| OCR Text |
Show _ m _ . _ . _ _ _ _ . Traffic SemaphoreSlated Semaphore SemaphoreSlated | Slated for MainAt Main , At Vernal AvenueRecommendation Avenue AvenueRecommendation Recommendation that a traf trafflc traffie tratfie flc fie semaphore be placed at the thecorner thecorner thecorner corner of Vernal avenue and andMain andMain I IMain Main street was made to thestate the thestate ! state road commission last weekl week weekby weekby ! by Harry S Wnght Wright traffic and andI andsafety andsafety I safety engineer engmeer of the . commisSion commis commission commissionThe I sian Sion SionThe The recommendation followed followedhis followedhis I Ihis his study of traffic conditions conditionsat , at the Vernal intersection Intesection } andwas and andI andwas andwas was s\I s I stl submitted \ mtted mitted , with a ( t report xeport eport of ofunbelievably ofunbelievably ofunbelievably I unbelievably hf high hfgh h 'l l ' nglireS 1g'UrdJ 1gUrdJ ' ure ' ' Ot on ontraffic ontraffic ] traffic movement across the in intersectIon intersection intersection intersectionThe tersectIon tersectIonThe The report showed a total of of13 13 752 cars passing passmg the point pomt between between be | tween the hours of 7 a m and and10pm 113752 10 pm p m with a total pe pedestrian despedestrian pedestrianmovement despedestrianmovement pedestrianmovement movement of 11 806 800 It showedone showed showedone showedone one car every 12 second east and andwest andwest andwest west wi with th a pedestrian move move- movement movement movement . - - ment of one every 20 seconds At Atpeak Atpeak Atpeak peak periods there was one car carevery carevery carevery every nine seconds and onepedestrian one onepedestrian onepedestrian pedestrian every 14 secondsMr secondsMr seconds secondsMr Mr Wright declared that the theIncreased theincreased theIncreased Increased accid accident nt rate at the theintersection theintersection theintersection intersection was alarming Ac Accldent Accadent Accident cldent cadent records since 1942 show showone showone showone one collision in 1942 , , three in in1943 1943 five in 1944 , , and 13 during duringthe duringthe duringthe the first fust nine months of 1945'three 1945 1945Three 1945Three Three 'three ' of the 13 accidents in 1945 1945Involved 1945involved 1945Involved Involved autos and pedestriansUnder pedestriansUnder pedestrians pedestriansUnder Under an agreement with the thestate thestate thestate state road commission the city citywill citywill citywill will install maintain and fur furnish furnish furnish nish the necessary electrical electricalenergy electricalenergy electricalenergy energy for the semaphore The Theroad Theroad Theroad road commission will supply the thesemaphore thesemaphore thesemaphore semaphore at a cost of $340 340 $ |
