The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-16
PROPOSED TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
BEFORE COUNCIL COMMIT TEE
MANY NEW REGULATIONS All
PROPOSED AND A HEAVY ZEN
ATTY Provided FOR VIOLATION
No Person Under Sixteen years OF age
Allowed to Drive Any Sort OF Veh-
Ic1e under Proposed Regulation

No Person Under Sixteen Years OF Age
Allowed to Drive Any Sort of Veh-.
icle Under Proposed Regulation
Whorlinc's new traffic "rdinanc" was
discussed At length hy m"nit"rS ar Guy
council nj a meeting hold in the CITY
building last night which lasted ur'''
long after II o'clock. and som" d"hhI'e
l,nSls' on which tn rcgulat" the thousands
of vehicles which use the city streets
wa:; finally ARRIVED at. The r"mmitt'e
II council appointed TO meet WIN Guy
Solicitor VI. J. Cullinan. had drawn UP
nm ordinance covering tho matter IN oc-
tail and there was nothing OF Importance
omitted in the cighty-lhrcc clauses "'
the ordinance. which tailed u coHt'
every detail.
."he subcommittee met with cont
,,ittrr al council in the whol". thcr" NJ
ing present Chairman Thomas i"IcI'
Mayor {. ". Vcstcr. Cry Solicitor NJ.
J. Cullinan, J. Adam Blum. DR.. II. L.
4. l.. Krcss. g. q. Thompson.
Ambrose +. iIahig. William Hare anu
City Clerk w. II. Smith.
Aside from these gentlemen mere
were present G. NJ. Kctchum. genera
manager OF the Wheeling Commercial
Association. {. \. Robinson. or the ON"
Valley Au;o club. and others.
Secretary Smith read the proposed Or
dInancn section by section and there
were many minor changes made III IT,
hu, as a whole It passed without great
deal Of comment.
Principal Provisions
,rr. most impOrtant clauses In II pro-
vide as follows: ,
4 hcavy penalty viii I've laid on all
those who do not implicitly obey Inc
orders of tho traffic officers.
Front and rear lights must he exposed
of all vehicles at night while Stanulhs
IN the streets. This is iInprratir" ana
Il violation imposes the most extreme
penalty.
No spo, lights may be used within the
city limits.
Automobiles and wagons and other
vehicles may not turn III the streets eA-
cept II, street intersections
The above rule applies TO the business
district OF the city only, Vehicles de-
string 10 turn must 60 around tho hlock'
The district covered by this section IS
Market and Main streets from Ienth 10
sixteenth streets The regulation refers
III wagons us well as automobiles and
il was brought out nj the meeting that
wagons cause more trouble in tho block
Ing of traffic than do dozen aut"ho-
biies.
Cross at intersections.
a very important clause III the pro
posed ordinance is that no person VIII
be allowed to cross the street except
at Il street intersection.
In the outlying districts All vehicles
will be allowed To turn wherever Ii ~
possible without interfering with tra1-
fc.
All vehicles passing street cars
which are standing sui must stop until
the car moves on.
No vehicles are to be permitted TO
stop on the left hand side Of the road
when going in n direction that would
impede traffic on that side of tho road.
No vehicles arc TO be permitted to
stop within twenty feet Of any fire
plug.
No vehicles are to be permitted to
stop within. twenty lect Oh any cfosS
walk.
Vehicles Of physicians when they arr
flying the Red Cross signal have the
right Of way the same as Are engines.
tn. police patrol and hospital ''ambu-
lances.
Fi1teen-Mile Speed Limit
All vehicles must stop when the fire
apparatus is passing.
NO vehicles must pass school houses
at greater rate OF speed than elEht
miles nm hour and must not travel
through the city limits faster than lif-
teen miles an hour. y speed Of twenty
miles all hour will be allowed outside or
tho city limits.
no person under sixteen years Of ago
shall bo permitted to drive any horse or
or any other vehicle within
tho limits OF the city.
All horses left standing on tho streets
must be tied.
No rnuftlers shall be allowed to be
opcn while motor propelled vehicles are
being operated in the city.
No bicycles. wagons or other veh!-
cles will be allowed to be operated on
the sidewalks.
No all-night parking Of automobiles
will be permitted On the streets.
No repair work to automobiles except
In case Of accident. or washing OF vehi-
cles Of any kind will be permitted on
the streets.
No freight will be allowed to he dis
charged from any vehicle to any firm on
the main highways who has an entrance
to their establishments in an alley.
All street cars must stop on the near
side OF the street.
Permits must be secured by tho street
car company TO operate express cars,
through the city without stops.
The Wheeling Traction. company
must stop all cars going through North
Wheeling, whether they be express ears
or not. on signal.
No freight Will be allowed 10 De
taken on by the Traction company at
Thirteenth and Sixteenth streets.
Parking Of Cars.
Parking of cars will be permitted for
one hour only In the following dis
tricts:
West side of Tenth street, cast of
Market street.
Both sides Of Eleventh street. cast OF
Chapliue street.
North side Of Twelfth street. cast OF
Main street
North side Of Fourteenth street. east
Of Market street.
North side OF Sixteenth street. east Of
Market street.
West side OF Chapline street. rort.l
Of Eleventh street.
Both sides OF Chapline street. between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
Only on the north aide of Tenth
street street. between Chaplinc and
Enr streets.
No vehicles will he allowed Ia hn
parked In che vicinity hf tho post Office
After considerable discussion II rrSn-
luton was passed thai II penalty III
S1nn Npa md NOT lass than thirty ia =. -