Evening journal., 1916-06-22
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY.

HE AliNET STREET is most important thorough
A'A afe II is the commercial heart of our city Being
What may be called oyorybody's street any question
ahectmg ii is of general public interest That is par
uculagy true with respect to It's transportation ia
ritos, The cnncf Of which are its norhbound and
souhbound trolley lines.
Certain men arc urging at the present time that the
othhound trolley Hc be removed from Market
street altogether and operated in King street; that
INC souhbound tracks be placed in the middle Of Mar
ke street and that the sidewalks in that street be Wild
ehed' Those men arc quite earnest in their advo-
cacy OF such changs Some OF them are Market street
business men. On the other hand there arc many men,
some OF them in business in Market street who are
unateraby opposed TO dyerting to King street one
hall OF Market streets trolley facilities They say it
would be splendid thing for King street property
owners and business men. but a bad thing for Market
street property owners and business men
With such conflict Of opinion existing and with the
t1eresls and the convenience OF thousands OF shop-
pers at stake it to us that II would be unwise
70 DO anything in the matter until all the questions in
VOWED have been studied carefully and the ultimate
ehect OF the changes worked out ntellgenty and dis
passionately
We take it that no disnterested person wants TO
hurt Market streets business prestige. TO ncon-
Fenence the shoppers who keep Market street alive
or to build up King street Market streets expense
And yet t is asserted by those who oppose the change
those are the results that inevitably will attend il il
the programme OF the single track advocates be car
ried out They may be mistaken and the singe-track
aRocates insist they mistaken but they are just
as earnest in their opposition TO the change as the
advocates are in their advocacy OF it.
Inquiry among Market street shoppers shows that
many Of them resent the idea OF compelling them IN
walk from Market street TO King street TO take car
aites DAY OF shopping. It would be especially aggra-
'aiing they assert in the cases OF bunde-ladcn ner
sons some OF those shoppers even go so far as TO
say that II the home going line were in King street
instead Of in Market street the Ultimate result would
be the shifting from Market street to King street of
,ne crown OF commercial prestige as shoppers would
home. '"' '"'"
' o0lections urged that the thousands OF
ana others who now use the northbound troll
49,, "a.Ne' street should not be subjected to incon-
biiis,e ' 'u' ueneht Of the few scores Of automo-
VINO now make it practice TO mark their csrs
aiOhs the curhs in Market street - anyono =. - -
''ienceo' 1t is asserted it is The con,rar..t,
and not the thousands and tons =,
th.+ ... ' Gal patrons, who use vehicles
-. "o' pared as the automobiles are hut ton,
10 mouon all the time except when tno, SD' A.p'
on and dseharping passengers - - - are taxing
osuel' shoppers say to compel the autoD,oh,,,.
PARK their cars on streets that intersecf A,r,,. "
inose WHO oppose the widening Of the sidav.t, ~,
''e 'o'uoeu OF Market street, say that tho
SIDEWALKS are ample TO care for the pedestrian ,aoae
except for about three hours on SATURDAY. t,' ,u'V
when there is a certain amount OF coneostio, 60
teniion is made, however that that congestion is NO,
50 bad as to call for the narrowing of the roadbod 81
tDo street In fact special point is made thai II ,b
npuhbound trolley track be removed from Marlo,
stree TO King street there will be such shifting of
shopping trade from Market TO King stiee that
there Will be necessity for wider sidewalks in Mar
ket street
In view Of such sharp division OF commercial
and shopping sentiment. think our city and rac-
tion officials should make haste slowly in dealing
with ths hirhy-importam matter.
There IS but one way reform men, and that is TO
f-nner them happicr-St Pierre