Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

II JuQgeQ from the llSJ prepared
by Traffic Director William H.
Harland, passed favorably upon
by the District Commissioners and
recently approved by the House
appropriations committee.
The approved list for the last
Of this fiscal year includes:
The intersection of Vermont
avenue and H street, which was
put in operation last week.
Maryland avenue, Second street
to Fourteenth street northeast;
Massachusetts, avenue, Fifth street
to New Jersey avenue; East and
West Executive avenues at Penn
Sylvania avenue; Eleventh and
Twelfth streets at New York ave-
nue.. Sherman avenue and Park
road
Capitol Plaza, Delaware avenue
and B street and First and B
streets northeast; New Jersey
avenue and B street southeast
and First and B streets southeast.
These latter signals will be CO.
ordinated and will do away with
the independent system now in
use at the Capitol. The lights at
u
now being installed.
Lights Scheduled After July 1.
After July /, the beginning of
the new fiscal year, the following
lights will be turned on:
Pennsylvania avenue, Eight
zenith and Nineteenth streets; u
street and Florida avenue, Seven
tenth street to Sixth street; F
street, Ninth street to Fourteenth
street; Eleventh street, F street to
I street; Ninth street, F street to
New York avenue; Pennsylvania
avenue, Sixth street to Four
tenth street; Connecticut ave-
nue., MacoInb street to Porter
street; Connecticut avenue, Day.
export street to Ellicott street.
Isolated intersections, including
Wisconsin avenue and MaSSachu-
sets avenue, M street and Twen-
ty-eighth street, Georgia avenue
and Colorado avenue, New Jersey
avenue and G street, Second
street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, Eighth street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
Rhode Island avenue and Twelfth
street northeast, North Capitol
street and New York avenue,
Stanton Park.
So, according to an aged col
ored man brought into Police
Court some time ago for ignoring
the traffic signals, washington
will look more like Christmas
tree than, ever.
Recently Senator Hamilton F.
Kean of New Jersey suggested
regulation which would prevent a
motorist from parking his ma
chine for more than one hour in
front of a residence without the
assent OF the owner or tenant.
The suggestion, indeed a good
one, made its rounds between the
Traffic Bureau and the Office of
the major and superintendent of
police. In each place the COM
ment that such a regulation
would be difficult to enforce was
made.
Regulation Believed Ideal.
It, was finally brought before
the traffic council and it was de-
cided that a regulation to this
effect could not be legally made.
It seems that the residents of the
National Capital do not own or
have any authority over the space
in front of their property to the
center Of the street, as in other
cities. So the matter goes to the
corporation counsel, William w.
Bride, for further legal advice.
Many laws are difficult to en-
force, and it does seem outrageous
for a property owner to be kept
from driving up to his own resi-
Dental entrance all day and often
all night long.
Richmond B. Keech, the newly
appointed peoples counsel to the
Public Utilities Commission, re-
Gently combated Mr.. Harland'S
statement about driving to the
left of a safety zone. Mr.. Keech
stated that such practice was
unlawful, as no one could disre-
gard official police signs, and that
a regulation required every one
to drive as near to the right-hand
curb line as possible.
clared that he never sanctioned
disregard of official signs, but did
say that motoriSt might drive
to the left of zone if no official
sign was in view. cit is easy
enough to say Drive as near the
right-hand curb as possible" he
stated, "but it is not possible and,
therefore, I can see no regulation
being disobeyed in such cases.
Eldrige Trailing Souvenir.
M. o. Eldridge, assistant traffic
director, in search of the first OPP
orators permit, is getting near his
quarry. Louis Albert Hill of 1707
Columbia road writes in that he is
the owner of permit No. 8. He
states that permits l and 2 went
to Representative Joseph Sibley
of Pennsylvania, but that those
two licenses were for steam or
electric automobiles. Being the
former owner of a 2-cylinder Au-
tocar, he claims the distinction of
being given the first permit to OPP
crate an internal combustion ma
chine.
Believing this to be what he
wants, Mr. Eldridge has requested
that Mr.. Hill bring in the old per-
nit to be photographed and
framed as a souvenir for the
Traffic Bureau.
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