Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-05-13 | Page 19 | Cities Contesting to Reduce Mishaps

r I C Cities C Contesting To Reduce Mishaps I t It II it t I i ti tiA A I b II fy ti 4 i leaders In limo aCCident contest vE fl Tell Tell- Telling inK ing pre pre-ident Cleveland Saul hafi belou Chine T BIL hal Detroit By sFA lR EA en Ice CL CLEVELAND V LAND May CI 12 Chase 12 12 land Clave-land ve- ve veland land and nd Detroit rival cities In growth and ao In hi his hl lag Ing another 11 lively ely tussle this time Ume for the benefit and safety arct ot of thi t b stand r Time fhe contest now three weeks old oldis Is going goins on to ceo eo which cit will wll come out at the end with sith te fesser deaths and injuries from tra traffic rne ac- ac accidents accidents It started with a challenge by bv the CI I Safety council to time tho Jell Public Safet Safety ind Ins so far tar she n Cleveland on top as the tho safer city of ot the tho two I The fhe first week found with Ith 1 II toll of four dead and 56 In- In InJured injured in injured while Detroit had bad listed dead drad and injured During Dunn DurIn the second eek eland Cleveland is ahead lh two tao lead dead and 60 CO In-I In In- In Inured in inured u red while olt had 9 de and Injured Since January 1 Detroit bad had re- re reI recorded re recorded I corded 6 traffic traCIe deaths and Cle Cleie- Cleie lan Cleve-lan mi la-mi 1 33 3 I e-I Doth Both cities are considered on II a apar apar Ipar par for tor Do De DeIt DoI troit his a larger population and ind It I I more automobiles On the other hand Cleveland cland has mole mOlo street streetcars streetcars streetcars cars in a more moro com complex pie system 8 stem and i ikes hiss kes policemen to take talo care o ot of traffic C fic ficI Ic I I This friendly contest will surely result in a decrease of ot accidents In those thise sa s 5 W V K Id ToIlIng Telling president of ot tho Cleveland Safety I council It It Is hoped the same ac- ac action I aeI tion will be adopted in other I of the country so BO that auto aula traffic I accidents may be reduced to a 1 min min- I urn