The evening world. Newspaper, November 23, 1922, Page 22

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ie ENRIGHT TO CUT OFF STH AVE |Scene in Congested District Enright Hopes to Regulate “SIDEWALK IN HIS EFFORTS 10 AID TRATFIC SITUATION a Plans to Lop Off Present Sidewalk Space to Make Wider Roadways and Use First Floors of Buildings for Pedestrians — No More Social Gatherings on Walks. Wants Second and Sixth Avenue L Put Under- ground to Provide More Space on Surface for Auto Ways—Tall Cops With Headlights for Sidewalk Traffic Men. By Don Allen. Poli Enright has proposed drastic changes for the relief of the traffic congestion that is becoming worse every day. He looks to the regulation of pedestrian as well as vehicular traffic. The Commis- stoner yest sted = That it may be necessary to cut eut the sidewalks on Fifth Avenue ‘and Broadway and give the whole width of the street to vehicular traffic. This would make room for pedestrians in an arcade fill- Comiaissioner ® streets, and something must be done. New York 1s certainly nut growing smaller, In fact, it spreading out like a bubble at the end of a child’s soapy pipe. “It | could remap New Vo wf the first things I would do would be to shove the present sidewalks along Broadway and Fifth Avenue back un- der the first floors of the stores and buildings and thus throw both thor- ing the space now occupied by the ground floor show windows. He suggests the taking down of the Second and Sixth Avenue ele- vated lines and placing them un- der ground with four tracks each. |o0ughfares open. to thousands upon This would release these avenues {thousands of automobiles. At the * lg ravide twa areat [same time 1 would be giving the pedes- arteries for vehicles. He would |trians a freeway, all under cover and extend Second Avenue to South |safe from rain, hail or snow, and Street and relieve the Bronx via |‘uite Incidentally, from the untomo- biles that so often choose the sidewalk Willis Avenue. The building of an elevated [#8 4 roadway in case of a crash—and structure. along West Street, {1 would give the merchants along these arteries just as good, if not bet- which is the most congested street in the city, is advocated. He t opportunities for the display of would have this at least eighty |800ds. This scheme is being worked feet wide and extend it from the out in Paris and It is going well. And Battery to 72d Street, with run- 1 pr dict that something of this kind ways that would connect West |MUST be don id Riverside Drive “What plans, if any, have yeu for- pat ciel HiulAtad fon tha vrelletiohs tiie alta ‘The commissioner would widen | tion?'’ we asked of the Commigsioner. 2 few of the cross streets to take “a © prepared no definite plan, v4E EVENING WORLD, THUASD , 1928. } ‘One Man in Every Ten in U.S. Works as a Counter Jumpei Advertisers Told 3,000,000 Men and Women Aré En- gaged at All Times in Selling to Consumers. ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 23.—One-tenth of the man-power of the country —about 3,000,000 men and women—are employed behind counters, it was declared here by William G. Shepherd of Collier’s Weekly, who addressed the Association of National Advertisers in session here to-day. “America is a nation of counter? jumpers," Mr, Shepherd said. ‘‘Nearly Progress, Census figures indicate that two-thirds of tho 8,000,000 are en-lat ieast one member of the family gaged in selling food and. clothing.| must assist Dad In keeping the retai | bor every three farmers in the United] stores in his community alive, an |suutes there fs some one behind aj that, he doesn’t do it. |counter. For every four workmen in| “Five grocerymen out of every t wctorien of the United States) hundred fail every year. Wo all re there t# a store clerk or a store man-| member that John Wanamaker de 7 | ager or u store owner walting to sell] clared that only four out of every Tt N B b Ri h: Tr SCHINK: Ge Huta ailet or hundred men who go into any kind o1 art ne ew baby 1g. t ‘We think we have a lot of railroad » make a Hiodeen out ef ar : ; . | the United Stator: Weihiavall inte Wun Bary amercens are: try Dy I take risks with ordinary glass bottles. ti nany store ' clorks| te float on the single shinsic of re-| LF Get the new baby a