shall drive
car nor any person other than nor
mally developed person more than 10
years old at mis- or her last birth
day. No motor vehicle will be allowed
to use siren horn. All physicians
are required to exhibit on the front
Cross emblem, which emblem shall not
be larger than six inches or less than
four inches.
Before the license inspector will be
allowed TO grant an applicant a per-
NIT to operate a machine he must
first satisfy himself that the appli-
cant has useful sight and hearing In
case Of doubt the city physician must
decide. Applicants must demonstrate
their ABILITY 10 drive and must at all
times show a reasonable knowledge
Of the rules of the road
Vehicles loaded with heavy wares,
capable of nOise-making in transit OF
giving forth disagreeable doors are
allowed to make the through trips
on Houston and Commerce streets and
Alamo plaza Funeral cOrteges viii
not be allowed on Commerce street
between North Flores and South Al
amO streets, on Houston street be-
tween Blum and Commerce streets.
Speed Limit Indefinite.
The speed limit is left mostly to
the discretion of the driver and with
reference to speed the Chapa ordi-
nance SAYS:
Every person operating a motor We
hicle or other vehicle on the public
streets within the city, shall drive
the same in a careful and prudent
manner and at a rate of speed that
another, or the life or limb of any
person, provided that at no time shall
a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour
be executed"
Violations Of the Chapa ordinance
are punishable by fines ranging from
50 to 5000, with the additional pro-
vision that those found guilty will
have their licenses taken away.