The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-18
Police to Supervise
Parking of Autos
Director Myers and Druggist Tragie
Draw Vivid Pictures Of Moral
Condition in CITY.

Charging that vice conditions
in the oity OF Richmond were
growing rs bad II not worse than
in she days Of the segregated dis
trtct on account OF the unrestriCt-
ed iaNeah business now Carried
on along the principal thorough
fares OF The city, Colonei w. NJ
Myers director Of public safely
made Il Strong plea before The
committee o1 ordinances last
nigh for the passage OF the ordi-
nante empowering The depart
meTt o; puhiic safety 10 desiE
mare certain sections of the city
as hacking stands here for hire
care shall he parked. instead of
giving them The freedom OF the
streets. a. is now the case
ThaA eomIa{ttess ans n4risoasi* recon-
uended the measure, on motion of
:. II, Morton, who thought he situs-
4oo would he rellased bxA its pas
age
Colonel Myers said; that after, MAX
ng personal investigation OF the
Hatter. ne was surprised and shock ed
- find conditions as they were. Under
he prescnt law. he explained. for
IRE ears can bc parked anywhere if
he oNueF rents only single room
opposite the place where The car
andS. This privilege has been
based Ia such IAN extent that scores
q rhauffcur~ have secured rooms
'Ier scores on Broad Street which
le has reason 10 believe are used for
IMMORAL purposes, and IN front OF
heSc places many OF them in the
busiest part Of The city have auto
mobiles staDd.nc all day long.
There IS "a tough crowd around
hose ears q: ali tires, he stated, and
he police and many citizens have re-
ported TO h.nt hat respectable Women
md giris are daily SOLICITED and in
suited
BY the measure introduced IL is
aimed TO govern this Internal and inn
moral traffic going on that ought to
be stopped. he said Vice con-
ditions N Richmond are about the
same as most large cities, but there
is great room Tor Improvement
=. L.. Tragic stated TO the committee
hat under the existing Conditions
many women and girls who were his
former customers would not come into
his stose or Hiss the block between
Eighth and Ninth streets. on Broad.
Taxicabs with their numerous hang
ers on, We're lined up IN front of his
place at all hours of the day and
night, he said. ana II was "a daily
occurrence for women and high
school girls TO he lnsulted in thai
vicinity.
lie cited one instance where 3
crowd Of jltury drivers had staced
an in4pruiulu SIDE show on the side
walk. one OF them playing a ukeielc
while thcir women companions
danced.
MIR. Tragic said his wife had re.
Gently been insulted by one of these
persons. who grasped her by the
arm, at the same time making some
insnuatine remark. as she entered
the store,
The druggist, who Is proprietor o
one OF the largest retail stores here
said IN had just returned from {
1900 miles business trip, and in ut
place had he seem conditions as eX
listing in the city .st present. He de
clared that things had reached
climax hen women could not com
near his store without being insulted
Lieutenant Sauuels, head of IN
traffic department, and ". A Mas
kIns. q Broad street merchant, ais'
asked that the conditions be remediet'
I4iuetcnant Santueis said he had NJ
objections to stands suck as III
Hicks COMPANY IN front OF the Jef
ferson hotel. against which no com
plants had been made. bur the polio
should be given authority to contro
the free lance ituey drivers
Colonel Myers said that he alread
had IN mind one of the stands TO
cars 10 be parked, that besns aroun
the old Ford io1.
The Introduction OF the parking or
dinance brought on a general con
dillon OF traffic conditions in the cit,
which ColoHel Myers said needed i'm
proving. He toid how condition
;4had already been improved on Mai
street. where automobiles We're mad
TO park parallel 10 The curbing, an
on Bank street, which has been mad
one-way thoroughfare. but said car
should not be allowed TO- stand fo
hours ou Broad street, He said Their
| would be great danger to life an
property in case of fire ON thi
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