Evening star., 1923-06-09
Thirteen in Downtown Area
Retained After Successful
Test During Shrine Week.
MERCHANTS FAVOR PLAN,
SURVEY TODAY SHOWS
Majority Express Belief Business
Will Not Be Affected by Change
in Regulations.

Thirteen of the one-way streets
that have been in effect during the
Shrine convention were made perma-
nent by an amendment to the traffic
regulations approved by the Commits
sioners this afternoon, Commissioner
oyster announced. They follow:
That section 10 of article IL of the
police regulations is hereby amended
Dy adding thereto the following one
way streets:
Sixth street, Louisiana ave, to X
street. northbound.
Tenth street, 3 to X streets. north
bound
Twelfth street, X to streets. south
bound.
Thirteenth street. Pennsylvania ave
nue. to K street. northbound
Fifteenth street, X to New York ave
nue., southbound.
Mcpherson square. northbound.
East Executive avenue. north
bound.
Madison place, northbound
jackson place, southbound
Eighteenth street, b to X, north
bound.
Nineteenth street X to B. south
bound
"E street from 18th to 18th, west
bound.
d street. from 1lth to 18th. east
bound"
The action taken by the Commits
sioners this afternoon means that
these thoroughfares will continue 10
be one-way streets without Interrupt
ton All other streets that were
for one-way traffic for the
period of the Shrine convention will
return 10 their former status at mid
night tomorrow.
To study Parking.
Commissioner oyster also announced
that the traffic committee appointed
some time ago and which has already
recommended and had adopted a num-
Der of new regulations will go into
session again next week for a
thorough study of the downtown
parking situation
The Commissioner held a confer
ence this morning with Ringgold
Hart, assistant corporation counsel
who is secretary to the traffic COM
mittee, regarding the parking stu-
alton.
1t is understood to be the view of the
Commissioner that there are some few
congested streets on which it would be
well to further restrict parking. The
Commissioner also believes that down
town parking, where it is allowed
should be parallel TO the curb and no;
at an agile. These questions will be-
gone into thoroughly by the traffic COM
mittee and a report made to the. Com
miSSionerS.
Sullivan Backs Plan.
Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of DO
lice. in recommending the one-wa!
streets to Commissioner Oyster, said:
Had II not been for the adoption
of special regulation creating these
one-way streets it would have been
extremely difficult to handle the
great volume of traffic during the
effective and helpful during that
period there is no reason to doubt
their effectiveness for all time and
1t is. therefore. recommended that the
order be issued
Officials of the fire department were
inclined to believe that 18th street
should not have been included as a
one-way street. The police heads ex-
planned. however that the plan would
not have been evenly balanced with
out southbound street between 10th
and 18th streets.
Commissioner Oyster pointed out
that all north and south streets on
which cartracks are located have been
left as two-way thoroughfares, because
of the fact that with street cars run
ming in both directions it would be al
most impossible to have vehicular
traffic going one way.
In view of the request for a public
hearing on the e-way-street pro
posal. made yesterday by the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton. the views of merchants and
others whose places of business are
located on or near streets which are
at present one-way streets. are in
teresting. Those voieing their views
were selected at random:
From 18th street came the following
suggestions:
George W. White, president. Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank: IT am
heartily in favor of the continuance
of the system, and feel that by it at
least so per cent of Washington's
traffic problems will be solved"
Allies Favors Plan.
Milton E. Allies, president. Riggs
National Bank: Il favor the PROPOSE
ton, and think it should be given
fair trial. I think that cars should
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