Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-29 | Page 7 | This Rough Dangerous Strip May be Improved

This Rough Dangerous Strip May Be lie Unproved Improved 1 F rJ J y N f tr S TillS THIS ROAD BELONGS BACK IN THE IN-THE THE WAYS OF THE WESTERN STAGECOACH Football fans will find rough goi going going g gon on Fifth South street above Thirteenth East str street et BOARDS STUDY ROAD PROBLEM The United States war department department department depart depart- ment the Utah state road commission commission commission commis commis- sion and the Salt Lake City street department were concerned Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day In a two-block-long two strip of road that reminded motorists of stagecoach days day in the old west The strip is the section of Fifth South street which runs east from Thirteenth East street to join with witha a new road built by the war department department de- de for army transport on the he Fort Douglas reservation Chuckholes are the rule rather than han the exception on the stretch which promises trouble for motorists motorists motor- motor who are also football fans because because because be be- cause it parallels the south side of the University of Utah stadium where hundreds of cars are parked while their owners attend games Commissioner John B. B Matheson city street department head said the he city commission had requested the he state ro road d commission to repair repair re- re pair air the road because the city had made repairs on Sunnyside avenue for or the new Parleys Parley's canyon cutoff cut- cut off Ezra C C. Knowlton chief engineer engineer engi- engi neer icer of ot the road commission said the he commission was seeking permission permission permission per per- mission for a way right-of-way on the military reservation reservation n from war d department de- de officials and that the matter of ot the road commission making the repairs was still under consideration Meanwhile automobile springs and tires tires' get extraordinary tests and motorists ts get a pioneering feeling eeling when traveling one of the roughest roads in town