Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1930, Page 60

6 REGIONAL PLAN - HELD SOLUTION {Traffic Committee Cites Sys- tem as Means of Elimi- nating Congestion. Regional planning is shown to be the | ultimate solution of traffic congestion in a comprehensive study of its causes, its costs, and its remedies made by the traffic committee of the American Road Builders’ Association. Results of the sfudy were released here today by Dan R. Lamson, committee engineer. Amons the principal causes shown nghwa registration (local ve- bkl Kot < = 2. Oumde registration using high- ‘ways in the area. 3. Lack of parking restrictions. 4. Narrow and poorly planned high- way systems. 5. Lack of adequate entrances and exits to cities. 6. larger cities geographically in by waterways. 'rmny miles from the heart of the central city of a regional area is the maximum distance of local influence. The New York area, even, could be included within these limits. This dis- tance scales down some 10 miles around the smaller cities. It is in these areas that are found traffic condition which set the maxi- mum standards of right of way, surface width and pavement design. Here occur the most expensive construction proj- ects, the highest costs of additional right-of-way, and the greatest obstacles to successful completion of a highway dmvemenc program. This is espe- ly true of the central sections of cities where insufficient right of way was set aside originally for highway purposes. “Through” Traffic Light. Obv'loualy there is a certain amount long-distance traffic in Any nreu whlch travels beyond the 30- mile zone, but those amounts are very small when compared with the local traffic operating within such a mne In the Cleveland area, only 1, per eent of the passenger car traffic on the through trunk highways crosses the re- nnnl area between outside points. Over fi er cent of the daily passenger-car c entering or leaving the city does nflt travel beyond the regional area limits, 30 from the center of clevelnnd ‘The f traffic congestion is esti- mated lt SBI 000 per day in Boston, was $600,000 a day in Chicago prior to the inauguration of the regional im- provement program, and is estimated at $1,000,000 a day in New York. ‘The loss of time because of traffic congestion in some instances in large cities is making transportation by horse- drawn trucks more economical than by motor-driven vehicles. Lack of highway facilities has re- tarded the purchase of automobiles, notably in New York, Chicago, Phila- delphia and Boston. Per capita com- parisons of registration figures were made with such cities as Detroit and Los Angeles which have an abundance of wide exits and high-speed arteries. Using the Detroit ratio of 3.5 persons to the automobile, the four former cities should have a total in tration of 1,950,000 automobiles, they do not. Citea Aids for Congestion. Gruae crossings at highways and railroads contribute an ever-increasing item to the cost of traffic congestion. A study of one of Cleveland'’s principal streets over a 12-hour period shows that, of the 5055 yehicles passing ovzr u grade-crossing intersection during tha time, 1,867 or 31.4 per cent were ds- there. In other words, the thoroughfare could be sald to be only €9.6 per cent efficient. lumed es advanced for reducing con- gestion That & modfl regional planning or- ganization be drawn up for \uge of smaller cities; that State legislatures authorize and control regional led. in locating hways, State highway departments build trunk lines around cities; that a minimum right of ‘way wmth be adopted of 100 feet for secondary trunk lines and of 66 !eet with a two-lane roadway for oads. mt the authority for the location of de crossings should be vested in the tate highway commission or some State public utility commission. ‘That immediate financing and con- struction is favored of specific projects in reglonal areas as recommended by the commission in charge. ‘That State and county highways hay- ing an average daily present traffic in | excess of 4,000 vehicles shall be de- signed with more than two traffic lanes of pavement; those with between 1,200 4,000 vehicles, not more than 10 g:t cent of which is truck traffic, to ve two traffic lanes, generally paved: roads with less than 1200 vehicles daily, not more than 10 per cent truck c, shall have two traffic lanes with some type of all-weather surfacing. [ Relting Alrg,the Eastcm Shore SAPEAKE BAY EZCHE is one Wi mark1 road to acg but ot Mmlds here 13 anothet. This, cannon ball, fired. by the Brit- ish (1812-1814)lodged. in an ocak tree, hence the )LOngogal Oak on. the Eastern Shore. When the tree fell, the ball was put to its present use. CITES EDUCATION AS ACCIDENT CURB ‘“Beating Light” Is Costly and Foolish. SYRACUSE, N.Y., April 12—Educa- tion of both motorists and pedestrians to the necessity for regarding the