Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-26 | Page 13 | Plea to Raise Speed of Trains Refused |

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Date	1934-07-26
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Plea to Raise Speed of Trains Refused
Type	article
Date	1934-07-26
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	13
OCR Text	PLEA TO RAISE SPEED OF TRAINS REFUSED City Board Denies Petition of D. D R. R G. G W. W f Engineers n in rs A City commissioners refused Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day to follow recommendation of Po Poe Police lice ice Chief Chic W. W L L. Payne Pane made in connection connection connection con con- with a locomotive engineers' engineers petition that the speed limit for railroad railroad rail rail- road trains on the west side of ol the city be increased frob mob 12 miles an hour to 20 or 25 miles mites an hour The petition was filed several weeks ago by F. F L. L Cowan and A. A B. B Cramer Ogden engineers employed by the Denver Rio Grande Western railroad They pointed out that under the lower speed boys hop trains endangering their lives Commissioner Harold B. B Lee acting act act- ing lag chairman of the meeting stated slated that if it the speed law were changed it might easily lead to other abuses officials ci daIs are continually trying to avoid in connection with traffic problems arising from movement of trains through the city
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