Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1913 — Ordinance Introduced to Prevent Heavy Hauling. [ARTICLE]

Ordinance Introduced to Prevent Heavy Hauling.

At the city council meeting Monday evening Councilmen Dean and Catt were absent. An ordinance was introduced regulating the size of loads to be hauled over the streets of the city during thawing weather. The ordinance was read and passed to the second reading. Where the tires of the vehicle are not less than 3 inches, a load can be hauled weighing 2,500 pounds or less. This weight to include vehicle, load and driver. Between 3 and 4 inch tire, 3,000 pounds; between 4 and 5 inches, 3,500 pounds; 5 inches or over, 3,800-pounds. A Ane ot not less than $5 nor more than SSO is provided for violations of the ordinance. A plat of Fairview addition was approved. This is the addition laid out across the river by Fred Phillips, west of the college road. The usual number of claims were allowed.