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Show f SIGNALS SHOULD BE INSTALLED Another tragedy which took a beloved husband and father from his dear ones occurred oc-curred here two weeks ago when a truck driv er. by Harold V. Winterton was struck bv a D. & R. G. W. freight train at the Eighth South crossing. Without warning this young man was hurled into eternity and his father was seriously injured. Their car was demolished and one of the purebred animals they were conveying to -the Spanish Fork livestock show was killed. A year ago another man met a similar fate at the same crossing. ISoth were young men with families dependent upon thom. Others have been injured here arid scores narrowly escape with their lives each year. Under such circumstances it would seem the part of wisdom to insist on appropriate appro-priate signals being installed at this death trap. It is hardly conceivable that the railroad company has not sensed its responsibility in this matter long ago, but railroad companies oftentimes are soulless. ; Not infrequently we are impressed with safety first literature produced by different differ-ent railroad companies depicting horrors such as these. In this the public is warned against taking any chances, at railroad crossings. Such educational matter is of importance, import-ance, but it is evident that it is insufficient. A crossing oyer a state highway with thousands of cars passing to and fro each day must have greater protection than the Eighth South crossing has if lives ar e to be saved. Nothing short of a warning bell and conspicuous red lights should be considered a sufficient safeguard here. With views obstructed as they are it might not be amiss to insist upon drop gates. Certainly our city officials should insist that something be done at once, before additional lives are lost. |
