Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-24 | Page 11 | Midvale Mayor Will Fight Crossing Guard Elimination

Midvale Mayor Will Fight I ng Guard a- a Elimination ti n MID Any MIDVALE Any Any attempt of the D.- D. HG W W. r railroad railroad to eliminate eliminate elim elm nate a wat watchman at the Center s street reet crossing crossIng in Midvale will be opposed Dp Ds d by the city council counci Mayor J 3 Hollis 1 s Aylett said Thursday Thursday J While t formal notice was Wa lacking Ma Mayor or Aylett said sald he understood that the public service commission had instructed the railroad d company compan- to toP toP- erect mechanically operating flash signals at the crossing The commission suggested that a a watchman watchman watch watch- man be maintained by the board boar of ot education t to protect children during noon and recess recess hours v Unless It is understood that the ther r railroad ld will not only erect the signals hi in addition n to maintaining the present re sent watchman Mayor Aylett Ay Ay- Ay- Ay lett Jett sard there will wUl be very little accomplished b by the move Representatives Representatives of the Midvale city council coun coun- cil appearing before the public serice service ser set vice ice commission recently attempted to emphasize the fact that we would rather have the watchman kept on on duty to safeguard the lives of the children who must cross the tracks at least three times daily dally on oci route to school if It it is 5 a question of ot selectIng selectIng selectIng select- select Ing one of the two methods Eliminating the watchman and substituting an automatic signal he said would only avoid one hasard hazard hazard haz has ard and a add another gre greater ter hazard hazar The battle to obtain more protection tI tiO tion 1 during the entire 24 hours houis has been carried on by the e city c council for fora a pcr period d of more mor than nine years and wo we will wUl continue to seek proper consideration n in the matter Danger Involved in eliminating the ili wat watchman hman even though an auto uto- sl signal is Js er erected is Ie in th the possibility that children might Ignore ignore Ig ig ignore nore the lighta lights and nd continue into the the path of an oncoming t train aln I Mayor Aylett s saidI saidI said td I I X have been beth at the crossing myself myself my my- self when tho the children have been going to and from school Mayor children climb climbing Aylett Arlett said aid ito to see lag ing through temporarily stopped trains forcing the watchman to to pull them away His services in protecting protect protect- ing the students student w would uld be far more valuable than the lights even though he is b bon ison on on the th-c job only eight hours hours' of f each day F Henri Henriod acting city at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney is studying the legal phase of the commissions commission's action pending further farther c consideration n by the tha city commission I