Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-05
PETERSBURG-CAM LEE
JiTMEY FARE REDUCED
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not being seated hanging on the wind
shield of the car, ana lined along the
running board with Il hold to any part
OF tho car which appeared TO offer
safe grasp. Several slight accidents
have occurred on the HopcwclI road.
and in ordor that something might be
done to relieve the situation before
there Is collision or breakdown with
serious results, the action of the camp
authorities was largely caused. Under
the new license two-passengcr cars will
he permitted to carry two passengers
In addition TO the driver. Five assen-
ger cars will be allowed to carry seven
persons. not including the driver. and
seven passenger machines may trans
port nine people. excluding the driver.
The speed at which the machines
may operate will also come in for at
tenti1n. and within the limits Of the
camp no automobile will be allowed to
travel faster than twelve miles an hour.
On the Hopewell road, however, which
runs through the reservation, 1t has
been agreed that the county speed
maximum of twenty miles an hour be
retained. 1t has been an uncommon
sight to see machine burning up
the road at rate around thirty to
thirty-fve miles an hour. but this will
be no longer alloweF. The military
police will see tha&Fthe speed limit
within the contineLs OF the camp are
observed, and the county officials have
declared their intention Of co-onerat-
ing with the camp authorities to see
to 1t that proper observance Is main
tatned on other parts OF the Hopewell
highway.
DRIVERS ARE LOUD IN
DENUNCIATlON OF LICENSE
While the license is pending to be-
come effective. jtney drivers are loud
in their denunciation OF the figure TO
which they Will be required to reduce
their charge. They declare that the
cost of gasoline, oils, tires and other
accessories will make IT impossible for
them to. make n profit If they operate
their ca-s at IS cents between tho
camp and Petersburg, and many of
Il them say they will discontinue service.
Reports Indicate. however, that the
26.oent ratio is proving a rich PROPOSE
ton for the jitneurs. Some of the
most expensive makes of automobiles.
many of them new, are being operated
on The line. and 1t has been pointed
out they could not be used, unless the
camp authorities here has followed ex-
periences which great many OF the
environments have been through
The Three Hundred and Eighteenth
Regiment has one of the best bands In
camp, but Captain S. ]. Raymond, ad-
Jutant of the regiment, who Is trying
TO make his band the best In the
Eightteth Division, wants a larger or
ganization than is furnished by the
government. He has been supplied
with twenty-eight Instruments, and
these are now in charge Of men who
are getting real music out of them.
II the band could be increased to
forty pieces, 1t would be just that
much better, and this is the hope of
every man In the band. The only way
to increase the number of instruments
Is for. the regiment to, buy them, and
that is not an easy thing to do. be-
cause the funds that can be used for
ouch purposes are rather small. It Is
Thought, however, that some of tho
people in some OF the cities which have
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