New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

cal canard. And no less suspicious is Mr. Curtis. The mayor, seemingly, l can never make an assertion, voice a proposition or introduce a new mea- l sure but what MT. Curtis immediately 1 sees in it some political scheme or 1 intrigue. And thus the feud continues.
 The proposed ordinance, introduced by Alderman A. M. PaOnessa, provid- l ing for severe penalty for anyone 1 found guilty of throwing broken 1 glass, scrap metals, etc, in the high way, is a good one. Of course broken glass and scrap metals in the street are primarily dangerous to autoists and many valuable and costly tires have been ruined in this way. But autOists are not the only ones to suffer. Horses Ofttimes suffer serious cuts and even human beings are sometimes injured in this way. And
 it is all unnecessary. Parents. being responsible for their children, should forcibly impress upon them the evils of throwing broken glass, etc, in the street Adults who do this are guilty of one of two things: thoughtlessness or malice. few examples in police court will cure the former and guard against the latter.
 In arguing for the passage of this resolution Alderman Paonessa unwit- tingly became really humorous. He had told of seeing milllman, at the corner of Main and Commercial streets, deliberately throw a broken bottle into the street and filled with righteous indignation he had rushed to the police to make complaint T informed one of the highest off, cials there" the sixth warder said, 'and he rushed into the street and 1 chased the milkman up Main street l Did you do that, did you throw that ! broken glass in the road'?" the off l cial roared.
 Yes sir" responded the milkman, who evidently saw visions of prison bars.
 "WelI-well, er-well don't do 1t again." said the police officer. ". s. S..
 The summer is fast going and soon autumn will be here. Very likely ! most of the prolonged and severe hot weather is past, and yet during 1t all the police commissioners made 1 little effort to make the lot of the | traffic policeman any easier It is l now too late to do much good this year, but why cannot the commission l CTS come to appreciate the position of a traffio policeman, standing under the broiling sun, and provide for them some sort of protection. Let New Britain keep abreast of the times and provide an umbrella pro- lection for the traffic police another season. This Is done in the bigger cities and also in some of the smaller towns. Why not New Britain? ". s. S.
 Traffic Supervisor Clarence Lam
 phere has recommended several
 times that Main street, around Gen. tral Park. be made "One way traffic."
 but no action has ever been taken.
 It would seem though, that his sug gestion is a good one, and surely it
 is made by one who is thoroughly
 conversant with traffic needs in this
 city To have the west side of Main
 street one way traffic for all south bound vehicles, and the east side one
 way for north bound vehicles would
 simplify matters greatly and at the
 same time would provide additional parking space on Main street. At the
 present time the traffic congestion on
 the west side of Main street at times
 approaches the dangerous. When wagons and cars are parked on both
 sides of the narrow street and
 trolley car happens to be coming alone. there is hardly width enough to allow q team or auto to pass and most generally the driver is compel led to turn in toward the curbing to let the car pass One way traffic is