Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-09
! GRADE CROSSING ABOLISHED.

The Railroad COmmissiOners Order
she Pleasant Street Crossing AboI.
ished and the Track to be Built
Over tho Roadway-End OF Conlinu-
al Danger to Life.
The railroad commissioners have rendered
their decision In the case of the Pleasant
street grade crossing, which has been heard
by them twice in this city. and which has
been watched with much interest by those
who make use of the crossing of the Shore
Line railroad in Fair Haven. Several seri-
GUS accidents have occurred at this point
within the last few weeks. The most recent
was the sudden death of the young Chicago
student, Ritzinger, whose horse was fright.
ened by the cars, and who dashed his brains
out against post in jumping from his car
riage to save his life.
The directors of the railroad and the
officials of the town of New Haven and Fair
Haven East, besides many citizens, have
seen the need of protection to travel here and
have petition the railroad commissioners for
an order for change in the crossing. A
hearing was held by the commissioners in
this city on June and another on June 70.
At both of these hearings the facts of the
| case were rehearsed at length Among
those who appeared were William D. Bishop
OF Bridgeport, secretary Of the railroad COM
pany, President Clark, Vice President Reed,
the selectmen of New Haven, the warden
Mallory and Jesse Mallory of South QUINN
piao street, William b. Alline of Center
street, Harvey Hemingway, John Lewis,
Mary A. Lewis, Miles Goodyear, Mrs. Edgar
Page, William Tuttle and Isaac Brown.
| The railroad commissioners in their deci.
sion state that there is a law compelling all
railroad corporations to abolish at least one
of their grade crossings each year, and in
doing so to select those crossings which are
the most dangerous along the line of the
road and abolish them first of all. The re-
port continues:
"And We find further that said Pleasant
street crossing is among the most dangerous
upon the lines operated by said company,
and that public safety requires that said
crossing be closed, and that another crossing
not at grade be substituted for it.
"We do therefore order and determine
that the following alterations and changes be
made by said railroad company, viz: That a
Lew street be opened from Center street to
1ulnnipiac street, passing under the track OF
said railroad al the place and in line with
the present opening under the tracks next
southerly OF Pleasant street In the place and
manner mar ef,,.a shown OWL. in map on file in
| 'oAS o.~oo AAothoo 4IOpOScu 6llulu8LlOL
of grade crossing at Pleasant street, Fail
Haven, Conn.,, Shore Line division NewYor
New Haven and Hartford railroad. May
1890. Scale 40 feet to inch" Said new
street to be thirty feet in width except across
the right of way of the railroad company
where it shall be not less than twenty-five
feet, and to have clear head room of not lesi
than thirteen feet under the tracks.
And we do further order and determine
that there may be also constructed by sale
company substitute for said Pleasan
street crossing for foot passengers not less
than eight feet in height and six feet il
width passing under said railroad il
the present line of Pleasant street
And that when said new highwa,
southerly of Pleasant street is opened, sale
Pleasant street be closed except for foot pas
sengers, and that 80 soon az said passage To-
foot travel Is constructed in the line of Pleas
ant street, that then said Pleasant street b.
closed except as to said under passage.
-[Signed.
GEORGE N. WoonRuFF,
w. 81. HEYwARD,
WILLIAM O. SEYMOUR,
Railroad Commissioners.
This report and decision of the commits
sioners was presented to the selectmen an,
read at last nights meeting. The orde
seems to be satisfactory to every one and !
Is expected that work upon the alteration
will begin at once.