time limits of traffic regulators can be the most_effective means of decreasing the huge number of street and highway accidents, according tc A. F. Hills, traffic engineer. “It is the instinct to ‘take a chance’ that causes most of these accidents. The game of ‘beating the light’ is a costly one. as well as foolish.” he states. One of the most dangerous habits, as noted by Mr. Hills in his surveys of traffic conditions throughout the coun- try, is the practice of “jaywalking.” “I note that in New York State, alone, 449 personis were killed and 11,273 were in- jured while they were crossing strests between intersections. “This source of fatal and serious acci- dents must be corrected by emphasiz- ing to the people the protection which they receive through the r.ramc lt'm By crossing the street at the tion, when given the right o! way by the automatic light, the pedestrian is safe from such injuries, but it seems that he must be made more aware of Trafic Engineer Holds Game of |the dangers of careless crossings.” | AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS Harry Sommers, president of Harry Sommers, Inc., announced recently the appointment of his firm to the dis- tributorship of Pilerce-Arrow automo- biles in Washington and vicinity. Show rooms and general offices are being maintained at 1727 Connecticut avenue northwest, with the service snuon at | 1909 M street northwest. Sommers, together with his sales manager, T. B. Hermes, came to Wash- ington from Atlanta, G here he has been Packard and Chrysler distributor for the past eight years. Joseph B. McReynolds, Inc, an- nounces that he will continue the use of his nlearmm at Fourteenth and R streets and service shop at Georgia avenue and Upshur street, al- though the Studebaker agency has been taken over by Lee D. Butler, whose Samn are at Kalorama road and hamplain street. Pen Mar 313 Sorngs 2 e ~ Maroniburg <3 N idge) s«mmn The Tarry Tavern Two Miles From Mt. Vernen On the Richmond to Washington Highwa: Famous for its Fried Chicken & Waf- fle Dinners, Hot Biscuits & Hon-y Mrs. M. E. Brown, Hostess. Phone Lorton 3-8 WEEKS RE-ELECTED A. M. A. PRESIDENT Other Washington Elected to Office at New York Session. Five Men PETER PAN INN 7 mi. south of Frederick, rom Washingto: inners, $1.60 Luncheon. 8e CROSS INN 5242 ¢ bt £, K Sunday Dinners, $1.00: cken' Dinners. 1.50. ~ “Just_a_pleasant_drive. COLONIAL INN Westminster, Md. The best $1.00 dinner served in Maryland. Try it MANY REQUESTS FOR CERTIFICATES Maryland Police Campaign Against Private Owners Brings Applications. Special Dispatch to The Bt BALTIMORE, April 12.—A large num- ber of requests for certificates of con- venience have been filed with the trans- portation department of the Public Service Commission during the pas’ week because of the campaign which is being carried on by the Maryland State fl:lmdmhaela in 181‘_};‘114“2 Efi:m‘dthal it was once wfih&fiqw Asto its efied.wckin& the traveler may deaw his own conclusi forces 1ons. police private automobile own- ers who have been transporting passen- rs without permits. According to employes in the depart- ment, more than a score of such lgpll- cations from all Elfl.s of the State have been received asking for immediate 1s- suance of certificates. This, members of the commission say, cannot be done without the formality of a hearing. Because of the interference of other cases pending, the hearings cannot be held for more than a week. The ature of 1929, which passed the certificate of convenience law, pro- vided that where public transportation facilities are inadequate to provide for the public need individuals may trans- port fellow workmen to and from work after the certificates have been secured from the commission. ‘The certificates are issued free of old Friends in T84 and & santtgl%e in Ametica. William Penn, t Woolman worshipped hete, also Lord Baltimore, noted. charge except where the automobile owners desire a.special license tag to be’ THERE'S A TREND TO VA AMERICA IS CHOOSING LU E —BY JAMES W. BROOKS (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader. Hmse mnEubnmbzfilt wooden church GeotgeFox.andthe famous John ic who set an example for teligious tolerakion. & hneran by Eancationl Borsa, Woshingon, BALTIMORE AWARDS duplnyed with the mular markers. These tags are issued the Motor Vehicle Commission at & !ee of $3 & vear. —_— BYEACUBI. N. Y., April 12.—On- PIKES PEAK POPULAR award just received from the City Pikes Peak, with Colorado Springs oxmmm‘uuqm-munn and Manitou at its base, s the most | ing installation consisting of N van- popular high place on the North Ameri- able synchronous timers, which, when can continent, it is now claimed. More | in operation, will be the most modern than 83.000 ns ascended the peak, | of its klnd in the country. 