Show Cheif Swenson Outlines Rules For City's New Parking Meters By fly A. A A M M. Swenson Chief of ot Police Pollee Most of ot use are aware by now that hat th the City ot of the thc Red Rocs Rock R Country Is no longer the quite little cowtown of yesteryear Once the crossroads of cattle caUle trails It Is now a throbbing thruway for tour fists and of late an artery of the uranium country The town fathers have been faced with many new big city problems s out of a mushroom growth which almost startles the perennial visitor One of these problems In this fast growing community has been a metropolitan like like traffic and what to do with the automobile while white the driver is doing business In the city One reasonable answer is the park ing meter recommended and in use for years In all heavily traveled cities Now that sidewalks an and curbs are In the installation o of t meters will permit more and fairer faire r parking privileges for more people e re in places where shopping and business busi buss ness Is concentrated Space will be available for tor the driver whose time available for tor the driver whose time Is limited In town or along the route The meter plan will allow for better traffic control by the police Meters being Installed will take pennies or nickels or combinations I of at both and will register up to two hour parking Meters are set at the rate of five cents per hour but hut will not take dimes to get two-hour two periods of parking A lot of the details of the meters are are at this writing yet to be worked worked worked work work- ed out by city ordnance The met metS being Installed will be operated operate d on the honor system as now used In Price parking Over will wilt be taken carof care car e of by a convenient deposit box called called call ed the meter o attached t to o meter posts at Intervals along th the e street This device Is especially designed designed de signed for on the spot settlement o of r f traffic fines Violation ticket envelopes con can taming the fine may be deposited d therein without subjecting the mot mot t to the embarrassment of a trip Ito to the police pollee station It eliminate eliminates s I Ithe Ethe the necessity of mailing a check stamps or money oder in payment of the amount assessed This arwill ar are will allow for the kind kinc of courtesy which appeals to th the public I The e amounts of fines will be on one I of the matters yet to be worked ou out by the city council The city has been able to arrange arrange arrange ar ar- range a long term payment pla plan whereby 50 per cent of ol the meter mete receipts will go to pay payoff off the cos cosof cost of installation and equipment Th The remaining 50 per cent will be kept kep by jy the city over the same period to tobe toe tobe be e used in maintaining an adequate safety program for driver and pedestrian pedestrian pedestrian pe pe- in the form of much needed needed needed need need- ed signal lights markers and traffic We trust that the citizens am an and d I visitors will cooperate with us s so o I that hat we can all feel assured of another another an other additional service established d for or the future good of Moab |