Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-14
make COASnNG SAFE
| FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
Conferences Monday to Consider
Closing Certain Streets to
All Traffic for Sport.

the city may enjoy to the limit the
coasainE while this form ef outdoor
sport lasts, but with all safeguards
thrown about them that there will
not be recurrence Of the several ac-
officials OF several city departments
and organizations Interested in the
pleasure OF the children have been
asked to attend meeting to be held
at IL o'clock Monday morning in the
ONCE OF Mayor Harvey in City Hail.
Representatives. are expected from
the Police Bureau. Park Board, Water
Board. Street and Sewer Department
Delaware Safety Council. Boy Scouts
and the Community Service. Mayor
Harvey will preside and It Is largely
due to his interest In tho pleasure Of
the children that the conference IL TO
be held and arrangements made, if
possible. whereby the boys and girls
can indulge In this fascinating form
OF amusement to their Ill and In COM
| parative safety. 1t Is realized that
there Is seldom enough snow to az
ford good shedding and now that the
opportunity Ia at hand steps should
be taken at once to permit the children
TO take full advantage OF the chance.
Two years ago, at the suggestion
OF Josiah Marvel, several city depart
mcnts met and 1t was agreed 10 set
aside certain streets between certain
hours and to prohibit trafYic on them
OF the interesting streets 20 tho chill
dren could sled without danger. Be-
fore this became operative the snow
disappeared and there has been none
of any consequence until the present
| time.
Then the Street and Sewer Depart
ment agreed 10 the closing OF the fol-
| lowing streets between the hours OF 6
and 10 o'clock each evening, except
| Sunday, and not TO permit other traf-
! fic on these streets or on the streets
interesting with them:
4 Third, Broome TO Adams; Maple
Proome to Van Buren,; Ninth, Var
Buren, to Monroe; Eleventh. King tc
Walnut Gipin avenue, Union tc
Rodney: Rockford, Tower Hill.
To this list today was added FIFTH
street from Broome to Monroe and Il
will be considered with the others a
Mondays conference. Two years age
II was agreed that these streets were
to be ropcd OF and the police were tc
aid In seeing that the children wers
properly protected.
The suggestion was taken UP to
day and Street Commissioners Frnnl
w. Pierson made II clear that tn
street department was willing an'
ready to stand by the agreement o
1920 and TO do all II could to affor'
the children as much pleasure as the,
could get out Of the coasting Will
/, II lasted. They are willing to sc
aside the streets. he declared. and t
, furnish the red lamps to be hum
) on the ropes cutting OF the inter
sections but he righuully pointed on
that that department cannot be *
: pected to hang out these Tampa an
T take them in again or to put up an
take down the ropes. He said IT
, not within their province TO super
: wise community celebrations or fes
, tivities Of any kind but they are vii
: ling 10 help such events all they car
Mayor Harvey took UP the matte
at this tuncture and got in touc
with Charles F. Ernst OF the Con,
. munity Service and discussed the mat
ter with him. feeling that that organ
izstion might rightfully take charg
Of the supervision Of the sport as
community venture and that III
BOY Scouts could help in doing III
, real work He also talked TO Superir
tendent OF Police George Black an
as a result OF these conversation
Mondays meeting was arranged.
: The police department has ror
: used TO cut OF streets during parade
but 1t could hardly be used 10 clos
1 streets for shedding as It IL too wild
I for any intersection and TO cut
I would ruin II. Tho police cannot yer
: we'll do the work OF putting up III
3 ropes and taking them down on a
the hills set aside for coasting s
S that someone else will have to /
: found for this work. All this, how
n ever. It Is felt can be worked out Q
Monday
: Because the billy streets about tow
: are now like glass almost and sles
: attain lightning speed on some
them. also because the intersection
are unguarded. several accidents ha,
occurred but fortunately none serious
so far. James Cunningham, aged
years OF 809 Coleman street cut h
? leg last night when he struck a po
on Eighth avenue and Mrs. Hest,
Handy OF Clio Penn street cut h,
head when she fell on the Ice. Mi
Kathryn Lang Of 502 Broome sire
!, was cut on her head while coastir
!. yesterday. None CT these victims w,
serIously injured.
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