Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01
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Police Department Promulgates Rules
to Govern Motor and Horse Drawn
Vehicles in Streets of Chicago.

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. 3. No vehicle shall be so load.
ed that II may moi be easily drawn
over thu 1T 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 tho driver, and when riding
no part Of his body shall protrnde be.
yond the limits of the vehicle.
| Sec. Z. 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. 3. 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. m. 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 It.
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 a hal.
ter.
Sec. 8. No one shall remove a
wheel. pole, shaft, whifIletree or other
part of the vehicle or any part OF a
harness without first unhitching the
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 ia
not in every respect fit for the service
in which it 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 ill.treat, over
load, oyer.drive, override or cruelty
or unnecessarily beat any horse.
Sec. Z. No one shall crack or sc
use a whip as to annoy, interfere with
or endanger any person or excite any
horse other than that which he IL
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 q mufilel
In O proper and efficient working con
dition; and It shall further be unlaw
fui for any person to operate. or fol
the owner Of any automobile. motol
vehicle or motorcycle to permit Il
be operated any such automobile, mo
tor vehicle or motorcycle IN the
streets, alleys or public places Of thu
City of Chicago with the muffier or GU
out not in operation.
Sec. 2. Any person violating any
Of the provisions Of this ordinance
shall be fined in sum not less thar
five dollars or more than fifty dollars
for each offense.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be II
full force and esfsct from and aftel
its passage and due publication.
s. Carl Whistler, the popular secre
tary of the Akron Tire & Vulcanizinf
Company, at 932 w. Jackson boule
ward, reports steady demand and
increasing business for this great tire
company. The Mohawk Quality
tires, sold by this concern, have Q
high reputation and have given great
and genuine satisfaction to all who
have used them. They are open al
night, at 932 Jackson boulevard. ant
guarantee quick service.
A. T. Koehne OF 100 Webster ave
nue.. Is frequently mentioned for Alder
man Of the Twenty-fourth ward, al
though he is not looking for any Office
himself.
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Oscar F. Mayer, the great packer
Is very popular in politics and could
have almost any office II he would