Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
NEW SQUARE MARRIED
BY PARKING OF CARS
,ubIic May Fail to Get the tu''
Benefit of Added Park Space;
Market Street Question.

with the completion OF Rooney
souare 10 which the finishing touches
arc now being given. there will be ADDED
10 Wilmington another beauty spot,
within z very short time all the work
except the placing of the Rooney
st,tu, The Young trees. shrubbery
On the square will have been completed
aud bhic grass are already giving to
the plot an appearance OF beauty that
Is refreshing to tho busy business man
from his office window and to those
who have To hurry by in trolley car or
,utonobu, 10 or from business or in
their travels.
whether the public is To get the fun
hencnt ~ the new addition To the city's
marks Rodney square. has occurred to
the minds of many they sec each
da1 the square surrounded with auto
mobiles parked ON all four sides. In
the opinion of many who have ex-
pressed themselves on the subject. some
action should hc taken by the proper
To keep the sidewalks on two sides of
authorities 10 prevent this. or mt least
tho square free of standing vehicles.
With this question there has also
hc.n revived the question Of restricting
the parking Of automobiles ON Market
street the city's main thorOughfare.
There is movement To prohibit
parking on either side Of Market
street from Tenth 10 Front. allowing
automobiles or other vehicles 10 stop
only hong enough to take on or dis
charge passengers or merchandise.
ON this subject the Delaware Safety
Council is taking deep interest and has
-ent the following letter To the mem
ber. OF the Council.
Dear Sir: II has been suggested
from time 10 time that the Della
ware safety Council use it's efforts
toward bringing about the passage
Of city ordinance prohibiting all
parking Of motor vehicles on Market
street between Front and Tenth.
vehicles being allowed to stop only
long enough 10 discharge or take on
nassengers or mercha andise. This
suggestion has come from widely
different sources and the arguments
advanced in its favor have been
widely different As this matter
touches the interests OF many Citi-
rons. including property owners and
tenants on Market street. automo-
bile drivers the Traction Company.
bus lines ct, the Delaware Safety
Council suggests that your paper
endeavor 10 elicit an expression Of
opinion from those who are willing
al discuss the matter through the
medium of The public press II the
arguments advanced in favor Of
~ueh m ordinance Seem worthy and
expressive al the wishes of the
nalority ~ citizens. the Delaware
safety Council will hc very glad TO
take tho matter up in any way that
seems proper with the hope Of Sc
Of
dinauce.
In order that the situation may
h. entirely clear. il seems desirable
- state the existing ordinances now
Affecting the parking OF vehicles
on Market street
Parking on west side from Front
70 Eleventh and on the east side
from Front 10 Tenth is limited to
8 minutes on week DAYS between
tho hours Of ~ and ?. m
and a vehicle may not hc moved
from place to place in order TO evade
tins ordinance Parking within 10
feei of 4 fire hydrant is prohibited
unless there is someone in the We
hids "a pahle of operating H. Also.
marking il prohibited in front OF
entrances to any public or private
garage FIRE engine house. or other
.,lacc or building TO which vehiCular
access is necessary for longer time
han IS actually necessary 10 load
or unload IA SsenEers OF merchandise.
Furthermore. commercial vehicles
are prohibited from using Market
street between Front and Eleventh
except for the purpose Of loading
or unloading passengers or merchan-
disc
As the principal business street
~ wilmington the majority Of bust
moss visitors To the city probably
base their impressions on the ap-
pearance of Market street; we
should. therefore. seek TO have TINS
street not only convenient
fhorouchfare but also orderly and
one in which as citizens we can take
pridc II is also the neck of the
f,tfle for street railway traffic and,
tn a great extent. for automobile
trafi.. 10 and from the retail SHOP
ming district. in other words. con
resfion and DELAYS on Market street
snc-f more persons by causing them
fo lose more time than would pc
ths case on any other street
The accident record on Market
street has not been good one
Notwithstanding the efficient work
nj The trafic police stationed al tne
intersections While collisions be
tucen motor vehicles and trolley
cars or other motor vehicles have
occurred principally a. street inter
sert.ops there have been many IN
t,rtes n pedestrians by motor We
htcies AZ places between lntersec-
tons
VERY truly,
Lewis DeBlois. President
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