The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-10
SPEEDING CARS ON
CERTAIN STREETS
Ambulance, Police Patrol and
Fire Apparatus to Have
Specified Routes.
POLICE BOARD OFFERS PLAN
New Scheme, if Adopted, Will
Prevent Danger Of Collisions
and Fatalities.

The designation OF certain cross
town and parallel streets as thorough
fares for the automobile apparatus of
the fire and police departments and
the city ambulance when responding to
emergency calls. is the feature of n
plan proposed last night at n meeting
of the Board Of Police Commissioners
to do away with the frequent accidents
encountered by automobile trucks in
their Dash through congested sections
A committee consisting of Messrs Bow
KIN, Parker and Mccarthy was an
pointed to confer with the Administers
tive Board and the Board of Fire Com
missioners relative to the proposed re-
form.
According to this scheme. which has
been initiated and operated with sue
cess In many cities. one Of two streets
running east and west and numerous
crosstown streets will be set aside pub
hcly as the roadway for fire police
and hospital apparatus speeding TO an
swcr hurry CALL and other streets
forbidden to such vehicles. Arrange
ment Will be made with the street car
companies to have all street cars come
&c ruiz halt before crossing such u
designated street III order to allow the
motorman to look both ways and see
mat none OF the apparatus with the
legal right of way is coming In such n
manner as to cross the car tracks
To Educate Drivers.
In the same fashion. the drivers OF
all vehicles will be educated to the
point or Keeping sharp lookout be-
lore crossing any Of these designated
streets 1t Is believed that such Il sys-
''m OIL excluding the emergency appa-
iatus TO certain thoroughfares Will not
only increase speed in responding to
calls but VIII obviate to a great extent
the constant danger of collision with
pedestrians and other vehicles For
several months complaints have been
numerous of speeding by police auto
mobile patrols and violations of traf-
nc ordinances by the motor apparatus
OF the fire department. and at least one
IL tai accident has occurred
Because Of the limited force. the
board was forced to refuse the reouest
or hfty merchants that a traffic officer
be stationed at Fifteenth and Main
Streets daily from 9 O'Clock I'm the
morning to o'clock in the afternoon
Inc merchants represented traffic con-
gestion to be very bad on that corner,
but the board found that no officer
was available for such use
Two Policemen Resign.
Patroiman j. T. Webster and Patrol
man +. c. Pritchard presented their
designations last night and were honor
abS dlscharged from the force. Their
successors Will be elected at the board
meeting on July l6 Patrolman Jaco-
bini, reported for firing his revolver
In the street to brighten Il gang Of
crapshooters. was exonerated
Secretary George T.. Pollock was au-
thorized 10 confer with the Admins
trative Board relative TO new electric
wire connections for tho three police
stations. the Virginia Hallway and
Power Company having given notice
ttat IT Will cease to furnish power era-
tuitously TO the fire and police depart
ments Will be supplied by the NUM-
cipal lighting system