New Britain herald., 1924-04-11
HARTFORD POLICE
 CHIEF GIVES VIEWS
Wants Schools to Cooperate to
 Curb Traffic Dangers

New Haven. Conn April ft.--Gar- fett J. Farrell, Chief of Police Of Hartford today recommended that school authorities share with the city and town police mor% or the responsi- bility in safe guarding children from accidents from motor vehicles. He said: "Our Connecticut Police asso- citation has secured the adoption of uniform system of traffic signs in ConneSicut cities and it has recom- mended that the school authorities divide with the police more of the re- sponsibility in safe guarding children going to and from school.
 Mir President and Gentlemen:-
 I consider it an honor and great privilege to addres your conference, and it gives me much pleasure to serve on your program.
 have been invited by President Angell to present to you a paper on the Traffic Policing of City Streets, and will try to confine my remarks to that subject as much as possible, talk ing into consideration the various ele- ments which cause accidents on our streets. the necessity for traffic con- trol, and what We are doing toward making the streets safe for the use of both yehicular and pedestrian traf- fic.
 Our problem of regulating traffic on city streets is really the most seri- ous one we have 10 contend with to- day, and will continue SO in the future ss the number of motor vehicles and pedestrians on our highways increase. Our streets, especially in the business sections. when they were originally laid out were not planned with the foresight for accomplishing the large volume of traffic we have today, and the result is that many of our thor oughfares are too narrow to take care of the numerous vehicles passing through the business streets of our cities
 To be sure, in some cases we have attempted to remedy the situation by widening Of streets where possible, and by diyerting traffic 10 side streets which parallel our main streets, by destricting parking privileges. by al- lowing vehicles to tralvel in one direc- ton only on some streets, and by con- fining heavy trucking and slow nov ing vehicles to other streets, but these are only temporary remedies, and the time is not far distatn when more radical changes will be necessary to relieve the congestion on our streets dueto the, ever increasing volume of traffic passing through them.
 
 The street cars present very diffi- cult problem in many cities. especial ly on the central streets where they eros the main thoroughfares, and the time will undoubtedly come when it will be necessary to put the tracks underground. as has been done in other large cities. Of course, this would be an expensive proposition, but the longer 1t is delayed the more prohibitive the cost will be.
 The alarming increase in the num- Der of motor vehicle accidents ts a matter of deep concern to all of us, and 1t seems that regardless Of the numerous safety-first campaigns and tho large mass of literature which is sent out yearly on the subject, .ye are unable to stem the advancing tide of Increasing fatalities, personal injuries and property damage duo 10 motor vehiclel accidents.
 The motor vehicle driving public and pedestrians must come down 10 earth and use more calm Judgment in the use of the highways, with pro- per regard for the safety and rights of each other, and fl they must err it should be on the side of safety. If they would only stop 10 think that delay of a second or two to avoid an accident would mean a great saving of