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One-Way Sfreet Plan Okayedlt;LOCl'ST STREET♦4444*Xr-/4rr.x%/./yv«♦/♦ Eitlt;bnse44III*44MAIN STREET4This i a diagram of the one-way street plan, which was approved by Wilmington retail merchant^ at a meeting Tuesday noon. The plan will not be put into effect for at lea^t a month. Locust street will be one way west and Main street one wav east between Mulberry and Lincoln streets. In the one block between Locust and Main streets. Mulberry and Walnut streets will be one way south and South and Lincoln streets one wav north□ CD □ □ CD □ a CD a ODDAfter hearing explanations by three city officials, members of Vhe Wilmington Retail Merchants Group of the Business CouncilTuesday noon endorsed the oneway street plan of council for the city business district and approved it being put into effect at one time and as soon as possible. The group met at the General Denver Hotel.D. Robert C'onard, city engineer Herbert A Beins, chairman of the Street Committee, and C harles Kohler, president of council. attended the meeting to discuss the plan with the merchants, some of whom had expressed opposition to the plan or putting it into effect at one time.lt; onard said later Tuesday afternoon that he planned to take the map of the plan to Division Eight headquarters of the State Highway Department at Middletown Friday and to meet with William N. Joer-ger, traffic supervisor.After conferring with Joerger to learn the signs needed to put the plan into operation, the signs will be ordered and as soon as they are received and directions can be painted on the streets, the one-way program will be started. Conard explainedWHEN THE PLAN is put into effect. Routes bS and 134 going southill t Ko rArnufand Lincoln streets will then be one way north.There also was talk at the meeting of making Columbus street, between South and Walnut, one way east, but this can he done later by City Council if it is deemed advisable. Conard explained.When the one-way plan is put into effect, there will be no left turns permitted by eastbound traffic onLocust street at the Mulberry street intersection and no left turnby westbound traffic on Main street at the Lincoln street intersection, Conard said.There also was a discussion on traffic lights at this meeting, of which Darrell C. French acted aschairman. Lights at the schools al- Qso were discussed. acPlans for the fall opening werediscussed by the merchants andthey will feature their fall merchandise in the Fall Opening edi-Cion of the News-Journal Septemher 17.Those present at the were (onard. Reins.French. Ferd Ahman. L. man, Roy Bernard. Carlmeeting Kohler. J. Berg-( heno-weth, Fd. Adkins. Charles Reinke, Leonard Kaufman, A. C. Heer, Robert Hartman, Harold Gregory, Charles Martin. William T. Creamer. Arthur Chesney and Joseph Hardebeck.
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Wilmington News Journal
Wilmington, Ohio, US
Wed, Sep 10, 1952
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