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Show Entrance Signs For Utah Cities Prepared Early in 1951 at the time the 1950 census tabulations were beins completed, the Utah State Road Commission embarked on a statewide program for the erection of new "Entering City'' signs for each of the incorporated incorpor-ated areas in Utah. These signs are presently being prepared on metal with background area .reflectorization for nighttime visibility. Large letters indicate the name of the city and smaller , letters and numbers indicate the population and elevation. A statement from the road commission follows: "The official release of the 1950 population figures delayed jthe starting date for this project pro-ject until June 25, 1951, which was the date at which time the final official census figures were released to the State of Utah. Since this date, the State Road Commission has been abricating new signs, and in some cases reconditioning re-conditioning the old "Entering City" signs. "Many such signs are now being be-ing installed on a statewide basis. bas-is. However, until these new signs have been erected at the approaches to all cities in Utah, we ask for your cooperation in advising those citizens and groups that may inquire as tc why particular city signs have not been installed, that all of 800 or more new signs cannot be made or installed the same week or even during the same month. Since this undertaking has to be coordinated with all other sign work throughout the State, it may be early in 1952 before all "Entering City" signs are installed. Your patience in waiting for the crews to reach your particular city will be appreciated. "After these signs are in place, we solicit the wholehearted wholeheart-ed cooperation of the local officials of-ficials and the citizens to aid the State in the protection of these and the other official signs installed along our highways. high-ways. "We are sure ihat many of you have noticed that thousands of our signs in the rural and in the urban areas are damaged very soon after installation, either through vandalism or rifle fire. Last estimates available in- dicated that the replacement ol these signs that are thus damaged dam-aged is costing the State in excess ex-cess of $40,000 per year. With the aluminum which is now used in our signs being a critical crit-ical item due to the national emergency, it becomes increasingly increas-ingly important that these signs be conserved. It may be that these new signs, as well as many others installed, will have to remain in place for many years even though defaced or damaged dam-aged through willful destruction. destruc-tion. ( "Your cooperation in dissem- inatins this information to local officials and to the public will be appreciated." |