| Show DEADLY CROSSING there ie Is little merit in the sagacity which locks the stable door after the i horse to la stolen or in adopting good resolutions only hafter serious it if dot fatal injury has baa been done to the cause or conscience which heeled nee aed them yet the NEWS takes tardy occasion to call attention ioD to the death traps existing on several saveri il streets of thle this ouy city crossed by railways railway in reaching different parts pane of their yard yrda sod and only regrets that the barnin should have bare been deferred until another horror bad come to shook the feelings of the community that in the fatality referred to the railway employed emp loyes exercised oil ajl reasonable care and that the verdict may be purely acci accidental denta and without blame 21 2 1 does but emphasize the proposition that where such au an accident can possibly occur without blame to the parties concerned some plan of prevention radically better than anything now in use ue must be immediately employed such a verdict will simply increase public alarm and render imperative pera tive a compliance with ithe public demand for better protection where negligence can be hold held accountable for an accident and those who are guilty of it can be punished the condition of public safety is not dot nearly so much imperilled Imperil led as where people ps ople are maimed and aad mangled without anybody a being to blame without reflecting in any wity way therefore upon the men who were handling the care which killed mr burton barton at the inglert ing last night for from all accounts they were neglecting no prevention precaution nor no part of their stipulated duty when the accident occurred we express here bore and now the dem nd that these crossings henceforth be guarded or enclosed in such a way as to make a recurrence of that horror impossible it has been due no lose less to the speed and intelligence of occupants of vehicles than to the extreme caution of the railway employed emp loyes that the list of deaths at crossings is so small both the great roads in this city are dally daily carrying a risk and responsibility ot of which the municipal fathers should insist on relieving them both have 4 to cross busy and important streets in their yard switching at some of which during certain hours they have flag men and at others not the two main approaches to this city from the be villages and the growing country tu to the west of us are north temple anu and third south streets on each of ea which a bridge spano span the ardan J adan these theme two streets in the of bf the railway depots are fairly monopolized by a net work of tracks and engines eni iines nod and oars cars are crossing and re crossing them every few minu minutes tep these two important arteries ot of the cites commercial life should be the first to receive notice and protection not only should there be flag nion constantly on duty but there should also be gates completely shutting in the tracks when switching to IB in progress or a train is approaching and then speedily reopen 11 ing og to permit ordinary traffic to go on as usual the two next streets to receive similar protection should be south temple Temp leand and second south then probably East at eighth mouth and so BO on until every poe pos fible safeguard has been provided we insist that uptime no gioie be lost in attending to this matter if the railways feel fee as they do they will be glad to do their part at once it if they are at all reluctant n art about it the city council will not escape censure if it falls to bring proper persus persuasion sion to bear upon ilem without another delay |
