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Show COASTING OPPOSED. OGDEN. Dee. 25. Because of the great danger" of accidents and also due to the fact that several persons are Injured every winter, a movement has been started to abolish coasting- on the bench inclines -which terminate in Washington avenue Intersections. Since the Inclines have become sur-faced sur-faced with a coating of smooth Ice and snow the boys havo entered upon their annual sport. At all of the favorite slides Twcntv-t.iird. Twcntv-t.iird. Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-seventh streets, there Is extreme danger of the boy-laden sleds shooting down off the Incline under the -wheels of a Washington avenue street car" or other vehicle. Motormcn and condue-tors condue-tors on the Washington avenue cars liavo been not I Hod to keep a aliarp looko'ut for coaster -when passing bench street Intersections. Citizens who have watched the danger-ous danger-ous practice may decide, viowcvcr, to ap-peal ap-peal to the police in an effort to stop tho dangerous roaJlns. While they do not ! desire to curtail the boys' winter sports, they do believe that the lads can find equally good coasting at points other than tho business district and where there Is less danger of serious Injury or even death. |