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Show : Traffic Move to Protect Busy S. L. Corner Gets Under Way City, State Groups Will Consider Installing Semaphore at Hazardous Second South and Thirteenth East Streets By BOB HALE A move toward instillation of traffic control at what is regarded re-garded ai one of Salt Lake Clty'i hazardous intersection! Second South and Thirteenth East streets was under way Tuesday. Plans for Installation by the state road commission, of a semaphore sema-phore at this intersection are expected to be on the agenda of the city traffic commission at its next meeting October 17. The proposal already has the backing of the police traffic department. de-partment. Sergeant Harvey C Pelrce, head of the department, said he would favor such installation. George French, traffic commission secretary, said the matter mat-ter likely would be on the next program. . B. C. J. Wheatlake, chairman of the commission's engineer-. engineer-. Ing committee, said his group would give the proposal full consideration con-sideration before the next commission session. Preston G. Peterson and George Abbott, road commission members, Indicated that the commission would look with favor 65 Deathless Traffic Days . Stand in Wayof New Mark A warning, unless heeded. Is useless. Salt Lakers would de well to review the t raffle accident acci-dent death history of the last few weeks. - Although there have been only IT t raffle deaths la the city this year, six of them have occurred la the period 11000 August ta. There were three deaths la August, two la Sep tember and eae so far la Oe- teber. AU ef which Is a reminder that snora eara aa the part at everyone Is arccry U the la- . eMenee ef traffic death Is te be cut down. The last four days have passed without a traffic fatality la the city, leaving; as days to CC If the muaieipeUty Is to set a aew medera record of SC cea-seeutlve cea-seeutlve days without traffic death. upon such installation, bat that the first move must come from the city. Under an agreement, 'the road commission installs signals sig-nals on state highways within the city in cooperation with the city commission. Thirteenth East street is part of the state system. Sergeant Pelrce said a semaphore at Second South and Thirteenth Thir-teenth East streets could be synchronized with one now at Third South street. With motorists observing restricted speed at this point (20 miles an hour in school zone during school hours, 25 miles an hour otherwise) vehicle traffic could move through the two semaphores without interruption, he said. One theory is against placing semaphores close together In residential areas, but it was pointed out the block between Second South and Third South streets on Thirteenth East street is comparable com-parable to a business district block because of heavy pedestrian cross-traffic and the presence of several stores and markets. The semaphore at Third South and Thirteenth East streets was Installed for protection of heavy pedestrian traffic caused by the adjacent Stewart training school. A sign at Second South street has been sought for protection of University of Utah students. |