Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1929, Page 58

TORELIEVE F SNARL Taxis Should Stop Cruising or Yield Parking Spaces, Allen Declares, BY R. J. ALLEN, Member Metropolitan Polics Force. The traffic director’s. office recently found it necessary to petition the Dis- trict Commissioners for permission to ban parking on the south side of F street between Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets northwest. ‘They set forth as a reason for their request that they hoped this proposed ban would help to relieve some of the present congestion that exists on T street at certain periods of the day. No doubt this move will meet with the ‘hearty approval of all motorists who have attempted to drive on F street for some time past. F Street Difficulties. ‘The difficulties an average motorist encounters while attempting to drive on F street, as well ag the snail's pace he is usually forced to proceed at, are too well known to need repetition here. Sufficient to say that he not only finds it difficult to drive there, next to impossible to find a parking space as well. ‘This parking problem in the down- town section is no inconsequential one. It is a grave problem that vitally affects the prosperity of all of the downtown stores. It is a self-evident truth that the more motorists are in- convenienced downtown the more of them will patronize less congested sec- tions. You oxly have to take an hour's drive to see how far such a movement already has progressed. Where millions and millions of dollars are invested in building sites that de- pend upon retail trade for their chief value, you can easily see that anything which might affect the general public’s regard for that particular section is & very serious thing. It doesn't take much sometimes to turn the tide of popular favor first one way and then the other. There are plenty of towns and cities where the vicinity and see what I could learn, I was only too glad to do so. Well, I learned a few new things as well as seeing other to con- firm my previous opinions on the same subjects. However, I came to the conclusion after some time spent observing things myself and also seeking the opinion of some of the policemen whose duty it is to direct traffic on'F street that there is but one thing needed to relieve the present congestion. And that is to put & ban on this strictly taxicab habit of “cruising,” or “crabbing,” as it is known in public circles. There is absolutely no need of all this present procession “of taxicabs on F street. In the first place, there isn't a legitimate call for one-tenth of the number that are usually to be found there, and, in the second place, they all have plenty of parking space assigned to them now. Just around the corner they will be empty. Yet no one else dare park on them under penalty of the law. Go to Stand for Cab. Some people will probably say, of course, that the only time they use cabs is when it is raining, and at such times they like to be able to hail one without walking too far. Well, the an- swer to this is that if taxicabs were ‘forced to remain on their stands until they were hailed, and the stands al- |tions. lowed to remain in their present loca- tions—no one would have to walk far. And what is more—people wouldn't be yelling at every cab they saw passing. Instead, they would proceed to the nearest cab stand, and if a cab wasn't on the stand, they would only have to wait a few moments because cabs would be forced under the new ruling to re- turn_to their stands. Also it seems to me that this would be a more dignified manner of securing a cab. Besides, 1t iy | could not_possibly work a hardship on CTitle rogistered U. 8. Patent Ofice.) the taxicab drivers because aun as people would be sure to ) and the present system you find | ness. F street congested vl.g jcabs all | Therefore, if the traffic director’s of- the time. Sometimes there are as many | fice should feel called upon to further as_ten cabs to one private car. relieve congestion on F street, it will SEPTEMBER 8, ‘1920—PART 4. —By James W. Brooks (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader.) | TemorGl ATl D shaf BLUE HELD FAVORITE AUTOMOBILE COLOR But the number of hacks on the | recommend thal an order be promut| Manufacturers Resort to Blends 10| faaxa gor arier snades for Fall adds | duced shortly and desler sampling al- street is not the bi t inconvenience | gated which will say, in effect, that by any means. It the manner in|all taxicabs must stop cruising or, in which they drive that causes the en-|other words, attempting to pick up tire difficulty, according to my observa- | fares by driving up and down the ek bat Al streets, else theyt wr;lljllld be int’urmed, In order ey may attract trade | if they were not willing to give up and spot any chance “fa ho may | this so-called “crabbing,” that their be on the sidewalk, the: stands would be forfeited to the general - oo B n‘:y u‘t( ‘zou publie for parking purposes. appen m, And a hurry as well. They have their living N £ to make and as long as the other cab Brush Off Battery “Goo.” drivers “crab,” why each one feels that he must do likewise. “Why should I be the fall guy?” they will ask you. “If | moving the goo that the other drivers don't ‘stay on | battery terminals. d | coming of Meet the Views of Purohasers. By the Associdted Press. DETROIT.—Blue, with the dual per- sonality of energizing or tranquillizing, depending upon the emotion of the be- holder, continues to be the favorite garb | named A small, stiff brush is handy for re-|of the well dressed automobile with the collects aroun Fall, to_the prestige of blue. Brown and beige, whi the automobile indust: uch colors as Z are Brown-beige, green, dlack, gray and! finish. Whll?l” added that all blues except lighter tints carry an associat! led with the de- | prod TCARPRODUCTION GANS W AUGST Cram Report Indicates Re- newal of Higher Levei of Operation. Special Dispatch to The Star. DEROIT, Mich., September 1. jo R e ins according to B. Cram’'s Automotive porated. The increased output marks the defi nite renewal of the higher level of opere ations pre the Summer decling have been an- For the m“:mchlnfld part, the mmfm‘um on concluding of A One or two in instituted ot . luction on' & new line to be intro- ready is under way. The plant has not ich carry an at- | curtalled operations because of this, but mosphere of newness because of their | continues to operate close to capacity cumpnntlvel[\; recent introduction in|and probably will extend activity to le , continue to be | that point once the new line has made popular. Brown definitely outlines the |its appearance. contours of the automobile and suggests stability and_worth. thorne brown, rich|an active Fall business. Nothing has loam, dryad brown, Lackawanna, Huguenot brown and szircon the popular tions The general demand in the field con- tinues favorable and are for rown, are shades for shades pleasing the central locale of the business dis- trict has changed radically in a very few years. One of the most striking Quick and Expert Service examples of this that I know of, oc- curred in the city where I was reared, on Elmira, N. Y. 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