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Show Traffic Key Problem For Grand Junction Police 1,631 New Homes Go Up In Grand Junction Grand Junction, a boom town comparatively free from vice and a huge problem crime, is facing one that is not new to the cities of America, but one that is unique to this former agricultural center. That problem is control of traffic, especially in the downtown area. Solution of the problem is in tlie hands of the city council, the city manager, and the chief of Grand Junctions police depart- of 1,631 ment, Karl Johnson. His biggest headache has result40 year-ol- d through the ancient station. Besides being lucky, the chief is striving to give Grand Junction the reputation of a tough town among the shadier elements. A constant vigil is maintained in bars and pool halls, where suspicious characters are inclined to hang out, and such persons are given floaters if they cannot supply the department with an adequate reason for their presence in the community. ed from the mushrooming uranium industry, which has brought countless thousands to the Western Slope city, not only to live, but to transact business, to tour, to be enteitained, then returning to their homes. Granted, Chief Johnson has other problems. His radio equipment, over 14 years old, has in his own outlived its life expecwords Physical facilities, both tancy. jail and office, are overcrowded. He could use another patrol car four, plus two motorcycles are now in service and more men Cthe force now numbers 25, including a custodian and dog catcher and one officer assigned to take care of the citys 600 parking meters) if the rate of expansion of the community holds steady. Mainly, however, he and his officers are concerned with that traffic problem. Shortly after the first of the year. Chief Johnson made several recommendations to the eity manager and council to solve flie communitys motoring ills. Among them were: 1 Create four lanes of traffic on Main Street by changing over from diagonal to parallel parking; e 2 Fifth street Expand to three lanes, and eliminate all on that thoroughfare. parking Fifth Street is a main access road to the community from the south, e and a viaduct over the railroad tracks carries the brunt of rush-hoU- r morning and evening traffic to and from Orchard Mesa and the AEC station. Also recommended was another access road to the mam part of the city from the Mesa. 3 Installation of walk and wait signs for pedestrians along the lines of those now in use in Denver. This would give the pedestrian a full street crossing interval, with all traffic stopped until the crosswalks are cleared. 4 Plant more parking meters, especially on White, Colorado, South Sixth and South Third, all streets bordering on the mam business district. 5 Add more off street parking. Including private lots, municipal lots operated by the city and municipal lots leased to private inter- Grand Junctionnhas seen a total new homes built during the period 1940 through 1954, according to figures prepared by Warien D. Tojne, city manager. Of that amount, 570 were built 1950 and 1954, during two jears with 245 and 325 respectively going Upetco Geronimo Uranium Western Empire Oil Ute Uranium We maintain active trading markets. J. T. Peter Ansherry Chairman of the Board CORPORATION Gillis W. Long Pre&ident up Tojne also decided that estimates for 1955 indicate new construction will be much larger than Wavne R. Ahhott Executive Vice President in 1954. OIL AtlD UnAfJSUr.l STOCKS O Q O Q AMURAIIIUM Currently drilling its large landspread in the Lisbon Fault-BiIndian area of Utah under DMEA contract and mining substantial quantities of ore from two mines near Grants, New g Green River Oil and Uranium Union Uranium Western Oilfields Uncompahgre Mexico. Phone for quotations and information. Utah: Moab, Marshall Court Washington, D. C. Colorado Building W. HICKS & CO., INC. 308 Colorado Bldg., Denver, Colo. Phone AC two-lan- two-lan- ests. Facilities of jail and office, he pointed out, would of necessity be a solution for all concerned. In 1954, 1,800 prisoners and 11,000 traffic violators were processed Service Companies Meet Town Heeds the Climax Molybdenum Co., started major mining operaat tions what is now Climax, Colo., It recognized the need for a comto meet service needs of the pany rapidly growing community that sprawled on the mountain-sid- e near the mine site. It was decided to have someone establish various stores required to supply needs of the new town, a place for recreation and a place where miners could buy needed equipment. George L. Coulter formed the Fremont Trading Co., for just that purpose, and today the trading company is under contract to supply all service needs of the community, that is still growing as the Climax mine expands its operations. Coulter also operates the San Miguel Trading Center, Inc., at Uravan, managed by P. H. Peters, to serve people in the town created by the United States Vanadium Corp., which set up a huge uranium milling plant there. Included in facilities provided by Che two companies are grocery stores, dry goods, meats, filling taproom, bunkhouses, Station, boarding houses, and theater services to the communities. Promise of a golden future When Major Income Sources Major sources of income in the Grand Junction area include farming, ranching, mining, transportation, manufacturing, government, retail trade, service industry, wholesale and tourist industry. While these are not listed according to rating, it is believed that 1954 saw the uranium industry make the largest single contribution to the economy of the Colorado Plateau community. Yellow uranium ore from the Colorado Plateau is helping to bring atomic wonders to you Long ago, Indian braves made tlieir war paint from the orful sandstones of the Colorado Plateau. col- e, Their brilliant yellows came from uranium-hearin- g mineral. Early in the carnotite, important this century, this ore supplied radium for the famous scientists, Marie and Pierre Curie, and later vanadium for special alloys and steels. Today, this Plateau stretching over parts of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and Wyoming is our chief domestic source of uranium. Here, new communities thrive; jeeps and airplanes replace the burro; Geiger counters suparid miners hunch. plant the divining rod From hundreds of mines that are often just small tunnels in the hills, carnotite is hauled to processing mills. After the THEY USED URANIUM vanadium is extracted, the uranium, concentrated in the is shipped to atomic energy plants. form of yellow-cakA NEW ERA BECKONS What does atomic energy promise for you? Already radioactive isotopes are working wonders in medicine, industry, and agriculture. In atomic energy, scientists also see a vision of unknown power which someday may heat and light your home, and propel submarines, ships, and aircraft. The Indians war paint is on the march again toward a golden future. UCC TAKES AN IMPORTANT PART The people of Union Carbide locate, mine, and refine uranium ore. They also operate for the Government the huge atomic materials plants at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Paducah, Ky., and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where radioisotopes are made. Stfi Ifc of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation DH3 GRAND JUNCTION, RIFLE, and URAVAN, COLORADO THOMPSON, UTAH A Division |
