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.. .1 J 6 A SUNDAY, JANUARY 13. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Bedford Waiting for Order from PUC After Starting Proceedings in 1959 By PEGGYANN HUTCHINSON Mail Tribune Staff Writer On March 5, 1959, the Medford city council passed a resolution approving the extension of Barnett rd. across the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. The next month, the city filed a petition with the pub lic utilities commissioner for a Barnett rd. railroad grade crossing. Nearly four years and sev eral dozen orders, complaints, demurrers, answers and other litigations later, the city is awaiting an order from the public utilities commissioner following a hearing In Salem Jan. 8. At the hearing, the South ern Pacific railroad company had no objections to the re tention of a grade crossing at 11th st. once the Barnett rd. crossing is opened. Since no opposition to the crossing was heard, a favorable ruling by the PUC is expected. . Last Major Obstacle Once the PUC approves the crossing, the last major ob stacle to the extension of . Barnett rd. to South Holly st. will have been removed. The road will intersect with Holly Bt Melrose ave. City Manager Robert A. Duff, one of three city offi cials who testified at the re cent hearing, said the right- of-way property fronting on Holly st. was purchased by the city several years ago, and negotiations are under P u R U C K SALE Pre-Recorded Tape 25 OFF RAW TAPE 1200' $2.50 Special Prices on 1800' Acetate 1800' MyUr Tenillii.d 2400' Mylar T.mllli.d Ampex Robert Wolleniack VM the finest In taps recordersl MUSIC HOUSE 111 N. Central 773-7338 way for the acquisition of the right-of-way from S o u t Grape st. to Riverside ave. The city has purchased the Pacific Power and Light conv any and Cass properties need' ed for the highway. Condem nation proceedings have been filed on two parcels which front on South Grape st The project was stalled aft er the PUC's order Aug. 11 I960 stated that once the Bar nett rd. grade crossing was opened, the 11th St. crossing would have to be closed Appeals Order The city immediately ap pealed the order of the 11th st. closure, filing a complaint in Jackson county circuit court. Litigations continued from Oct. 24, 1960, through 1962. The Southern Pacific's ori ginal objections to the cross ing at Barnett rd. was that the 4.353 feet of track be tween 11th st. and Stewart ave. wag the longest track for switching in the area and would adversely affect the railroad's switching proce dures. Three tracks are involved at the crossing the mainline, an auxiliary track used for passing and yard work, and an oil track which serviced the petroleum products dis tribution plants. Charges and countercharges were made during the next several months as a motion to dismiss the complaint was filed by the PUC to be fol lowed by a defendant's affida vit and answer by the plain tiff. Charges No Notice The city charged that no notice hadbeen given prior to ordering the 11th st. cross ing being closed. The PUC staff charged that the city had failea to exhaust adminis trative remedies before filing the complaint. Circuit Judge James M. Main ruled for the city in an order signed Nov. 29, 1960, regarding the motion, but this was Immediately followed by a demurrer to the complaint. This demurrer was overruled by Judge Main July 7, 1961. Meanwhile, the PUC's brief was filed in early 1961, an swering the city's charge that the commissioner's closure of the 11th st. crossing was de- TAX WORK MADE EASY Rent er Lease Adding Machine Typewriter Calculator VOIGHT'S 8th & Grape Easy Parking 772-4100 Green Stamps privlng a municipality of its police power. "The decision as to which crossing is the most import ant to the people of Medford' has been left for the city of ficials to make, the PUC brief stated. "The commissioner is not depriving the city of the opportunity to make this decision." Memorandums Follow Other memorandums fol lowed from both the plaintiff and defense until Aug. 29, 1961. when the Southern Pa cific company issued an order of intervention asking to be made a party of the defendant in the suit. This was granted and trial date was set in Jackson county circuit court Dec. 28, 1961. But before the case came to trial, Edwin L. Gra ham, SP lawyer who was familiar with the case, was seriously injured in an auto mobile accident. A continu ance was asked, which Judge Main signed Dec. 21 that year. Proceedings for the next several months are not a mat ter of public record since liti gations turned from legal documents on file to discus sions. On March 20, 1962, an order was signed by Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly which removed the case from the trial docket and remanded it to