Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08
In the Motor World
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

| already far behind the original
schedule, is to be further delayed
by the lack Of poles on which to
attach the lights
The new extension runs from
Seventh and X streets northwest
to Fourteenth street and Florida
avenue northeast, q distance OF
nearly. two miles. Since the VOL
unae Of trafic on the cross streets
Is nearly as great as IL ID on Is
street, the lights have been timed
In recognition OF this condition.
Traffic on the cross streets Is
given q 29-Second interval before
a change. while the X street traf-
f1e Is allowed 81 seconds.
Several Projects Uncompleted.
There are yet several major
light installation projects in the
present program Trafflc Director
Harland hopes to have in opera
ton before Winter comes, but his
schedule IS dependent entirely on
the arrival Of the poles. These In
clude signals for Maryland ave-
nue. northeast from Second to
Fifteenth streets. Massachusetts,
avenue from Mount Vernon
Square to New Jersey avenue. K
street from Thirteenth to Eight
zenith streets and Eighteenth
street from II street to MasSachu-
sets avenue.
Independent installations also
have been planned around
Thomas and Iowa Circles, at the
intersection of Georgia and New
Hampshire avenues and the in
terSection of Connecticut avenue
and Albemarle street.
Aside from putting into service
the X street lights, the trafflc de-
partment last week also removed
the lighthouSelike signal which
stood for several years in the CEN
ter OF New HAMPSHIRE avenue
where it crosses Eighteenth street,
and replaced it with corner sig
mails.
Harland had long objected to
that signal in the center Of such
an important street intersection
because it constituted an obstruc-
ton and confused drivers on &C
count OF the angle at which IL
I10o W NC QloCc0s
Residents Are Pleased.
He is pleased over the change
and so are the residents in the
neighborhood, who are not kept
awake by Screeching brakes of
cars coming TO stop, for the old
signal had to be kept In operation
all night, otherwise motorists
would not have seen it in the
darkness. The new lights are
turned of at midnight.
The marked improvement in
the trafifc situation on Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Ninth and
Fourteenth streets since angle
parking was changed to parallel
pending the renewal of the tracks
OF the Capital Traction Co. has
convinced some ofncials at the
District Building that it would be
unw1Se to return to angle parking
when the work is completed.
Traf11c ofi1cialS admit that the
movement of traffic is smoother
and jams have been few under
parallel parking, and there is
likely to come from them a rec
ommendation in the near future
that angle parking be prohibited
entirely on at least that section
OF Pennsylvania avenue between
Ninth and Fifteenth streets. Such
recommendation probably would
receive the approval of the Com
miSsionerS. d
Although a target of consider
able criticism, traff1c officers
sometimes receive the COM
mendation OF an appreciative mo-
toriSt. One of these rare cases
occurred last week, when InSpec-
tor p. w. Brown, in charge of the
Tran1c Bureau, was requested to
extend the appreciation Of q Vir-
glnta driver to an ohlcer who was
directing trafilc at the intersec-
ton OF Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifteenth street.
Suffering From Teeth.
According to the driver. he was
suffering intense pain, having Just
left a dentists chair after losing
a couple of abScessed teeth, when
he crossed Fifteenth street and
pennsylvania avenue, en- route
home, and, unconSciously, under
the circumstances, disobeyed the
ofhcer's signal. The policeman
stopped the machine, heard the
drivers explanation and some
what alphabetically told him to
90 on his way.
That was Q case Of discretion,
the lack Of which has provoked
50 much criticism Of the police
force. The driver could have
been taken to the police station
and required to deposit collateral
for the violation, but that would
not have relieved his suffering.
Instead he was allowed to proceed
home, where SedativeS and an ice
pack did provide relief. The mo-
torist was grateful and wanted
Brown to know it.