Show Light V Vs s. s Lives Night accidents constitute one of f the most serious factors in the growing rowing automobile accident lem em A recent survey on P Pub b lk lil c. c an A tp hv by Street J J Lighting made by an engineer of the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters pres- pres a graphic picture of ot the gravity of the situation and points to the cure The survey proves that the old supposition that the provided by automobile head headlights headlights headlights lights is enough is false the false the poorer the grade of street lighting lighting lighting light light- ing the high higher r the accident rate For example the night fatality rate on streets with Grade A Alighting Alighting lighting is seven times higher than the day rate On streets with Grade B lighting it is 10 times higher higher and and on streets with Grade GradeD D lighting it is fifteen times higher high high- er er This fact carries especial force now inasmuch as many communities communities communities in the search for means of cutting costs have lowered their street lighting ng standards The re re- re- re I suIts of this policy Is found in a comparison between two groups of cities one which increased street lighting budgets while the theother theother theother other decreased them In the first case night fatalities dropped 25 per cent and caused an economic saving of per capita In the second case fatalities rose 76 per percent percent percent cent at an economic cost of 69 cents per capita This was poor economy indeed indeed measured measured either in dollars or the coin of human lives ives Good street Ugh lighting Ung is not a a. luxury it it is a community sity It saves lives and money It is the first essential step in solving solving sol sol- sol sol- ving the night accident problem Industrial News Review Rc I quent properties and was absent and not voting on the Peterson bill limiting the hours of ot labor fOr or miners working underground to o eight hours per day Representative George A. A of Vernal was absent during during dur- dur ing ng the week because of ot the untimely untimely un- un timely death of his daughter in an automobile accident He and his family amily were offered the condolences condolences condol- condol of both house and senate in n unanimously passed resolutions and beautiful floral offerings were given by the legislators |