Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-14
Hundreds Want to Fill Your WANT Little Want AID will Find Thc

ported to our police department they
get busy to ferret out the perpetrator.
lt requires no comment to point out
TO you that in looking to the protec-
tion of life and limb of our citizens,
whether the occupants of vehicles or
not, our police should be equally vigil
liant and exemplify it through a thor
ough enforcement of the traffic ordi-
nance.
Drivers of horse drawn vehicles are
either generally ignorant of the fact
that the local ordinance covers
vehicles other than motor vehicles.
Slow-moving, horse-drawn vehicles
often are overtaken while driving in
the center of the street and when sig
naled with motor horn refuse to
turn to the right and drive near the
right curb as required by the ordi-
nance; IL the motorist desires to pass,
the law says pass the overtaken
motor to the left side of the street,
while the law says keep to the right"
Drivers of many vehicles both motor
and horse propelled, neglect the sign
with the hand when changing speed
or course or stopping, as the law re-
cures they should do: lights after the
regal hour are missing from many
Vehlcles; the corners are often inn
properly turned; cars are stopped on
the wrong side of the street, wagons
are stopped on the wrong side: iitney
cars stop out in the street alongside
other cars properly near the right
curb and the jitney driver does not in
many instances give the hand signal
ana utterly ignores the fact that the
city ordinance distinctly commands
that they do not stop, except in emer-
gency' otherwise than close to the
right curb, or do not stand two
ABREAST motor cars stand on Market
A Nwvsfl
,nulner cutouts are used contrary to
law and the drivers cut circles around
tne traf1lc officer with them omen: all
OF which the police must repeatedIv
see and view with unconcern. -
we trust that this matter will be
takeh up by you. While our club de-
Slres 10 be law-abiding and is in favor
OF the regulations, many of our mem
pers teel and have expressed them
serves that their own money maid in
70 the club as dues should not be used
TOT tne purpose of policing the streets
ana prosecpting them for some minor
nlolation that may have been com
mitted, not by themselves but hv nno
OF their paid drivers.
,,a Very truly yours,
MoioR CLUB OF HARRISBURG
lSisned) j. CLYDE MYTON,
rrho ,, Secretary.
HI,' IIEM pduiy ne felt about the Motor
Ciup S actlon until just before the end
OF the session when he reminded Sit,,
commissioner Taylor of the unnajJ
Dill 1or seals for the city forestry de-
IIartment. Commissioner TAYLOR easiI,-
settled the matter by having the hill
II amounted to about $76-referred tn
liz, LIS own department for consideration
me mayor was very, very patient
ABOUT 1t; he only hesitated about
signing the warrant, he said. because
sive. N-ii eN>e7'-
Commissioner Taylor took occasion
10 refer to other small items that had
not been paid at once IncidentaIIy
ne inquired of Mr.. Gorgas as to
Whether or not the city paid for all
the stamped envelopes that are used
by the city treasury for school pur-
poses. F'
Commissioner Gorgas didn't know
just what the city paid for.
further Smoothing For Mayor
mayor Royal further had his feel
ings smoothed when the question OF
who is to preside at the dedicatory
exercises of the Chamber of Com
merce monument to the public inn
provements of the city in River Park
during the Municipal Improvement
celepratlon, arose The Chamber
wanted to know who was to act.
Messrs. Gorgas and Bowman
thought Mr. TAYLOR was the logical
man as head of the park department,
Mr.. Taylor and Mr. Lynch thought the
mayor was the proper person. Mayor
Royal was coy about it, however-and
shyly suggested that Mr. Gorgas make
motion that he be selected This
was after Mr.. Bowman withdrew his
motion.