Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1911 — A WISE ORDINANCE. [ARTICLE]

A WISE ORDINANCE.

Rensselaer City Council Would Do Well to Pattern After Monticello. The city council of Monticello has just passed some rules regulating motor vehicles that Rensselaer would do well to adopt. The ordinance provides that mufflers must be kept closed while operating on all streets and alleys of the city; that in the heart of the business district machines must keep to the right and not cross a street in the limits prescribed except at the street intersections; and that no power propelled vehicle be permitted in street or alley of the city from 7:30 p. m., to 6 a. m., unless a light is conspicuously displayed thereon. This thing of going through the streets with the machine “barking” like a battery of artillery is wholly useless, and should not. be permitted. Some drivers seem to think no one will see them unless they make all the noise they possibly can. Another bad fault along this line that might be remedied to a great extent at least is that of permitting autos to go along the street throwing a huge stream of foul smelling smoke. In some cities this is not permitted, as it can be remedied, it is Said, by using a little more care in handling the machine.