Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-24 | Page 6 | Chief Webb Points the Way

k i Chief the Way I OF POLICE WILLIAM C C. WEBB In Indicates In- In C. C CHIEF that he has something more important im tin- to do than be responsible for traffic which is s to say more Important than the saving of the lives of citizens by directing the improvement of traffic control in Salt Lake City J i Maybe hes he's right at that hat aL aLIt It It may be the vcr answer answer to some of the city's difficulty in m carryIng carrying carry carry- f ing g out a sustained program of better enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of traffic regulations and better engineerIng engineer- engineer Ing lag to to prevent accident accidents If It 14 as he indicates the chief is so busy on other more important matters wouldn't the logical l answer be to relieve him of the responsibility for traffic contro control entirely That way the tho city might kill two birds with one stone stone put put traffic control completely in the hands of an expert with power to act thus we would also have independent authority and re responsibility responsibility re re- so that needed and recognized control control con con- tol measures would be put into effect It brings us t rigl back to the suggestion made by Rufus G. G Jasper National Safety council traffic engineer and approved by the city traffic commission that commission that a separate traffic engineering bureau headed by a qualified traffic traffic traffic fic safety expert c be established Chief Webb has pointed the way to achievement achieve achieve- I moot ment of this objective by indicating the possible advisability of creating an independent traffic bureau wherein nothing else will be more important than the job of preventing accidents Injuries and death