the PUC for consideration of new evidence. Resolution If Passed The Medford city council then passed a resolution June 1962, calling for the city to pay all costs, plus utility pole relocation and the instal lation of signal devices at the Barnett rd. crossing. The ori ginal petition called for the costs to be divided between the city and SP. This was one of the SP objections to the crossing. A new petition was filed with PUC by the city Aug. 9. Following the filing, the rail road company filed a supple mentary petition. The com pany explained that changes railroad operating condi tions in the area of 11th st. were such that practical op eration of trains in the area no longer required closure of 11th st. as a condition to the Barnett rd. crossing. In December, Jonel C. Hill, public utility commissioner, scheduled the Jon. 8 hearing, and the SP notified PUC that the company would not oppose it. The hearing was 28 months after the first hearing on the original petition - Sep tember, 1959. Anticipated Decrease City Engineer Vernon Thorne testified concerning the anticipated decrease in automobile traffic on 11th st. once the Barnett rd. crossing is open. This is estimated to be between 1,200 and 1,400 vehicles a day. He noted that there has not been an accl dent at the 11th st. crossing since Nov. 9, 1958 In the original order, the PUC had ordered that train speed limit at the Barnett rd, crossing be, 15 miles per hour, the same as for tne 11th st, crossing. SP officials asked that this be increased to 20 miles per hour to coincide with the speed limit on Stew art ave. Reason given was to assist in the elimination of traffic congestion. This request was referred by the examiner to the PUC staff for safety study. The city agreed to abide by the safety study findings. Will Pay Costs The city of Medford will pay all costs, including signal ling of the proposed railroad crossing construction. The railroad will pay the costs of paving in the immediate area of the tracks. Also in Salem for the hear ing was City Attorney Wil liam Mansfield, the second city attorney to work on the proceedings, The extension of Barnett rd. to Holly st. is part of the arterial street program voted on by Medford residents in 1956. The 10-year program is expected to cost an estimat ed $1,656,100. The proposed extension will be for a total of 1,285 feet, but will provide the city an east-west arterial street from Interstate 5 to the southwest area. When the street will be opened to traffic is not known, according to Duff. The original petition was filed April 30, 1959, the hearing was in September and the PUC order was issued in Au gust, 1960. The order could be in 90 days, it could be a year, Duff commented last week. . 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The census has also been approved by Sacred Heart Catholic church and other religious groups. Dr. D. Kirkland West is chairman of the census, assist ed by a committee representr ing each of the churches in volved. Dr. West said this is the first census since 1955, and about 1,400 persons from all churches will be enlisted to contact the 30,000 persons in the area. He said it was felt that there is a need for such a census, since eight years have elapsed and many pol ple have moved into the area. Will Be Contacted Residents will be contacted Feb. 16 and 17 by 700 teams, each consisting of two people, in the four cities. All calls will be completed on these dates, then the census will be com pleted on Feb. 23 and 24 by the committee. It was emphasized that the census is mil a drive for church membership nor an evangelistic effort, but to determine the ratio of resi dents who belong to any church. Cost of the census will be paid by cooperating churches. Each church ap points a census chairman who will recruit up to 20 per cent of the church membership to assist In the project. Dr. John Berry, Forest Grove, professor of sociology I at Pacific university, will direct the census, assisted by i the Rev. Donald Klein. They j will conduct five training i sessions in Medford from I Monday, Jan. 1!R lo Feb. 2. 1 Workers will attend one of 1 the sessions. , Dr. West noted thai nil census takers will be irient- ifird when making calls, and I each call should take approxi ; mately five minutes. 