Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1935, Page 3

THE EVEN and distributed through the Union Terminal Market. Reduced to tons, G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1935. PEDESTRIAN ASKS || Market Tndorses Campaign | i am.znie GOUNTY TO BULD o uene -- GREATER SAFETY Woman_Injured by Backing Car Pens Plea for More Consideration. A victim of Washington's traffic, Alice Pettus Hall, writes into The Btar Safety Council an essay which she describes as written on a type- writer with one hand, the other one being at the present time useless be- cause of an arm broken by an auto in a recent accident. The description of the accident and suggestions for improvement follow in part: “Old machines that are past the age when usefulness is possible, should not be sold at bargains. I have & ‘broken arm at the present time—hav- ing to use one hand with which to write this—caused by a very old car backing against me as I stood at a crossing. After a great deal of diffi- culty in getting his car started back- ward—so he could get out of a thickly parked place near our library—this infernal old car literally sprang at me | as I was crossing the street, and| knocked me down. A well-regulated car of modern type would not have acted this way. | Elevated Walks Might Help. “If our streets are to be used for parking places, for cars, then we should certainly be allowed some plank walks, elevated above these unrented ®arages, on which to walk to our work in safety. I do not believe streets can ever be safe if the consciences of our | citizens are not awakened to the ex- | tent that they will protest against their ursurpation by these deadly enemies of mankind, the automobile. | I naturally write with some heat, as | X am hardly able to make a living mJ the physical condition I am in at this | Union Market Association, Inc., backs Star drive as Julius B. Gay, president, signs safety pledge, with Jerry Harrison, secretary-manager, looking on. ~—Star Staff Photo. Safety _(Continued From Pirst | Page) time, having only spent five days at | — home with a badly hurt arm. My | temperature is 102 at this moment. | “To say that our red and green lights to regulate traffic are lacking in | efficiency is too obvious for stating, perhaps. I never start home from the \ South Building, Twelfth street and | Conpstitution avenue, to where I live | at 1236 Eleventh street, that the ‘green | light’ does no ‘go off’ so soon I am stranded in the middle of the street. | ‘The automobiles that are turning cor- | ners get in front of me, and there I | stand, while the arrogant automobile, | which I believe ought to be given the | lion's cognomen of ‘king of beasts,’ takes the crossings over, lock, stock and barrel, while I—miserable wretch that I am—quake and shiver for fear they | will take my life, also! All Crossings Menaces. “It is conditions that ought to be fooked into, not the surface incidents that we are pleased to rave about. We | pay taxes and are guaranteed safe| streets to walk on: we do not have them, for every crossing is a menace. | ‘We have laws to protect us from crim- tnals, and pay out of our taxes for Jails and penitentiaries, yet whoever drives carelessly is a potential criminal | and deserves jailing. “The far-seeing, intelligent leaders of humanity are fully capable of solv- | ing this problem of the slaughter of innocent children and of maiming or | murdering our loved ones, on whom | some of us depend for a livelihood and | all of us depend for happiness.” C.C. C. CAW CAMP P RECORD PERFECT IN SAFETY that there are 110 firms conducting business in the market, employing some 150 trucks and 325 passenger cars. In addition, an average of 350 farmers employing about 400 trucks and cars trade in the market area daily,~the Union Market being the official market of the Maryland-Vir- | ginia Farmers’' Association, which has a membership of 900. By actual count | there were 13,143 passenger cars, 3,300 trucks and a total of 35,122 persons in the Union Market area | on a single week day, these figures, of course, being much greater on Saturdays. To Display Stickers. But the association feels that simply to have traffic orderliness and control in a single area is not enough their fullest extent with The Star in | bringing ideal traffic conditions over the entire metropolitan area. With this end in mind the merchants and employes of the Union Market are sending out their trucks and passenger [N THE interest of acc! Star, I promise to: Never operate at Safe Drivi > | cars with the windshield sticker | significant of the driver's intention to drive with care prominently dis- | played on each vehicle, The new Union Terminal Market had its inception in 1931, when the necessity for a new food distribution center was experienced.to take the place of the old Center Market and “wholesale row,” which had to be re- moved to make room for the vast building and beautifying program of the National Government. The ma- jority of Washington’s produce dealers, with an eye to the future progress of | Washingtcn and the desirability of a | produce and general food center com- mensurate with the