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Show PARKING METER PROJECT GIVEN DFFICIATSTUDY Erwin Will Discuss Plan With Mayors at Convention Action on th suggestion that ten additional traffic policemen ba added immediately to the police department de-partment and the personnel expansion expan-sion be financed by revenue from parking meters entered a stag of "study and Investigation" Thursday. The recommendation eras placed before city commissioners by repr-. sentatlvea of the central council for trafflo safety.- Commissioners took the matter underdvtsementoq " Wednesday. Mayor E. B. Erwin. head of the public safety department. Indicated his Intention of giving the subject full study while he attends the United States conference of mayors' annual meeting which opens Monday Mon-day at Washington, D. a Th mayor planned to leave Thursday night for the capital. "I will contact aa many mayors and other city officials on th subject sub-ject of parking meters as possible while in Washington with a view to determining effects of their us in other cities," said Mayor Erwin. Commissioners Comment It la estimated that 1M0 te 1(00 of th curb devices would be needed to meter business districts of th - city and raise sufficient money to finance axpanslon of th traffic division personnel Other member of the city commission com-mission commented aa follows: Commissioner John B. Mathaeoa "When Installation of parking meters me-ters becomes an official Issue before th commission I shall act according accord-ing to th majority attitude of th people. If I can learn what that is." Commissioner P. H. Goggin "I personally favor parking meter. And I believe th people will when they become accustomed to thera." Commissioner William Murdoch "Our parking problems are becoming becom-ing mora complicated and trying every day. We must not consider th maters from a financial point of view, but from th angle of what they will accomplish and whether the, people really want them again," Safety First Need Commissioner George D. Keyaer could not be reached with a request for aa expression of his views, Th saety . council oomraltta which presented th matter waa composed of W. D. Risbel, J, B. Whltehill, J. Eastman Hatch, W. a McCarthy and Ferris Thomases n. Th council is mad up of members of th Utah Btata Automobile association, asso-ciation, chamber of commerce; Junior Jun-ior chamber of com mere. American Amer-ican legion, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Exchange clubs. Among individual members at th committee expressing their views waa Mr. Thomaasen. Ha said: "As I understand th group's consensus, education of th motoring mo-toring public and better lighting of street are essentials to trafflo safety. But they are not primary essentials. We believe that efficient effi-cient patrolling and rigid enforcement enforce-ment of traffic rule are th primary pri-mary requisites te bettering safety conditions on th streets. More patrolmen functioning efficiently should result In fewer arreste and much Improved safety conditions oa our streets." |