The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-03
Other Reasons for Clean-
ing Streets of Cars
Also Cited

and large crowd of spectators al
the city hall last night, Mayor Win.
cent A. Scully declared that the new
police regulation forbiGding all.
night parking anywhere in the city
was vitality needed. The ban, ht
said, will serve TO keep the street.
clear in case of a night air raid
will aid, firemen in their work anc
would help the street department ir
removing snow.
The mayor said that incon-
venience and hardship resulting t.
some because of the ban were re-
allied buta that this was necessary
He asked that the rule be obeyec
In a cooperative spirit.
The text Of Mayor Scully'i
speech:
At this time I wish to call your
attention to the current parking
controversy resulting from the
prohibition against all-night park
ing.
For many years it has been ap-
parent to all that, with the in
crease of motor vehicles in the
City of Waterbury, the parking
Of ears on our streets, particular
Iy at night time, was becoming
an Increasing menace and danger
to life and property. This corii-
ton was acute in the winter sea-
SON when the problem of snow
removal increased the danger
ard lesscned snow removal ef-
forts because of the line CT cars
on each side of the highway.
There were many s.rse.s whc-e
cars we're Ear..cd bumper TO
bumper and il has been only by
good fortune that a serious fire
has not trcs.ca!ly called the
question to the attention of all
of Is.
At your meeting held Dec. 2,
1910 l caiiaI the question of the
need of traffic control and regu-
lati0n 20 the attention q your
honorable board and also the
question of aI-night parking
Over a year ago the board of
police commissioners, who are
the legally constituted traffic au-
thor.ty, after long and seriSus
study, adopted Il regulation pro-
hibiting all-nisht parking on cur
main streets and on such side
streets as were within a certain
distance from the center of the
city. Compliance with this
regulation was highly satisfac-
tory and as a resul. the areas
involved were made safer during
the night season when most peo-
PIE are sleeping and depend upon
nre and other municipal services
to project their lives and prop
erty. The board OF police commas
sioners has kept in touch with
inc prcDiem as 1ar as the rest CT
the city is concerned and last
december l specifically called 1t
TO their attention by letter which
received due pubiicity. Effective
Fcb. L. 1912, the board of police
commissioners passed a regula-
uon making II mandatory that
all cars throughout the city be
removed from Inc streets during
the night season.
IL was clear to these officials
that ccmphance with tnis regula-
ZION wcuid not be an easy thing
Tor many people due to The fact
that garage space was limited
and not at all adequate to house
the ears beng parked on our
streets. They knew and appreci-
ated the difficulties involved for
people who might live In areas
or sections where the topography
OF the land made it extremely
difficult to build garages even If
the building materials were
available. They knew that GEM
piiance i'll many eases would in
v0lvc not only Inconvenience but
considerable difficulty and even
hardship III some cases. They
further knew that the dangers to
life and property inherent in the
crowded conditions Of our streets
at night was about to become
even more dangerous because of
our civilian defense precautions.
They knew that the Waterbury
Defense council by direction of
the State Defense Council was ac-
lively engaged in training thou
sands of ar raid wardens wh1ce
duty il Will he i'm fha event of a
raid, to render ASST tancc in pro-
tecting the lives and property of
our peopIc and that the presence
of parked cars on the highways
at night would render that volun-
tary task of air raid wardcns nat
only highly ineffective but would
Increase the hazard to men,
women and children living in our
ho,nes.
1t is also particularly import
art to r-a'iZe that cir raid ward
ems have the obligation to MAKE
defense services such as first
aid pcople, utility scrri, IS such
as gas, electric. water. telephone
ard many other specialized g1oucs
wh.ch mast have uninterrupted
access to the streets. IL is
likewise Of extreme Importance
that in TIE event of blo2kcuts the
u.