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~5(c) e THE ABOVE ENTITLED MATTER WAS DULY HEARD ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1956, AT 10:00 AM, IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON, BEFORE DAVID DON, SITTING AS EXAMINER FOR THE COMMISSIONER. THE FOLLOWING APPEARANCES ARE OF RECORD HEREIN: I JOHN W. PENNINGTON, CITY ATTORNEY, EUGENE, OR~GON REPRESENTING CJTY OF EUGENE ON JULy.31, 1956, THE COMMISSIONER ISSUED HI_S ORDER #34694PROVI,DING THAT AN INVESTIGA- TION BE MADE WITH RESPECT TO SPEED OF TRAINS ON THE MAIN AND BRANCH LINES OF SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE RAILWAY COMPANY, WITHIN THE;, CORPORATE LIMITS OF CI.TlES AND TOWNS OF LESS THAN 100,000 POPULATION, AND THAT A HEARING BE HELD THEREON. THE ORDER WAS ISSUED IN COM- PLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ORS 760.050. TWENTY-SEVEN INCORPORATED CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 100,000 AND VARIOUS RAILROAD OFFICIALS AND OTHER PARTIES HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE MATTER WERE GIVEN STATUTORY NOTl CE AS TO TI ME ,AND PLACE OF HEAR I NG. e THE HEARING CONVENED, EVIDENCE WAS ADDUCED ON BEHALF OF PARTIES AS SET FORTH_ABOVE, THE HEARING WAS COMPLETED AND THE MATTER SUBMITTED FOR DETERMINATION. BASED UPON SAID EVIDENCE AND RECORD, ,IT IS FOUND THAT: TRAIN SPEEDS THROUGH THE VARIOUS CITIES ARE GOVERNED BY TIMETABLES OF THE OPERATING RAILROADS, AND WERE ESTABLISHED BY-FRANCHISE kGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITIES AND RAILROAD COMPANIES_OR BY ARBITRARY RULINGS'~F THE RAILROAD COM~ANIES.' MANY OF THE SPEEDS REGULATED BY '~RANCHISES WERE PLACED IN EFFECT DURING THE DAYS OF PASSENGER TRAIN OPERATION AND CON- SEQUENTLY ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR PRESENT DAY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. No PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE IS NOW PROVIDED ON THE SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE SYSTEM LINES THROUGH THE CITIES INVOLVED IN THIS PROCEEDINGS. I FREIGHT TRAINS ARE NOT SCHEDULED A~D TERMINAL LEAVING AND ARRIVING TIMES ARE NOT PUB- LI SHED OR PREDETERMI NED WI TH AN'( EXACTNESS~ CONSEQUENTLY, ANY CHANGES THAT MI:GHT .BE MADE BY INCREASING OR DECREASING TRAIN SPEEDS THROUGH THE INCORPORATED CITIES WOULD HAVE NO APPRECIABLE EFFECT ON-RAILROAD OPERATIONS. STUDY OF THE .CROSSINGS INVOLVED DID NOT INDICATE THAT TRAIN SPEEDS,WERE EXCESSIVE OR THAT THE ACCIDENT FREQUENCY WAS BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE TRAIN SPEEDS. ON THE CONTRARY IT WAS FOUND THAT AT SOME LOCATIONS, ~ERMISSIBLE SPEEDS WERE SO SLOW AS TO,CAUSE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND IRRITATING:VEHICLE DELAYS AT THE CROSSINGS. WITH NO CORRESPONDING INCREMENT IN SAFETY.OF RAIL AND VEHICLE OPERATIONS. FROM. THE FOREGOING, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT CERTAIN REVISIONS IN THE SPEED OF TRAINS OF THE SPOKANE, .PORTLAND & SEATTLE SYSTEM LINES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF INCORPORATED CITIES OF LESS THAN 100,000 PO~ULATI,ONcSHOULD BE MADE COMMENSURATE WITH THE HAZARbs PRESENTED ,AND THE PRACTICAL OPERATION OF THEIR TRAINS; IT IS !HEREr.ORE ORDERED THAT,EFF'ECTlVE.MARCH i, 1957, THE HIGHEST P~RMISSIBLE SPEE;DS OF; TRAINS OF SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE RAILWAY COMPANY, OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY ANQ OREGON TRUNK RAILWAY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE FOLLOWING INCORPORATED CITIES AND TOWNS AND OVER THE FOLLOWING CROSSINGS SHALL BE AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH~ MilES f!.!Y CROSS I NG NO. STREET PER HOUR E UGE NE SPUR TRACK SeUR TRACK MAIN LINE 3E-i41.20~C GARFIELD STREET 3E-.41~31-C GARFIELD'STREET NORTH CITY liMITS TO WEST SIDE OF GARFIELD STREET FROM WEST SIDE OF GARFIELD ST. TO END OF liNE 3[-141.31 3E~141"45 3E - I 41 . 52 3E-141.59 3E':141.67 3E-141 .74 3E-141.82 3E-141.88 3E-141.95 3E-142.04 3E-142.12 3E-142.20 3E-142.28 3E-142.35 3E-142.43 3E-.42.50 3E-142.58 3E-142.66 3E-142.73 3E-142.80 3E-142.88 3E-142.96 ~ I 15 '.15 35 . GARF I ELO STREET GRANT STREET PIERCE STREET FILMORE STREET ALMADEN STREET' TAYLOR STREET POLK STREET TYLER STREET VANBuREN STREET BLAIR BOULEVARD ADAMS STREET MONROE STREET MADISON STREET JEFFERSON.STREET WASHINGTON STREET LAWRENCE STREET LINCOLN STREET CHARNEL TON STREET OLIVE STREET WILLAMETTE STREET OAK STREET PEARL STREET 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ,20, '20 " I e e -