The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 283
space and dodge in and out betweenthe cars which are being held up by thetraffic officer while waiting their turn tocross the intersecting street. The painted line on the building lineforms a deadline for automobiles. Theyare expected not to run past that lineuntil permitted by the officer. And… … The line is also a deadline for trolleycars about to stop for passengers. Themotorman has found that is was decid-edly unpleasant to run past this line, forthe corner policeman always notices it,and if the car doesnt back up, the num-ber of the car goes into the officers note-book and the motorman…
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