Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-10-24 | Page 4 | Editorials by the People

Editorials 1 e or e a s B By ByThe ByThe y ye The e People I Evening Telegram ram As an au owner and driver of an au au- I beg bog leave leavo to differ diffor with Progressive o re regarding ardin his criticism of th tho ho way automobiles arc allowed to stan stand in our streets facin facing the tho curb turbo I It is ill t. t much easier to turn an auto forward into the curb than to back it in and the dan danger or to pedestrians and nud other vehicles is is not so 50 great rent When an auto is going goine along a street treet on ou the ri right ht hand side it itis if is is much simpler to it into Jinto tho the curb than to turn outward toward tho the left and then back it in Tho space is is usually limited near nar tho curb and thorp there iA is always dan danger er of or humping bumping another another an an- other auto or a n. horse stan standing at tho the curb It is not a difficult matter mat mat- ter tr to back out out all all that is needed boing boo bo- in ing a little watchfulness for other othor vehicles comin coming along the street It is iA not necessary to back ask as 88 far as tho the car tracks and the speed is so 80 slow that no pedestrian even in the middle of a block need be in is dan danger r. r Tho The writer has been in eve every prominent prominent nent cit city in tho the country an Rod ana cannot recall one where autos are backed into t the tho ho curb in the manner mannor stated by the tho Easterner Easterners who refers to us as jays days It is quite tho the fashion among certain people to think that in any matter in which we wo differ from other cities weare wo we aro are tho the jay jays Other citi cities s do not have streets of our width we wo differ from all tho the cities in that respect But instead of that indicating it indicates the most metropolitan farsightedness far far- farsightedness sightedness on tho the part of tho founders found found- I ers erg of our city Just for curiosity J 1 t would liko to know what city the superior su suo superior eastern eastorn gentleman hails bails from where autos on tho the business streets are arc backed into the tho curb AN A AUTO UTa OWNER