Arizona sun., 1954-04-09
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AIR POLLUTION STUDY TO

IN the PhOenlX area VIII De nIdue
by a four member Valley Air Pol
luton Committee appointed by the
Mayor. The condition has been the
subject of frequent comment by
residents and winter visitors. The
principal tasks of the Committee
is to determine the sources of air
pollution and to plan methods of
combating the problem.
MARCH FATAL ACCIDENT
RECORD IMPROVES: After bad
start i'm the first two months of the
year, the fatal accident record i'm
proved during March, compared
with year ago. Only one death
was recorded i'm March, compared
with two in March, 1858. This
brings total fatalities for the first
three months of the year to Z, com
pared with for the same period
last year. In the full year 1853
fatalities were held to IL, only four
more than the ! already killed i'm
jttle first three months of this
year. The police accident record
for March follows:
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STANDARDS FOR PARK CEN
TRIAL DEVELOPMENT. Through
the property owners paying the
difference in cost, steel street light
standards, instead of the wooden
poles used in the residential areas,
will be installed in the Park Cen
trail Development between Central
and 7th Avenue, Catalina and OS-
born Road. This is in keeping with
the policy adopted by the City that
property owners may have the
steel street lighting standards if
they are willing to pay the added
cost of the installation over wood
en- poles. The contract between the
City and the Arizona Public Serv
ice Company stipulates that wood
en- poles will be used in the resi-
Dental areas. The installation will
be made as part oft he 81 300, 900
street lighting program for the
City of Phoenix.
BICYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM
FOR SCHOOLS. The safety of
school pupils riding bicycles to and
from school has been greatly inn
proved through an efficient safety
education program. The program
is conducted jointly by the schools
and the Phoenix Police Depart
ment Safety Division. Prior to is
suing a bicycle riders license, the
cyclst is required to take writ
ten examination patterned after
that given motorists applying for
drivers license. The pre,licensing
educational program has proven
valuable in that 95 per cent of the
children taking the examination
are able to pass it. This assures
those concerned that the school
children are becoming well ac-
quainted with the safe rules and
laws governing bicycle riders. AS
result of issuing violation notices
to bicycle riders, the accident rate
in which bicycles were involved has
been considerably reduced. The VIC
lation notices are turned over to
the principal of the school the child
attends for whatever action is
found necessary.
CONSTRUCTION IN PHOENIX
TOPS 81 MILLION MARK. The
value of building permits issued
by the Division of Building Inspec-
tions in March for constructor of
new buildings reached the second
highest total in the history of the
City of Phoenix. The 303 permits
total $4,442, ,402. The highest month
on record is April, 1851, when per
mits were issued for construction
valued at $5,S8S,325 The overall
total for the first 3 months of the
current calendar year is Sc, 1866, ,929,
compared to $4, ,485, ,782 for the
same period in 1858. The large in
crease reported in March is at
tributed to the $2,740,000 permit
issued for construction of the new
First National Bank of Arizona, as
well as a sharp increase in the
number of residence permits is
sued.
LIGHTS TURNED ON AT CO
RONADO. TIL new lighting system
for Coronado Park was turned on
for the first time last Tuesday. The
$36, 400 lighting contract was
awarded by the City Council last
June, as part of the City's park
lighting program. The modern
floodlights furnish complete light
ing for the baseball field, tennis
court, basketball court and the
north, west and south park areas.
The Arizona Puhlic Service