South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-04
BOARD OF SAFETY
PLANS REPAIR OF
MOTOR EQUIPMENT
Also Discuss Traffic Regula.
tons at Lengthy Meeting
May Purchase Car.

st a meeting replete with discus
sion OF policy and consideration Of
routine business. the board OF pub
lie safety Friday night in addition
20 accepting plans looking toward
the rehabilitation Of the police mo-
tor equipment declared themselves
in favor OF some form OF traffic reg
ulation on the principal downtown
streets
Accepting the matter as present
in an emergency, the board discuss
Cd ways and means for the purpose
OF repairing present motor equip
ment and the repairing OF present
owned automobiles and motorcycles
such that will take care OF the needs
OF this arm Of police service.
Traffic regulation took up no
+ small part OF the meeting. which
( lasted over four hours. The discus
sion, how ever. was only in the ma
tUre Of suggestions and talks con-
/ corning regulations adopted in other
cities. The pressing need for action
I 20 meet the situation existing and
/ due to become worse as the warmer
season comes on. resulted IN Mayor
| Eli F. Seebirt who was present, To
request the members OF the board,
/ including Chief Lane and Traffic
/ Sergt. William Hazinski to meet
with him az his Office Wednesday
I evening for a more extended discus
sion with a view TO whipping into
shape ordinances for submission 20
/ the city council.
Az ordinance covering this sub
7 iect. according 20 information COM
ing from other sources, is scheduled
| to come before the city council at
next Monday nights meeting Of that
| body.
Tentative plans covering new mo-
/ tor equipment, based upon recon-
mendations by Chief Lane. call for
the imemdiate purchase Of a low
: priced touring car for the use OF
night sergeants and other detail
work and include the seeking Of in
formation concerning costs of "a new
chassis for the dismantled Garford
patrol purchase of a special-siX or
| light-six Studebaker for use by the
chief OF police, two additional mo-
tOrcycles and the probable addition
of one Of more low-priced automo-
biles for minute" or detail service.
This new equipment. estimated
roughly TO cost approximately So
900, will be augmented by the pres
ent apparatus now in use. The pa
troll, Cadillac touring car and motor
! T.rr I
are in immediate need Of repairs.
Chief Lane and W. O. Davies, pres
ident Of the board, declared them
selves ready 10 go out Saturday pre-
pared to purchased the offered car.
Members of the board surprised at
hearing OF tho motor equipments
condition, unanimously favored the
purchase Of such new equipment as
needed
A school for policemen, IN which
the mayor, members Of the board
City Atty l.. W. Hammond and
J other attorneys would deliver lee.
lures covering court procedure and
. at which qualified citizens and cap
} tains OF police would instruct mem.
, bers in police duty. was agreed &c
J and ordered. Lessons I'm court pro
cedure would, IL was said, concern
questions of taking and giving testi.
mony III trials.
Question OF new appointments
went over for future meetings. Al
! though limited that the department
was in need Of additional men, in
Guiding two new members OF tn,
detective bureau Thursdays shift il
the motorcycle department, which
put two present members of tn,
force 10 patroling beats, remedieC
the situation, it was said, and hlleC
, the actual vacancies that had &c
CURED from recent designations. The
, motorcycle squad consisting o
Sergt. Olmstead and Minute Mar
Diver. would be in need of additions
members for day duty when the sea
son for speeders opened later in tn
. year.
, Following the meeting, the boarC
: members met with tho police anS
! fremen's pension board Qualifica
lions OF new members OF tho dc
partment and the report of the sec
rotary were the principal matters o
business taken UP at the pension
board meeting.