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Show PARKING REMEDIES AIRED BEFORE S. H. CHAMBER MEET Sugar House parking came in tor a thorough going-over Tuesday noon at the chamber of commerce luncheon held at Beau Brumme!. Chamber President Vernon W. Mackay introduced Sugar House Police Lieutenant Ray S. Cahoon, Seymour S. (Sam) Taylor, Salt Lake traffic engineer, and D. James Cannon, chamDer executive secretary secre-tary vho also is a member of the parking committee, each of whom spoke on vital phases of the parking park-ing problem. This Saturday (tomorrow) Lt. Cahoon said, 20 Boy Scouts, an extra contingent of police traffic officers and Veterans of Foreign Wars will attempt to educate both pedestrians and motorists with rules of safety and courtesy. Proper crossings in pedestrian lanes, semaphore rules, traffic violations, vio-lations, not only for the motorist, but for the pedestrian as well, and other educational matters will be advanced from 2 until 4 p. m., the lieutenant said. Frank Peterson. VFW official, will assist with the educational program pro-gram which will be re-enacted next Friday, and at which time a portable port-able semaphore will be brought to Sugar House to help direct traffic across Eleventh East in front of the Post Office. Taylor suggested the possibility of rezoning the bus stops, having the vehicles making "far corner stops." across the street after having hav-ing cleared traffic lights, a program which has worked well in other communities; he asked the opinion of merchants of off-set ' turning lanes, and he suggested restricted parking on the west side of 11th East between the hours of 4 and 6 p. m. weekdays. The latter matter mat-ter was taken under advisement by the chamber. Secretary Cannon, pinchhitting for Chairman Neuman C. Petty who has been out if town, made a report on police and chamber studies of the parking of employes of Sugar House business houses. The survey showed there are 1027 paiiiuig spaces ill ougai jrtuus; parking lots, that there are only 284 parking places on streets. The report showed there are 412 Sugar House employees who drive to work, thus indicating that they, alone, could occupy every street parking place and then some each day. However, most park off-street or in private lots provided by their employers. The South East Furniture company, com-pany, it was pointed out, recently bought space on Wilmington which not only will provide ample employee em-ployee parking, but also will make an entrance to the Sugar House park along Parley's creek. The Sugar House branch of the U. S. Post Office, too, has made a move to enlarge its parking lot for its employees, it was pointed out. It is hoped that, when the survey has been completed, employee parking park-ing areas can be designated to accommodate ac-commodate those who work in Sugar Sug-ar House. |
