Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05

and desired to hear what the Rotar-
ians thought of the matter.
is Miles Too Slow
Andrew Redmond, automobile
dealer, replied that he thought the
15-mile limit too stringent for all
parts of the city. There are streets
where twenty-five miles is not ex-
cessive and may be maintained with
safety, he said, in view of the ease
with which automobiles can be con-
trolled now. In the crowded districts
the speed should be regulated by
signs which the automobilists would
be bound to respect.
IF you limit the automobile to
fifteen miles an hour, in justice you
must do the same by the trolley car,
and the motorcycle and the bicycle" :"
he added, land that would bring q
storm of protest from the travelling
public who must use the street cars
to get rapidly to and from work or
business"
Charles w. Boil, Jr., backed up
Mr.. Redmond in his arguments and
said that il the authorities will en-
force strictly the provisions already
on the statute books there would be
very small complaint.
The club took no formal action,
but the discussion continued after the
meeting and it was generally the
opinion that if the licenses of a few
automobile and motorcycle drivers
fiagrantly violating the city regula-
tions were taken from them the les
son would be sufficient to curb. the
reckless and careless operators who
make the streets dangerous and the
night hideous by their noise.
Noise Still Prevails
A superabundance of noise from
cutouts and automobile engines con-
tinue to disturb the slumbers OF
Harrisburg people. Many complaints
are beirg heard Especially are they
numerous IN the Front and Market
street section and in Derry street be-
tween Nineteenth and Twenty-first
streets City officials are being noti-
fed and ihey say they are making
on an average of a half-score of ar
rests weekly, but still the nuisance
continues and the dreams of Father
Harris children continue to be dis
turbed. Speeding on the city streets
is not ebAting.
Mayor f(eister this morning said
that he is making an effort to see
that noise makers are arrested and
that they are fined.
But the measures thus far taken
nave DetH u6Clueuiy lHelleCLlNe anu
little change has been noted with
in the past few days. Night prowlers
are nightly using the city highways
as speedways without the least re-
gard for the comfort of the city.
Their cutouts and horns give forth
thunderous and unnecessary blasts
of almost sufficient volume to
awaken those who have already
crossed the River Styx. Conditions
are slightly better during the day.
More drastic measures must be
taken In the enforcement of the or
dinances and this must be done with
a greater degree of vigilance, say
many Harrisburgers. I'VE need our
the city to take measures that we
may get it,
Conditions Are Bad
Conditions in Derry street between
Nineteenth and Twenty-first streets
are abominable and almost unbear-
able. residents of that section say.
This section shares with Front street
the. honor of being the city speed
way. Pedestrians lives, especially at
night, are in constant danger on
both the streets.
Hills in Derry street appear at
both Nineteenth and Twenty-fflst
streets and slope toward Twentieth.
1t is favorite plan OF the many
drivers in this street on their way
to Hershey, Hummelstown, Reading
and divers other places, to gather
speed going down one of the hills
that they may go up the other with
ease.
Encouraged by the fact that there
is little traffic on the cross section at
the hollow at Twentieth street, and
as consequence little danger, they
frequently speed their machines in
this section at rates of forty and fifty
miles per hour. The conductors of
the Harrisburg Railways cars are
not altogether without blame, either.
Frequently the cars pass over the
street at thirty miles per hour.
Near a School
This condition is somewhat aggra-