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Traffic Problem

 

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RAFFIC congestion is generally regarded as a modern

condi tion . Traff ic conge st ion has exi st ed a s far back a:i

authentic N:itory recordi. Pompeii

and Herculaneum

were so

congested

that

during th e ru le

oi

Cae5ar.

, ~ n e - \ \ a ~ '

streets  

ere

P:.Jt in and hea y traffic-meaning bullock carts-was

barred

on

certa in main

high'\

ays

Traffic conges,ion

has existed

ever

~ i n c e that

time. and ,,-ith tne ad cln oj the

motor

car, bas

i'ccome

i l \ c . e 3 , ; i n g ~ ·

m o r ~

seriou:;.

. It Arueri.;an

ci,:es hay

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Stephen Maxim

210 S.

HID

St.

Formerly

HOld

Sa.voy, N. Y.

Favor rail'

pensions

lo r eity

workc-r.s.

April, 1926

IT

PAYS T O LOOK

WELL

YOU'C' . ' i rcut  

.n

 JIlt.

pcllf h,.t

O1H :a.tion

and

Ih6V(d  

t i l .

at

 

naUoa

ot

.. lOW bar  

ber

ewry tell

d.YI

IH

0

 

ks 11

)'Oil

 re C.

.a.D't l'  ,.U·arD Ogcd.

Good-I_;. . I l l . II

not

I . d : r t II oa liI.

Ser red. by   J

. .

i: NG.  

NEW

BOARD

MEETS

A Now York

Hair C. n

Is

lh e Ml»t

Sa.ti.faclory.

OOIl't be shabby.

Pat Do}-Ie, probably

the

best

beloyed

city emp lo re e oj

them all, aga in s it s

in

the saddle

in

control of the

Boa rd oi

Directors of th e All-City

Employees' Association.

He

wa.s unanimously re-elected to

that position

at a meet

ing oi the

old

and new

board of directors held

  u e ~ d a y March

9, at the

Yale

Street

Yard where

Pa t presides in hi s capacity

as city employee.

There

was abs01utcly nlY.hing

to

it. A

metion that he

be

n:uned chairman, a quick

second,

dosing

the nominat ions and

his

election

by the secretary casting the ballot of the elltire

assembly,

The meeting ot

the ,board

 \\ as

a \0\ 1 feast. Feast is right

for

t h e ~

..

had

c ~ h e r things

to eat than lo

....

e and th es e th ings

were very substantial.

In

fact lh a

policy

of

the

board bere

after \\;1l be to have lunch

at the

same time

it

hold its meet·

ings, a marked improvement o,-er old methods and a gre:.t

con\·enieuce.

Almost

the

entire

se ssio n was devo ted

to

the discussjon

of pensicns. ih y

al l

had to

admit

that t hey knew

nothing

about the pensioa

situation for

all

that

bas

come ou t

of th t

Pension Commission

has

been

silence in

chunks and

no t

much ot

that e ~ · e n

But it

was good to see tbe r-enewed

activity

in

the

desire

fo r

an

adequate pension plan. Most of the mcn bave fett

rather discouraged chiefly because they cou ld not learn

what

was beiag' done.

if

anything'. and the general at ti tude lately

has been  Oh to  

,;th

this

pension

s ~ u f f They have

all wanted the pensic:ns

bu t t hey

did

not wan t

to work them

se l.....es into a pensionable condi tion in

order

to ge t them.

So

lately

there

has been

a lull in

pension

promoti.cn.

But

no longer

is

that

lull to

continue.

The A.ssociation

went

to the ba t

by

the appointment

of President

Ray

as

chair

man

of a committee, he to s el ec t such other

committeemen

as he pleases. P res ident Ray and his committee is to con.

suIt

with

Mr.

Lynch , who has been organizer

and

Mr.

Sleek,

who

has been

the chairttl4Ul

of

the

W