Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
CONVENIENCE STATIONS NEEDED

The long and almost continuous call
for public convenience stations for this
city has been inaistcntiy met with the
councilmnnio response no money
until we have almost reached the con-
cluslon that this excuse is iilScly to serve
for a considerable time unless the mat
ter is taken up seriously and pressed
until the demand IS mot. Possibly every
ono can realize how much OF neces-
sity these places have became espe-
| cinIly since tho waiting rooms and con-
| yenience apartments OF many or our
| botela have been closed or the houses
| themselves shut UP.
II seems 10 Every Evening that the
| proposition 20 have These stations con-
| structed underground In a mistake. and
we hopo such a project will be nban-
doned What is required and wanted
especially I'm the most freuuentrd sec
| tions of tho city are rooms-buildings
or portions of huil6ings--where. for
example. tho women who may come here
to shop may find a comfortable sitting
| room, whero they could spend half an
hour or more resting and possibly en-
| loving the lunch brought to break the
| midday fast. A clean. cool room In
! summer. or n warm apartment In win
ter would indeed be n boon tg women
who come to the city on business or for
part OF days relaxation. Here an
| attendant could direct them about the
city; here also might be instituted a
general Information bureau sc that
autoists or other visitors passing
through could obtnin such information
as they might wish. without feeling
that they were imposing on any enc for
tho courtesy md feeling assured that
they were correctly guided. A section
OF these stations might ho similarly
fitted up where naen could lnd similar
conveniences. Such stations would IN
douhtcdly nj great end immedo To
want and we must have thom despite
Councils chronic cry OF poverty. Econ
omy is a virtue when wisely applied.
| sut this is IN instance where II would
be folly and Observation-Disclosures.
We need and must have several such
: places so that every section may he
Z covered. but tho larger rest md recrea
ton stations need not be 50 numerous
and might I've limited 70 the centres
where shoppers md visitors are most
frequent, I7cIthor need those places
T be on the Leading streets where rents
/ are high. but one CT two of them might
ho near 70 Ma-lset street for ;hc cor.
ycnierce Of persona whe come here or
business
, Pcrhnrs N tho new library bulldi1g
y there might hc fourd spacr for . rect
!, irc or rest room with rEch comforts Al
I arc needed and possibly a -art II IN,
!, old CITY lIau might be similarly utl
1cd We however. WOULD scarce rec
commend that the matter wat urti
the new library building is erected. "a
such convenlorccs are needed now. q
once
= These stations would make ~hoppini
much moro agreeable and might hav
] the effect ot increasing the number o
persons coming here from the adiacer
sections OF the country and iron
: down the state - buy their sun
pics West Chester has found the IS
tabNshuent ~ rest room thore ha
!, met with crcat. appreciation. and re
PORTS that there IS not moment froi
the opening until 10 o'clock ~ rtrh
!. that is not partially nllci wit
!, women from out ~ town who ava
I. Themselves of It's freely offered ho.
J. pitalitv That used 70 be afforded ~ ~
hotel pariors and waiting rooms Tn
town officials regard tho outlay II
its maintenance the most satlsfa,
tory expenditure q money they max
There IS probably ten times the nee
+, for convenience or rest roums here Z
IN West Chester. and We might readi'
follow her lead only on CONNER
. slIrztlv increased scale. Council shou
give IN The CRY Of without funds ar
= give rs in}wc diate action.