Show twenty fourth street and the he railroads april 3rd ard 1890 emma OF or TUB taic STANDARD will you allow me through your paper ti tn notify tile people of ogden and vicinity that there is a petition in ili circulation cu tor for the abatement of a most dangerous nuisance namely the encroaching cro upon and blocking bloc kint of T twenty enty fourth street by the diffident dilly rent railroads whose tracks crosa cross that street twenty foulch street is a main thoroughfare and and a continuation of the county road from hooper west weber wilson and all 11 that section of country lying west of weber river that country is is growing county fast in population and an business bu iness and all that business traffic bus has to pass over the tracks of these railroads thousands of vehicle i of one kind or another have to cross fr tracks re k 8 every week and thousands of lives are pat put in jeopardy every week and thousands of hours hour arif of time taking tile the time of all these people collectively co actively ia is wasted mcd b by I 1 the lie street being blocked blocke d b by wa trains 1 of fy C cars ars waiting to be weighed I 1 or for some other reason orno reason redson the weighing scales of the 0 P I 1 are a situated that daring the time of a sighing neighing neigh ing there can be no passing of 0 teams and it is quite a common thing to see from thirty to fifty teams jammed together WaLt waiting IlIg for an opportunity top to piss isi then when the road is opened every one is in a hurry get got through after being compelled to wait thirty or forty minutes thia this is dangerous not to those in tho the vehicles only but to those on foot and many have been hurt already it is dangerous at any time linie to cross these tj lese tracks ai as there is one or two engines hid bid behind the tank with steam ready as it seema seems to rusti rush out and crash any unfortunate traveler who dares dates to cross the track the loa a of time to tho the community dart during n g a finont month h or a year would be no small item many teams are hauling un sand and other building bated ale ani ana arc are paid aid by the tile load they must haul babp BO so many loads before they can make a days wages sometimes they losa lose the tile time have ono or two lushi i through these Is 18 it right that the tile rail railroads toads should rob these men of the opportunity of earn inz a proper living fr their family by e a ut ing ali them e m to t 0 1 lose 0 i 0 P part a r of f their r t time 1 m e by u unnecessary n e imp a r y 0 obstruction b alth I 1 Ith think not and eo so will every fair minded pera pere n beides I 1 think pome one is responsible and damares could bo to collected for this loga loss of time sad unless things are changed for 0 o hie better will this eoon soon be tri tried in in th abe cours instead of the being spread all over creation why not compel the roads to crowd their tracks closer together and bridge them over as they do in all free and civilized cities Is not one human life worth more than all the cost in money one poor soul has been sent to its account today toda to da day y through this ill contrived state of thi things n gs who will be the next god knows it may ba be you or me but who cares not the railroad company then let us care tor for ourselves let us unite with ith all tile others whose hose lives are menaced by this man trap and have the danger removed it is only a question of money and what la fe money to a dead person hoping this will open the eyes of t f e herple to their danger and to th their ei r own interest interests I 1 a am youra A TAX AY |