Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-28
NEW TROLLEY PLAN FOR
FOURTH AND MARKET
Suggested to Street Directors
by J. w. Philips to Relieve
Congestion.


Congestion.
Reroutng of the trolley cars that
make Fourth and Market streets their
terminus wns suggested by j. w.
Phillips OF 200 East Fourth street. In
letter TO the directors OF the Street
and Sewer Department nj their meet
ing this morning. 10 relieve the COM
gestion OF trafDo Mt tho point men
toned. IIc expressed the belief that
when tho new paving I'm Fourth street
has been completed traffic on that
highway will he nj least double what
It Is now and he thought something
should bo done with the trolley cars 10
keep them from standing In East and
West Fourth street, as they do now.
His idea ia 60 have n double track
cross over at Fourth and Market
streets. 10 run the East Fourth street
ears out Fourth 20 Monroe street.
where they can transfer 60 the In
| bound track again and To- run the
South Harrison street cars 10 Fourth
street wharf, or 10 rerouts them over
| the Second street line. This. no be-
llevcH. would eliminate tho necessity
for any cars standing in Fourth street
at Market any longer than 90 pick
up passengers.
Mfr. Philips letter was ne follows;
200 East Fourth ~.
| Wilmington. Del. March 20. 1921.
To the Board Of Directors
Street q Sewer Dept.
Wilmington.
Gentlemen;
Ia connection with the repay
ing ~ East Fourth street ! think
that serious consideration should
be given 10 improving the condi-
tiuns now existing ht Fourth and
Market streets.
This IL now one Of the most con
aeH,cd traffic points IN tho city
ard is due very largely to the fact
that ~ In the terminal point FOR
several chr lines Tho New Castle
Delaware CITY line. the I.obdell-
South Wilmington cars and the
special cars running down 20 the
, Wilson Line wharf all terminate
on tho cnaterly side az Market
street, and on the westerly aido
, r. tho terminal point OF the South
d Clayton street cars. Many times
the ears running on tho East
] Fourth street lines viii come up
to the terminal point and stand
= there for five minutes or more.
3 frequently there are two cars
: standing there. sometimes three.
and occasionally in summer time
2 fourth car will be waiting Just
= east OF King street until some Of
o the other cars go out. such is the
= condition al present.
= A. soon as the now paving Is
Z completed through from tho
wharf 10 Union street. the traffic
on Fourth street will probably
loo Mt least double what IL ia now.
and the congestion in the vicinity
Of Market street corrcspondingly
greater. This can be- relieved To
n very great extent II some plan
= can DO worked out with the Trac-
ton Co. which will eliminate the
= trolley cars using this point as a
= place TO stand until Il Is time
for them 20 leave on their return
= trip. The following plan I think
will show how easily this can be
. done:
- At present only the eastbound
track on Fourth street has a
4, crossover at Market street. BY
n installing a crossover for the west
"a bound track also, IL will then mako
n 81 possible 10 run these cars 10 an
10 other point for turning. The
n schedule OF the East Fourth street
" lines could no doubt DO arranged
y so that they could run west as far
in as Monroe street (where the
10 tracks are already arranged TO al
of low cars to shift 20 the eastbound
OF track and return 70 Market street
T. during the time that they now
~ consume standing at their present
al terminus. Also, the South Clay
W ton street cars could then run 10
the foot OF Fourth street as d ter
TX mlnal or even taken from
al Fourth street altogether by rout-
rs ing. them east on Second street
st from Monroe and west on Front
sr' street to their present route.
s. Even though these details can
es not be worked out with the Irac-
10 ton Co. at the present time.
OF think that rail installation should
a. be made during the repaving that
NS win permit relieving the increas-
w. ingly dangerous congestion a.
~ this central point, as soon as pos
-, sible. Very truly yours,
'N ]. w. Philips