Show Speeding Up Army Traffic THE ITHE Utah Traffic Safety council with army A state and city traffic experts is studying the problem of expediting travel of army trucks and cars across the city from Fort Douglas to the airport It is a problem that needs the attention of traffic authorities and efforts to relieve congestion and speed up this cross-city cross traffic are commendable The problem does not primarily concern any inconvenience to Salt Lake City motorists because of the increased army traffic It is estimated there are only about round trips made daily dally Actually there are few v occasions when army traffic across th the city causes any serious inconvenience to city motorists And generally speaking army drivers operate their trucks and cars safely and with due consideration tion for other motorists Real issue is the need for avoiding all unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- un- un necessary delays to army operations in the city We realize that one of the great handicaps handicaps handi handi- caps of the army air base here is the fact that Fort Douglas with all its facilities is located cl clear ar across town from the airdrome We want to do everything in our power to minimize minimize mini mini- mize that handicap If it is possible to make arrangements to speed up army traffic across the city while still safeguarding the rights of local motorists and the free flow of city traffic it should be done It is distinctly to our advantage advantage ad ad- advantage vantage as well as to the army's to achieve that goal |