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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
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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-
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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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ford, Jacksonville, Central
Point and Eagle Point was
approved by the Medford
Ministerial association this
week.
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.
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received at Southern Oregon
college.
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outlet for the writing of
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Dr. Roy W. MrNeal. professor
of geography at SOC, serves
as an editorial board member,
will appear twice yearly.
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Interest to geographers and
those in affiliated Holds, the
Issue contains news Items
from the various Northwest
collegrs and universities, and
book reviews.
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some time yet, It was interest
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the Educational Media Bui
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being offered on Channels 7
and 10 in the Portland, Salem
Corvallis, Eugene area.
One of the most popular
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"Master Class" is another
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participants.
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series, "Exploring the Uni
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science among nonscientlsts
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discussion of the vital Issues
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Japanese brush painting,
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subjects currently featured
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These are the types of
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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
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The federal building at
Sixth st. and Riverside ave.,
where the office is now lo.
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and the Internal Revenue serv
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agency to leave the building.
Employees of the Medford
office serve Josephine, Jack
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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.
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