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The Seaforth News, 1959-12-31, Page 7London Has Its Traffic Jams Too • Like most . other great cities, London has a vexing traffic sit- uation—and is trying to do something about it. The onset of the Christmas shopping rush has aggravated the problem. But it also has provided an incentive to make a start on improvements. Britain's energetic new Minis- ter of Transport, Ernest Marples, has instituted a "pink zone" plan for the vast downtown area bordered by Park Lane, IVIaryle- bone Road, the Strand, and lCingsway. In essence, his soh:, tion is to enforce existing reg- ulations and restrict parking on the badly clogged thoroughfares in the heart of this capital. Britens themselves" are of two minds about what should be done to allow cars to more more freely; One group praises the Marples efforts to clear the streets of private and commer- cial vehicles that block the flow by parking for long intervals. They likewise applauded when the police won a test case against a car -owner who jacked up his inactive, unlicensed, uninsured auto and left it on the street outside his house. This establish- ed—belatedly; it seemed to some —that motorists cannot expect to use the streets as a perma- nent garage, Some portions of London are . littered with these "laid -up" cars, which now pres- umably will have to move else- where. • But others argue vigorously .that cracking down on drivers. and parking is the wrong ap- proach to a solution, They say it is designed to keep motorists from the very business, objec- tives that thrive on their pres- ence. They add that they pay extremely heavy taxes on their cars and gasoline, and that the government's obligation is to ap- ply these funds to building new roads, overpasses and under- passes, to accommodate still more cars. To a foreigner, London's reg- ulations ususually seem strange -even chaotic. A lot of sixth sense is involved. There are vir- tually no official "no parking" signs. You are supposed to know there is no parking .on bus routes; yet cars do park safely on streets where buses ply. ,Nor is lack of ,buses any guarantee -- parking is permitted. There are plenty of "no waiting" signs — but with solid ranks of cars• parked with apparent impunity right under them, day after day. One difficulty in penalizing parkers here is that it is not the practice for a `Bobbie" to leave a ticket on the windshield. He may hang around a reasonable time until the driver returns. But if it turns into a long wait, he can note the license number and seek out the responsible per- son later. This obviously is not a system geared to mass issuance of tickets. Yet the average Brit- on's rejoinder is: Why should ticketing be made easy? The policeman, on the other hand, has wide latitude to decide where and under what circum- stances parking constitutes a violation. On streets .with no prohibiting signs whatever, he can impose a ticket for "causing • an obstruction" almost at will— and the courts usually will up- hold his judgment. It matters not that the vehicle may not ac- tually be causing any, percepti- ble obstruction to traffic, writes Henry S. Hayword in the Chris- tian Science Monitor.. London, moreover, has very few painted traffic lane mark- ings. On its broadest streets, sometimes with two or three W. Somerset Maughan Ernest "liemingway William Faulkner MEN OF MILLIONS OF LETTERS — The output of these novelists makes up a substantial part of the contemporary literary scene. The polished style of Britisher Maugham is known the world over. Faulkner is the leading voice of the American South, posaibly the country's most productive literary area. Hemingway, leaderof the post -World War 1 U.S. literary ('evolution, is currently enjoying a renaissance on television, lanes of cars moving in each di- rection, drivers stay in line by magnificent discipline and sheer gopd judgment, After all, the serf -inflicted penalty for chang- ing from one invisible lane t0 another without appropriate pre- cautionary signals can easily be a crumpled fender. Any newcomer learns the spe- cial rules of London's roads quickly—by virtue of harrowing experiences. Politeness there is, but also grim insistence .of rights and the sometimes perplexing rules of the game, Even Britons are baffled as to who has the right of way at a "roundabout" or circle. Into this -melee, visiting A1ner- ican traffic •experts venture at their own •risk. Baltimore's Traffic Commissioner Harry Barnes, who was here recently, claims British traffic thinking is "25 years behind the times," He criticized such cherished British institutions as the U-turn, which London taxis are specifically de- signed to make, street parking; - and unsynchronized-traffic lights. But Don Iddon, the London Daily Mail's -correspondent in the United States, scathingly re- plied that Mr. Barnes' Baltimore scarcely is in a position to,,lec- ture London. It is, he maintains,, only the new Chesapeake Bay tunnel, enabling one to bypass the Maryland city, that has helped matters there. Meanwhile, the fact apparent- ly is that Britons prefer to un- ravel their own traffic snarls, without accepting much back- seat advice. from the other side of the Atlantic where, after all, • they still drive on the wrong side of the road. Yet the public, of necessity, is awakening toits problem. People are asking why skilled men and earth -moving machinery are standing idle now that the new London -Birming- ham motorway is finished. And why quicker starts are not being made on scores of other urgent street and road projects. The proliferation of the auto- mobile has left them stalled in traffic long enough so that even these patient, people are on the point of sounding their horn in wrath. LESSON CAME LATER A school bus taking children to school in Napier, New Zeal- and, was delayed 15 minutes be- fore the driver was able to find a substitute for the missing igni- tion key. - Later, one of the schoolboy passengers owned 'up. In an at- tempt to delay the bus he had swallowed the key. One hospital, we know, lists Troost of its accident cases as "the bumper crop." HANG ON, GUYS — Eluded by the ball, two cagers demon. *Irate the classic double fake-ou,t, BRUSH IN RUSH — Roman artist Eva Fisher is