Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-07
OVERHEAD BRIDGE AND
 OTHER SAFETY PROVISIONS Ordered for New London Station by Public Utilities Commission.

After a hearing on the unsafe con- ditions at the crossing at the New London railroad station, the public utilities commission has issued di- rections to make certain changes as ! remedy.
 The summary of the commissions report states:
 | After considering all the circum- 1 stances in this case, we deem 1t just and equitable to make the following order and recommendations tending to 1 remedy the dangers complained of: l The New York, New Haven & Hart | ford Railroad Co. is hereby ordered and directed:
 | 1-To reduce, as far as possible, and 1 eliminate all unnecessary switching over said State street crossing.
 No Flying Switches. | eTo permit no flying switches or | kicking" of cars over said crossing, or the passage of a car or cars without being connected with and under the 1 control of the engine 1 3--AllOW only one passenger train | to stand on said crossing at the same | time
 4-Avoid blocking of crossing by local trains.
 "A flagman. dressed in uniform, | shall be on duty for the protection of said crossing, from o'clock a. m. to II o'clock p. m., daily. Sundays in cluded.
 Crossing Tender. 6-Employ an additional and thor ougAly competent man at said cross ing, who, while on duty, shall be dressed in full uniform and have full authority to move and stop trains or engines over said crossing and direct as to the standing point for passenger trains stopping at said station, which will cause the least blockading of said highway. Such additional man or competent substitute, with like power, to be on duty from s o'clock a. m. to g p. m. daily, from June l to Novem- Der 1, in each year. The company to file with the commission a copy of the authority and instruction given to such men.
 I 7-Change location of "switchman's s shanty'' near the ferry office, which obstructs the view of west bound trains.
 S-Automobiles and teams held up by trains to be allowed to cross the tracks as soon as same are clear, and before other trains are permitted to block the crossing.
 Overhead Bridge. 9-Erect, maintain and properly light an overhead footbridge of steel construction five feet wide in the clear on the northerly side of said highway In accordance with plan submitted by the New York. New Haven & Hart ford Railroad Co, entitled IN. Y N H. & H. R. R. Location Plan for Pro- posed Footbridge, New London Sta tion. Scale 1"-20" New Haven, Octo- Der 22, 1912" now on file in the office of the commission.
 Projection at Other Crossings.
 The evidence in this case and the investigation of a recent accident al John street crossing, indicate that other highway crossings at grade with tracks of both the respondent con- panies in the city of New London, tC wit: John, Water, Federal Douglass !. and Atlantic streets. should have ad- ditional protection.
 New London is the southern termi, , nus of the Central Vermont Railway Co.,, and the tracks of said company located just easterly of and paralle
 with the tracks of the New York, New
 Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.,, eros! all of said streets at grade. Gate; are at present maintained by the New
 York, New Haven & Hartford Rail | road Co., on the westerly side of al
 of said crossings, excepting Atlanti, . street, but there are no gates or othei , protection on the easterly side oc
 cupied by the Central Vermont Rail ! way Co.'S tracks; and no fence alonJ ! the outer line of said tracks to proven the public from crossing over sait
 tracks at any point other than tn
 regular highway crossing.
 Central Vermont to Provide Gates. , Therefore the commission recon mends:
 That the Central Vermont Rail : way Co. install operate and maintain gates at the easterly side of it's tracks
 at said Water, John, Federal an , Douglass streets, and arrange fo
 proper signal bells to give crossin tenders warning of the approach o '. trains; and that 1t arrange and coop crate with the New York, New Have : & Hartford Railroad Co.,, in the join operation of the gates on both sides 0
 said crossing and for the installation = operation and maintenance of said sig
 nal bells
 2-That the Central Vermont Rail
 way Co. erect and maintain a fenc along the easterly side of its trackl J. along such lines and at such point s between Tallam street and Atlanti T street as c. c. Elwell, chief enginee
 and inspector for the commission, ma designate.
 ,f In Effect by November IS. n 3-That the New York, New Have