Bulletin Of The Progress Of The Commissions Investigation Of Railroad Grade Crossings In The State

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Progress of the Commission's Investigation of Railroad Grade Crossings in the State written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bulletin of the Progress of the Commission's Investigation of Railroad Grade Crossings in the State: April, 1917 Need of investigation. Under the Public Utilities Act of California, the Railroad Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all railroad grade crossings in existence or hereafter constructed. Its power over existing crossings is extensive. It has the exclusive right to alter or abolish any grade crossing. Where practicable, it can require the grades to be separated upon such terms and conditions as it may impose. The lack of state funds to assist in carrying out grade separations, and the uncertainty of the value of other action, deterred the commission for a time from taking any steps, but the increasing number of crossing accidents convinced the commission about a year ago that an effort to better conditions was imperatively necessary. An examination of the work of other commissions disclosed nothing of material assistance in the problem of grade crossing in California. Nevertheless the matter appeared to be of such importance that after deliberation the commission decided to investigate all grade crossings in the state. Preliminary steps taken. As a preliminary step in January, 1916, . it published in a pamphlet, its general program for this inquiry. This outlined the crossing problem in California, reviewed the steps the commission could properly take to safeguard crossings, and asked the aid of all in any way able to forward the work. It was sent to every supervisor in the state, to the officials of all cities, towns and railroads; to automobile clubs, and to others who might be interested. In March, 1916, five hearings were held at Sacramento, San Diego, Fresno, Los Angeles and San Francisco. All who received the program were invited to attend and present their own ideas of the best methods to follow in improving safety conditions. The program the commission outlined met an enthusiastic reception. The representatives of the political bodies and the railroads expressed their Belief that it would be productive of much good, and indicated a willingness to assist. Shortly afterwards field work was undertaken, and the whole investigation has now been under way almost a year. It is the purpose of this bulletin to show the methods being used by the commissions engineering department in carrying out its part of the program, the work accomplished and what remains to be done, the effect of the work thus far in reducing crossing accidents, the further action the commission proposes to take, and the help it needs from the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.