Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-23

during the same period in proportion to
| thc population.
LACK TRAFFIC RrLFs
\ov Workers visiting Washington ex-
PLAN that this le because New YORK knows
how to regulate It's traffic and Washing
ton doesn't Washington has 7hann
great progress IN handling trait" since
the war, but it has not yet come uP -
standard
While Tie policeman is an important
fncter in the regulation of traffic, Mr. tno
believes that the education Of the driver
and 81 The pedestrian Is even moro lH-
portant He declares thai every inlI-
nlcipalt. shauid adopt standard tralilt
regulations. publish them ~ hricf and
understandable form. and post them u
everv garagc, gasoline station, ilcenee
office, and. If necessary, on telegraph poles
and billboards In addition - this, he
believes that tho art of waking safely
should bc taught III tho publ" schools
His regulations for ms increasingly dlt-
6cult task are AZ follow.
ALWAYS keep 10 the right on Sidewalk
cross walk and street hecp of the
street excep; when necessary to cross.
Cross street at right angle and # pos
sibte on eros walk Watch for traffic
within safetv-car-stop-zone while waiting
for 4 street car stand stll on alighting
from street car and observe traffic before
moving. When necessary 10 pass behind
street car, watch out for traffic IN opposite
dlrcctlov Above ALL watch.
STUDY TRAFFIC RULES.
II Is also suggested that the pedestrian
acu.nlnt hlrsseH aith The vchicular traf-
fe regulations. in order that he may
know what vehicles arc supposed 70 do
under certain circumstances. Ot courso
the hest prccautlon oi al would be = course
IN notor-dnving, put smcc The average
individual has neither the time nor the
money to give to TINS, he should study
the. rcr1llatIohs For not until he gets
some idea o. the difficulties that beset the
nath of the motarIst vii be realize the
danger oi stepping absent -mlndedly across
The street without . glance IN either dlrec-
ton.
The increase in motor transportation
has been - rapid that il has found people
unprcpared to meet H. The old rules that
applied to hor9c-draWn vehicles have
been adorted in part, but i Il rather IN
tcrcstlnc to learn from Mr.. Emo that for q
long tlme no one thought OF regulating
horSc traftic. Not Until New York City
made an investigation which disclosed the
fact that II took tWentv-iOur hours for
a load of goods to be hauled from one end
OF the city 70 the other dId It's officials
admit that there was need for regulation.
This wsas IN 1899, wien Mr. Emo tlr1t be-
came Interested N the matter
He made an elaborate study ot traf1e
and its movements. compiled many
statistics on the accidents occurring from
lack of system. and recommended certain
regulations to the police commissioner.
That particular commissioner dld not
happen to bc interested, but 4 later com
missioner immediately saw the wisdom
af NIr l.nos argument tie mad the
regulations printed bretiz IN folder form
and dIsi ributed AMI called INTO eNIstenee
the first traffic squad This Was IL 1905.
In other words, the traffic policemen
is 4 twentieth century invention. And
The twentieth century accepted him. lie
became extremely popular. and police
men who had sneered at the job Of direct
INC traffic when II was tlrst created noW
came forward and applied for It The
New NoTk traffic squad grew rapidly,
bat no more rapidly than was ne ded.
TRIED TO AID PARIS
Meantime, AIr. Emo wen, to Paris to
induce that elsN 10 adopt he New Nork
traffic regulations. 1he traffic Of Paris
was hi i state of chaos No one ever
knew when he started eut in a eab whss
time he would reach hts destination But
at thu, time Europe was not much impress
ed With the ability Of the United States 70
tca Il ii ANYTHING, and MIR Emo did not
succeed IN arous'ng the interest oi Paris
officials I'll traffic conditions | n3auntrd
he called on the Pars cabmen union
They admitted that conditions were all
that thcv were said t. be. and that they
we're losing money by L but they didn
know What they could 10. Write let
ters to Your officials, advised Mr. Lno
Ard keep writing 70 them
The cahmen union must h3ye taken
tins advice, for III 4 short tlue the Paris
officials sent for Mr.. tno and asked hiln
10 let theul have set OF the New York
regulations rhe~e were translated and
the French copies distributed. Policemen
we're appointed to see thar thty were
enforced. aud iarlsian traffic became very
neat and orderly The reople were par
ticuiarly pleased with thc regulations
ahich called for parking IN the middle of
j loalegar9 instead ot along each side of
IL and Ior keeping 70 the rIgh; in travel
ing around a circle The cabmvn q Parl,
gave MIR Emo vote ot tEauks. and made
him a member of their union, which The
traffic expert consider. one Of hls greatest
honors The membership cyrd he has
framed and placed on the wall ot his Of
tIce.
Mr Emo j wealthy nlan and traffic
i. his hobby lie lives IN q very large
house on one q th" quiet streets of tie
national capital, from which he puts
forth his efforts u requisite the traffic of
the world
Traffic has conspicuous place IA every
corner of AIR Enos house. lii the Vide
marble hall on the first door there !, !,
collection ot traffic Signals yellow Signs
marked with ''>lo' and ear stop and
trn to the right in heavy black letters.
and various forms Of dummy" traffic
cops In a closet on this same door is
the Emo collection OF traffic literature.
consisting OF everything from book on
the subject by Mr.. Emo himself. 10 he
smallest folder. In the butlers pantry.
along with silver plate and herlooms,
there il a shelf OF fifteen or twenty fat
scrap-booka containing traffic clippings in
European language. and even the boauti-
tuI library on the floor above Il nn,,io,,aJt.