Evening journal., 1922-06-06
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and Van Buren street and Pennsyl
vania avenue. They petitioned tn
directors TO reroute the lines so tina
they would he operated along Elev
enth street between Market an
Jefferson street, along Delawar
avenue between Jefferson and Val
Buren streets. and along Pennsylva
mia between Van Buren street an'
the city line, or whatever intersect
ing street they use.
The present route along Jack.
son street and Park Place is dan.
gerous to children using Cool Spring
Park as a playground and recrea-
tion centre. the petitioners sci
forth.
DR.. III. w Briggs said his prin-
cipal reason for such a protest was
for the sake OF the children. He said
many children frequent the park,
which has been designated as one OF
the city Fairgrounds. Many OF them
are unaccompanied. Dr. Briggs in
vited the directors to view the con-
diuons. He said he was of the opin-
ion that Delaware avenue was
widened to provide an adequate
egress and ingress to the main part
Of the city. He estimated one bus
passes the park every three min
utes during the day. Many of the
drivers are reckless in operating
their machines, he said.
1t was said the bus drivers fire.
quently are compelled 10 apply
brakes to avoid serious collisions,
and many are compelled 20 stop and
back their machines when meeting
another car at some points around
the park. Bus lines between this
city. Marshallton, Newark. Ken
nett Square, and several other points
use this route and frequently cause
coassstion, OF traffic, DR.. Briggs
added.
There are four turns in a very
short distance. according TO the
delegation; one at Van Buren and
Park Place, one at Park Place and
jackson street, one at Jackson and
Eleventh streets and another at
Van Buren, street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Director Grier. of the department,
informed the other directors and the
delegation that he had spent some
time watching traffic in the section
and had noted the conditions which
at that time were similar in some
extent to that complained of.
DR.. Briggs said he did not believe
the use of Delaware avenue by the
buses would cause any congestion
and that il keeping them off Della
ware avenue was to keep them from
with trolley traffic the
directors could regulate that.
George b. Parson. 1015 Park
Place substantiated DR.. Briggs
statements. as did Mrs Edmund +.
Moody. OF 1906 Jackson street The
delegation consisted of about
eleven residents OF the vicinity.
Street Commissioners Pierson pre-
sented a report of a 10-hour sur
vev Of the conditions at the point
spoken of by the petitioners. II
showed % buses being operated on
these lines. making 10O trips out
and "a trips into the city in that
time and II children and 563 adults
crossing the streets in that time Be
tween the hours OF and ? In the
afternoon showed the largest amount
Of traffic. IA trips out and IL trips
in within that hour.
DR.. Briggs said the report was
deeeptive as Il only showed the
number OF children crossing the
street and did not take into account
The number of children playing in
he mark any one Of whom might at
INV time run out in front OF pass
ng bus and be seriously injured. |
Yet. he said, the report bore out |
he assertion made by himself and |
he other petitioners that the
,uses passing the park averaged
me every three minutes
President johnson informed the
delegation that the directors would
.ive the matter their most serious
consideration.
The report also showed twenty
.orse drawn vehicles going out
wenty-one coming in over that
quite during that time; also
lghty pleasure cars going out and
27 coming in, and forty-seven
-ucks outbound and sixty-one in
ound during the inspection period.
he inspection was made between
0 o'clock in the morning and
clock in the evening.