Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
AUTOS 3 OTHERS
Police Department Promulgates Rules
to Govern Motor and Horse Drawn
Vehicles i'm Streets of Chicago.

7 Sec. 2. No one shall drive or con.
duct any vehicle in such condition, so
constructed or so loaded as to be
likely to cause delay in traffic of &C.
| cident or injury to man, beast or
| property.
Sec. 8. No vehicle shall be so load.
/ ed that It may not be easily drawn
over this ut difficult portion of the
route.
Sec. 4. No one shall load or drive a
vehicle loaded with iron or any ma.
terial likely to create loud noises by
striking together without using every
effort to deaden the load.
Sec. 5. No one under sixteen years
of age shall be permitted to drive any
vehicle.
Sec. 6. No one shall ride upon the
rear end of any vehicle without the
consent of the driver, and when riding
no part of his body shall protrude be.
yond the limits of the vehicle.
Sec. T. No vehicle shall be used on
any street or highway unless provided
with lights and sound signals as pre-.
scribed by law.
Sec. 8. All vehicles are required be.
tween one and one.half hours after
sunset and one hour before sunrise to
have on the left side light which
shall show white 200 feet to the front
and red 200 feet to the rear. Bicycles,
ETC., shall have one white light that
shall be visible 200 feet.
Sec. Q. Drivers Of vehicles loaded
with ashes, cinders, coal, mortar, snow
or similar material, so that the mat.
ter is scattered along the street, are
liable to arrest.
Sec. 10. No vehicle shall, between
6 a. IN. and p. m, stand in any street
or alley within the district bounded
by Lake street, Wabash avenue. Har.
rison and Market streets for a period
longer than 30 minutes
Article x-controi Of Horses.
Section /. No horse shall be left un.
attended in any street unless securely
fastened or unless the wheels of the
vehicle to which he is harnessed are
securely fastened and the vehicle IL.
self is of sufficient weight to prevent
Its being dragged with the wheels so
secured.
Sec. 2. No horses shall be unbridled
in any street unless secured by hal.
| ter.
Sec. g. No one shall remove q
wheel. pole, shaft, whiflletree or other
part of the vehicle or any part of a
harness without first unhitching the
I horse or horses.
Sec. 4. No one shall let 60 the
reins while riding, driving or con-
Quoting a horse.
Sec. s. No one shall knowingly per.
NIT an animal to be driven which Is
not in every respect ft for the service
in which 1t is employed and free from
lameness, sores or any disease likely
to cause pain to the animal or an in.
jury to person or property.
Sec. 6. No one shall illtreat, over.
or unnecessarily beat any horse.
| Sec. 7. No one shall crack or so
use whip as to annoy, interfere with
or endanger any person or excite any
horse other than that which he is
using.
Motor Vehicle Muffler Ordinance.
Section /. No person shall operate,
nor shall the owner Of any automobile,
motor vehicle, or motorcycle, permit
to be operated on the streets, alleys
and public places Of the City Of Chi.
cago any automobiles, motor vehicle
or motorcycle which has not muller
in proper and efficient working con.
dition; and It shall further be unlaw.
full for any person to operate, or for
the owner of any automobile, motor
vehicle or motorcycle to permit to
be operated any such automobile, mo.
tor vehicle or motorcycle on the
streets, alleys or public places Of the
City Of Chicago with the muller or cut
out not in operation.
Sec. 2. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be fined in sum not less than
five dollars or more than fifty dollars
for each offense.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be In
full force and effect from and after
its passage and due publication.
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T.. Lyle Orr, the manager for John
II. Powers & Co.. 20 East Jackson
boulevard, is one OF the most highly