Show Seeking M Means to toE End d Traffic Hazards 1 I 4 e 1 h 42 4 I Io o y I v I 2 1 tA 1 t t Y PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANT AT CAPITOL GRADE CROSSING HEARING E Eugene II Merrill l left rt O. O A. A and W. W K Granger public service commission officials North North- S. S L L. Grade Crossing Safety Program Discussed A grade crossing safety program I designed to remove remove hazards hazards at f five ye danger points in iii the vicinity of f North by closing streets and installing signals was given n p b public i hearing J ring Thursday Y at the cap- cap t t- i iThe The hear hearing conducted by the state public servi service e commission I was attended by representatives I 4 of three railroads Salt Lake City I and residents of the vicinity Some residents protested the proposed changes The railroads approved them Five streets leading to the crossings crossings cross cross- ings would be closed under proposed recommendations and tr train in actuated signals signal's would be installed at Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago and Seventeenth North streets Hot Springs street and Everett avenue avenue ave aye nue flue Eighth West and Twelfth North streets Of the five Jve crossings under consideration con con- sider tion four our are along the he Bamberger Bamberger Bam Barn berger Electric railroad at Bertilla at-Bertilla Bertilla avenue Fourteenth North street Duluth avenue and Fifteenth North street while fifth als also at Bertilla avenue Interests both the Union Pacific Railroad company and the Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road company In his opening statement at the hearing W. W K Ii K Granger public service commission member who presided assisted by O. O A A. A Wies Wies- ley icy also of the commission explained explained ex ex- that the changes are Inline in inline inline line with a stat statewide grade crossIng crossing crossing cross cross- ing elimination or improvement program Our primary interest Is to protect protect protect pro pro- the public Mr Granger said These cases were started by the commission to see that crossings are kept safe They were selected aft after r careful study by the commis- commis sion The expense of the program program is being taken care of by federal federa funds Other at the hearing included Eugene H. H Merrill commission com corn mission chief engineer C. C G. G Woolley Woolley Wool Wool- ley Icy of the city engineers engineer's office who with Parley Eccles of the city street department and Sergeant Harvey C. C Peirce of the police department made an Independent grade crossIng crossing crossing cross cross- ing survey and Gerald Irvine assIstant as as- s stant city attorney Witnesses Included H. H C. C Cosand Cosand Cosand Cos- Cos and division islon engineer for the D. D R. R G. G si WJ L L. G. G Shriver office engineer for the Union Pacific Julian M. M Bamberger general manager for Bamberger road all of whom t testified to hazards hazards haz haz- ards at the crossings and F. F S. S Fernstrom 8 3 Duluth avenue who testified against closing sonic some of the streets and said he was wa spokesman for a number of residents residents resi real dents of the vicinity r Under the proposed plan certain streets would be closed vehicular and pedestrian traffic routed over other streets and train actuated signals signals sig sig- nals Installed at the remaining crossings |