Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-16
Is COPS WILL
ENFORCE NEW
PARKING LAW
snecial Squad to Relieve
Congestion Provided in
Proposed Statute
pEFoRE COUNCILS TODAY

a,,o mounted traffic policemen will
toIls .ho ordinance regulating the time
sn,, sillv sor marking automobiles IN central bus
limit AZ. i.yn.oFEo,,gbfares between a. m. and 6
~ n the bill introduced in councils yes
p.as,, is passed, according TO Poice Cap
as,n william b. Mills, OF the traIhc DIVISION
,ot, Mills who helped to draft the
Cap.s osi,ed how the policemen would
PHI ,,,hicb autoists were abusing the park
knVN ,,.tiego He replied that watch, a
ls.i lns ard an index card on which to record
~ nun,ber of the auto when cop first
.n.r VIZ 4, the time and the time he again saw
n were the only tools required 10 prevent
- NJ marking privileges. Offenders
could be hailed before magistrate III tne
+. cantral Station, he said.
r-,o b,lI provldes that no vehicles will be
...t,ted 10 mark on Broad street, from
Easa IN Spruce; on Walnut street, from
se.L 20 10th: on Chestnut street, from 11th
81 18th: on 18th street, from tlloert to
< tvain,,t. on Market, from Juniper TO 18th; |;
an Juniper street from t1ipert TO walnut
~ y. tT,lbert street, from Juniper to 18th, and
~ ~ south Penn square, from Juniper to
sn.h In this zone traffic is heaviest Cap
.s,r Mjlfs said that IL any driver permits
Ne car to remain standing at any place In
,hIs zone for a longer time than necessary
n discharge or take on passengers the
s.,yar and the car will be Immediately
taisn 70 the Central Station. In the ad-
sa,ninv zone no cars will be allowed to stand
srore than Is minutes In the zone where
traffio is less congested the time limit for
narking automobiles will be extended to 30
yr,nutes. and in the fourth zone. which COM
rrlses the thoroughfares near both rivers
and above Arch street or below walnut, the
fine limit will be one hour.
: rantain Mills was asked how the police
-..arId keen account of the time consumed
kv automobiles in the different zones
nFortv-five mounted policemen patrol the
..rsata in the business section between .
m. and p. m.," he replied. Each
mania beat Is from two to -FOUR blocks
long, according to the amount OF tratflc:
All will carry cards. on which they Will
-. the number of the automobile, the
.,r,e the policeman first saw the car. and
,gban he again passed it on his return to
,he startng point. If the car has over
stayed the time limit, the driver Will first
he warned to leave, and il he fails to
Mad the warning. he must be arrested. If
car is left standing without driver, the
noceman must wait until that person re-
turns TO the car and then place him under
arrest.
ut rs not hard for the policeman to tell
n some chauffeur Is abusing the parking
privilege, If too many cars are permitted
10 collect at one time the street is soon
congested.
"Twenty cars lined along one side of
the street will fill the block. If the same
number are permitted to stand on the other
side, the street is soon congested.
'srhe most congested thoroughfares will
be patrolled by more men than are on the
other beats.
1T IS not so difficult for the policeman
to check up the time on these cars as 1t
appears to be-
when Director Wilson and 1 began
work on the proposed traffic regulations
we figured according to the count of We
hicles which pass through the streets in
the central section in one day. The num-
ber is astounding. We picked out the
centre of congestion. which is right around
City Hall Then we arragned series of
cones, with time limit in each zone.
Some idea of the traffic problem may
be CLEANED from approximate number of
cars parked in the business section daily,
which is 2100. OF this number, so per
cent. are automobiles which are not en-
saged In transporting merchandise.
IF 200 cars are parked on one side of
Chestnut street, one behind the other, they
would tie up traffic for 10 blocks. There
Is no room for traffic at Broad and Chest
nut streets because of the cars parked
thcre. 1t is not safe for pedestrians to
cross because of this condition. and we
hope to remove this danger If the ordi-
nnce passes"