Show Cleveland Man Invented Traffic Light 36 Years Ago CLEVELAND O. O August O.-August August 5 will willbe willbe be the birthday anniversary of the traffic light that light that instrument that has given many Americans high blood pressure According to the Cleveland Auto Auto- Automobile Automobile Automobile mobile Club on that day James B B. BHoge Hoge hung up the first traffic light at a now bustling side east-side inter- inter intersection section in Cleveland C Hoges Hoge's first signal was hand and op op- operated operated op- op operated by a policeman stationed Rationed at the corner who would ring a abell abell abell bell and turn the light on whenever the nearby firehouse received a call The signal had full approval of the chamber of commerce and a afew afew afew few months later a second set was installed However Hoges Hoge's success was cut short when the lights were declared unnecessary and impracticaL |