Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-03
Drivers Must Prove Eff ciency Before Being Grant
 ed License to Cost $5.
ASSESSMENTS IN
 CHERRY STREET CUT
Council Authorizes the Construction of Bridges ill Linden and Tennessee Streets, aud Employment of
 Teams to Help ill Missouri.
The city council last night adopt ed

The city council last night adopted | Jltney regulation ordinance, thus flddlng itself, for H time at least, of subject with which it has worried fer several months past. The ordl- nance goes into effect at once. and the enforcement of it's terms will be l started imediately.
 Briefly, the ordinance provides: That no automobile used for hire shall carry more passengers than the capacity fixed by the manufacturer of the car.
 That cars shall at all times be kept clean and in good condition, so they can give first-class bus service That no car shall stop in the busi- ness district of the city except at the near side of all crossings Or within two feet of the curb
 That there shall be no racing fo.; passengers.
 That whites and negroes shall not ride in the same car at any one ti1e.
 That all drivers must be examined and have license.
 That application for license shall be accompanied by a fee of $5 and that the examination shall show at least thirty days experience in driv- ! ing a car. That the license shall be revocable upon conviction for violation of a traffic or moral law.
 The ordinance is so worded that cars now in operation for hire by their owners come under the ban pe- cause drivers of all hire ears must undergo the, examination and be licensed, even though the drivers own the cars.
 Fer Street Improvement. The council instructed the board of public affairs to advertise for bids for the building of bridges in Linden street and in Tennessee street. 1t was pointed out that the present Lin den street bridge is closed, and that within two weeks the bridge in Cherry street will be closed also, be- cause of the work of paving that street. The new bridge in Linden street will cost less than $500, and therefore work of erecting it will be started at once, advertising for bids over a lengthy period not being nec- essary under the law. Traffic will l thus be without interruption. The council authorized the mayor to hire a number of teams to help the city teams complete the filling of Missouri street, where property owners, aided by County Judge c. M Philpot, are expending $10,O00 or $12,00O in graveling the street.
 Acting as a court of appeals from | the assessors of the Cherry street paving district, the council granted the reduction in assessments asked by R. F. Ezell, J. S. Curry, Pinch back Taylor, w. F. George and Charles Haycock.
 Many Minor Matters.
 The city engineer was instructed to notify the government engineers to move from Virginia street the pile ol crushed rock stored there. The council instructed the city engineer to install a flush tank al Second and Virginia streets. This will cost about $120 and will accom- modate nine houses in Virginia street between Second avenue and tn: river.
 l Cemetery receipts aggregate ed
 $142,50 disbursements $15256, de. ficit $10o6.
 The house at 703 East Fifth ave. nue, owned by Joe Ladd, was declar-
 ed a nuisance and dangerous, an(
 was ordered torn down by the chic
 of police. and city engineer.
 Cash fines in the police court az
 gregated $2SS, committed $13S, tota
 $426. Pound fees >totaled $46.95.
 Appropriations of $500 for stree department feed bills and payrolls
 and $125 for police department mis. Cellaneous bills, were made.
 The Pine Bluff company was in
 structed to move fire hydrant from
 the north end of Chestnut to Fifth
 and Hazel streets.
 Police Judge J. R. stewart wa!
 granted two weeks leave of absence because of illness.
 | Alderman Ben Veil was giver
 leave of absence until September 2.