White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-23
STOP WATCHES
TIME SCORCHERS
SCIENTIFIC METHOD Is
USED TO DETECT vIO-
LATION OF Law.

City Marshal Schell who has been
taking observations with a stop
watch to get line on the speed with
which some of the local automobile
drivers are in the habit of covering
distance In the city limits, hailed
three alleged offenders into court.
Friday, to answer to the charge of
violation of the automobile speed or
dinance. The three scorchers were
B. L. Quayle, M. J. Miller and J. L.
Brown. The former was driving his
own car, while Messrs. Miller and
Brown respectively we're operating
cars for the l.. H. Murdock company
and Hugh Wilson.
At a hearing Friday afternoon Mr..
Miller was convicted of cutting lose
at speed on 20 $40 miles an hour
in the city limits and was assessed
fine of $500. The defendant attrib-
uted his burst of speed to a faulty
cylometer. Mr.. Brown owned up
TO the court that he had travelled fas-
ter than the law allows and was
| fined $2.50, the Judge taking con-
sideration of the fact that the de-
fendant pleaded guilty and manifest
ed disposition to be more careful
in the future.
Mr.. Quayle made request that his
case be set for Monday, as more con-
venient for him, and the request was
granted, Judge Cartwright setting
the hour for 2 O'Clock tomorrow af-
ternoon.
As these are the first cases to be
heard as bearing on violation of the
city speed ordinance. nominal fines
were imposed, but City Attorney
Boreman stated that this lenient
policy will not be followed for sec
ond offenders There is law sufficient
to make the offenders squirm and IL
auto and other motor propelled vehi-
Gle drivers do not care to get hook
ed on the prongs of the ordinance it
will be wise to watch out as to speed
and lights
The officers have made careful
preparation for the trial aud had evil
denee which could not well be con-
tradicted. Ii was somewhat of sur
prise to the defendants to find that
system of signals by men stationed
at various corners using stop watches
had the exact time to a fifth of sec
ond and the measurement of the dis
tance traversed figured accurately.
In the case of M. j. Miller the evil
dence showed that the offense occur
red at 1857 p. M, November |. that
he was travelling at the rate of 20.6
miles per hour. swithout lights, that
he covered the distance from Seventh
to Eighth street on Aultman in 10 3-s
seconds. which should not have been
made in less than seventeen seconds
according to the ordinance providing
maximum speed of twelve miles
per hour. Marshal Schell stood on
the corner of Seventh street with
stop watch ard flash light while ]. s.
Bennett was stationed on the corner
| of Eighth and Aultman similarly
equipped. As the rear wheels of the
machine left the crossing Schell
stopped his watch and signalled and
the same was done by Bennett, who
signaled back as the machine passed
him. The watches showed a diff
ference of only 2-5 of a second and
this allowance was made 10 the bene-
lit of the defendant, still leaving him
out of harmony with the regulations.
It is understood evidence has been
secured against number of other
automobilists but action will not be
brought until later Their names
have not been made public.