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T6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, October 3, 1958
PUC Orders Changes
In Signals at Six
Crossings in City
Motorists here may find six
of Medford's nine railroad
crossings operating more effi
ciently before too long as the
result of recent action by the
state public utilities commis
sion. A supplemental order is
sued by the commission Sept.
25 provides for installing or
altering traffic signals and
control of trains "in the best
interests of safety of operation
of vehicles and trains" over
the crossings.
City Manager Robert A
Duff submitted a copy of the
order to the city council
Thursday night for its infor
mation. Crossings Involved
The six crossings involved
are those at McAndrews rd
Jackson st, Sixth st.. Main
St.. 11th st. and Stewart ave.
The order provides that the
SP at its own expense recon
struct or alter the track cir
cuits activating the signals
at these crossings "in such a
manner as to provide the
warning intervals designated
as necessary and desirable;
and thereafter operate its
trains over the tracks which
control the signal operation
at such speeds and in such
manner as shall provide the
necessary warning intervals
It decrees that the signals
not be activated for prolong
ed operation when a train is
not approaching the crossing.
It provides that timing mech
anisms be adjusted to termi
nate signal operations ap
proximately 45 seconds and
no longer than 60 seconds
after each activating impulse
from a locomotive or train.
Trains To Slop
The order states that where
signal activating circuits ex
tend short distances from the
crossings the approaching lo
comotives or trains are to stop
short of the crossing to allow
the signals to operate long
enough to give motorists
ample warning. This warning
Interval is specified as be
tween 20 and 30 seconds.
The order also lists a sched
ule of permissible speeds for
trains traversing the cross
ings. The order comes as the re
sult of a joint study by the
commission, the city of Med
ford and the SP. The study
was ordered by the PUC fol
lowing a hearing here Aug.
20, 1957.
Representatives of the three
groups met Jan. 7, 1958 and
approved the plan on which
the present order is based.
Duff noted Thursday night
that the SP's responsibility
for financing signals at Mc
Andrews rd. and Fourth st.
depends on closure of the
Clark st. crossing.
The closure matter 'is cur
rently before the city plan
ning commission. It is under
stood that if the Clark st.
crossing remains open, the
city is to contribute $10,000
to financing signals at the
other two crossings.
Mrs. Stevens Back
From Travel Tour
Mrs. Helen E. Stevens, tra
vel counselor from the Med
ford office of the American
Automotive association, re
turned last month from an
AAA tour of the state of
Washington.
The nine-day tour was tak
en by 66 persons from 33
states and British Columbia,
and covered more than 1,500
miles.
The tour started at Spo
kane and visited Wilbur, Cou
lee dam. Ginkgo Petrified for
est, Wenatchee, Ellensburg
rodeo, Yakima, Mr. Rainier
national park, Tacoma, Olym
pia, Westport, Quinault lake,
Port Angeles, Bremerton and
Seattle. "
sme trips inciuaea an air
flight of the state, deep sea
fishing, cranberry bogs tour,
and various other points of
interest.
Forty-five million bushels
of potatoes went into potato
chips in this country last year
and another seven million
bushels were turned into com
mercially marketed French
fries.
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