The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19

In Gs city. Ee ststsd, hovsTsr,
uzt he otgsss. problem low eoo-
fronting TIE school system N Ns
county is ns passing Of scaoo-
casss by csrs and tr1czs.
Proposes Count
L " Jooss, If TIE Ezcas,ss
club, declared Aat What vas e.
fcient % days ago cannot be e.
fcient % DAYS hence in the nat
er Of hsrdHrg toe traffic prob
lsn." He ssd tast Members Of
ks club rad expressed he belief
hat z traffic court should be e.
1bIehe6 10 help care tor hs prob
lsza- !
z. c. White, Of Ge Rotary club,
endorsed TIE proposal q enplo.-
ing 2 traffic engineer and also az
yocated more and proper stop signs
and markings II traffic zoaeE.
z. 2. Bugg, manager Of the WI
mington hotel expressed the oe-
lief that the police force should
oe sugreotsl 10 nelp care -O- me
problem. He aso suggested z so+
light q tie Intersection q Inuc
and Walnut streets.
L. D. Lsns stated hat al
through streets should be ace
Custely marked
2. c. Cantwen declared that such
oogtructions as the one at Fin
ami Market streets should De cut
down Or eliminated entirely. He
also suggested that the streets De
moved back 70 the sidewalks there
by giving cars and trucks mo-e
room for travel The budget tV
traffic control should be increased
more officers should be PLACED
On duty, he said. il expressing Liz
belief that IN this way arrests
could be cut down.
Judge Alton A. Lennon said ha'
probably the best way 70 cure tne
problem would be 70 employ q traf
fic engineer for q period Of b
DAYS. In the event ar engineel
( can not be occurred al present. ne
suggested that Assistant Chief c
H. Casteen be appointed the police
department traffic expert and te
allow Capt. Casteen 10 WORK viii
hin in setting up the proper stree
markings and in general re-work
ing the traffic situation.
This would work out a solution
until a traffic engineer can bs
brought here, he said, declarin;
that in his opinion that q few day
work would cut down traffic vic
lations al least 80 per cent.
He also suggested that a alLke.
light be set up al North Fourth ant
CoWan streets.
Proposes Signs
Kyle Bannernan, representa-,
the Retail! Merchants association
recommended that signs be bough
by the merchants and displaye'
IN the downtown streets, iim4tin.
parking 70 30 minutes. He ais
suggested that professional mel
and merchants not be alloWeI t
park their cars in the doWntoW,
areas.
Lieut.. Davis declared that tn
city has a limited staff OF traffi'
officers. There were 4 traffic Of
ficers for q blocks back in 1911
when there were only TOO cars il
the city, he said. Today there arr
five officers for the same 81 block
with all the heavy increase i,
cars. He recommended that sigma
lights be set up at Front ane
Grace streets, Second and Chest
nut and Third and Castle streets
He blamed excessive speed foI
most Of the accidents in the city
and on the highways.
Assistant Chief Casteen said tina
much Of the problem would b.
solved if the police would do tkeir
duty at all times. He declared tha'
the only way 10 educate the public
to the proper traffic rules il
through the courts.
Sergeant j. R. Smith Of the state
highway patrol, spoke along the
same lines as Lieut.. Davis.
Others who suggested recommen.
dations, asked that there De nc
left turns on Front street, no U.
turns at Grace and Front. The
consciousness that they are crimi-