set of six PYREX beh! * to wel) Koods | tating." | Nursing Bottles made from the same wonderful ‘ eg men to carry these! Mr, Bhepherd pointed out thet tiv material as Pyrex ‘bransparent Ovenware. portation, to keep the] groceryman takes almost 17 per | ‘ 3 . ~ | palr and to keep thelout of every dollar; the meat man They are the only nursing bottles that can be sterilized 100% hy good condition, BS eas Gaui ie Have Waren? mi clean, or tuken right from the ice-box and re-warmed with- | forty families in the| per cent.; the shoeman, 28 pr H out lear of breaking. AL states there ‘sa retail store. Jand the clothing man, 24 | They stend firmly, are easy to hold and will not roll. They jst t under heavy burden, | ¢o help him run I save mumy times their price because they last so long. he goths aon have dis-| “advertising will help the ec vered that the job cannot be done having only one of the family at There are 24,000,000 families t Untted States, while almost 42,000,000 en, women and children | it actually has come about Dad, establish real business relations wit) the retailer.” he went on. “It will by him or her to make the choice betwee: the retailer who has really a public functionary rather than a ba 1 Ing on the community. Advertising will teach the public that one god PYREX | NURSING BOTTLES that who used to feed and clothe the] store conducted by a retailer who je shioned American family of five} a sense of public eervice is be are made In three shapes—each in three sizes. Made to fit all s. has unwittingly, In the march] than a half dozen dub stor regular nipples. Fach bottle packed in a clean sanitary carton, nomic pros found himseif| ight up the sidewalk at the expens Every genuine Pyrex Nursing Bottle is stamped with the name. unable to hold up his end of economie| of the customers.” For baby rawike; deta Set Olcoli PRUISSS GRRE Fy GS SS oe aH Pyrex Nursing Bottles today. For nd Hartford train, so he can use the) suddenly broken Ly a demand for a} sale wherever nursing bottles are bservation platform to greet. the! speech. sold. crowds that are expected at various}! When le had conculded there were dee Gala Dieta stops and along the route, he went] more chvers, a Yale songn, and a ea Melt ne ee {through the luxuriously appointed] number crowded to the platform to CorningGlassWorks,Corning,N.Y. |car with keen interest. greet him. The Yale men began t! Originators and Patentees of Oven (Glassware He went to the car's galley, where] ‘*Marselllaise,"” every head in New York Ofice: 501 Fifth Avenue nis meals are to be prepared on the| throng bared, when the train started 1 Vanderbilt 0720 tour. H admired its appointments,| ending with a mighty cheer to whic Jand said he was sure he would not| Clemenceau responded with a war — —— jeo hungry. He asked If his-tea was| his hat NO MATIER WHA1 WORLD “WANT” ADVE. WILL GO\GUitEe ready. This beverage he drinks con- stantly and he usually has a pot of|~— gee ene cold tea at his elbow. As the chef had not started to brew the tea, or- ders were given for its making at once The Tiger is due at Boston at 1.30 this afternoon. He will be theré over Sunday and then return to New York to remain a few hours before start- ing ‘or Chicago, where Gen, Pershing will join him. According to Col. Stephen Bonsal, the ‘‘Tiger’’ is little concerned over the attitude of Senator Borah and ‘care of the traffic that piles up, |he answered, “but In speaking before treets leading to | Yartous organizations during the past across the East | two years I have pointed out the sert- ous dangers to business and the public generally, due to the rap diy ine eas ing traffic congestion In the streets In this city,’ more particularly in the Borough of Manhattan. “I think the majority will agree with me that at no time in the history of the city have we had any definite plan so far oe str are concerned. The lower part of the borough above 14th Street was never designed to meet the busi- ness and traffic conditions with In the Handling of pedestrians he would keep people moving and break up sidewalk groups and chance meetings and stoppings where they make for congestion. If persons persisted in standing and talking on sidewalks they might be handed a summons to appear in court as the