size, importance and beauty of the Nation's Capital, erected the new Union Market on the 50-acre tract formerly known as Camp Meigs. Lying between New York and | Florida avenues, northeast, adjacent to | the Pennsylvania and B. & O. Railroad | facilities, easy accessibility, and ample | parklng space, with beauty of appear- | ance that is in keeping with the Gov- ernment’s building and benumying program. Surveys show that in an ave en‘e ing Pledge ident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways and in co-operation with the Safety Council of The Evening reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all 8-T-O-P signs. tracks, this new food center combines | {and so they wish to co-operate w‘me features of adequate distribution this means that 173,268 tons of food products are distributed annually, these including fruits and Volfllblfl. groceries, undy, tobacco, beer, meats, poultry, and eggs. Urges Consumer Sign. The Union Market Business Associa- tion, in addition to carrying on the ‘work of the Star's Safety Campaign throughout its own organization, is at- tempting further to co-operate with The Star by urging its many thou- sands of consumers to sign the pledges of The Star Safety Council. Also, a concerted drive is being un- dertaken to enlist the hundreds of farmers dealing at the market daily in the war against accidents. The Farmers’ Market is the largest, newest and most progressive in the East. It is the feelng of the Union Market Business Association and many of the farmers themselves that in order to live up to its fine reputation as & Washington institution every farmer coming to this market should make it his express purpose to pledge him- self to more careful, safe driving, not only in Washington, but throughout the neighboring farming country, and thus to carry on the work of The Star into new fields. Letter From Gay. ‘The following letter was sent in to The Star's Safety Council by Mr. Gay, president of the association: “In the sbove paragraphs you will find an account of the progress made by the Union Market Business Asso- clation in its attempt to carry on the work of the Safety Council of The | Evening Star. “You will notice from the accom- panying signed pledges that not only have we expressed our intentions to co-operate with you in this matter but we have so far actually obtained the signatures of over half of the employers and employes of Washing- ton's major food distribution center. “The task has been a tremendous one, since it necessitated the personal contacting of every man and woman | in the market area. Because of this fact the work is not yet completed. “We feel, however, that the fine work that you are doing is worthy of the time and expense that we are expending in order to co-operate with you.” The New Center Market Associa- tion through its president, Fairfax Opyster, joined The Star's campaign several weeks ago. POST TO DR. CASHELL Named to Board of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Irving M. Cashell, 2128 L street, has been appointed by the District Commissioners to the Board of Exam- fill the position left vacant by the | recent death of Dr. F. W. Grenfell, | whose term extends to March 4, 1939. 1 %fi”&.fil‘&flfl ‘THE TAMIAM] Te sl Foride i P Lv. 3.08P.M. train in service untl 12, iners in Veterinary Medicine. He will | WALKS AT SCHOOL Hagner Agrees to Use Sub- urban Fund for Bethesda High Improvement. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., November 23— Sidewalks will be constructed along the East-West Highway fronting the new Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, to eliminate the serious menace that confronts students walking to and from their studies. ‘ County Commissioner Robert D. Hagner agreed to build the walkways after a conference yesterday with pub- lic school and State Roads Commis- sion officials and the work will be carried out immediately with subur- ban district funds. Total of 2,000 Feet. The sidewalk on the north side of the highway js to be extended from its present terminus at Watkins avenue to the school, while a new sidewalk is to be built along the south side of the road from the school to Maple ave- nue. The two walks will total tpproxl- mately 2,000 lineal feet. Civic groups in the western luburban area conducted an active campaign in behalf of the work, contending that possibility of students being injured or killed while walking through the heavy flow of traffic that passes over the East-West Highway. Commission Agrees. Commissioner Hagner agreed to build the sidewalks from the suburban fund of his district after obtaining permission from the State Roads Com- mission to construct them on the State right of way. The commission was 1epresented at the conference by District Engineer Edward G. Duncan and Roland Jones, assistant to the chief engineer. Dr. Edwin W. Broome, superintendent of schools, and Preston L. Snyder, super- visor of school property, attended the conference as the public schools’ rep- resentatives. “DEADLY” VIAL A DUD (#).—Patrol- OKLAHOMA CITY men J. W. Clingan and W. D. 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