Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-06
DOWNSTATE TOWNS
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The policy of the Public Safety com
mittee is to send courteous letter To- every
man in whose name the license stands of
a car which has violated an ordinance.
Sixty per cent Of the owners or drivers
replied to these courteous letters and all
of the answers, with the exception of
very few, showed dlapprccation OF the work
being done and a deslre tn cooperate
There were three cases where drivers
were not registered, and reports on these
were turned over tn the proper authorities
With these figures IN hand. the secrc-
tarv reports good results ON the first
month of vigilance activities considering
the difficulties encountered IN getting
started As each appointment of
vigilance man or woman was nade. the
appo,ntec was given set of Instructions,
brief OF the existing ordinance and set
Of report cards, given with his or her mum
Der Out of the 159 first named, only
eight declined to serve ard these gave rs
their reasons necessary business from the
CITY. or that they did not feel qualified fo
report on matters 0f this kind All recog-
nzed the Importance of the work being
done The places of these appnlntecs who
could not serve have been filled
Since the last meeting of the executive
committee Of the Public Safety Commit
tee the various people who have been
engaged m different lines al work COR
nectcd with the movement have been very
busy Everyone of the various commit
tees has done good work The co-t tor9-
ton committee has had two meetings has
appointed subcommittee md has begun
The work ~ Intervening associations.
societlcs and organizations tn enlist their
aid IN the causc This work IS progressing
very satisfactorily and from present
Indications tho results az the campaign
being conducted by the cooperation eom-
nittec Will he to hne np every organiza-
ton in the CITY IN tho work Already
eight or nine organizations havn been
addressed and have pledged their sup
port
Ono Of the very important committees
whose work Is substantially progressing
Is the committee on schools I'his com
mlttec has already quite number II
text books on hand to be placed in the
hands teachers. and IN 4 short time It
expects to outline It's complete plan II Il
now preparing this complete plan md ~
January 15 will meet with educational
authorities throughout The Stair Dr
Payne. principal of tho Harris Teachers
School IN st Louis, m author 81 an cx-
tremClv important book for teaching
safety in the school. viii come to Whining
ton and will be present IT this meeting on
January IS As DR. PAYNE IS the leading
authority in this kind Of work III thc
country. his coming here will be m event
of great interest, not only 70 the men and
women who arc Interested IN the general
activities Of the Publ Safety Commit
tee. hut also to educators in general
The ordinance, statistics and tratfic
committee have been very busy The
ordinance committee has drawn up d
very important set Of proposed regula-
tions which have already been submitted
to the Street and Sewer Department tie
statistics committee has pr pared a list ef
accidents and deaths covering conditions
ID Wilmington for more than 4 sttr past
The traffic committee has been very busy
looking after conditions IN the ltv III
regard 10 tr ffc lines and safety zones
They also have IN their charge Mr.
" alkcr, who has been continuing his
campaign on the streets oi Wilmington.
and who At The end + the week vii visit
towns in rural New ! astle, kent and
Sussex counties