Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
: T IS estimated by officials Of
the office of the director OF

: the Office of the director oi
traffic that there are many
Il motorists of the National Cap
ital driving at present with ex-
pired operators permits through
failure to renew them at the
proper time. During July and Au-
gust, three years ago, there were
more than 10000 permits and re-
newals issued. The entire number
of these will expire at the end OF
the month. To date only a few
more than 1000 applications for
renewals have been made.
To facilitate the issuance OF re-
newals the Traffic Bureau has
opened a branch Office at 1403
Pennsylvania avenue. AS 1t takes
about 10 days for the necessary
routine to be carried out, many
motorists have been embarrassed
by the fact that their old permit
is due to expire within day or
so, and that they cannot expect to
receive the new ones for a week
afterward. This dilemma also ap-
plies to people planning vacations
during which time their permits
will expire.
Situation Remedied.
This situation Is remedied by
the TRAFFIC heads permitting the
continued driving Ot an auLomo-
bile where the uriver can display
his old permit and a receipt tol
the new one that is on its way
OF course, this practice is permits
Slble only for a short time, for the
applicants record might cause
him to be refused a new permit.
1t will be interesting to aScer-
tain how a traffic policeman in
many of the States will regard an
dd permit and the receipt for q
, 1A,W one. May he prove kindly tC
tAe District motoriSt!
No method of checking up on
the local motoriSt whose permit
has expired will be employed here
except when the police pick him
up for some other infraction. But
attention is called to the penalty
for driving with an expired'permlt
which carries a maximum fine OF
$500 or a Jail sentence OF SiS
months. or both!
Washington is destined for some
more traffic signal lights. Within
the next week lights governing
traffic will be put into operation
on K street from Fifth street Il
Florida avenue, and from there
to Fifteenth and H streets north
east.
Bravo, Persian Minister"
The action of the Persian Min
lister in refusing to enjoy the
privileges of diplomatic immunity
when it came to violating one OF
the city's traffic ordinances is
very commendable.
, According to M. o. Eldridge, as
sistant director OF traffic, the &C
ton in his insisting on one OF
those connected with the legation
to pay his fine is the action of a
sportsman and should stand as
precedent.
The last week featured the
opening of another gigantic bridge
furth erconnecting the highwa.'
along the Atlantic Coast line. This
bridge is known as the Cooper
River Bridge and is approximately
3 miles long. 1t is situated near
Charleston. S. c.. and makes thG
city more accessible. as we'll as the
Georgia and Florida cities, to the
National Capital.
Cooper River Bridge.
Actual work OH the bridge was
started in June, 1928, and 1t was
constructed in exactly II months.
The bridge. costing about $780,
900, is composed Of two cantilever
spans: that over the Cooper River
has a horizontal clearance OF
1000 feet and a vertical clearance
of $50 feet. The span over Town
Creek has horizontal clearance
of 500 feet and a vertical clearance
of 1875 feet. The roadway is ~
feet wide between the curbs and
is lighted it's entire length with
four aerial lights at its top.
This is the first large bridge on
the Atlantic Coast line to be COM
pleted since the opening of the
James River Bridge at Newport
News. Va. This bridge, more than
5 miles long. was opened about a
year ago this Fall.
The Cooper River Bridge is to
be toll bridge. like the James
River Bridge. 1t is to be hoped
that. unlike, its predecessor, it will
not be financial failure. which
the James River Bridge is at pres
ent. High toll rates and the con-