Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-01-28 | Page 1 | Boy Scouts Take Pedestrian Tally to Help Solve S. L. Traffic Problem

Boy Scouts Take Pedestrian Tally I To Help Solve S.L. Traffic Problem than United States soldier were killed in a similar period In the World war. m Youth, enthusiastic at the chance to do a civic good turn, tackled Salt Lake City's traffic problem Saturday. Satur-day. Nearly 150 Boy Scouts assembled at tha police gymnasium and, after receiving instructions, began field work in the city traffic survey. A score of off duty firemen in unt-I unt-I form directed the boys, who were ! divided into groups to check volume of pedestrian traffic at downtown intersections and the degree of pedestrian pe-destrian obedience to signal. A similar group was stationed at SuKarhouse. iln general charge of the work were Rufus G. Jasper, engineer for the National Safety council, who is making ths survey; Walter S. Knight, city traffic safety engineer, and Cleveland G. Woolley, assistant city engineer. Standing in long double line In the gymnasium, the scouts were addressed ad-dressed briefly by Mr. Knight, who introduced Mr. Jasper. The latter told the boys their field work would constitute their "good turn" for ths day and that they were taking part in a civic effort ef-fort to reduce traffic death and In-Jury. In-Jury. "The problem of traffic safety is the nation's biggest problem." he told his young audience. "In the last 18 months mors persons, died in traffic accidents In' thia country