Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
COM. DILL WANTS
MORE TIME TO
STUDY TRAFFIC
Visit Here Brings Forth Favor
able Comment on Local
Conditions.

With the idea of securing a thor
ough knowledge of traffic conditions
in this city, so that the State
Department of Motor Vehicles could
Cooperate with local officials in Sc
curing legislation to govern the local
situation If necessary Commissioner
William L. Dill yesterday made an
inspection and announced that within
the next two weeks men of his de-
partment would make more COM
plete inspection and their findings
would be embodied in a report which
would be filed in his office. He fur
ther stated that his department would
cooperate with local officials to the
fullest extent in regulating traffic con-
ditions.
Strides made toward solving the
traffic congestion problem by the
police department here were spoken
OF in high terms by Commissioner
Dill.
The object of Commissioner Dill's
visit yesterday besides inspecting
traffic conditions, was to go care
fully over the scene of an accident
which recently took place at Spring
field avenue and Vauxhall road,
Union Township. Ever since taxing
his office as commissioner Mr.. Dill
has made a practice of personally in
specting the scenes of accidents,
where, 1t appears from the affidavits
submitted, that there is a wide diver
gence of opinion between the parties
concerned
Intersection Dangerous One
Commissioner Dill found the inter-
section to be an extremely dangerous
one and had the accident rehearsed
with the exception of the actual
smash by the cars of Chief Inspector
johnson, Inspectors Shedd, Vey and
Teel, who accompanied him to the
scene.
Following the trip Commissioner
Dill said: Whenever it is possible /
make 1t a practice of visiting the
scene of an accident which is to be
followed by hearing before me, or
after one has been held, as in this
case, to determine whether or not a
license shall be revoked. I am then
sure of the ground and able to better
determine what witnesses had testi-
fed to, or will testify to, without ref
erence to road maps, photographs,
etc. That intersection is a mighty
dangerous one and those at the Five
Points and on the Vauxhall road
where the roads turn off to Millburn
and South Orange are equally dan
gerous.
"I don't know how the impression
got abroad that / was going to in
spect Newark traffic conditions to-
day. Preparations are being made
for day and night inspection, in
which all of the nineteen inspectors
under Chief Johnson will take part.
npf 1.o1 IL H.
chief traffic points in the city and
We will then determine If there is
any way in which we can help New
ark out by securing legislation next
session.
"I cannot speak too highly of the
strides which have been made to
ameliorate the conditions at the be-
fore greatly congested points in New
ark. The results have been wonder
full and the police deserve all credit
With the exception of Atlantic City,
where the jitneys have made the
traffic problem the most serious in
the State, Newark has the most to
contend with. The State Motor
Vehicle Department wants to do all
in its power to assist Newark in
working out it's traffic problem, and
/ think that the result of the secur-
ing of the opinions of all of the in
spectors of the department will mean
a pretty complete report of what is
needed"
When Commissioner Dill arrived at
the City Hall, this city, yesterday
afternoon he was informed that 1926
applicants for licenses had filled out
their papers during the day and that
at no time during the day Was there
any congestion of machines, owing
to the new scheme for parking the
vehicles while the applicants are
answering the questions. This was
borne out by numerous people about
the City Hall who remarked on the
difference yesterday and on former
days