Year 1928 Bringing to Climax Greatest Era of New Development in Arizona's History

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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF GOOD ROADS BY THE

ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Vol. IV. DECEMBER, 1928 No. 12

ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION I. P. McBride, Chairman, Globe W. R. Wayland, Fred Steger, Commissioner, Phoenix Commissioner, Tucson Jas. F. McDonald, Floyd Williams, Commissioner, Bisbee Commissioner, Prescott M. C. Hankins, Secretary, Phoenix

GENERAL OFFICE

W. W. Lane. .....State Highway Engineer E. M. Whitworth, M. H. Hasler, Vehicle Superintendent Equipment Engineer

GENERAL OFFICE

R. A. Hoffman, J. W. Powers, Bridge Engineer Engineer of Materials V. A. Wood, J. S. Mills, Chief Clerk Engineer of Estimates Ira W. Wagnon, Right-of-Way Agent A. E. Stelzer R. L. Jones, Purchasing Agent Chief Accountant E. V. Miller, C. R. Jones Engineer of Plans Superintendent Stores FIELD ENGINEERS C. C. Small, Engineer of Surveys W. R. Hutchins, T. S. O'Connell, Construction Engineer Construction Engineer, Northern District Southern District F. N. Grant, R. C. Perkins, Maintenance Engineer Maintenance Engineer Northern District Southern District Geo. B. Shaffer, Paving Engineer VINCENT J. KEATING, EDITOR F. C. SOUTHGATE, ADVERTISING MANAGER Subscription rates, $1.00 per year. Single copy 10 cents Advertising rates furnished on request Address All Communications to Editor ARIZONA HIGHWAYS ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PHOENIX, ARIZONA

STOP ABUSE OF RED SIGNAL

Public safety is being sold for a price when commercial sign companies sell red signs-the danger and stop color with the argument that red is a good color to make people pay attention to the sign. Such companies are selling something that does not belong to them-public confidence in red as a warning of danger signal.

This prostitution of public safety in order to make money for private individuals is becoming more and more evident. Certain new illuminated signs of red with most brilliant coloring have recently been placed on the market and the color of these signs dominates everything in the vicinity.

When such red signs are placed at corners where stop and go lights operate, the signal light is completely overshadowed.

Appropriate legislation should be forthcom-ing prohibiting the use of any form of red sign at a crossing and reserving the use of that color on streets and highways to purposes of safety.

The safety of the public is paramount to any right private individuals may have to use the public confidence in red as a warning and stop signals for purposes of attracting trade to some shop.

It is within the police power of cities and state highway commissions to stop this nuisance and prostitution of public safety to the demands of moneymakers. Highway Engineer and Contractor.

OUR COVER PAGE

The cover page this month shows the entrance to Coolidge Dam, over Coolidge-Bylas highway. This will be a familiar sight to thousands of tour-ists who travel through Globe via U. S. Route 180 to view this great feat of engineering.

DUCE AS ROAD BUILDER

Now comes Premier Mussolini of Italy, in the role of road builder, ready to restore the prestige of ancient Rome, which prevailed when the Appian Way was known throughout the world as the out-standing highway.

Premier Mussolini revealed his interest in high-way construction when he received in audience Cortlandt F. Bishop, chairman of the International Relations Committee of the American Automobile Association and Stenson Cooke, Secretary of the Automobile Association of Great Britain, during the World Motor Transport Congress in Rome.

Cable advices report that the Premier evidenced great interest in the work of the Motor Transport Congress and discussed its work at length. He seemed specially interested in the problem of international highways and the method of handling the ever-increasing number of motor vehicles.

Italy now has a total of 158,600 motor vehicles, of which 120,000 are passenger cars. In fact there is one motor vehicle to every 254 persons in Italy, compared to one car to every five residents in the United States.

Italy is one of the principal tourist objectives of Europe, and the interest of government authorities in motoring is certain to react to the welfare of the thousands of tourists annually visiting historic Rome and the surrounding country

SORROW TO OTHERS

No effort to make travel upon the highways safe is wasted. No time that is taken to insure safety is a loss of time.

Every day we read of suffering and sorrow. Many accidents are unavoidable. Most of them could be prevented. Too often the victims are those who should not suffer. The careless driver, the drunken driver, the foolish driver more often hurts other people than himself. Not merely should the law of self preservation lead to care, but another consideration of the welfare of other people should be just as important.

Let us make the highways as safe as possible. Let us inflict no suffering and sorrow. There will be enough accidents that cannot be prevented. Those that can be avoided should be eliminated.