automo- ‘ bilist who now violates a rule is treated. ‘In 4920," said the Commissioner, “we had double the automobiles we] which we are now Gonfronted. had in 1916. The increase in 1921 “The Bronx, which only re- over 1920 was estimated at: 29 per cently was suburban territory and cent. The increase this year over] vacant lots, is now solidly built up last is at least 30 per cent. We are] and the street plan of that bor- “. doubling the number of automobiles} ough is certainly no better, and every three years. If we have double the number of automobiles in this city tm 1925 that we have to-day It is manifest that the streets of Manhat- tan will not be able to carry them." So many traffic policemen have been Killed‘and injured by being struck by automobiles that Comiissioner En- right ‘ls now making experiments in an effort to select the best method of having the traffic man in ~lain view both during the day and night Commissioner Enright says he plans either to equip his traffie men with a radiolite hat band that will shine at probably worse, than Manhattan. “A large part of Brooklyn was va cant lots until within recent years. and there Is still a great deal of ter- ritory which is not built up, but tn that borough, which has more than doubled its population during the last thirty years, no scientific arrange ment of streets with regard to vusi- ness or traffic has been provided for. “The Borough of Queens ts still more or less virgin territory, but within twenty years its population will probably exceed the population of Manhattan and Brooklyn. There OPFICER T ). OSWALD | is onion soup, but—and this was ; another reason for the Tiger's sad- ness—no Gruyere chee he doctor 3 iad forbidden it, hglding that while OVER CRITICISIVi Clemenceau can gat it with impunity oe n France ft Is a ltfle too much for him here Mrs. Gibson had selected a beauti- ful Gruyere that she wanted him to take to Boston with him, but he was obliged to decline, sadly but firmly. Clemenceau faced the reporters ‘ Z e just before lea night, an electric light on the cap or} no scientific plan of street layout in (Continued) The Ghee nee aed tones ee ern on electrically lighte¢ vaton. If} that borough, and when it ix bullt up Bench of Homes Gresiava” neither of these proves effective he} the same conditions prevailing in| world with a palpitating heart, but af "M1," one of them whl experiment with spot-lights by] Manhattan, Bronx ang Brooklyn will} full assurance of fair play and more] ‘we're not us bad as tho Paris re- having a high-powered calicum light prevail in Queens, Steps should be than # kind reception,” shine constunly upon each traffic man | pine of , taken at once to provide adequate ——— * the Tiger admitted. “You're In. the daytime be is planning tol will beeome Ree rere ryote CLEMENCEAU SAD, TIGER Be inaaie Mlisteelceauee. in ) , De great commercial cen- en he spied Col. House, who en- elevate the traffic men, not alone to|tro anc LEAVIN i! get them ‘out of harm's way, but tol tite rhe nase dt must also pro S CUNY WITH oe eae DUDE he) renartare, vide the main thoroughfares to cen impromptu reception, tral and eastern Long Island, ward him and said, “ he hurried to- h, Paderewski place them where they can more readily see and be seen, HIS GRUYERE DENIED If his planned sidewalk squad comes “The Borough of Richmond ts stit}| Sheds Tears at Quitting Wis Oi} Was here last night and he played sD pane be will.eclect the tallest men |@!Most rural, but’with the construc- Home Town and Friends, for me, but he would not have wat at in ‘the different traftic squads and] of tunnels this borough will be Georges Clemencean was a sad and! the piano for me if you had been mere ges the aire st sidewalks a Ee teeeaatal and business} gentle Tiger just before he left New Lae Piaeveneait a at the junctions of crowded streets, | *°ction o} . no action is . he “Tiger” laughed heartily at bis He is drafting a set of sidewalk traf. |#ken It will be built up in substan. | ©oT M8 morning to continue 1) own repartee, in which he was joined fic rules that will apply only to pe- | tally the same way as the other bor. | Bosto® the appeal that he started here | by,Col. House and the reporters, destrians and will be rigidly enforced, | ues for