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Show RESERVOIR ROAD SAFETYSOOGIIT Crash Causes Keyser to Launch Move A move to increase safety factors on the highway bordering Mountain Dell reservoir, Parlay's canyon, was launched Tuesday by City Commissioner Commis-sioner George D. Keyser. Continuation of the concrete, abutment and night Uluminatloa of the road, particularly on the reservoir side, are goals sought as an outgrowth of the tragic accident acci-dent which claimed lives of Beatrice Beat-rice Jemieon, SL and Raymond Gamble, 34. -An early meeting" with the stats road commission safety engineer is urged by Commissioner Keyser in a letter written to E. C Know 1 ton, chief engineer of the road commission. commis-sion. In addition to thanking- the road commission and many others for their cooperation in removing' the wrecked automobile and bodies from the reservoir, Commissioner Keyser made it clear to Mr. Kn owl-ton owl-ton that safety factors along the highway adjacent to the reservoir could be increased measurably. Although a concrete coping borders bor-ders part of the road now, the 100-foot 100-foot embankment down which the Papworth car plunged was guarded only by a wooden structure. The road at the point wbero the accident acci-dent occurred is not lighted. The entire stretch of highway is controlled con-trolled by the state road commission commis-sion as a state road. In behalf of Salt Lake City commissioners. com-missioners. Commissioner Keyser expressed gratitude to a group of firms and individual organisations for assisting the water department in carrying out operations for recovery recov-ery of the bodies of Miss Jemison and Mr. Gamble. Included In the list of recipients are: Alvin P. Adams, president of Western Air Express, who helped obtain services of the expert diver; John Lang, president of Lang com- (CouUntiod on Pan Seven) (Column Two) RESERVOIR ROAD SAFETYSOUGHT (Coattouea from Peg One) pany, 267 West First South street, who loaned the city an air compressor; compres-sor; Sheriff B. Grant Young, Police Chief Harry L. Finch and Health Commissioner T. J. Howells and the respective personnel of their departments; depart-ments; George M. Gadsby, president, presi-dent, Utah Power and Light company, com-pany, for lending lighting equipment equip-ment ; L, E. Arnold, president of the Waterworks Equipment company, 149 West Second South street, for loaning equipment, and D. G. Cunningham, Cun-ningham, master mechanic of the Denver at Rio Grande Western Railroad Rail-road company, who offered the city a heavy derrick to help remove the wrecked automobile. I |