New Britain herald., 1921-07-20
HUNTING THE JAY-WALkE RS.

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HUNTING THE LAWMAKERS.
Councilman Henry Rice received a
nasty slap on the wrist from Mayor
| Curtis, who has stated that the Coun-
cilman's project to impose small
| line upon walkers is going to
| be consigned to the waste-basket, at
once, quick, pronto, tout suite, and
so forth. The great New Britain pub
| lie deserves more consideration than
| TO be hailed into court and paying out
| couple of dollars for the privilege Of
a,r aging from between the lines SO
carefully laid out upon the bitulithic
of Main street, says hizzoner. IT'S
| enough to have one of New Britain's
courteous guardians of the law eN
| plain to erring maid or SHINING man
| that he has wandered from the beat
en- trail into the haunts of the gas
| buggie and, hat in hand or club in
hand according to the sex of the Of
| fender, request or order (see above)
same to return to the point from
which he or she so fondly sal1ed
forth upon the journey.
We feel for the Councilman. O le's
pct project should not be held up TO
public ridicule through any such
statement. Why waste the brains Of
he City Fathers by throwing away
their products of their cerebral cri-
fees? Why, oh why?
Hizzoner has been adopting a high
ly exemplary attitude lately Git is
but few months till election and a
strong opponent is in the ofting), he
has been protecting the public of the
city most strenuously. Seldom has h.
tailed to show regards for the citi-
zens. He has an employment bureau,
he roesn't want the people too strictly
held by the y-Walking requirements,
ard he is strong for the reduction of
Ia1 es by the trolley company, or the
, continuance Of jitney service. When
| lie dpp6dTSu UtlOIc Tic uDllC JILL
ties commission in Hartford at jit-
) ney hearing recently he was not quite
} SO enthusiastic, bat then that was
different. He said then that he want
, cd it understood that he was not fol-
OF against the jitneys. Now he steps
t into the breach and protects the pup.
a | do Of
~ Rice.
In all fairness to the Councilman i
should be borne in mind that regu
l lation is scarcely effective un.es
there is attached thereto a penalty
y One feels ridiculous in being order
cd back by a policeman, which il
some penalty; one gets ready to tish
when one of New Britain's bull voice
y unions of the law becomes offens
- i've, which one or two occasionally dc
When the latter condition exists law
ale made. There should, to secur
!, enforcement, be a penalty it seer,.
=. The public has been restricted as t
. where it shall walk, the problem
TO make people travel inside the line;
II they are not made to do so tn
element of safety is removed.
On the other hand, the traffic line
are new. Many an old resident of IL
~ city, accustomed to go where h
20 pleases and in the habit of crossin
NJ Main street almost anywhere, will III
+, Willingly break the law and it is que
~ t1onable whether he should be fins
20 COR so doing. We have a commune
r. that is progressive enough and il
is telligent enough to realize the neCe
in sity of controlling foot traffic. and v
Of believe that mem bers of the commu!
to 'ty having had the existence of Il
1e law impressed upon them a couple
ur times, will thereafter remember
;. ana gradually form the habit of co
rs forming to it. Intentional violate
as Of the rule, moved by a desire
ey make trouble, may occasionally a
40 pear. These should be punished a.
n way may probably be found to
N. so.