Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
POLICE MAY CLOSE
17AvENUE BLOCKS
Propose to Bar Traffic From
Peace Monument to 18th
Street Shrine Week.

Police officials are considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of closing Pennsylvania
avenue to vehicular traffic between
Peace monument and 18th street dur
ing the week of June to 9, when the
Shrine convention crowd will be at it's
height. it was learned today.
This step Is being given serious
thought. it is understood, because of
the limited amount of sidewalk space
left available for the pedestrians who
will throng along that thoroughfare
by the thousands.
OF course. IL such an order is de-
cided upon, the police would arrange
to admit to the Avenue all vehicles
having essential business with estab-
lishments there and divert general
traffic to other east and west streets.
May Forbid Turn.
Under such an arrangement vehicles
could cross the Avenue going north
or south at all intersections, but
would not be permitted to make
right or left turns.
This question of diverting non-es-
sential traffic from Pennsylvania ave-
nue. during the week of the conven-
tion will be gone over carefully from
every standpoint at a final confcE<
ence of police officials at headquar-
tiers Wednesday afternoon.
During the past few days the traf-
fic bureau has placed ropes and
stanchions on the Avenue for pedes-
TRANS at, those points where the
grandstands have taken up the side
walk space. but police officials fear
that when the big crowd arrives this
arrangement will not satisfactorily
provide for the great mass of people
that Will be constantly surging up
and down the Avenue.
Increase Trafac Force.
The approach of the convention Pc
riod was heralded today by the de-
failing of fifty picked patrolmen from
various precincts to augment the
traffic force in the downtown section.
On Friday of this week the special
traffic rules for the convention be-
come effective, the most important
Of which Is the prohibition on auto
area:
Beginning at the northeast corner
of 9th street and Missouri avenue
northwest, thence north along the
east liIc Oh oIH street 10 the
northeast corner of 9Th and / streets
northwest, thence west along the
north building line of l street to the
northeast corner of 7th and l streets
northwest; thence along the east
building line of eth street to the
northeast corner of 9TH and New
York avenue northwest; thence west
along the north building line of Mt.
Vernon place to the northwest corner
of 9th and Massachusetts avenue
northwest; thence south to the north
west corner of 9Th and X streets
northwest; along the north building
line of X street to the northeas 81
corner of 20th and K streets north
west: thence south along the west
building line of Goth street to the
northwest corner of Goth and B
streets northwest; thence east along
the north building line of B street
to the northeast corner of 18th and
B streets northwest; thence along
the south building line of B street
to the southwest corner of 6th and
B streets northwest; thence south to
Missouri avenue to place of begin
ming"
Will Leave Cars.
Within that area machines will be
allowed to stop only long enough to
take on or let off passengers OF
freight. Scores of motorists are
planning to leave their machines al
home. This rule will remain in effec,
until June 10.
A score Of one-way streets also will
be in effect beginning Friday and
Inspector Headley has a force of men
out today erecting more than a thou
sand signs. denoting the directions in
which traffic must move on those
streets.