New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-01
AUTOMATIC LIGHTS
To Be PUT IN Use
Traffic Signals Along North Main
Street Nearly Ready
BURLINGTON MAN DIES
Frank Winston Was Bristol Native
Police sedan Rammed - Big
League Basketball Team Coming
Last Day Fur Personal Tax.

The "trip" automatic traffic sig
nails. which will regulate all traffic At
Main and North Main streets at all
points along North Main street. Will
be placed in operation probably early
next week, employees OF the Auto
matte Signal company of New Haven
intimated today. The work OF in
stallation was started about two
| weeks ago but has been hindered 10
a considerable extent by Indictment
weather. Workmen are engaged to-
day in laying cables from signals at
both ends OF North Main street and
making connections with signal de-
vices at Center. Race and Meadow
streets.
| The electro controls. gov
erning the signals. will operate on a
tuo-phase arterial revertinH system
at the three inner intersections
| Center. Meadow and Race streets).
with North Main street as the
artery. The maximum period for
the artery. or phase A. is 80 seconds
at the two end intersections and 50
seconds at the inner intersections.
Under the proposed arrangement.
cars will be fed into the artery in
80 second fleets, and will be allowed
to move along the artery with 4
minimum OF delay. In the absence
Of traffic, the right Of way will re-
main on the artery continuously at
inner intersections but will be inter-
rupted at intervals Of 80 seconds at
the two outer intersections for a
movement Of waiting pedestrians.
Cars approaching on any street,
when the intersection is not being
used by vehicular or pedestrian traf-
fic, will be given the right OF way
Immediately without being required
to stop.
Operated by Pavement Units
! The signals at all of the intersec-
tons will be operated by pavement
units or trips" over which auto.
mobiles will pass. These units have
been placed in each approach to the
intersection. All such units have
been placed on an average OF about
| IS feet from the intersection.
The signal at North Main and
North streets has been in operation
for about week. Councilman
Charles X. Anderson, who is also q
police commissioner. stated this
morning that the device had worked
out very satisfactorily at that point
and had succeeded in reducing the
delay to traffic so noticeable under
the old arrangement.
Will Relieve One Officer
With the completion of the sig
mails, the services OF the traffic Of
ficer at Main and North Main streets
will be eliminated. and under the
present plans he will be used to
cover a beat In the vicinity Of the
North Side Bank and Trust conf
pany, which Is now rapidly nearing
completion on North street.
The signals will be paid for by
the city on rental Of basis Of ap-
proXimately $1,000 for the first year
and $4,S0 for the second end each
succeeding year.
Frank Winston
Frank Winston. IS. of Burlington.
died last night at the Bristol hos
pital following 4 few days Illness.
Mr.. Winston was born In the
| Edgewood section of Bristol, De-
cember 6. 1859. the son OF Alanson
and Nancy Marie bartholomew
Winston. On October 7, 1875. he
married Miss Alice Muzzy and short