Evening star., 1921-08-23
Want 10TH STREET
TRAFFIC TWo-WAY:
Merchants Petition Commits
Sioners for Removal of
Present Restrictions.

A delegation Of downtown mer-
chants today flied with the Commits
sioners petition asking that the
one-way traffic restriction on 10th
street between X and G streets north
west be removed.
Some time ago 10th street was made
q one-way thoroughfare for south
bound trafic only between Pennsyl-
vania avenue and K street. After a
neo 20 apply only between X and g
Nearly Fifty Signers.
Lne petitioners told the city heads
To-Day that there is just as much rea-
son for reopening 10th street be-
tween K and q streets as there was
Ior removing the restriction from G
s.reet to the Avenue. The petition is
signed by approximately nifty busi-
ness men. and reads az follows:
A., we; :ea the subscribing property own
lhston. d. c.. located north of.G street
and south Of K street. northwest re-
spectfully petition that the privilege
OF tWo-way traffic on said street be-
tween G street and X street be re-
stored.
Oniy SOuthbOund Tfamc.
Until within a few months 10th
street northwest has been a two-wa
traffic street its entire length. An or
ger was made by your board limiting
tramc on 10th street between K street
and Pennsylvania avenue to south
bound traffic only. This order was
subsequently modified to admit of
two-way traffic from Pennsylvania
avenue to street, and was again
Vt 4xrvo n
from Pennsylvania avenue to G street.
As the situation now stands 10th street
10 a two-way street its entire length
except from G street to X street. and it
is besween these points that your pc
titioners pray that two-way service be
restored. subject to such parking re-
strictions as may be found necessary.
While 10th street is counted as a
somewhat narrow street. the fact re-
mains that eth street on the east and
llth street on the west have car
lines. SO the available space for un-
interrupted travel on 10th street is
greater than either of the adjoining
parallel streets upon which two-way
traffc fs authorized. This accounts
for the large traffic which formerly
found 10th street the safer and more
expeditions line of travel.
Nearly Fifty sIxners.
And It seems to US that whatever
was said in support OF reopening
10th street for two-way traffic from
Pennsylvania avenue to G street
applies with additional force to the
re-opening Of 10th street from G
street to X street, for the reason that
north-bound traffic on 10th street
must enter congested F or G street,
both OF which have double car
tracks. IT, on the other hand. two
way traffic were authorized. beyond
q street direct northern route
would be open. or if east or west
turns were desired, it would not be
necessary to make them on an over
crowded car street: 9th and 11th
streets have always had heavy trafffc,
on account Of the many large busi-
ness houses thereon. and the practi-
cal effect Of switching north bound
traffic from 10th street at G street is
to throw an additional burden on the
already heavily taxed capacity Of 9th
street and I1th street. The mere
observation Of this daily condition
presenta We believe, an unanswer-
able argument IN support of the
prayer OF your petitioners The early
consideration Of this petition will be
highly Appreciated"