a better understanding and aj Before leaving the first floor, which Announcing himself /emphatically belicve a permanent board| warmer friendiiness between his | H#d been assigned him in the Gibson opposed to the building of unsightly | should be created, with authority ¢o| France and our America home, be fervently thanked Mr, and elevated sidewalk Comnissione: | Project new roadways which are now] Tears actually shone in his pale| M! »son for their Kindness and Boright believes that before tous New | needed for traffic In the Boroughs of /f¥es 28 the moment of his departure | Courtesy to him. He sald Fork will have to follow the lead set] Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn, and|@rew near. for he said he regarded] “You Are wonderful. You are gen- by Paris along the Rue de Rivoll by|t« provide for adequate thoroughtarea| New York not only as the scene of /eTous. You are true friends and my Jopping off the present eiwewalh| for the handling of future traffic In| Ms recent enthusiastic reception, the| friends forever. Often I shall cross micthe from stress such as Broad: jthe Boroughs of Queens and Rich. |Home Of his friends, but also as, in| the Atiantic and many times T shail Bray and Fifth ‘Avenue and building| mond. It is difficult for city officiats | 088 sense, his own olé home, He] #e@ you. You too shull cross the At- te sidewalks along the first floors of] who are constantly changing, to pian| feels that he belongs lantio and many times see me. You the stores and office buildings. fhis} and carry into effect a comprehensive) At 5.80 he was up and ready for] know I shall live yet many, many plan, if car out, would allow for] plan of this character, breakfast at the home of his hoat.| years. four more lines of traffic on the Charles Dana Gibson, in East 731] Col. House and the Gibsons were streets, would insure safety to the asdoratlens i assta es tite, ean Street, and a crowd of eager r.-| part of the group tha‘ accompanied Pedestrians and allow the, sores to] the great FP Binoy lta a. Pa porters received the usy bulletin| the Tiger by motor to the Grund Cen- Malay goods in an‘arcade sifoct now contronte the city dn ion falmut the composition of the t tral Terminal, which Clemenceau Something has simply GOT to bel very serious traffic nA lue to the Trast, This time there were four egus| never had seen before. He c fone! One of the worst things wel many localit rere tion in Jinstead of two and they were with amazement and delight ae have tv contend with in handling] jg greatly delayed re apparatus | pojled instead of “medium,” looked up to the great blue vaulted traffic is the Jamming of sidewalks] secre ef» fir y' Ay reaching the as ail ceiling, and said he never had seen so by so-called reunions. For instance ahaa ind | think the fire fine a railroad station, ‘Two or three or four or five men o1| Authorities will concur in the [the streets of this city and many| ‘The private car of Charles M omen meet and stand and talk,| Statement that a great fire ontae- | thousands of people were seriously Schwab, the steel magnate, was walt. choosing os thelr congregation-spot| ‘ToPhe may be anticipated at any | permanently injured in street ing for the Clemenceau party, It 1s the very center of some busy wide-| time Unless thie congestion, which |dents. From present indications tho] called the Bethlehem and was as walk, upon which in steady streains| |'# becoming much worse every |death toll will not be so great ths] always, in charge of J. L. Rev, who both directions, the public, is try.| 98¥: i@ speedily relieved. If a fire | year, for the Police Department has| has been With Mr. Schwab fue mene ing to edge its way. The reunion 4s preureed in the threatrieal die- |been making herole efforts to reduce | years. " man being held thoughtlessly. It acts as| trict between 7.45 and 8.30 or be- | these fatalities. Benn iisa i thetaieaet enn Basis upon pedestrian irate aving | twoen.1030 and 11.80 B, M, We acuull ba don Am this hende nat cele a ei eee ort to go, in each direction and when all of the streets in this lo- matter without delay Even it thet nds, but also Ait ‘Polles, @s a result the human food-tide| ality are Jammed with vehicles | proposed improvements isnt ard Deltech, who. has