Milford chronicle., 1929-08-23
MILFORD, FRIDAY, AUG. %, 1926

1y frequency in Delaware anu I'D
brought all the people to realize tha
a remedy must be applied. Their
are but three causes for our dis
graceful automobile accident recor
here in Delaware: Carelessness, in
competence and lax enforcement @
traffic laws. The time is ripe for ac
ton. The State Highway police ar
doing fine work, but the towns hav
fallen down on the job; and righ
here in Milford is a fertile field, t
start a real enforcement program
The Milford government fails t.
make so small effort to have tn
traffic laws enforced by its tiny po
lice force; that, what is done il
farceful and receives no respec
from those who fail to observe thu
State traffic regulations-which arr
the only laws recognized by Milford
Council and its two policemen. This
condition of traffic law enforcement
exists in nearly every town in Del
aware, and the result is a general
contempt for all regulation Of auto
mobile or vehicular traffic.
More police officers must be pro-
vided by the towns to enforce these
laws. The number of automobiles
using the streets and highways in
the town of Milford, and all other
towns in Delaware, has long since
passed all local police supervision.
A few years ago the State High
way police were sent into Milford to
assist in enforcement of all auto
mobile laws; but, howl of protest
from those who resented being COM
PEELED to obey the law, as to lights
driving and traffic rules especially,
arose. AS a result the State left Mil
ford and such other towns as were
in sympathy with notification of the
laws, to provide safety for those who
walk across the streets or drive cars
therein.
More traffic rules must be made
and enforced by trained police-not
by town constables, and we must rid
ourselves of the reckless and ignor-
ant and instill the basic fields of
safety in the mind of every driver
and pedestrian using the streets and
highways. More policemen, respon-
sible to one directing head, can and
must stop the amazing increase OF
traffic accidents and resultant deaths
in Delaware.
Start the movement in Milford and
set such an example that every
town on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
will follow with pleasure and safe
ty of life and property.
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IT is probable that ten farmers
live on secondary or feeder roads,
to one farmer who lives on a main
highway. This means that it is
highly important to consider water
proofng and hardsurfacing the sec
ondary roads.
Not only should this be done to
accommodate the farmers and make
new territory more accessible, but
it should be done to relieve the main
highways of traffic and thereby elm
mate unnecessary congestion.
The application of road oils and
asphaltic products has revolutioniz-
ed modern road construction on an
economical basis.
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1T is WELL for Milford to know
and remember the especial fact, that
the necessary cost of government
and modern public improvements is
not what is overburdening the tax
payers. It is the unnecessary cost
amounting to thousands of dollars
each year, caused by retention of
obsolete administrative system and
lack of comprehensive plans, which
produces wasteful, inefficient public
servants, and stupid management.
This system is what makes trouble
and dissatisfaction.
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1T IS not only fair, but it is good
business policy to look at both sides
If problems which affect all the peo-
ole. In an editorial comment on
Ipeculation in Wall Street, through
he Stock Exchange, the Manufac-
urer and Industrial News said that
Everybody can't be pleased, and to ]
lame stock exchanges because
thousands of innocent investors lose
money, is about as logical as blam-
ng the automobile industry because
many people are killed and injured
. automobile accidents.
In the minds of many persons
Wall Street" and speculation are Z
ynonomous with Monte Carlo and
citing on the horses. They believe
broker is merely the agent Of an :
xpensive form of gambling. lb