The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-21
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
A Word About the City Beautiful and
 the City Sensible.
To the Editor Of The Journal-couris

To the Editor of The Journals Courier:
 I suppose there are hosts of New Haven people who are like myself in taking but a languid interest in the future City Beautiful while we see no present prospect of relief from what is in many respects. a City Intolerable
 l do not wish this adjective taken too seriously. New Haven is in num- berless respects a good city to live in. Some drawbacks like dirty streets, spots badly policed, some wretched pavements, etc, will De remedied in course of tirne and any time when We get really serious about them.
 No. the intolerable thing in New Haven to-day, and destined to grow more intolerable with the years, is the situation at the Junction of Church and Chapel streets Unless relief is found for the press and push, the rush and crush and duck and dodge at those corners soon decidedly heroic measures will have to be taken later on. A few decades of growth will bring wholly insufferable condition there.
 
 The recent change in rules by the trolley company has made bad things worse and will probably have to be undone by police authority. For, in- stead of permitting that the crowds wait on two sides of the vacant corner of the green they are now thrown upon the three corners devoted to bus mess and pressed with hurrying pedes- trians The arrival of a car draws a crowd from the curb into the streetE and vehicles must be lodged or held up. During the rush hours newsboys rush in and out and poster the pub lie as in no other city in the unionE known to the writer. Storms beat and icy winds blow upon the suffering and defenseless crowds Altogether, if there is a preposterous and intolerable state of things anywhere it is right at that spot in New Haven.
 What remedies? Widen out there That would relieve but little and inakd the place more dangerous. The, mos dangerous spot in New Haven is tht intersection of George, Church ana Meadow streets, where there is to9 mitch room
 Remedy Court street should bN~ extended to Temple if not to Collegd There would be. a great hue and crI of course, but after it was over anl the thing done everybody would se the improvement and be glad. Whl should traffic cross the green moi north and south, on Temple street, bl be out of the question east and wes This would take off considerable preS l,sure. Much vehicular traffic could around and thus avoid the chokd spot.
 Remedy 2-Center street should widened, heightened and made tho oughfare Ultimately the postoffice " be rebuilt to occupy the whole squa l it is now on. Before that day Cd ter street should be widened to q southward and before any very q pensive building is erected on it. VI jog to the southward at Gran street to miss the Winchester bui| ing it could be carried through State street without the demolition anything of much cost.
 Remedy 3-The Church and Cha lines should be put into subways banding at the junction into a co fortable. station extending out un the inviolable green.
 Until such problems as these, grf ing more urgent with every mot are studied out and met City Bea ful would be City Ridiculous.
 We'll did MT Carere, in his IT bridge lecture, urge going slow as fs gards the City Beautiful until ss great considerations including Hci lation. convenient, adequate direct have been provided for.
 am ready to take my part li as a contributor and 3 taxpayer s~S- bringing in the City Beautiful, bu aca urge that we ought first to have City Traversable, the City Toler the City Sensible, the City Comfd ble and the City Enjoyable
 CIyIs New Haven. Dec. 90. 1903.