Smyrna times., 1927-01-05
|lIlHIlENAI NAIsAFIYyaGID a1lI
| \ S|FT ENGINEER CD. BUCK
!, ENGINEER RECOMMENDS
Gf .loSsINGs hSSlr BE ABOLISHED

.rc1NEER RECOMMENDS
% ,aoSSISGs BE ABOLISHED
vow Plan for the Punish
OfsIs f,,aEen - Drivers in the Fu-
3 i DraFerR Other Recommendations
tbe public highways and
stdy on oannrishment Id for intoxicated
aiqae pultomObiles, received atten-
% =. q annual annual report Of G. Doug
. o. 1ls .5ief engineer Of the State
SasS' 'nrsnsrtment rl which has been
SFay g'p III members of the depart
ID . S.nr ~ Of the suggestions are
y alps which were made by Mr..
gre ~ WIN" reuOrt to the Conference
y ....t ] al and Highway Safety held IN
a 'ont eins engineer suggests that
D SiDo. sD, and freight transporta-
4 r.. s.'o1 Srned by non-residents and
.ns 55sg in hrt this State should be econ com,
.llnS 7 nav a a license, that to reduce
i,r,P I 70 cf collisions at road inter,
y. tSe department be authorized
/ y, a.,rs ., hedges, with open fences
a view Of the roads and that
2. 15D,rtment trng also be authorized to
|. .smnorary leases for the corner
n; i fields on such intersections rs
y. y .5ev I not be planted with crops
u y INV ,,Ty 10 such a height as to
III the view of the roads.
n, recommendations are that
,rterial highways pass through
i SOOO to 5000 people that the
sS,T deuartment be given control
"a, within the town limits; that
u mail boxes be placed on the
b s,nd side Of the road as fixed
|ss direction Of traffic.
were Penalties Are Proposed
rF suggestion is that drivers
|. u convicted Of driving while IN
|-,ts5 should forfeit their license
~ md be furnished with marked
I. hates which they must carry
n. Vehicle which they were driving
| n time they were arrested for
IL months.
| y chief engineer also calls atten-
| b the danger from slow traffic
4: minimum sped rate be fixed the
|ssbe left to the legislature.
rsstion is made that the Phila-
Il bike from Naaman's to Will
|rrn: Elkton highway from State
tation to Glasgow, and the du-
Il Boulevard from Selbyville to
|Em be widened. Attention is also
Ii 10 the narrow bridge over the
|snre railroad on the State Road
Il Fsmhurst and recommendation
nde that the bridge be widened
|ss some motorist blinded by lights
d approaching car run into the
/ and take a drop Of p feet to the
|sb below. The bride has a road
Ef but 20 feet and is II feet mar
" than the other bridges on the
A A highway east Of Milford to
Ed with the Milford-R -Rehoboth
r1! in order to avoid congestion
Efori is also recommended. It
IN declared that immediate atten-
I aOId be given to the vehicular
Y over the Assawaman canal be
pa Ocean View and Bethany Beach
Ea is out Of line and constitutes a
|ziH 70 safety. 1t is also recon-
PEI that the grade crossings over
Pennsylvania railroad main line at
slat and over The Baltimore and
and Philadelphia and Reading
pad tracks at Elsmere be abolish
Tie opinion is expressed that all
szde markets except those where
amer sells his own products
Y Be compelled to pay a license
/ hat fine be imposed for park
'ear on the main road Of any
1'ay instead Of moving Off to one
Many Recommendations
\ Y buck concluded his report:
y thirteen years Of association
! ad my pride and interest in the
sA9nent Of our States highway
~ encourages me to assume the
~ a transgressing long enough
|. A<npt to picture a vision for the
paved road system in the coun-
smed
y y poles removed from the public
y m and wires placed underground.
'c'A6sy 'ie any
.,,e. ~ highway advertising signs tc
.rsay dOuble-track roads fol
y. l%napal thoroughfares.
s',. asay railroad highway grade
s.j separated and all others pro.
ss.,g, y automatic lights and gate:
rs T... N their operation.
c,,a..in aauon of hazardous highway
~. T'lGas ,ll by underpasses.
bitches closed.
As Tor pedestrians along mair