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Show .- . . i As for Big City ideas. The larger towns have the personnel and trained employees to study various problems that come up and the smaller municipalities can profit from their research by simply watching them and following any of their methods that are applicable. None of the municipalities n Utah even attempt to haul all their snow away. That would be a task requiring an army of men and trucks. It is certainly beyond the means of Milford with their two trucks and three men. After Aft-er this last storm there was not even a loader available in this area. The reason for ricking the snow in the middle of the street is simple. It leaves the curb and gutter free for parking park-ing and walking. It removes the drainage problem before it arises. II puts the bulk of the snow where it is accessible if a d.s;:osal program is attempted. attempt-ed. Any ordnary thawing occurs oc-curs gradually and the runoff with the gutters open is hardly noticeable. Due to a little misunderstanding mis-understanding on the part of the machine operator, and also due to the machine breaking down in the middle of the clearing clear-ing operations, we did not go Ihiough with or finish the job properly this time, but the thing is now organized and all the wide streets will be cleaned from the curb line out and ricked in the middle. I Now for the political glory. Will some of you ladies on 100 West street give your opinion of the oiling program? ?? Sincerely, W. S. BOLTON, Councilman of Streets, Traffic engineer. P. S. The lady's reference to everyone carrying a shovel was probably brought about by my remark that with a snow shovel and a sack of rough salt I had made a beautiful place to turn around in front of my house on a steeper part of the h 11 than the one in question. U'.S.B, Dear Ed: II was with mixed feelings that I read The News of Feb. 10th. At first there was some ' !':eling of anger but a more j thorough study of the letter , from the lady who received the citation for running the closed ' street signs caused me to try i and see her viewpoint. . A study of the siluat-on ! brings this to- light: The sign I Ion 100 West Street north of I the 500 South intersection can and will be moved just south ' of the library, as a number of ! motorists have absent-mindedly I driven the intervening block I only to find they had to go I back. Also the s!gn on 200 Wet north of hie 500 South intersection will be moved back to the first residence on that street. Other than that I do not feel and neither do the other , council members, that we should move all of these signs back a full block and thereby deprive all the residents within those blocks of the privilege of vis'tors in automobiles. This is exactly what it would mean 'and NO ONE except the actual icsidents could pass the signs. I (Maybe a "Closed" sign at the intersection of the coasting I lane could be augmented by a I "Not a through street" sign a I block away. That would be a iiem nder to motorists Editor). Now as to your comments I I about the question as to the I lady's right to cross the signs. She definitely does not live within the closed area. In fact, she lives several hundred feet out.-ide the sign which she crossed. Also, from her residence resi-dence there is a readily accessible acces-sible route to and from the bus- iness district without crossing the closed area. It is a much better route in icy weather as I it does not pass over nearly the grade as the closed route. It might necessitate a slight change in parking habits but it is quite feasible and in bad weather we must realize that conditions are not going to be ideal. I am told on good author- ity that many people in Salt I Lake leave their cars at some accessible point and walk home in bad weather. Now for the trap. It is com- j mon understanding that a trap i is a device placed to ensnare the unwary. In as much as ' sonic of the middle aged resi- J dents assure me the "Test Hill" j has been blocked off for coasting coast-ing since the earliest memory, ' each and every time there is nnimh snow to make' sledding j possible. I cannot subscribe te ' the thought that a lady who was born and raised in Milford and has lived within sight of the I controversial corner for some ' time- was unaware eif the condi- tion. As for the sign being i covered, the1 base or lcjs were j neit vis'ble. but the part that said CLOSED in large black 1 letters was plainly visible-. i |