Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-09
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
 PROPOSED FOR CITY

A new set of traffic regula ations to supereede all other traffic ordinances | of the city have been drafted by committee from the Court of Common Council and were presented at the September meeting of the council on Monday evening. The council ac- cepted them and ordered them print ed in the local press and then they will come up for discussion On We'd nesday evening September 17th. The committee that drafted the rules was Alderman Joseph A. George. Alder man Charles W. Wells. Alderman P. H.
 Ethier. This committee met with Fire Marshal Howard L. stanton and Chief of Police George Linton.
 Some of the regulations are prac- tically the same as the old Some GOV CT the same ground as the state traffic laws while others are distinctly new and their merits is still undetermined. There are twenty y-six sections of the new ordinance and covers fully all case of traffic in the city.
 Section reads: "A vehicle waiting at the curb shall promptly give place
 to q vehicle about to take on or let off passengers This is taken to mean
 than any person who has parked his car on a street can be busted from
 his position by anyone who wishes to get his place prvided he has someone who wants to set out al that particu- lar point. Nothing is said whether second person shall immediately give
 ha "ll the place to the original occu-
 pant.
 section reads: "Unless in an emer-
 sency or to allow another vehicle
 cle shall stop in any public street ex-
 cept close to the curb" And section II
 reads: There shah be a clear space of at least six feet between vehicles
 any street" These two laws pre-
 sent difficulty. If a line of cars
 is marked on one side of a street, all
 without the drivers in them. it is not
 Th1 1Ir,o
 stop and discharge passengers kpd
 the driver must either go until he
 finds a driver and oust him from his
 position or go to the head of the line.
 be six feet apart which would string
 out a number of cars almost twice
 their length, making them take up space which could be. utilized by other cars. Cars that are parked in front of Davis theatre of an evening will according to the new rule extend far along the street. where otherwise they would be parked close together.
 The sections dealing with the park ing of cars on Main street. Shetucket street, Water street, Franklin street. and Broadway are good and such laws l have long been needed. In practically | all ca ses the parking limit Is forty | minutes.
 Section 21 reads: "On the streets. or | portions thereof. of the City of Nor wich regarding which no specific reg ulation is made in the foregoing sec tions of this ordinance in regard to the | time limit allowed for parking. nc vehicle between six o'clock a. m. and | seven o'clock D. shall be permitted | to remain stationary for a longer pe- riod than three hours" This means that those people who go to their places of business on streets not mentioned and leave their machines parked in front of their places, and there are many who do this. must come ont every three hours during the day and move their car.
 Section 22 deals with the regulatio Of fares charged by persons in charge of hacks or other vehicles. operated a public convevances for which pas sengers are solicited or in which passengers are carried for hire. but not running over regular routes. These fares are regulated for the hours be- tween a. and 10 D. m. and ac cording to distance. For one mile or less in the city not more than 50 one mile and less than one mile and one-half not more than 75 cents; for more than one mile and half to any point within the city limits not more than one dollar. This is for one pas- sencer only. 25 cents. 35 cents and 50 cents may be charged for each ad1i- l tional passenger to the above dis tances Between ten ao,st,s at night rl1a. , and he charged Children between and 12 years of age shall pay half fare | and children under six shall be carried free. There is no proviso stating accompanied by anyone or not and 1 taken literally it might mean that any child under six may get aboard a i conveyance and be carried home free of charge.
 Any viola tions of the ordinance are nunishs b1e hy fines not exceeding $50 for each offense.