(Photo: Frank R. Snyder, Public Domain)
Winter walking in St. John’s has long been an issue, as this editorial from the January 15, 1850 of the Morning Post And Shipping Gazette shows:
Difficulty of Perambulating The Streets of St. John’s in Winter
Solely from a desire to preserve the well-being of all classes in the community, we call the attention of the Police to the extreme carelessness manifested by the drivers of vehicles of almost every kind, in neglecting to provide them with a sufficiency of bells to give the foot passenger timely notice to move out of their way.
No person in St. John’s need be reminded of the difficulty, and often danger, of perambulating the streets of this town during the winter months, and when these are increased, the latter in particular, to an alarming extent, we think it quite time that we should point out the cause of that increase, to those whose duty it is to have the evil, remedied, but whose near-sightedness has probably prevented them hitherto from discerning it.
The Police would do well to order that all vehicles, both sleighs and slides, whether drawn by horses or dogs, shall be amply provided with bells to give timely notice of their approach; an order which, we hope will not only be given, but strictly attended to and rigidly enforced.
Road Rage 