South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-09
DISCUSS PLANS TO
ELIMINATE TRAFFIC
CONGESTION HERE
Propose Ordinance 20 Confine
Time of Parking Down
town 10 30 Minutes.

At q special public meeting. held
/ last night IN the council chambers
a. the city hall % discuss plan 20
I lessen the Congested traffic condf-
! tons IN the business section 81 the
4 city, a number OF suggestions were
offered and Il was finally decided 20
ask the city council 20 pass an or
! dinance conhninE the time for park
! ing on Michigan 81. from Colfax 20
! Division St
The plan IS merely an experiment
/ IN an effort 20 arrive at some work
/ able plan for the entire down town
HSotion II the council approves OF the
plan and passes the ord nance. the
I police department viii be given full
authority 20 arrest v10lators Al the
. present time there is no city ordi-
+ nance IN regards TO parking reguia-
I tons although the police have all
I lowed no parking siens 90 be placed
in 'front.' OF hotels. theaters and pub
lie buildings.
Big Problem
In addressing the gathering MAY
or Ell Seebirt declared that the
traffic question was one OF the big
gest items the city had 10 contend
with at the present time and asked
their cooperation IN dcvising some
suitable plan 20 correct conditions
/ we do NOT expect 20 arrive at ans
definite plan tonight. the mayor
continued. but we can express opir.
4 ions and personal expert noes with
. suggestions that might he'D 20 tr7-
prove matters. Tn tho be-IurinE.
/ tho city was Cot built riEht and any
plan tried VIII be only au czpe.-
iment"
Councilman George HuU. who has
spent much time in the past few
weeks on the traffic congestion prob
lem. suggested that the busy streets
in the center Of the city he restricted
and kept clear at all times with the
exception Of 30 minute intervals
when machines could be parked.
provided there was somebody u
charge Of tho car who could drive BE-
I'm case of emergency T. n. ONvcr
OF the oliver Pillow Works offered
the use Of a plot OF land FOR parking
purposes. providing the city would
pay the taxes for the property while
Z
property would also have 70 be va
Gated upon notice from the oliver
people,
This plan was talked down b.
cause OF its distance from the CEN
ter Of the CITY and the cost that
would be curtaued in policing and
lighting the grounds. AT least three
patrolmen would have 10 bee station
ed at the parking place ar all times
which the Board of Public Safety
was not ia favor OF doing N. O.
Davies. president Cf the board stat
ed that the department needed ar
least IL more policemen. three OF
which are needed Tor the detective
department at once and other beats
would be unprotected If they had I'D
assign men't 70 the parking grounds.
Would Assign Fu-=es.
II was suggested taXs and
{ bus lines be ass. gued Fixed sta
lions where people couI couErePsta
A.. 20 board them. At the present time
these machines take on passengers
at various places, greatly couEest-
ing traffic az times The north ami
east side OF the court houee was
mentioned as the regular taxi and
hus station, which would relieve Tho
crowded conditions in front or om~s
buldings
A number OF business men COM
planned that draymen were unable
TO unload their cargoes for hours at
. a time because OF autoists parking
In front Of their place OF business.
although they favored 1Ir HuIrs H
minute plan The same condition
exists in front OF the office building
where machines are allowed 20 stand
most OF the day without leaving a.
space AZ the entrance Of the build
ing compelling expressmen and de-
. Hverymeu 90 carry their package
10 a city square and back again n
encircling the line Of machines be-
. fore gaining admittanca 20 the t1.-I-
ing
Both the parallel and f5-deeres
angle parking systems were disc
cussed- In cases where the streets
are narrow q was suggested that
parallel parking be used on one side
only while in wider streets cone
tanning no car line the s5-deEras
angle plan could be used on both
. sides.
The question Of righ- hand ana
left hand turns was also discussed
and the c0ncensus Of opinion seemed
20 be in favor OF ab0IsEinE the lrf-
hand turn. especially i1 the hus~
section. A great many favored
barring heavy trucks from the CEN
tral streets as an aid in speeding up