Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-17
Auto Club Topics

Give the club credit for the adoption
of the near-side stop for street cars
in Omaha. It first agitated this pro-
gressive move six years ago. Since
then the club has worked persistenty
for its adoption. A year or so ago it
obtained its adoption through a city
ordinance. but later, on petition from
tar-slde store owners, the ordinance
was revoked,
The club is in receipt of a letter
from John +. Medland, chairman Of
the good roads committee Of the Win
nipeg Chamber OF Commerce. in which
he asks for maps and road guides
through Nebraska. Mcdland is or
ganizing a large party Of Canadian
tourists to leave Winnipeg in the early
spring and tour the States Nebraska
will be toured quite extensively,
says Mr.. Medland
The club has bought couple OF
automatic dagger signals to be placed
for a try-out at dangerous railroad
crossings. The plate IS treated with
a phosphorscent compound which re-
fleets a bright red glow when an auto
mobile headlight is thrown upon it.
Cleveland Auto club has used them
and pronounce the signal excellent.
The organizing of trucking com
pany to make deliveries to nearby
cities Is progressive move. waiting
for some one to grab it, This club
has called attention to the posi-
blities of truck deliveries for the past
two months. Fremont has just or
ganized a company and is trucking
hogs to South Omaha and taking back
seed corn and other products,
Sunday. March 7, is another pleas
ure-carless Sunday designated so
by the American Defense society The
idea is to leave the car in garage
and spend your gas and pleasure
money for war saving stamps.
The Omaha Auto club has en-
ployed John w. Wager, an attorney,
to work in conjunction with Chief
Counsel p. A. Wells, club counsel,
in handling automobile theft cases for
the members Of the Omaha Automo-
bile club. This service IS free to
members. The board Of directors be-
lleves a great many convictions can
be had If an attorney from the club
is present to urge the owner of a !
stolen car to prosecute The average
mOtOrlst, alter insurance money is
paid, is too prone to drop prosecution
and all worry. 1t is to combat this
apathy on the part Of individual own
ers that the free legal service move
was made by the club.
A much needed traffic correction in
Omaha is the elimination Of diagonal .
parking on Farnam street from Tenth |
to Iwenty-fourth streets. Farnam
street is the natural outlet and inlet
from the business district to the resi- !
dence district, and vice versa. and |
with the present diagonal parking of |
cars at each curb great loss of traf- |.
hc space is taken, which increases
danger and at the same time slows up
business for all of Omaha.
Farnam street of all streets should !
be as free of parked vehicles as pos
sible to facilitate traffic, the business
OF the city. CarS should be parked
parallel with the Curb to give a wider
freer and safer aisle for the conduc.
OF business, Clearing Farnam sire,
will make itself felt in speeding II,
business all over Omaha. Such a
street in Milwaukee and other ciuie>
of Omaha's size is covered by a pro
hibited parking ordinance, cars not
being permitted to park until late in i
the evening. Curb line, parking or
tarnam would be a wonderful l.',,
Eastern tourists wonder At o.