New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
ADJUSTMENT BOARD RULING AGAINST HART ST. HOUSE
 TAKEN TO SUPERIOR COURT
BLAMES COPS FOR TRAFFIC TANGLES
Alderman Nair Says They Ne
 sIeCt to Work Together
PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY

Ordinance Committee Decides to
 Throw Open Debate to Citizens
 Before Passing on Proposed Re
 strictions on Automobiles.
 If the traffic policemen of the city would cooperate with one an- other and keep traffic moving in steady streams, instead of chopping it up by holding back at one cor Ter while it Is being sent forward at another point, there would be no need for eliminating left turns and having more one-way streets, in the opinion of Alderman David L. Nalr' chairman of the ordinance commit tee. expressed at meeting Of the committee last night. Alderman ] John r, Maerz, who attended the | meeting although not a member Of 1 the committee, agreed that the fa1I- ure of the traffic officers to coordl- nate their work is the cause Of the ! congestion on Main street i'll the rush hours, and he places himself on record as entirely opposed to the proposed one-way traffic proposal ] for Main street, between Conner cial and East Main streets. Who ever heard of a Main street having oue-way traffic where the layout is like that part of our Main street?' he asked.
 Hart Calls Experiment Success Chief ". c. Hart of the police de- partment told the committee that it is the desirable regulation from a traffic standpoint, but he hesitates to recommend it's adoption on ac- count of the injury it would prob ably cause to the merchants in the district In reply to Alderman Natr, the chief said he would not favor eliminating parking on one side of the street. He believes the present parking regulations there should not be changed, and if the public is content 10 tolerate the delays caused by congestion, the police de- partment Twill not worry about il" ."
 The police department has been very lenient in the enforcement of the parking restriction in the busi- ness district, the chief said. Many motorists who know they are not permitted by ordinance to park longer than 80 minutes or whatever the regulations happens to be, ac- tually leave their cars on the street for longer periods, he said, and he and the other officers at police headuarters hesitate to impose the S2 penalty. Many red tickets are torn up al headquarters, the chief admitted. Ii might improve condi- tions as regards congestion if the police department let it be known that 80 minutes meant 30 minutes and no longer, he said, and he hinted that strict enforcement of the ordinance restrictions may be ordered.
 Public Hearing Monday Night.
 After receiving the recommends tions Of Chief Hart and Traffic Ser geant J. J. King, the ordinance committee voted to hold a public hearing at 7:3O o'clock next Mon- day evening, when all the proposed changes will be submitted for dis cussion after which the committed will go into session and decide or recommendations to be presented 10 the common council at the next meeting, From the trend of the dis cussion last night. it appears that the elimination of few, if any, left turns. will be recommended and the proposed one-way regulation or Main street, between Commercial anG East Main streets, also on Conner. cial and Center streets, will in al
 probability fail of adoption by the committee If any left turns are clim' mated, the corner Of West Main anG Washington streets will be affected
 it was indicated.
 The proposed changes which vii be submitted to the public at the
 hearing are the following:
 No left turns from Park stree , into Franklin Square and iron
 Elm into Park street; no left turnt from Main into Myrtle and iron
 Myrtle into Main street; no lief , turns into Washington street iron , West Main street; nc left turns int . Chestnut from Main street and n'
 left turns from Chestnut into Mail , street; no left turns from East Mail l into Center street.
 One Way Traffic Streets.
 One way traffic on Commercial , street, going east, from Main t' Center street; one way traffic ol
 Center street from Commercial F northerly to East Main street. on r way traffic on Main street goini south from East Main to Conner
 cial street Gall above regulations ef , fective only between noon and 1 I , m. and and G:l5 D. m., and Satur { day evenings.
 p Jlney stations: All buses oper 7 ating on lines in the northern sec S ton of the city 10 take on and dis Q charge passengers on Main street between West Main and Cour , streets (exact number of feet allot S ted to be decided) at the west cur
 on the west side of Central Parl r and all buses operating on lines i f the southern part of the city 10 talk
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