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Show I Traffic 1 Crossing Control Problem Studied Engineering Group of Safety Council Drafts Report on Pedestrian Lane Problem ..' By BOB HALE Presaging possible action next week, the engineering committee com-mittee of the city traffic commission met Friday afternoon to seek solution to the problem of adequate traffic control at Salt Lake pedestrian lanes. The committee is to report its findings at a meeting of the commission Tuesday afternoon. The matter of control at the midblock crossings in the busi- I Salt Lake Has 52 Days Left To Set Deathless Record Seventeen behind, 6t ahead. That was the count Friday In Salt Lake City's effort to reach a new modern record f fit mnaeeutlve days without a - 1 sinfffe death. The last traffic death In the city wal en September II; since then, 17 days have passed without a fatality en street er highway. Including Friday, there are St days until November . ZS, the attained. I 1 ness district was the No, 1 item on the committee program Friday, Fri-day, said C. C Woolley, committee member who has been delegated dele-gated by the traffic commission to make a report on best means of traffic regulation at these crossings. The committee held an "automobile meeting," touring the city to observe the pedestrian lanes and other traffic jnatters. Among plans before the committee for control at the mid-block mid-block crossings which now are without protection at night is a proposal to reflectorize the "stop" signs now used in daytime, day-time, so they can be used after dark. |