Show Wo ORK FOR THE POLICED POLICE A correspondent directs the attention of ot The rhe Herald to the lack of ot police pollee pro protection protection at the corner of ot Main lain and Sec See Second Second ond South street and out the then necessity n for tor safeguarding pedestrians at that intersection h Monday after atter afternoon afternoon noon a boy who was waiting for tor a street car was knocked down by a atran transfer tran ter wagon coming from another direction and narrowly escaped death or serious Injury There was not a patrolman in sight at the th time If It one had been on guard the boy would not have been knocked down do n Salt Lake City is no longer a coun country country country try try village Its streets ts swarm with automobiles carriages trucks baggage wagons and other vehicles There are areso areso areso so many man street railway milway curves t some intersections that the uninitiated f ed d can cannot cannot cannot not tell to save their lives ves which w de a car is going to take tak When it seems bound for the straightaway it suddenly swings around a curve and only prevents disaster ster And while watching the street cars the pe pedestrian pedestrian pedestrian must also watch the vehicles of 01 every lvery description some of ot them handled by drivers who are totally t tally dis disregardful regardful of ot the rights of ot the walking walkin public In all cities of or any pa patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen are axe stationed at busy corners during durin a large part of the day and es especially during the hours between noon and g 2 in the evening It has been found that the crossing police policemen policemen i imen men are able to prevent many acci acel accidents ned i dents that they can untangle traffic that they act Mt as a deterrent det to reck reckless reckless reckless less drivers and compel respect for the ordinances regulating the speed at which vehicles may be ridden or driven driven en The Th Herald has heretofore called attention to Salt Lakes laxity In this particular It is much to be lie hoped that no further admonition will be ne necessary necessary cessar At this iNs t is season of ot the year it Is es especially especially desirable that the intersection of ot Main lain and Second South street at least be guarded The Christmas shop shoppers shoppers shoppers pers have begun to throng the side sidewalks sidewalks sidewalks walks From now until Christmas day the tide will run steadily higher The people must cross dross this intersection for forIt forIt forit It almost equally divides the shopping district Thousands of ot residents of ot the southern part of ot the city will UI cross it and so will thousands from the north northern northern ern em port part It may be said that the police force is too small to permit of ot the detach detachment detachment ment merit of say two tw patrolmen for this corner That objection is answered a by bythe bythe bythe the fact that there is 15 very der very little need for foz policemen at other points during the hours hour when wh n they would be most needed at the in intersection Intersection Besides If It it should be begen generally gen ray known that policemen could always alwa s be bc found there they could be easily and quickly reached from all aU allover allover over the business district a fact tact that thatis thatIs is impossible now because when the themen themen themen men are patrolling their beats nobody knows knos exactly where to find them That crossing should be all an means be protected |