Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
ORDINANCES PASSED
Little Opposition to Traffic Rules
in Village Meeting
Words when Practicable" Added to
Rule About Vehicles Stopping with
Right Side Close to Curb.


Less than 100 voters assembled in
Festival hall Friday night to pass traf-
fic regulations at the special village
meeting called by the village commits
sioners for that purpose. By adding
the words "when practicable" to art
icle and by adding another bylaw
prohibiting the placing of coal ashes
in the streets there was not much
difficulty in passing the ordinances as
drafted by the commissioners. What
| opposition developed was good ma.
tured and merely for the purpose of
clarifying the general situation.
When the meeting was called to or
der by Chairman E. w. Gibson of the
village commissioners there were GA in
the hall and few more came in dur
ing the early part of the meeting,
which lasted 40 minutes. Clerk w. Ii.
Perry read the warrant, and on mo-
ton of Horton d. Walker Judge A. f.
Schwenk was elected moderator.
After the moderator had read the
warrant once more Mr.. Walker moved
that the ordinances as read be adopt
ed.
rules applied to all streets in the vii
lage and Chairman Gibson replied that
the commissioners had tried to com
pile as few and as simple rules as pcs
sible and to that end had studied the
rules compiled by towns and cities
where traffic regulations had been in
use some time. He thought Mr.. Holden
had in mind High and Chaplin streets
when he asked the question, for the
street railway tracks run close to the
right hand side of the street on those
streets and it would be impossible to
stop ear with its right side "close
to and parallel with the curb" as re-
uired. The commissioners expected
that the rules would be construed rea-
sonably and decided to leave the en-.
tire matter up to the voters. He sug-
gested that the articles be taken up
separately.
Mr.. Holden did not think that was
necessary. He thought if the words
'when practicable were added to
article 2 it would meet his approval
This article read as follows: "No We.
hicle shall stop with its left side to
the curb. No vehicle shall stop in a
public street except with its right side
close to and parallel with the curb. !"
Mr.. Gibson said that article a,
which forbids the scattering of metal,
glass and other substances in the high.
ways, he had discovered was covered
| by Act 1873 of the Acts of 1910.
Mr. Holden said that he rather liked
to have the article left in for it
might tend to discourage the use in
the streets, of coal ashes with the
nails that are frequently in them.
Dennison Cowles said that article 2,
! as it read, would prevent an automo.
/ bile from stopping in front of his
store without being liable to a fine of
$40. He explained that almost con.
tinually during business hours some
car is standing close to the curb in
front of Robbins e. Cowles s store and
that another car could not stop close
to the curb and would, therefore, be
liable to fine.
George w. Clapp thought the arti.
Gle was intended to relate to the park.
ing of cars on the street.
Mr.. Holden suggested the adding of
the words "when practicable. 4"
DR.. Charles G. Wheeler thought that
''when practicable would not cover
the case. He thought certain business
streets ought to be specified. There is
no need, he believed, for such string.
ent rules to apply in Esteyville, for
instance.
John b. Dunton did not believe in
the muffler cut-out restriction. lie
thought If machine was going up
Union hill, for instance, with a load
the driver ought to be allowed to
open his cut-out.
The motion of Mr.. Walker with the
amendment of Mr. Holden to make
article 2 read "when practicable