El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-04
JITNE MEASURE
To Be PASSED
City Council to Impose Fur
Their Restrictions; Traffic
Ordinance Up.

owing TO the death, early Thursday
morning. OF city physician Dr. W e
Kluttz. the weekly meeting Of the city
council was postponed until 4 o'clock
this afternoon
Two new ordinances. one relating TO
the regulating of the operation Of
motor buses. and the other relating to
new traffic regulations. have been pre-
pared and VIII he adopted by the coun-
Gil this afternoon.
The amendment to the jitne ordinance
provides that the streets over which
the jitnes operate may be changed at
any time by a resolution OF the city
council. and that the jitnes must load
and unload at the places designated by
the council. and that il viii be unlawful
FOR the jitnes to be operated on any
other streets than those named The
amendment further provides that it
shall be unlawful for any operator Of
iitne TO remain standing at the place OF
loading and unloading for more than
three minutes
License May Be Revoked.
In case Of the conviction of the owner
or operator Of any motor bus before
the Judge OF the corporation court for
the violation Of any provision of this
ordinance Il shall he the duty of the
clerk Of the court to report the con-
second conviction the judge Of the cor
poratiOn court has the power to revoke
the license. Should there be a third
conviction, and provided the license has
not been Cancelled. the mayor has the
power TO revoke the license. and after
the cancellation OF the license in this
manner. il viii he unlawful for this
operator TO operate said motor bus in
the city.
The fact that certain jitnes are oper-
ating in the city without satisfactory
regulation justifies the suspension Of
the charter rule requiring all or
dinances to be read on two separate
days. and is therefore suspended
Police Chiefs Power.
The ordinance amending the traffic
regulations provides that the chief Of
police shall have the authority TO
designate certain parts Of streets in
the city in which ii shall be unlawful to
park cars; that the chief is authorized
to place in or near the center of street !
intersections. where needed. 4 mush-
room traffic guide similar TO those now /
in use; that it shall be unlawful for /
any person TO solicit passengers for any
public vehicle defined by the original !
ordinance; that section 105A of the /
traffic regulations be repealed; that all /
motor driven vehicles shall plainly dis 4
play license numbers on both the front !
and rear ends, the figures on the front 4
end being not less than three inches in 4
height and those on the rear end being 4
not less than six inches in height. that /
il shall be the duty o. every owner or
operator Of a motor vehicle carrying a
foreign number to register within - ]
hours after arrival in the city and to
register OF when leaving. provided that
10 machine with a foreign number
hall operate in the city longer than 90
lays
81 Births: 81 Deaths
The report OF the health department
or the week ending January 3. 1917.
showed 81 deaths and "a births Of
he deaths. Is were American. 80 Mex
can and three negro. But two ma
1Onalities were represented in the
birth column. American with five births
md Mexican wish 90
The table OF contagious diseases
present in the city showed a marked
Increase in measles cases. a total Of Is
lew cases were reported during theJ