Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-08
ReSurrect Ordinance Which
May Give them Back
ing in Campaign.
GIVING TRIO u B L E
Numerous Accidents Have
Occurred at Night by
Congestion.

Back in the musty pages of book
containing all of Tulsa's two thousand
city ordinances has been found
measure which the city fathers and
Chief of Police Lucas hope Will as
sist them in eliminating from the
downtown district the conges-
tion by street speakers and gatherings
which are responsible in large meas
ure for the many automobile accl-
dents, the most recent of which oc-
Cured Wednesday evening and re-
suited i'm the running down OF Ted
dy" Lcvcry and which was followed
Immediately by, Chief Lucas orders
to his men to break up all such gath
erings 10y enforcing the move along
ordinance, section 13 of ordinance 90.
This ordinance, which was made a
part Of the city's laws back in the
early days of municipal affairs here,
provides that where three or more
persons Congrcgate they may he dis
pcrsed by orders from the owners or
tenants Of the buildings, or any peace
officer. 1t is this law which the
chief of police intends his men shall
enforce.
Cause Trouble.
For some time we have been
bothered by these gatherings on the
has ! 'cn the custom to permit rclig
ious meetings to be held in the streets,
and when speakers asked for tho
same privilege the other officers did
not feel like refusing one, and per-
mitting the other. As = result it has
come to a state where anyone with
an idea or message could take the
street corners and collect a crowd
sometimes the money. We have
naIa. a.H ct in, M t1s-slfs = n
where we must keep the streets clean,
unobstruCted and open for any emer-
gency No one can tell when there
will he run of the fire department.,
this in itself is enough to cause the
people to want to keep the streets
clear. We must enforce this law
from now on and l have instructed
my men to enforce it"
The action of Chief Lucas meets
with the hearty approval of Fire
Chief II. c. Alder.
"The police have the power to keep
the streets clear of such crowds. /
am glad to see that Chief Lucas has
| issued orders to his men to enforce
/ the move along ordinance.
when we receive an alarm we
must get there as quickly as possible.
With people congregated in the streets
! there is a large margin of danger.
This should be eliminated and instead
there should be margin of safety
walk i'm Path of Cars.
people who stand about such a
crowd are interested in what is going
on in the crowd They turn to leave,
little thinking that they are in a zone
| given over to automobiles, cars and
other vehicles. The fact that the
drivers give a warning is lost on them
for the instant and an accident oc-
ours. II is hard to blame the driver
Of the vehicles and the man believes
that he was run down intentionally.
As a matter of fact he has been vio-
lating the law while standing in the
street and is violating another when
he leaves the zone marked off for
pedestrians.
"In case of a fire run these crowds
break up some scattering one dircc-
ton. some another. With a crowd II
is anywhere to reach safety zone
But a large per cent will pick the
safety zone .ho furthest from where
they were standing, and in so doing
| will run across street car track
across the path Of two lines of mov-
ing traffic and perhaps into the very
front of a flying auto fire truck or
steamer
1--WE are lucky that there have not
been more accidents in the congested
| district. due to carelessness and the
lack of enforcement of these laws
with the chiefs support things will
be greatly relieved"
Sergeant Jim Pilkington OF the
traffic squad will see that his men en-
force the law to the letter I'VE have
received our orders from chief Lucas
and the traffic squad of the depart
ment will back them to man. The
law is plain in this matter and the
| naopla arc exuected to abiQe by the
laws of the city in which they live
We will see that they do it,"
! "a n TnE1NTm ANNA