El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-19
NEW TRAFFIC ORDINANCE READY;
BETTER CONTROL Of TRAFFIC
Automobiles and Street Cars Are Regulated the Streets
Will Not Be Crowded Up With Automobiles During
Business Hours and Pc destrians Must Stop Jay
Walking; Street Cars Are to Be Fumigated
-HE amended ordinance regulatir

-HE amended ordinance regulating
traffic within the city limits Oh
Il FL Paso is being prepared Tor
final reading at a special meeting OF
the CITY council Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock. The work is in the hanos OF
Joseph NJ. NealOn, city attorney, VINO Is
now putting in his final Work upon INC
ordinance. 49,,
when completed" said Mr.. Neaion.
~tbe new ordinance will embody what
we believe are the best features OF
traffic laws in a number OF cities; III
tbe rreraration OF our law we nave
taken the hest features from the ordl-
nances OF Dallas, San Antonio, Fort
Worth. Houston and Galveston; nave
drawn from the various ordinances %
Los Angeles and adopted some OF me
rules OF the road in force IN AtlahIt.
We have also given conslderatlol 70
the suggestions made by the FL FasO
Auto club and those made by individual
citizens. As a result of our extensive
Investigations, believe we nave
drawn up an ordinance that VIII O9
fair to all interests concerned
Many Radical Changes.
1.-THE ordinance has not been COM
nletelv drafted and there are seVeral
subjects still under consideration such
MS those fixing the maximum load Lor
automobiles and charges. In many re-
Snectg immaterial changes have been
made In existing regulations and IN
others the changes are radical Whlle
a number Of entirely new regulations
have been adopted 49,. -. ,-,,,,5
rTbe new ordinance fixes the speed
limit at - miles on San Francisco
street from the Union depot TO the
west line Of FL Paso street, ana Ihe
limit is eight miles an hour IN an mat
territory embraced within the IoIlO"
inc limits: South Santa Fe street on
tbs vest. East Overland and west Nv
erland streets on the soutn' NOIln
Camnbeu and South Campbell on the
east: and Missouri street on the norIh:
on all other streets and parts OF
streets, is miles per hour C y uns iiiii' l.
Executions to the speed limits are
made in the case Of physicians ana
surgeons, when in the interest OF LnS
uatfent q greater speed IS demanded.
In such cases the physician is required
to disnlav a plain green cross, and 1t
is declared unlawful for him TO us
NAV such cross unless engaged IN re-
spending to an urgent call me ponce
and fire department vehicles are also
limit when responding to call to duty,
and the same applies to county ana
state peace officers.
streets Must Not Be Blocked
It is declared unlawful to leave any
vehicles standing or hitched for more
man 2o minutes in the following
places: On North oregon street from
The southerly line Of the Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio railway 70
the southerly line of san Antonio
street: on Mills street and Little Plaza
north Of the street car tracks, from
the west line of oregon street Wester-
" 70 the west line Of Ell Paso street,
on Mills street from the easterly line
OF North Stanton street to the westerly
line Of North Oregon street; on San
q Francisco street from the westerly line
OF Oregon street to the westerly line
Of South Fl PasO street; on South El
Paso street from the northerly line OF
san Francisco and Mills streets. TO tne
sOutherly line of North Stanton street;
on San Antonio street from the east
erly line of South FL PasO street to
the easterly line Of South Stanton
street; on Stanton street from the
southerly line of the Galveston. Harris
burg & San Antonio right Of way to the
southerly line Of East Overland street;
provided, however, that this regulation
shall not apply between the hours of
- o. m. and a. m.
No "JOy Walking"
Within the limits set forth in the
above paragraph, 1t is declared unlaw-
full for any pedestrians to cross a street
except at its intersection with another
street and in crossing he or she must
walk at right angles and not diagon-
ally
Police department vehicles, on duty
calls, fire department vehicles going
TO a fire, United States mail vehicles
when on duty, and ambulances on duty
calls are given right Of way in any
street and through any procession.
Drivers Must be Careful.
Drivers of all vehicles must look
out for and give right of way to We
hicles approaching simultaneously from
their right, except as otherwise pro-
vided in the ordinance.
Every driver in slowing up or stop
ping, shall give a signal to those be-
hind by raising a whip or hand verti-
cally.
In turning or starting to turn, a sig
nal shall be given to those behind by