History of Passaic and its environs ..: historical-biographical . CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL. IlKi: 11 i;ai Mji A KTi;i: POLICE DEPARTMENT 687 9,118,000 motor vehicles. This is approximately one automobile to everytwelve persons in the country. It was bad enoug-h as far as the pleasure carwas concerned, but the advent of trucking by motor has made conditionsconsiderably worse. Traffic in Clifton, although enormous, is capably handled, considering thefact that three of its main highways, namely, Lexington and Franklin avenuesand the Valley road, are practically considered the best and shorte
History of Passaic and its environs ..: historical-biographical . CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL. IlKi: 11 i;ai Mji A KTi;i: POLICE DEPARTMENT 687 9,118,000 motor vehicles. This is approximately one automobile to everytwelve persons in the country. It was bad enoug-h as far as the pleasure carwas concerned, but the advent of trucking by motor has made conditionsconsiderably worse. Traffic in Clifton, although enormous, is capably handled, considering thefact that three of its main highways, namely, Lexington and Franklin avenuesand the Valley road, are practically considered the best and shortest route formotorists bound for upper New York and New England States. Congestionwas so great at times that it became imperative to remedy conditions, and inthe month of May, 1921, two Flash Beacons (traffic stanchions) were pur-chased, and installed at Lexington and Clifton avenues, and Franklin and Del-awanna avenues, and, since their installation, have tended to relieve conges-tion at these points, as well as adding a greater degree of safety to the constant incr
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