Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-20
|OFFERS REMEDY FOR
PARKING COMPLAINTS
Or. Springer Tells Street Direc.
tors 45-Minute Law Should
be Extended.

DIR. Willard Springer. president OF
the Wilmington Automobile Associa-
ton, this morning at the meeting of
the directors OF the Street and Sewer
Department advised the board that the
association at It's last meeting had
decided TO recommend that the law
forbidding the parking of an auto
mobile longer than As minutes on
Market street up to Tenth street be
extended to Eleventh and thereby
eliminate any complaint there might
be about the parking of machines on
Market street in front of Rodney
Square.
He said the association had first
voted in favor of prohibiting all park
ing on Market and on the Tenth street
sides of the park, but when recon
sidered this action was defeated. 1t
was the consensus of opinion among
the members. he said. that If the AS
minute parking law were enforced it
would do away with much. of the
parking in front of the square for
the people who leave their machines
there all day are the ones who cause
the trouble, 1t was thought. He said
it was admitted at the meeting that
du Pont Co. officials and employees
were the worst offenders in this re-
spect.
Director Grier said the board had
taken note OF the cars parked there
and found 90 per cent of them are the
same cars every day. 1t was agreed
that Those who, do the parking are the
owners who could afford to pay for
garage space and IL would be no hard
ship upon them but would be a saving.
for leaving a car out exposed to the
elements all day does it much dam
age.
President Johnson said the board
had hesitated TO take any defsnite ac-
ton relative to the restriction of park =
ing about the square because. among
other reasons, some of the men who
contributed heavily toward the fund
necessary to establish the square are
in favor of permitting the parking of
machines about that block, although
some of them do not use il in such a
way. He admitted the law restrict
ing the parking of automobiles for
only As minutes at a time seems to be
a dead letter.
AT this point he, read from Every
! Evening, an account published yes
terday. of the discovery by city fire.
men that fire hydrants are being
blocked by machines stopped in front
of them and In this connection he said
the Street and Sewer Department has
made rule covering the matter and
prohibiting il but it is not the duty of
that department TO see that the law
IS enforced but. is up TO the police de-
partment.
DIR. Springer and the board also dis
cussed the habit OF many autoists in
running their cars with the exhaust
open thus making loud racket which
is unnecessary. There Is. also law in
the city against unnecessary noises
and open exhausts were thought to be
unnecessary noises but this law has
never been enforced and none OF them
could recall one instance where an ar
rest had been made for violating this
ordinance.
The matter was discussed at length
but no action was taken either with
regard TO the parking question or the
running of machines with exhausts
open. DR.. Springer told the board the
automobile association would be glad
TO cooperate with that department
at any time II could in any way Il
could and that the members expressed
their appreciation Of this offer.