Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-06
URGE REMOVAL Of PARK !
PLACE FROM BUS ROUTE.
Another Appeal Made to the
Directors OF the Street and
Sewer Department.

Vigorous protest WAS made 20 the
directors of the street and Sewer De-
rartment A. their meeting this morn
Inc aGAinst the operation of husses on
Park Place and jackson street. by the
veaidents living In that section. There
~'As q delegation " them present. With
Or " W BRIGGS az their chief spokes
man. and they appeared In support Of
the petition presented by former
judge J Frank BAN two weeks ago
asking that tho husses hc routed over
somc other streets. preferably Della
ware avenue. their argument. among
others. heinz tha, they understood the
avenue had been widencd and imprcv-
I'd for tho express purpose of taking
care ~ tho increased traf'c,
After lis,eninp 20 what they had %
ssv rrcsident Johnson Of the board
explained that sh. department would
look into the matter 90 see what could
be done Nothing was attempted ~ the
meeting and ~ may he week or
longer before the directors arrive
q, any conclusion regarding the sub
,ec,.
The hearing was rather impromptu.
a. the members of tho board kne Y
nothing about u. although those who
appeared said they had been notified
that q would be held and their pres
ence was desired They did not state
from whom the notice was received.
nr nrirgs explained that their ple7
to have the husses removed was
made from ths standpoint Of safety
for the persons who use Cool Spring
Park and have 90 cross tho streets 80
get 20 y, especially children and their
nurses ie described the conditions In
Park Place. which r. rather narrow.
due 90 So many vehicles having 70
rsss through there he said he had
seen four buses ~ tho corner ~
one time, unable 20 pass due % con-
sostion, and some Of them run up on
the sidewalks 20 avoid hitting others
The turns arc sharp and dangerous
and he predicted there viii he seri-
Gus accident II something is not dore
60 eliminate the rres~n, danger
Commissioner Grier said he had seer
two husses meet Al Eleventh and Jack
eon streets, They were unable 20 pas,
and one Of them ran into the curb.
George II. Parsons said he ha(
counted i've husses In the block a.
ono tlme and he thought tho condi
ucns too dangerous TO be permitted
90 continue
Mrs Moody stated the people NJ tha'
section feel that they have man,
grievances She thought Delaware av
enue had been improved 20 take car,
OF tho increased trsf''c and tho hussoi
on Park Place are great source o.
DANGER. Frank W. rierson. stree
commissioner. said the Delsvsr,
Safety Council has taken M tho mat
ter and they compiled statistics :,
chow the amount of traffic IN parI
Place
Their report 40 submitted 20 IN,
Street and Sewer Department show
80 ths, between o'clock in the morn
ins and ? o'clcck at night. 100 husre
passed IN and % passed out; 20 hors
drawn vehicles passed in and 2l out
~ pleasure cars passed IN and l27 out
- trucks passed IN and el out: :
children crossed the street and 5s
sdults crorsed ~ the same place.
10 Was computed that there are a
least 20 husscs an hour. or one ever
three minutes. passing alons this mar
row stres, and With cars parked ther
and additional trsric coming and soin
II Ia said 20 be dangerous plac
With these cNtrs vehicles havirE 2
traverse Park rlaee. while ~ was ad
rai,,ed the safety Councils repoy
showed things 20 he bad enough.
vas claimed 10 might he misleadir
i- that there are many children in IN
park during the day who ~ any tin,
might Dart into the street and b
s,ruck by tome machine.
Just what the street directors Pre-
rose doins regarding the subject
net known, but a feasible plan. 10
thought. would be to route the huss-
out Delaware avenue without permi'
TINS them 20 stop 90 pick UP pa.
eeneers either way.