Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-08-01 | Page 13 | Street Hole Remains as Residents Fume

1 I p XI X 44 d I i. i 4 74 4 2 I 2 i 4 4 y t i N 4 r-i r 4 t j H. H 4 t t j. j r rc c 4 2 i I Ii i c t r I i JAe J- J Ae I 7 r k J t p I Hole Threatens Safety of Children Gaping hole left by storm two years ago still threatens safety of YO youngsters at Emerson Ave 1 year Two Delay Street Hole Remains As Residents Fume I When is an avenue not a thoroughfare thoroughfare thoroughfare thor thor- City commissioners and engineers engineers engi engi- faced that problem Friday after after two years of delay while delay while harassed residents of Emerson A Avenue venue fumed and fretted over the he issue issue Meanwhile parents in the vicinity of Emerson Avenue and East warned youngsters to steer clear of a gaping hole in what once was a paved pa traffic artery According to near-by near homeowners homeowners homeowners home home- owners the troublesome situation situation situa situa- tion came about when heavy 1950 rains washed out a sector of the 10 foot wide foot long curved roadway connecting Emerson E Erne m e r s son o n Avenue with East On a high embankment skirting skirting skirting skirt skirt- ing a deep gully carved by Emigration Emigration Emigration Emi Emi- gration Creek the original pavement pavement pave pave- ment had been guarded by post and cable fencing Immediately following the washout street department department de de- de workers set dead end signs and barriers to keep motorists from attempting to turn the corner Now with the fence partly down and a 16 foot long 5 foot wide hole eroded into the canyon- canyon edge of the pavement one group group of neighbors has petitioned the Salt Lake City Commission Commiss on to keep keel the narrowing street permanently perma perma- neatly closed Other residents want traffic permitted after proper repairs giving easy access to the Colonial Hills Ward Yard Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Latter- day Saints City Engineer Roy W W. reported legal as well as engineering engineering engi engi- problems are arc holding up repairs One resident believes the street is really his approach driveway and we have other and East Gully lacks f fence nce while debate I on permanently barring street traffic continues I right right-o way right way problems he said In addition people down the gully on the south side of the big hole object that water running running running run run- ning off the new pavement would flow now into their homes The hole is opposite 1681 Emerson Emerson Emerson Emer Emer- son Ave