Editorials

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

Published in the Interest of Good Roads by the ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

CIVILIZATION FOLLOWS THE IMPROVED HIGHWAY

Vol. IX SEPTEMBER, 1933 No. 9

ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

SHELTON G. DOWELL, Chairman, Douglas

MONTE MANSFIELD, Commissioner, Tucson

RAY N. VYNE, Vice-Chairman, Prescott

C. E. ADDAMS, Commissioner, Phoenix

JACOB BARTH, Commissioner, St. Johns

C. C. JARRETT, Secretary, Mesa

GENERAL OFFICE

SID SMYTH, Deputy State Engineer

T. S. O'CONNELL, State Highway Engineer

J. S. MILLS, Engineer of Estimates

E. M. WHITWORTH, Vehicle Superintendent

H. C. HATCHER, Statistical Engineer

R. A. HOFFMAN, Bridge Engineer

W. H. MURRAY, Superintendent of Stores

E. V. MILLER, Engineer of Plans

M. L. WHEELER, Chief Accountant

J. W. POWERS, Engineer of Materials

C. R. McDOWELL, Patrol Superintendent

SWAN A. ERICKSON, Engineer Certification Board

FIELD ENGINEERS

GEORGE B. SHAFFER, District Engineer District No. 1

R. C. PERKINS, District Engineer District No. 3

F. N. GRANT, District Engineer District No. 2

W. R. HUTCHINS, District Engineer District No. 4

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Arizona Highway Department Phoenix, Arizona

BLAMING THE OTHER FELLOW

It's always the other fellow's fault.

But that doesn't stop the accident toll.

This thought was forcefully impressed upon the writer a few days ago on one of Phoenix' congested business district corners. Having stopped his car for a red signal, he made a slow turn when the light changed, with an eye to pedestrian traffic. A long and gangly individual, absent-mindedly gazing up the street in the opposite direction from that of the movement of automobiles, nearly strolled into the side of the car. "Why don't you honk your horn," he shouted.

The automobile could not possibly have struck him. Yet he might have been seriously injured had he taken another step forward.

In the pedestrian's eyes, the near-collision was the driver's fault.

It is always easy to excuse ourselves and blame the other fellow. And this editorial proves the point. Perhaps we shouldn't have been going around the corner.

SEPTEMBER, 1933 Arizona Highways, was reprinted with permission from Engineering News-Record and should have been so credited. Through an error, the credit line was omitted. Mr. Fraps, who recently resigned as Arizona engineer of dams to accept his present position, is a recognized authority on hydraulics, and articles under his signature frequently appear in publications of national standing.

OUR COVER PICTURE

The cover picture on this month's ARIZONA HIGHWAYS is a striking view of Vermillion Cliffs near Lee's Ferry Bridge on U. S. Highway 89, taken by Norman G. Wallace. These cliffs, which extend from the Utah line southeasterly far into the Navajo country of Arizona, are probably as correctly named as any of the state's many scenic wonders. Towering high above the valleys along which they rise, they are colored a brilliant red, shading into a deeper and softer tone near their base and blending into browns and greens at the valley floor. The printers' and the painters' arts are inadequate to properly represent them. They must be seen with the eye to be entirely appreciated. This marvel of nature's grandeur and beauty is only a day's drive from the center of the state over a high-type roadway, which when the present year's program is com pleted will be oil surfaced more than half the distance.An article entitled "Improved Transition Adds Capacity to Flume," by J. A. Fraps, designing engineer, Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District No. 1, which appeared in the August edition of

KEEPING THE RECORD STRAIGHT