beer overflows banks and diverts into] @nd pedestrians, the consequences | projected it would be at least thrao | conatar euard over him, and the street. With what result? A] would perhape be serious. Thie | years before they would be ready fo: he ten motorcycle po shriek! The clang of an ambulance condition also prevails to a greater wi and by that time conditions wil! who escorted his mera bite MA patrol! wagon! Another auto| or less extent in many other eec- ave become intolerable, In the| to the station Jatality tions of the city at various hours meantime we will endeaver to do] When Clemo. ntered i) “There have been too many of the day and night nost w Nitfee placed | *Rothlehem,'’ w @ attached ¢ ath 4 injuries on ew York i other Senators in © criticising his speech. His comment to membe: of his partyeon reading the newspa- per accounts of the Borah statement was That's good. That's what I ca.ne to America for, to invite discuss‘on, That's my idea of democratic fr speech. It is what I found when 1 came here fifty-odd years ago, aud 1 certainly did not expect any changa."* Clemenceau wrote Col. Thomas Fuirservis of the 106th Infantry, N. G.N. Y., thanking him for “the great honor you extended to me this after- noon” in presenting the regiment in review He also sent a letter to Police Com- missioner Enright expressing his ap- preciation of the courtesy which the Commissioner has extended during his stay in the city, and one to W. W. Atterbury, Vice President and General Manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who arranged the Tiger's railroad Journey. The Pennsylvania Railroad has an- nounced the detailed movements for Clemenceau's trip through the United States. Charles M, Schwab's private car will be occupied by the Cushman’s GRADE A SEAL om the wrapper Tiger and his immediate party, in- eluding Col, Bonsal, llason officer, M, Le Fevre, the secretary and the Tiger’s valet. Another private car adjoining this will be occupied by tho newspaper men accompanying Clem- enceau. The Tiger will arrive ir Chicago at o clock on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 27, and will speak there the day after his arrival. He will remain in Chicago until 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Nov. 80, when he will start over the Illinols Contra! Railroad for Springfeld, 1. Tue party will reach Springfield 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon and w leave at 6.15 o'clock for St. Lous Mo., where they will arrive at 8.64 ti. amo evening, M. Clemenceau will speak in St. Louis the next day, Fri. day, Dec. 1 The departure from St. Louis be at 12.02 P. M. Sunday, Dec. 3, and ravelling once more on the Pennsy vania ines the travellers will ar ont buy a loaf of bread tomorrow. Just as a matter of experiment, ask for Cushman’s Grade A Bread by name. wil We know that when you have once tried Grade A Bread, youwillfi: thatit at Washington, D. C., at 115 P.M on Monday, Dec. 4, Clemenceau’ sc ee eech in Washington will oe —tastes so much better delivered on Friday, Dec. 8 The movement from Washington will be begun on Dec. 9 and will be! to Baltimore, thenee to Annapolis and Philadelphia and to this city, trom which Clemenceau will sail on Dec, 13, —slices so much thinner —keeps fresh so much longer —contains so much morerich, creamy nutriment — CHEER LEADER'S ANTICS AMUSE CLEMENCEAU Yale Men Stage Great Demonstra- ine. 23.— u was greeted by a large body of Yale undergraduates and faculty, city officers and citizens when his train stopped here, The Yale men had marched to the station, headed by their band and swarmed out over the tracks wher the train pulled in, cheering lustily, There was a call for “Clemenceau, that you will never again be satisfied with any other kind of bread. Sold in Large and Small Loaves at Grocery and Delicatessen Stores. wea Georges Clemen HAVEN, Conn, Nov. Clemenceau," and tie “Tiger ap. peared on the car platto The Yale mon wero directed by 4 whitee| woatered cheer leader who had “\imbed on the platform with his me mal aphone, Clemenceau laughed heartily at the antics of the leader and when the call was for a “long cheer and @ tiger for the ‘teen!’ he waved his se vans

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