Show Fifth South Highway Problem P rf 1 gam iJ Faces Road Commission S S S SS S S S S S S I 11 p S S 4 y 4 S S St S S SS t t'S A rii S S 5 5 5 S S S HERE IERE LACK OF AGREEMENT RESULTS IN POOR ROAD Photo shows conc condition iti n of or East Fifth South street section U. U S. S Cooperation Seen as Way To Reach Solution By BOB nOB HALE Just like a year ago Salt Lake motorists again are bouncing with sp spine shaking jars on a ja jagged ged section section sec see tion of East Fifth South street that tha t strangely lies bet v between en two sections s of smooth c comparatively newS new highway S W What at could be d done dane ne about it was wasa a question Saturday even eyen though automobile springs and tires and motorists' motorists dispositions continued to take a beating The section lies between University University sity street and the end of the new Fort Douglas Dougas paved highway just east east- of the University of Utah sta sta- Along that unimproved stretch the surfacing is is badly cut cutup cutup cutup up and spotted with chuckholes Same as Last Year The same situation existed a year ago but at the request of the city traffic commission the state road commission scarified the stretch City traffic commissioners objected object object- ed to the abrupt ending of smooth highways onto ont a rough stretch The road commission performed the work last year although h it has no jurisdiction over Fifth South street east of Thirteenth East street It does have jurisdiction over th the h comparatively new Fifth South street boulevard that leads we west t from Thirteenth East street and curves into the intersection of Fourth South and Tenth East streets streets' S Ezra C. C Knowlton chief engineer for the commission said aid ald there has been no request from the thc city to toscar scar scarify fv the road again this year and that that the the road commission would not feel justified in doing so in view of apparent ref refusal sa of the United States war department to open th the reservation for the new w. w modern Parleys Parley's canyon cutoff cutoff cutoff cut cut- off hl highway hway New ew S SutI Solution tl n Seen n-een een V such Granting anif g of such right 0 of w way way- y across the military reservation would lead the off cut-off diagonally across across the re reservation entering Fifth South street just just east east of the stadium If that were done the road commis commission ion then would im- im move the present rough section of Ea East t Fifth South street to give a continuous modern highway Now the off cut-off hi highway hway ends abruptly at Sunnyside avenue which is not paved I doubt if the road road commission commission would feel fecI iu in doing anything anything anything any any- thing on Fifth South street east of Thirteenth East street unless there there- were action by the war department department department de de- de- de on the off cut-off Mr Knowlton said State Seeks Right of Way The road commission it was Understood understood understood un un- has endeavored for some sometime sometime sometime time to obtain right of way across the reservation to provide a direct off cut-off from Parleys Parley's canyon into the center of Salt Lake City The federal government has countered with a proposal that the off cut-off be continued west along Sunnyside avenue to the west est edge of the reservation then north to Fifth South street Commissioner John B. B Matheson he head d of the city str streets ets department depart depart- ment said the city is is equipped is-equipped to scarify the Fifth South street treet section sec see tion and that he would discuss the matter with Mr Knowlton I |