Show OFFICER NEEDED CROSSING The most important corner In Salt Sal Lake City Cit is the corner of Main and Second South streets More people more mor vehicles more street cars pass there tere than pass any an corner corer In the city Just now the Intersection is all al but Im Impassable Impassable passable A roadway not more than twelve feet wide has been bec left lef on the east side of Main street and the north northside northside northside side of ot the intersection by the men who are employed by the Utah Light Railway company In Jn putting in new curves cunes switches and other desirable improvements Through this narrow narow passage vehicles pass pas In a constant stream stam The place is a constant menace to the lives of pedestrians who are ar compelled to go from one side of the street to the theother theoter theother other The danger to them would be oter considerably lessened if Chief Chiet of ot Police would statton staton an officer at atthe atthe atthe the crossing and keep him there say sy t from 3 S in the morning until midnight We know of no more im un important police duty than the protection of ot tho the lives liven Ive of the citizens Two men can cn well en be spared from other work to take charge carge of ot this Indeed there ther should be b men on the south crossing too In alternate shifts While this t ls would take te four tour men from their ther regular regula beats b at during the hours suggested it tt t is difficult to see how harm hr could come from tile the action acton for forthe forthe forthe the hours hour hourI are arp af those ose in Ip which w more peo people pIe are on the te streets than tan at any other and ad nd the danger from criminals c Is least leant leat 4 Besides If 1 the te occasion should arise aise the policemen could easily be found ond at their crossing posts posta and practically Ir no 10 delay In I securing their services would be encountered Unless something of ot this kind Is done doneIt It I will be little lt short of Q a miracle mirle If the Improvements at the Intersection are completed without loss pf life life or serious Injury to somebody Automobiles dash through there with wih only a slight sUg ht lessen lessening lessenIng lessening ing of ot speed horses hores are driven through it on the trot and andy pedestrians have narrow escapes at almost every ever mo moment moment ment during the busy hours Policemen In uniform would w Compel chauffeurs and drivers to proceed carefully and they the would be on hand to drag thoughtless pedestrians from under the wheels of ot vehicles or the feet teet of or horses hores The streets of this city are generally speaking sp so wide that there Is nearly always room for tor the pedestrian to dodge one vehicle without encountering another This Is not true tre Jast just now of ot the intersection of Main and Second South streets The crossing is danger dangerous ous extremely dangerous and it should be guarded until the work now under underway underway underway way Is completed |