The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
TO REVIVE
OLD AUTO
ORDINANCE
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and also to come TO full stop at
every street car crossing.
This will be the most drastic traf-
fic ordinance on the city books, if 1t
Is passed, and will have the effect OF
driving vehicular traffic off Wood
ward-ave. and other streets where
the car service is frequent II will
force automobile drivers 10 use John
R..st. and Cass-ave. instead of Wood
ward-ave. The enforcement of the
proposed ordinance will also tend
to decrease the number of accidents
caused by careless drivers hitting
people trying TO get on and of street
cars
Aid. Littlefield's ordinance Is SINH
lar to the one that he introduced in
the council in 1911 over the strenu.
Gus objection of Frank H. Croul,
then police commissioners. Commits
sioner Croul contended that the
measure was too drastic. To prove
lis assertion, be brought more than
3 600 complaints against motor
drivers the first as hours that the
measure was on the books. His OPP
position finally killed the ordinance.
Commissioner Croul stationed
men at car sidings that were not
used more than few times a year
and they made a complaint a.
every motorist wnol allied to stop
before crossing the tracks" said Aid.
Littlefleld, Thursday morning. The
commissioner set out deliberately to
make joke of the ordinance and he
succeeded. In the new ordinance
the provision for hating motor cars
at street car crossings will be modi-
fed so that II will be capable oil
reasonable enforcement.
IF Police Commissioner Gillespi,
Is willing to work with the council
and properly enforce the proposed
new ordinance. street conditions
will be bettereo."
Traffic conditions in Detroit have
got to improve" was Mayor Marx 8
comment when he read the daily list
OF killed and injured. Thursday.
at is up to every department head
TO do his duty and see that every
thing possible is done to better traf.
flc conditions. will Immediately
start an investigation to determine
the cause Of the increasing number
or street accidents. III the trouble
is in our law, then I will take
to have the Lave amended 80 that Il
viii be possible 70 convict a careless
automobile driver who kills a pedes.
TRAN, OF manslaughter. ! under.
stand that II is now almost impossi.
BILE 10 make such a charge stand"
Mayor Marx was not In his Office
more than half an hour. Thursday
morning. before a private citizen
called to complaint against the dan.
gerous condition of the streets.
James p. Cummiskey. president OF
the Ohio & Michigan Coal Co, who
lives at No. 1877 Lawrence-ave.. told
the mayor that the dangerous traffic
conditions in Detroit is gettig on his
nerves.
81 have about decided to move
outside the city limits" he said 81
have small children. and every time
pick up newspaper and read the
list OF killed and injured, the cold
chills run up and down my back.
Il is positively dangerous to cross
Woodward-ave. at any point outside
the trafflc zone. There are not
enough motorcycle officers out
Woodward-sye. TO keep the automo-
bile drivers from violating every
known ordinance and state law. |
have even seer Nervv trucks hitting
on 40 miles an hour right on v
wardave"
Mr. Cummiskey had personal
complaint to make 20 the mayor
against the police department Re
Gently an automobile struck one OF
Mr.. Cummiskey's workmen, who
was boarding car az Jefferson and
ontinental-ayes The recklessness OF
the driver was go apparent that the
street car motorman attempted 20
attack him with n switch bar. An