Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-27
CITIZENS ASK
SPEED SHARKS
Be CONTROLLED
Petition Sent City Council Ask.
ing Rate Of 20 Miles Per
Hour Be Enforced
MANY PROPERTY HOLDERS
SIGN FOR THIS RELIEF

Oue TO the TACT That there IS q dis
position on the part of many drivers
of motor vehicles, to make Market St..
a speedway, much to the discomfor,
of the residents thereon; and alst
thereby endangering property located
on this thoroughfare, the following
petition has been submitted to the
Mayor and City Council by those af'
fected:
ITO the Honorable Mayor and
Council of Pocomoke City, Md:
eve, the undersigned citizens of
Pocomoke City, Worcester Coun-
ty, Maryland, and owners and oc-
cupiers of properties on Market
Street, do hereby respectfully re-
quest that Ordinance No. 10,
passed June z, 1915, providing for
the limit of speed of motor We
hicles within the town limits of
said Pocomoke City to ten miles
per hour be amended so as to
provide that said speed limit shall
not exceed twenty miles per hour.
"When the above speed limit law
is amended, in order for the pro-
lection of both life and property,
it is necessary that it be enforced
as the vibrations from the excess
i've speed of trucks and busses,,
especially along Market Street, is ,
materially damaging property
through opening up the cellar
walls, cracking plastered walls
and ceilings and generally de-
preciating the value of the prop
erty. Vibration also shaking
chimneys out of plumb"
The petition was signed by the fol
lowing named citizens:
F. Lee Bonneville, L. Paul Ewell
Lille Powell Ewell, N. J. Lewis. Ma
bel Lewis, o. L. Thompson, Eunic,
Thompson, N. E. Sartorius, Ella F
Sartorius, John T. Smullin, Jr., Louis,
S. Smullin, M. C. Callahan, Mrs. M
C. Callahan, L. G. Callahan, Ruth P
Callahan, F. ]. Lloyd, E. P. Matthews
Olivia ]. Costen, Miriam D. Young
F. D. Young, DR.. F. w. Wilson, Mrs
F. w. Wilson, Fuller Walters, Will,
A. Walters, Chas. T. West, o. A. John
son, Mrs. o. A. johnson, Caroline C
Schoolfield, VIM. S. Schoolfield, E. E
Matthew'S, Estate of Jennie Matthews
by E. E. Matthews, A. P. Schoolfield
Minnie P. Schoolfield, VIM. A. Hob
litzell, Florence c. Hoblitzell, J. P
Ross, Madeline Ross, Annie L. Ross
r. F. Taylor, F. E. Hudson, Margaret
L. Bowen, Emma w. Lucas, Willie L
Crockett, w. C. Cullen, A. A. Parker
w. S. NAPLES, B. T. Dryden.
The Democrat" is informed that il
is the intention of the Council to adopt
the suggestion of the petitioners rela'
tive to seed limit and to make every
effort to enforce obedience to the
One evidence Of the result of speed.
AH6 was Vic 0SOAOClC Va X40Ih 0ts
last week in which a truck of the
Wright Line, of Norfolk, Va, over.
turned while negotiating the turn into
Market Street from the Bridge.
The matter of speeding through the
streets of the city is an extremely
grievous one, and those guilty Of il
seem powerless to resist the thrill of
q fast moving machine. They are
chiefly those of comparatively youth
full years, and certainly need re-
hand.
The matter of policing the streets,
is also, a difficult job. The sight Of
an officer generally causes a driver
to reduce speed, but if no uniform
is in view, he steps on the gas. Wheth-
er it is possible to maintain eternal
vigilance, is question up to the Coun-
eli. Certainly the residents on Mar
ket Street need protection and they
should have it to the extent that the
is able to provide.