New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
P0LICE ESTIMATES
 WIL! BE PREPARED
Board to Hold Important Meet
 ing on Monday Night
TRAFFIC PLAN OPPOSED
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 1t is expected that final estimates will be presented for approval al the special meeting Of the police board
 N hich is 10 be held at the council chamber on Monday evening at 7:&U
 o'clock. Matters of great importance will be discussed and others Of lesser | importance disposed Of. One of the most important questions which will he brought up concerns tho installa- ton Of a "trip" system at the bOu- leyard intersection with Mellon
 street. Reflector llghtF. it was dc cidcd. will be installed al the Eiv'r- side avenue side and "stop" lights will b. used at inc four corners Of the Junction and controlled hy the
 ao-r0llgd "u.rs."
 Another important question which
 win bc brought mp concerns Scr
 %eant Aldir Brrault's rocommcnda-
 tjon that riGnt-On-rnd turns be per
 luittcd at the various intersections.
 The sergeant has prepared a set Of
 recommendations as to how inc
 streets will be marked to prevent | confusion on the part of the drivers.
 Chief Bcldcn will present q layout
 of the proposed nrW beat at the
 north end section between the North
 Side school and the Maple End cor
 Ter, showing how much traffic duty
 tn" officer will be assigned to and in-
 Cludiu% q system Of protection for . Inc school children. Other plans will ! bo submitted, among them one pro
 posing the appointment Of an officer
 to cover tine outlying districts of inc
 city in a small automobile and %u- l ether asking 10 provide a ear for i Officer Edgar Norton so that hr may 1 be able to cover the Forestyillc beat
 ;.ud surroundin~ jrrrit tory. il is said.
 Opposition Voiced
 Considerable opposition to the ! plan for th@ elimination of traffic congestion in thjs citH and to obyi- ate collisions at the Memorial moH-
 umcnt on the boulevard has been i voiced by local citizens, 1t Va4 ? learned that a local patriotic orgdn- iHuion had planned to us, flood i lights on tho monument and that ] they could not hc us.1 ir ;hr thrru ! colors of light. amber. rcd, and { green. were installed as signals to
 motorists. Roger <. Newell one ol ] Eristor,s prominent lawyers, has 1 suggested that the city utilize the :revolyinG traffic" plan instead oi 1 the signals. which lie stated in q ! letter, were expensive. msightly i and annoying, The attorney state. that inc revolving system costs ab- soutcly nothing 10 try and no traf- l ii" officer i5 necessary. Mr. NtwcE remarked further that tnn. Siguai i system ShUul be r1rd only as 8 last ] Icaorr,
 At the police boa3rt meeting hId recently, officials ot th" commission Iat-I that tn" sj@nal sysuu vl i jrvfIi" control WAS tn' only solution . lo eliminate alcidrnt5 at BrsloI's luost dangerous point They ~laim- 1 cI tbat tine system installed along 1 North Main street and the one at 1 the Man street intersection with ! the boulevard and school atrcn ! served their purpose wonderfully
 as accidents have been cut down 10 & minimum.
 ,Ion of t.. Automatic Signal Co, 1,rrr sent To taI. r.jy to mvostia, .r l the traffic conditions, rarrcialiy "t 1 ;no boulevard here jnn mou"mau.
 stands, .ud l.,y Is7Grd H s,l ol hlu,printa jlluslr~lU~ just what
 steps this city shcuid take to erase | the great number ol smashups 1 which have bon hapHsujn@ ;,t that particular junction. The plans WIT" approved 3y the board. and tt Was reported that they ould give jh,nI
 a triaI ut in" Hl,r5ec1ioU.
 OHicilI- Invited
 Officials O. ran Bristol Traction O.. "Rjrh ooumttrs the car line cN-
 t"uaing from ttu4 city into TorrH- Nttht, rorrsNjlIr and pluN>ilIo. hat" hr,u invited 10 attend tho uIuliug so that arran@"uonts may
 D.. completed 10 have trollcys stop 1 ol 'Iiltf SIu' t' lIf f rHj\iIi'' ttil- t"r insJ"ad or ia thr middle Of tho highway. utbrr plans concornjns trolley exits and entrances win be d"Ivcd into hy thr members of tho ! board.
 If is expected that tho estimates
 10 ln prosecuted Tor the cusuina year
 l.y tNn board vIl, moi hn foo much
 for tho city to h.ndI". T. is the ttrl
 thought of tAr heard 10 provide a
 program Of Satr'' in ErjScI fer
 pedestrians and motorists aljhr and
 many things coting quite lar2" sums Of money wifi h&>r to b" p1r-
 chased. Th" monument "stop-Hght'
 idea. according to several of the citE's prominent officials, is tIIr only