The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-29
HOW TO.
PARK AUTOS
Town and Village Officers
See Demonstration on
Main Street
PROPOSED TRAFFIC
RULES CONSIDERED
Much Interest Shown in Meeting Called
for Purposes of Discussion-Desire
of All Was to Have Only Essential
Rules Promulgated.


That there is interest in the proposed
traffic regulations was demonstrated
Saturday evening when a dozen or SO |
men discussed different ones of those J
| proposed By the village commissioners
and seIectmen and eventually ad- /
Journed TO Main street, where Barney
Mead, with the assistance Of drivers OF
other cars, gave a demonstration of the
different methods of parking cars
1t appeared to be concensus of opin-
ion that the first article suggested:
No vehicle shall pass another
unless there IS Il clear way OF at least
100 feet in advance of the ear ahead. -
was unnecessary. This, like the major
ity of the other proposed articles, had
been taken from a Massachusetts town
ordinance.
The real debate came over article >:
i'' No vehicle shall stop with its left
side to the curb. No vehicle shall stop
, in public street except with its right
side close to and parallel with the
curb -
Mr.. Mead argued for the sparkling of
= cars on Main street at an angle. George
p w. Clapp, who had with him written
suggestIor3 for changes in some of the
? rules. advocated such parking with the
5 front wheels turned in towards the
curb, while Mr.. Mead wanted the ears
left slanting at an angle but so thar
the rear right wheel would be next to
the curb.
Those who favored such methods OF
parking urged that many more cars
\ could be parked on Main street, es.
Ipecially on the west side, where there
is more room between curb and street
s railway tracks than is possible if the
ears are run with their sides up to the
curbing the entire length, and, IN al
Idition, the cars can always be started
without the necessity of other ears be
Il ing moved. as is often necessary now
J. About $50 adjournment to the street
) was taken and many gathered to Sc,
,, the demonstration of parking cars
Il conducted by Mr.. Mead, W. L. Haskell
Il and one or two others. 1t was urgeC
l. that there are times now when automo
u biles and teams are so close togehte
A. along the eurbs that it is impossible fo
a driver of an auto or team to drive "
Is to the curb to permit passenger t
q alight and that being forced TO stop il
II the line of traffic would make the OF
n orator Of the car or driver Of the team
IS 4 law breaker, according to the pro
posed rule. Parking at an angle woul
increase the number of ears that coul
be lined up on the street.
1t seemed to be generally eonsidere
that article 6: ON Main street be
Ii tween the bridge and the fountain a
I'd vehicles shall keep to the right of tn
he street ear tracks when possible, " wa
" unnecessary.
1t was further agreed that article 10
T., 1.-The driver Of any vehicle shall star
:, and stop upon signal from a police Of
III ficer, " was entirely superfluous
u Parking on Elliot street was consiC
y cred under article IL: "No vehicl
shall be allowed to stand on Ellie
Id street in front of the engine house.
ge 1t was suggested that this be amplife
a to forbid the leaving of teams or al
st tomobiles on the north side of Ellit
I'm street within 50 feet of Main stree
corner.
" A newly-suggested rule forbiddin
Mt the use of muffier cutouts within Il
W. village limits met with hearty appr
.ar val by all, and it will be incorporate
.e+ in the set of rules.
is What those present wanted most
was to have the possible deadwood CT
out of the proposed regulations ar
ny only the absolutely essential rules f
395 this community promulgated. The cor
II II missioners and the seleetmen viii on
~ more 90 to work on the revision
X the regulations.
" Among those who were present du
uP ing the evening were Col. ]. G. Este
Attorney General III. G. Barber, Ba
lg ney Mead, O. d. Stowell, Freems
led Scott. George w. Clapp, Charles
lal Smith, Ferris r. Vaughan, s. W Ed
ion ett and one or two others.