The Newtown bee., 1893-02-03

of the Dangerous Eawlsyvills Crossings Full
 Text of the Commissioners Decision,
 The outcome of the hearing over the Hawleyville crossings, is that the rail- road commissioners have ordered them abolished. They order that both cIos- sings be done away with by the construc- tion of a new highway to be carried un- der the tracks midway between the two present crossings. The railroad com panies are to pay the cost of abutments and bridges and the town for highway construction and attendant land damag es. Upon the completion of the work the railroad composites are to repay to the town such sum as shall equitably represent one fourth the total outlay for the improvements. This will probably settle the matter, unless the counsel for the New England road appeals. Super intendent Platt of the Consolidated road has announced that his company stood ready to do the fair thing in the matter The order of the commissioners is AS foi lows:
 And on the 24th day of January, by agree
 
 named in said lust named orders, when it ap- peared that said orders had been duly served and complied W ith and reasonable notice Of said hearings given to said petitioners, the municipality in which said crossings are slt' uated, to the companies operating said rall- roads and to the owners of the land adj oining said crossing and adjoining those portions of the highways to be changed in grade, and all Of said parties again appeared and were fully heard, and said New York and New England railroad company filed the same answer to said petition dated December 2, 1892, as filed by said company on the said 9th ot December
 And now on consideration we are Of the opinion that public safety requires, and we do order and determine the following altera- ttons, changes and removals in such cross ings, their approaches, the method of cross ings, the location of the highways or cross ings, the closing of said highways and the substitution ot another not at grade.
 We order and determine that the location of said highways and the method of crossing be changed so that instead of crossing at grade as at present. they be brought together upon the south side of the tracks at point about midway between the present crossings and then carried under the tracks of both roads in line substantially al right angles with the tracks and with head room of not less than I2 feet and a clear space between the abutments of A feet 8 depicted and shown map file in this office marked "Berk shire division New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, map showing proposed separation of grades at Houlihan's crossing near Hawleyville, Conn.," except that the roadway Is to be 24 feet in width instead of 30 feet, and excepting further that the location (cxcept at the point of crossng) and the grade of the connecting highway on the south n,el1n lDff Ii erection of said Seectmen.
 We further order and determine: lst, That the New York X New York X New England railroad company shall perform all the work necessary to be done in carrying out said changes within its own right ot way, at it's own expense, to wit: The excavation, build ing of the abutments and construction ot the bridge tor its railroad.
 2d. The New York, New Haven x Hartford railroad company shall perform all the work necessary to be done in carrying out said changes within it's own right of way, or the right of way Ot the Housatonic railroad com pany, at its own expense, tOwit: The exca- vation, building Of the nbutments and con- struction of the bridge for it's railroad.
 3d. Suid town of Ncwtown shall procure the right of way for said new portions of high ways on both sides of the tracks and construct said highways with the necessary fences shnd pay the special damages which the owner of any land adjoining said public highways shall sustain by reason ot any change in the grade of such highways, in consequence oi any change, alteration or removal herein ordered, at its own expense in the first instance and on the fin completion of the work to our app proval said New YOIk & New England rail road company, and said New York, New Hay en X Hartford railroad company shall each pay said town such equal sum as shall reduce the cost to said town to one fourth ot the total cost of all such work, changes, alterations and damages as asccrtained and found by us. - GEORGE NJ. w OODRUFF, W. II. HAYWARD, WILLIAM o. SEYMOUR, Railroad Commission