Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-18
POLICE MAKE
NEW RULES FOR
HALSEY STREET
Marked Changes in Traffic
Regulations at intersection
With Market.
TWO MEN ON DUTY AT
ALL TIMES DURING DAY
Lively Scenes at Busy Corner
as Officers Instruct the
Travelling Public.

The death of Mrs. Belle C. Baldwin,
of 95 Fourth avenue, who was killed
at the corner of Market and Halsey
streets Wednesday afternoon by an
auto driven by Gustave Mayer, OF IS
Howe avenue, Passaic, was followed
today by the establishment of new
traffic rules for that corner.
The intersection at this point has
been the most congested spot in the
city, as Halsey street, ever since it
was smooth paved, has been a favor
lite with drivers of horse-drawn We
hicles, motor apparatus and cyclists.
The narrowness of Halsey street is,
of course. partly responsible for the
congestion. President Fred C. Brei-
denbach, of the Police Commission,
who was present In person at the cor
ner today, said that he will advise
the introduction of the whistle sys-
tenn here. The only difficulty is the
danger of conflicting with the -Four
Corners" signals, but this may be
avoided, he says, by securing whistles
OF a lower tone than those in use
there.
All morning crowds thronged the
vicinity of the busy corner watching
the police instruct drivers and auto
lists in the proper procedure under the
new rulings. Machines will no longer
be permitted to turn and cross either
street.
Machines nroceeding east over
Market street cannot cut through
Halsey toward Bank street, but to
get to that street must turn to the
right over Halsey to Branford place
and to the left over Broad toward
Bank. A similar rule exists regard
ing all turns. A machine going north
on Halsey street cannot cross to the
Bambcrger corner and then turn to
the left (west). 1t must go straight
ahead and turn west on another
street.
Two new policemen, in addition to
the two traffic officers now stationed
at the corner Will be on duty tomor-
row, one at each crossing. These
will enforce a new parking rule.
Autos and wagons standing or await
ing the signal to go ahead must be
not less than fifty feet from the cor
ner on Market street and twenty-five
feet from the corner on Halsey street.
This gives pedestrians a chance to
cross the street the moment the signal
is given. without being endangered.
The additional officers will continue
on this post four or five days, to ac-
custom traffic to the change.
The new rules went into effect
under the supervision of President
Breidenbach and Inspector John e.
Brown. For a time Captain John
Caffrey, of the First precinct, viewed
the workings of the change. Lieu
tenant James D. Fitch was in direct
charge.
II have long regarded this corner
as one of the city's worst traffic prob
lems," said President Breidenbach to
an Evening Star reporter. 81 have
been working on its solution for two
months, and believe these new rules
are the answer. This corner is as
bad as that at Broad and Market, be-
cause of the narrowness of Halsey
At the present the traffic officers
report at the corner at about 9:20,
and from l to 3 D. M only one is at
the post. Inspector Brown said he
would suggest to the commissioners
that this be changed SO both officers
are on from a. m. to p M, and
always two men at the corner.
Not much difficulty was expert
enced in getting the traffic accus-
toned to the new rules. Few drivers
or autoists had to be told more than
once, and many expressed their ap-
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