Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-03
Another View of
All.Night Parking

To the Editor Of The Star:
As there are usually two sides to
every uestion. I hope I will be per-
mitted to reply to Mr.. d. g. Pfeiffer's
letter in The Star of March 80, en-
titled, mo Justification for Albright
Parking"
/ know this gentleman's feelings
must have been horribly lacerated
when some of his friends from a
larger city referred to our all-night
parking as "a small-town habit" We
can only pray that he will be enabled
to live down the awful embarrassment
occasioned him by the remark.
He says a survey made by the
Department of Vehicles and Trafnc
shows garages and parking lot facili-
ties are available for 112.947 OF the
l56. 900 automobiles registered in the
District of Columbia" Therefore all
night parking Is ridiculous. / pre-
sumo the owners Of the $4,000 cars
unprovided for will be compelled to
dismantle them every night at sunset
and hide them in their cellars should
We have an all-night parking ban.
The idea Is about Is reasonable as Is
the gentleman's argument that be-
cause a ton of coal Is not allowed to
remain on the street at night neither
should an automobile. II the brands
OF LIQUOR they are now selling make 1t
impossible for a driver to see line
OF parked automobiles, then let us,
by all means. have the all-night park
ing ban. An aisle full of assorted
feet or a crowded street car is not
always beautiful and occasionally
they get in the way. Shall we COM
pei their owners to park their feet on
the sidewalk when they board a car?
Mr.. Pfeiffer's contention that there
are many thousands" of empty ga
RACES in Washington for which the
owners would be delighted to get 81
! to S. per month Is simply ridiculous.
He also says that motorists should not
| be permitted to park on the streets
all night simply because gasoline taxes
have paid for those streets. He proves
his point by decrying the fact that a
| man is not allowed to park his horse
! and cart on the street all night. What
| brand of gasoline is the 1884 horse
using for propulsion?
The gentleman's prize contribution
, to the question is his suggestion that
| when Congress passes the bill to clear
all the alleys of dwellings the result
| ing space will give room for all
necessary garages! In other words, If
you happen to live at Fourteenth and
! Crittenden streets northwest, 1t will
be such a simple matter to house your
| car for the night in one OF the alley
garages in Southwest Washington and
either walk or ride home on camel
Mr.. Pfeiffer's naive assumption that
\ Washington motorists would not be
! numerically gouged by garage owners
| under an all-night parking ban shows
q pathetic lack Of knowledge of the
! profiteering side OF human nature.
Why, the food store operators alone
have already figured out just how
! they can least conspicuously acquire
{ the 10 per cent Government pay resti-
! tuition
With times like they are at present
can't this gentleman. and all crusaders
| like him. find some other hobby to
ride? Something, which II put into
effect, will be less likely to work a
| decided hardship to an already over
| burdened people? How about getting
! interested in supplying celluloid waffie
irons to the Eskimos or fur ear nuns
TO the FIJI Islanders?
S. H. MUMFORD.