CAN'T STOP THE MEGAPHONE. ~ Council Refuses to Put a Damper on the "Seeing" Business.

August 1, 1908
CAN'T STOP THE MEGAPHONE.

Council Refuses to Put a Damper on
the "Seeing" Business.

An ordinance said to regulate the megaphone calls o agents of Seeing Kansas City cars was killed in the lower house of the council last night. Some members of the house said they saw in the ordinance a veiled attempt to put the scenic route cars out of business entirely. The ordinance was originally drawn to prevent the car agents from soliciting passengers in the hotels, the Union depot, and upon the streets by use of megaphones, any loud noise or undue display. This, the house considered, would force a hardship on the Seeing Kansas City people and adopted a committee report to kill the ordinance.