New Britain herald., 1926-07-17
MUCH DISCUSSION
 ON PARKING RULE
Objection to TrOlleyS Standing
 in Center Of Street
AUTO RAMS INTO TRUCK
Two Injured in Accident on South ington -Plainvilles and '. Nj. c. A. Have Important
 Weekend Gamcs-Church Notes.

Y. M. c. A. Have Important Weekend Gamcs-Church Notes. The new trolley stop and no park i ing regulation in Central square, which went into effect today. has caused considerable comment among the merchants about the square. The majority are opposed to rule which will prevent parking Of auto mobiles in front of their stores, but they recognize that. even without a trolley stopped there, Thralls cor ner Is dangerous one where such a regulation would be safety measure. The main objection is 10 the fact that the trolley will be standing in the center of the street, as they say this will be a menace | to the lives of pedestrians and auto ists alike, and it has been again sug- gested that the cars make run 10 Hanson's switch ana back This, however is said to require F min utes of running time. more than can be afforded, and the Connecticut Co. 1 is understood to be seeking re- arrangement of it's schedule to do away with trolleys stopped in mid street for lengthy periods. The following communication relative 10 the matter has been re- 1 ceived by the Herald:
 i Regarding the very serious (so to speak) situation. or rather diff cult problem 10 solve, relative to the parking of automobiles in the busi- ness section of our towns and cities l would like to add just a few words 10 the many which have been spoken recently in Plainville about the trolley stop.
 Tt seems to the writer that the present location where the cars stop is the best we have yet tried and 1 can see no good reason to go back to the stop which has been tried previously and found to be dangerous spot.
 The reason the change was made 10 the present stop from the one now proposed was because 1t was found to be dangerous spot. and in addition to the change of loca- ton of the trolley stop the town of Plainville spent more than s10,000 to widen this corner 10 make ii more safe,
 T cannot ser the consistency Of placing a no parking sign for the automobiles 10 heed and allow the trolley cars 10 park in the center of the street.
 eve drive the autos from the curve and give the trolleys the cen ter of the street.
 At this corner where we propose to allow the trolley to park a great many people cross to and from work and if will be dangerous 10 cross back of this trolley if parked at the corner.
 ''The proper solution of the mat ter is to allow the trolley cars am pie time to take on and discharge 1 their passengers in the center of the l town and not to allow any furthersl tlIilt lO puTh lile cars.
 "I have reference to both trolley | lines which come into Plainville, for at present the Bristol car is parked for one half of the whole day and l night of the running time or 80 minutes of every hour of the sched- ule time.
 The New Britain car is parked for 20 minutes of each hour or one third of the schedule time.
 This is for regular running and does not include the extra cars that are sent in morning, noon and night and are parked for some consider able time.
 We have been fortunate in not having serious accident by reason of the trolley cars standing so long, and I hope we do not have one but the solution is to remove the hazard that may exist and oblige the cars to run and not stand
 "CITIZEN."
 The no parking" signs were plac- ed on the poles on Whiting street this morning and the new scheme went into effect immediately, at least theoretically. Many motorists unaware of the change and continued to park in the forbidden zones, but this will be done away with as soon as they are appraised of the change.
 Auto Rams Truck
 Two persons were injured late night when an automobile driven by Edward Smith of Pine street, Springfield, Mass. ran into a truck on the Southington road. Mrs. Smith received a severe gash on the head. while their daughter suffered a broken thumb. Mir. Smith and a fourth occupant of the auto were in- jured. The car was badly damaged.