50C Gets Copies Of First Magazine Ashland Copies of the first Issue of "The Pacific North west Geographer" have been received at Southern Oregon college. Intended as an additional outlet for the writing of superior students and leach ers, the publication, for which Dr. Roy W. MrNeal. professor of geography at SOC, serves as an editorial board member, will appear twice yearly. In addition to articles of Interest to geographers and those in affiliated Holds, the Issue contains news Items from the various Northwest collegrs and universities, and book reviews. Although ETV (Educational Television) will not be avail able to southern Oregon for some time yet, It was interest ing to me to read In ' Media, the Educational Media Bui letin, just what shows were being offered on Channels 7 and 10 in the Portland, Salem Corvallis, Eugene area. One of the most popular series Is the Peabody award' winning production "The Age of Kings," which presents in chronological order Shake speare's "king" plays cover ing 300 turbulent years of British history. "Master Class" is another outstanding series in which great musicians perform and teach their artistry to a select group of students. Singer L o 1 1 e Lehmann, violinist Jascha Heifitz and cellist Pablo Casals are this season's participants. Well-known TV personality Dave Garroway heads a new series, "Exploring the Uni verse," which hopes to in crease the appreciation of science among nonscientlsts and provide greater public discussion of the vital Issues of science today. How does Mr. Garroway fit into this picture? He was once an astronomy instructor at Har vard university. Japanese brush painting, ceramics and poetry are other subjects currently featured on ETV in addition to new analysis and panel discussions of timely headlines and the regular courses for college credit. These are the types of things we can expect to see when Educational Television grows to include our area. We hope we don't have too long to wait. SPORTS SPECTACULER, 2:30 p. m. Sunday KBES-TV. World parachute jumping championships filmed in Orange, Mass., show jumpers from Russia, Europe and Ja pan in free fall maneuvers and accuracy jumping. AMERICA WANTS T O KNOW, 3 p. m. Sunday K-BOY-AM and FM. "Why Johnny Can't Get a Job." Lester Velie, author, moder ates a panel discussion of the problems of youth employ ment. Panelists are Commis sioner Ewan Claque of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Dr. Benjamin Willis, supertendent of Chicago Pub lic Schools. TWENTIETH CENTURY, 8 p. m. Sunday KBES-TV. "From Jet to Dyna-Soar" re ports on the Air Force's aero space program. Filmed at the Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the program shows the amazing Internal Revenue Office To Move To Liberty St. Site The Medford office of the Internal Revenue Service has announced plans to move from the Sixth st. location to 532 Liberty st. Tuesday, Jan. 15. The new office space has been secured to enable the staff to give better service to taxpayers and in keeping with a general trend by the government to get federal agencies out of old buildings, Oral L. Bell, local represen tative of A. G. Erlckson, dis trict director, stated. The federal building at Sixth st. and Riverside ave., where the office is now lo. cated, has been condemned and the Internal Revenue serv ice is the last government agency to leave the building. Employees of the Medford office serve Josephine, Jack son and part of Douglas coun ties. The following dates have been designated when the of. fiec will be open to give ad vice and assistance here dur ing the current filing season. Every Monday through April 15 and April 11 and 12 between 8 a.m. and noon and from 12:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The remainder of the ye:ir the office will he open to" fur nish advice and assistance ev ery Monday between 8 a.m. and noon. The telephone number ol the service will remain the same, 773-6239. Baton Rouge. La.-itlN'-Chemical and petroleum In dustries invested $112,880,000 for new plants in Louisi ana during 1961, according to the slate Department of Com merce and Industry. METAL WORKS BRILL Commercial Industrie! 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The Tehe ran Big Three conference is held in Novemhpr nt during which Churchill. Roosevelt and Stalin rilcnce plans for a second front. BEN CASEY. 10 D. m. Mnn. day KMED-TV. This two Dart eDisode is nntaMo r the appearance of Broadway auu-ess jvim Stanley portray ing a brilliant attornev-drue addict. REPORT TO THE pp.a PLE, 11:15 D. m. Mnnriav KBES-TV. The first nf o Ki. weekly series of discussions by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield concerning current issues, measures and hills that arA before the Oregon State Legislature. ir . AND WE REPEAT YOU CAN'T BEAT HEAT W nut tfirtTmttiiniiitiitr,i UTILITIES COMPANY vi:iji:UMj:ii.'ivjH:i.'iJ:i.rrnTe Phone 772-5281, Medford Phone 482-2116, Ashland 30 QUALITY FEATURES THAT MAKE... 7? YOUR BEST BUY! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Q0 0 0 O O O 0 o o o v A 30 gauge galvanized roof overlapping both sides and ends. B Asphalt impregnated hemp board. C IV high density fibre glass with reflector surface facing downward. 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