14,109 feet altitude, either cop The synchronous timers to be used railroad_or automobile highway during | 'n this installation, 1920. Scientific_inventions have made | state, are of this possible, despite the belief of its | yet perfected, having in discoverer, Lieut. Zebulon Montgomery | “ariable feature which mm for either Pike, that the peak would -never br 2 flexible progressive or a co-ordinated scaled. Altogether 550,000 persons | movement of traffic. visited the Garden of the Gods and | et talls for smymenc of equip- other attractions in the Pikes Peak installation region last year. ment Xmmedh iln completed wit! 60 days. CONTROL CONTRACT and a| of color, INDUSTRY SWELLS USE OF LAGQUERS Production Grows From 3,- 590,000 Gallons in 1924 to 47,500,000 In 1928, Rouge and lipstick, paint and powder were the provocative subjects that the members of the Canadian section of the Bociety of Autbmotive Engineers were invited to hear discussed at a meeting at the Royal York Hotel, Tor- onto. But the address did not en- compass these adventitious alds to feminine beauty. The. , R. M. Smith, Ontaria m.(#.’l paint company, undertook to explain how cars get their chromatic Du!ehfllude, or, more prosaically: Lacquer, and Its glllutlvn to Auu::nbu Bl‘:?l’. i of the uoquer Indun e lpuk lh.t odueed ln the Unlred States S,M allons of lacquer; 11,000000. llons e%“ &r;a' mn }027 :oooo’o:go no less than 4 gallons. Canada in 1928 the production was 1,200,000 gallons. e proportion of the pfblguetlmn in recent years, 1024 there of lacquer production, but wluhed on the qualities of the various nitrated cottons used as a solid base and gave & practical demonstration of the solution ol cotton in ethyl acetate. Production tgn | of lacquer which wm’d hl'! brilliance correct fl th gloss and tough film is deurmined by the balanc- in, of the varjous solvents and non- vents, cotton to gum and gum to ofl, with the right amount of pigment as to| related to the cotton solution on which the lacquer is built. UICK ACCEPT THIS INVITATION- Prove BUICK supremacy intraffic, on hills, on the straightaway—choose the car that's win- ning two-to-one buyer preference in its field May we make just one suggestion: Take the wheel J. Borton Weeks, president of the Keystone Automobile Club and for many years prominently identified with auto- mobile club activities throughout the ml was re-elected President of the n Motorists’ Association ; this pnz week at the association’s annual meeting, held in New York City. G. Adams Howard, Washington news- paper man, was re-elected vice president of the organization. Four other Wash- ogum men were likewise chosen for cers and members of the board of the national motoring organization. J. Keefe, re-elected ral manager; Dr. 8. M. Johnson, of the Lee Highway Associa- tion, appointed chairman of the yoads board of the A. M. A.; Harvey L. oobb. attorney, reappointed general oounsel, and Dnnla! S. Ring, attorney, ted chairman’ of the legislative. and vubllc relations committee. Resolutions indorsing the Federal Government’s $125.000,000 Federal-aid m. Senator Tasker L. Oddie's bill for the ultimate elimination of toll- bridge franchises on Federal-aid high- ‘ways, and for a speeding up of the Fed- eral and State governments’ programs for elimination of grade crossings were nnnnunov:‘sly ugop:fied by u&e mamcmm position e practices in some G line tax funds stru in a resolution, condemning tice as a_violation of the principles of ine taxation. “All gasoline taxes, ved from motor vehicles, should be devoted exclusively to the purposes of . highway construction and maintenance and to no other purpose,” the resolu- tion declares. Ruins of Basket Makers. Prehistoric ruins of early basket makers among the first people known| to have lived on the American conti- nent are found at Chimney Rock, near Psrtly excavated, e automobile GRAY'S HILL INN Overlooking_the Potomac Formerly a part of Mt. Vernon Luncheon Dinner Richmond Road—16 Mi.—Ph. Lorton 3-F CBullt in 1790. “The Cottage 2% Hanover 5t. Fredericksburg, Va. Luncheon, Afternoon Tea, Dinner Chicken and Waffles Antiques. Follow Route 27_out 16t) a. gy oct, bus for Four Corners at Gt “an Pa. Ave This' old_Tol I House with its charming furnishings and Terraced Gardens marks a €] art % frpok Washington mm o AT, Chicken and Virginia Ham Dinners, $1.00 ROSE HILL MANOR North Market St., Frederick, Md. Geed Old Maryland Cooking MANOR Built 1773 At _Ashton, Md. Phone Ashten 141 Celesville-Balto. nu. = Miles trom D. C. 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AUTOMOBILES .- ARE (4 7 14 Canedian Factories e Melaughlin-Buick, Oshawa, Ont BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN Buliders of Bulek and Marquette Moter Cere. Emerson & Orme Buick Motor Co. 14th at L 17th & M Sts. N.W. Rushe Motor Co. WASHINGTON, D. C. Fred N. Windridge Rosslyn, Va. BUILT 4 . . BYICK witt Hyattsville, Md. C. C. Waters & Sons Gaithersburg, Md.