New Britain herald., 1929-03-13

templated although the judgment
 would probably necessitate the filing
 of a voluntary bankruptcy petition
 by his client.
 Signals Placed tn Operation
 In the presence of city and police
 officials from number of cities m
 the state. the electro matc trip
 signals installed on North Main
 street from Main to North streets
 were put into service at o'clock
 yesterday afternoon. Chief Ernest
 T. Belden of the local police depart
 ment at the exercises which were
 held at North Main and North
 streets. A luncheon was served to
 visiting officials and the mechanism
 of the system explained by Eugene
 D. Stirlen, president of the Auto
 matic Signal company of New i Haven, manufacturers of the de- vice.
 First Co-Ordinated System 1 The five co-ordinated electro
 matic traffic control units along North Main street are the first inter- timed. or co-ordnated electro matic installations of vehicle actuated traf- l fic controls ever made anywhere in i the world. for electro -matic control | is the only vehicle actuated con- l trol The system is considered the
 most efficient type of traffic regulat-
 ing device that could possibly be in
 stalled along d main artery like l North Main street. The signals op- crate in accordance with the volume and flow of the traffic on the street, There is no arbitrary timing what ever.
 Operation
 At each intersection there are pressure sensitive units in all ap-
 breaches. These units send cleo trical impulses into the master con- trol mechanism which is contained in cast box standing on the curb. The control mechanis knows of the presence of cars, the relative time of the arrival of the cars, and the volume or density of the traf- fc. The master control units at these five intersections are all inter- timed so as to allow a car to move from one end of North Main street to the other with very minimum Of interference from the side street. Occasionally traffic on North Main street may be interrupted, but this will be very infrequent and ordlnar- fly a car which enters one end or North Main street will be able to drive straight through from one end to the other without interruption. At North Main street and Main street, the right of way is given simultaneously to the south side of Main street and North Main street inasmuch as the largest percentage of traffic flows in these two streets. The right of way is then given to North Main street, allowing cars which are coming down Main street hill to go across the intersection. In case there is no traffic coming down Main street hill to pass through the intersection. the light will revert to the north side of Main street atfer 4o-second period to allow pedes- trians to cross North Main street. Pedestrians will be given long yell low periods in order to walk across the intersection.
 Fire Department Control
 There is special pair of wires running from the control unit at Meadow and North Main streets 10 the fire department on Meadow street. In case of fire, just as the truck is leaving the firehouse. the attendant presses button which IS on the switchboard of the fire de- partment signal system. which takes the right of way immediately away from North Main street and brings it to Meadow street. holding II there a sufficient length of time to allow a fire truck to get from the firehouse to the intersection and to Main street. This arrangement takes away any chance of the fire truck | being held up by red light at fhe | intersection of Meadow and North l Main streets and at the same time ! does away with the necessity of the | fire truck violating the red light and 1 causing a possible accident at that | As soon as the fire | truck is on North Main street. the | light immediately comes back from Meadow street to North Main street, allowing traffic 10 move again.
 Many Visitors Present
 Officials of other cities and towns in the state present at the trials yesterday were as follows: Police Commissioners John O'Brien and and Police Superintend- ent Joseph P. Mclean of Waterbury: Sergeant John King and Policeman Wagner of New Britain; Chief John Slocum and First Selectman William C. Kemp of Winsted: Police Chief S. Buckley Of Terryville; Chief Joseph Groan of West Hart ford: Warden A. J. Cutting of South ington: Commissioner Patrick Clos ter and Chief William Nevins of Tor rington; A. A. Macleod and First selectman James Simpson of Plain vile: Warden John F. Bridgett. Commissioner John Ohr and Chief George C. Abbott of Wallingford: and First Selectman George F. Lewis Of Watertown.
 Representing the Automatic Signal of New Haven were Pres- dent Eugene n. Stirlen. who pre- sented the key 10 the system 10 Mayor W. Raymond Crumh. who in turn handed it 10 Chief Ernest T. Relden: Vice President and General Manager R. P. Dickenson, and Sec retarv Wallace c. Garland
 Local city officials attending the Of the system were as