ready to paint her way around the world. Behind her are some of the canvases with which she'll start a global exhibition tour. At each stop she'll paint replacements for the ones sold. Thought Storm Was End Of World There have been a few gales of late, but they were just breezes compared with the Great Storm. Living in London in November, 1959, were many descendants of families who, on the night of. November 26th/ 27th, 17 0 3, experienced, the full horror of the most terrible storm in Britain's history. Historian Lord Macaulay des- cribed it as "the only tempest which in our latitude has equal- led the rage of a hurricane." Hundreds of houses were de- molished or left standing like skeletons and streets in London and other cities were deep in roof -tiles. Falling chimneys killed many people. In Kent alone 1,100 houses and barns were blown down, Sixty barges were piled high on the Thames against the • piers . and buttresses of old Lon- don Bridge. Thousands of mag- nificent trees were levelled. In the West the. Bishop of Wells and his wife were killed in bed. Round- the coasts, 8,000 seamen lost their- lives. The storm was"so widespread that it m a de its influence felt over •.thousands of square miles, do- ing :great damage in Holland and France as well as in Britain. The new Eddystone lighthouse with its designer, Henry Win- stanley, was destroyed. He had stated that he wanted to be in the lighthouse during "the 'worst storm ,that ever blew" to prove its durability, Research by weather students into the history' of the -Great Storm shows that there had been gales and rough weather for several weeks before it. burst on Britain from the south west, sweeping across Wales and England at least as far as the Wash. So terrifying was the shriek. ing of the wind that thousands fled to their cellars and stayed there, some believing that the end of the world was at hand• "I've taken three lessons in French," remarked Joan to her friend. "Could you carryon a convor: sation with a Frenchman'" "No, but 1 could talk to any. body • else who had had throe lessons." - I No. Ten Downing Front Unchanged No. 10, the British Prime Min- ister's London home and official residence in Downing Street, is to be remodeled, but its much - photographed facade will be kept intact. The narrow front- age, the squat black door with the lion's head'knocker, and the swinging light on the wrought iron arch are to remain. Inside the patchwork repairs and remodelling by a succession of British Prime Ministers over more than two centuries are to be removed. Only the historic rooms, in- cluding the paneled Cabinet room, will be kept intact. The decision to remodel fol- lows a recent survey by the Crawford Committee which re- ported the building was unsafe. The foundations are unstable, walls need supporting, stair- cases .and floors strengthening and roofs renewing, the Craw- ford Committee said. The report is not surprising, There have been few periods in the life of George Downing's house since it was taken over in 1735 that Prime Ministers have not written of its shortcomings. In his memoirs, published in 1807, William Pitt wrote several paragraphs describing the new kitchen and offices. The founda- tions of the house were proving unsound even then, the famous Prime Minister recorded. The making over to No. 10 is part of a larger scheme to make more room for secretaries and other officials of the Prime Minister's staff and those of the Treasury. Nos. 11 and 12 Down- ing Street,' and the Treasury Buildings in Whitehall, will be reconditioned at the same time. The whole scheme is expected to cost about four million dol- lars. No. 11 is the official resi- dence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. No. 12 is used by government whips as offices. No. 12, the building nearest St. James's Park, is in effect the rump of an old building whose top stories were destroyed by fire in 1879. It only has a base- ment and ground floor. Now it will be rebuilt to its original height and once more come into line with its two neighbors, writes Melita Knowles in the Christian Science Monitor, The Treasury in Whitehall will be made good behind its present nineteenth century facade, so that from Whitehall its appearance will not change drastically. The interiors were badly knocked about in air raids in World War II and only temporary repairs have been made, - Architect Raymond Erith, an expert on reconstruction of 18th - century properties, has been appointed to see that in both the Whitehall building and t h e Downing Street houses historic features of the properties are preserved, All the state apartments of No. 10 are to be preserved, includ- ing that room of drastic and dra- matic decisions, the - cabinet room, with its five long windows overlooking the garden. A blending of family life and of affairs of state at No. 10, the British prime minister's house, makes this building different from any --,other in the land. It is the one house 'on. which there can be no lease and no -contract. There's 00 security of tenure here. On a recent visit to Downing- Street- I saw a striped-aproned milkman leave the milk at. No. 10, The man from Cooks de. livered a travel case, and pigeons cooed in the May trees. In -moments of crisis, how• ever, crowds flock freely into the street from ' Whitehall to watch ministers of state arrive or leave. The greatest moments of all per- haps, the moments fraught with most drama,: Dome when a prime minister leaves for Buckingham Palace on the other side of St James's Park to see his sover- eign. The . prime minister and his staff are expected to move out of Nn, 10 into Admiralty House i0 August, 1960, and the total 'work of reconstruction may take two years. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING AGENTS WANTED BARN Cash in your Spare rime, duet show Your friends our Christmas and All -Occasion Greeting Cards (Including iteligtous) Stationery, Gifts, Write for samples, Colonial Card Ltd, AWE Queen East, Toronto 2. BABY CHICKS. BRAY has Acnes In -Cross ready -to -lay pullets available. Request list Day - olds and started to elder. Leghorn and dual purpose chicks to order. January. February broilers should be booked now. 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