Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03

passenger station at tho foot of Main
street. about 120 feet west of the west
line of Battery street, and that the
tracks should be elevated so that they
could he reached from the station sub
stantially at grade.
That elevation will he such as to me-
cesstatc the construction of undcrpasses
at College. King and Maple streets. The
station proper is to cost s6o.ono and the
platforms and protecting sheds will cost
about $4,000 in addition. The whole work
ordered, including the track elevation.
the adjustment of the railroad yards
thereby necessitated, and land damages,
will cost from $36o00 to 100000, of which
amount the city of Burlington will be as
sessed about $1,000, and the State about
$2500, the last because the Maple street
crossing Is eliminated under the grade
crossing act. After the most careful con-
slderation and the advice of the best
engineer whom we could employ. we are
well satisfied that. of all the plans con-
sidered or that can be suggested. the one
that we have adopted. known as the
track elevation scheme is the only prac-
teal solution of the problem, and will
| best satisfy the needs of the public in
general of the city of Burlington, and
of the railroads concerned. \ formal or
der will be issued Just as soon as the
detailed plans and specifications can he
prepared.
The work referred to in our last hien-
NAL report. of a radical reconstruction
! and Encouragement. in accordance with
| approved and designated standards. of all
the wires and poles in the cities of Mont
pelicr and Barre, and the territory be-
tween them. has been continued during
| the last two years, and Is now nearly
completed, thus effecting much needed
| public Improvement. Under the super
vision of this commission. and with the
aid of the States attorney of Franklin
county. Il like work Is In progress in the
city of st. Adams, where many recon-
structions and rearrangements and other
desirable improvements have already
been made, and others are soon to he
made, all in accordance with general
plan made by a competent expert en-
ployed by this commission. We have also
instructed the same expert to go as
soon as he can to Burlington and inspect
the ARRANGEMENT and construction of the
electric light. electric power, and tclc-
phone wiring and construction there, and
TO report any deficiencies that h. finds. in
order that we may correct them.
on March 10, 1912. Robert \. Lawrence,
while taking a bath in his home in the
city of Rutland, reached from the me-
tallic bath tub. filed with water. and
grasped the switch in the socket of a
nearby electric light either to turn tbs
| E,,bt nd N,I cli.h "A n Oh g
tric shock that he soon thereafter died
We caused examination of the situation
to be made by the same expert before re-
ferred to. There were Indications that the
wire was grounded" on the inside OF
the fixture, and probably. owing to faulty
: constructions there was Il leakage OF the
high potential current, through a certain
guy wire, into the secondary. We hav,
caused all faulty construction detected by
our expert to he corrected. and have eX
acted that all guy wires should have in
sulators in circuit thcrcwith: that sec
: cndary wires should not be maintained
on the same arm with high potentia
, wires; and that high potential wire
y should in all cases. except AT point
where they enter cut-outs or transform
ers. be carried by standard pettcoat glas
/, | or porcelain lnSuiators'
ACCIDENTS.
n We have Investigated every importan
@ accident that has occurred during the tw
I last years in the operation of the varou
e public service corporations subject to on
e supervision Those Investigations hav
been made either by the examination o
= witnesses at public hearings, or by a
| inf ed Ia
J. one member of this commission. Durin
y the two years covered by our last bien
< NAL report 20 persons were injured an
seven killed on the electric railways @
u this State. while the corresponding fig
- Tres for the period covered by this repor
y are eight injured and five killed Som
= of the accidents that We have invest
u gated have occurred to linemen in All
employ of electric light and power con-
u panies. and to others. in consequence
~ faulty construction or improper insula
~ ton: and our Investigations of those az
~ cidents have resulted in remedyng thos
"a faulty conditions.
~ The following shows the number Of pei
= SONS killed or injured in this State h
coming in contact with electric wire
for the two years ending June 30, 1872, Il
is 1 repOrtpu 10 ms COMMISSION ny tIlc II
@. spective companies on whose lines Il
Sc accidents occurred;
= Total number killed. .....,..,, .,...,....,.
a Total number injured. ..,.,......
O. Iinemcn or other employees ki!led......
he Iinemen or other employees injurcd...,.
G. Other than employees killed ,,.............
IN Other than employees injured. .............
he ELIMINATION OF GRADE GROSS
he INGS.
So This state never enacted a statut
50 of more manifest and general publ
u benefit than the law requiring Il
30 ILLUMINATION of grade crossings. Tn;
" law requires every railroad In tn
:" state annually to eliminate one grat
-. crossing for every eighty miles of I
~ railroad and fraction thereof in exec,
- OF forty miles. The statute In effe
-, limits the annual expense for the,
an leliminatrons to 100000. for it provide
-, that the state shall not be assess,
~. more than twenty-five per cent,