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HomeMy WebLinkAbout#179 Railroad Crossing on Port Townsend-Discovery Bay Rds .. ~:,. June 7 ,191!5 .j ~~`. ~~''' ~+ To the Bawd. of d©bnty Cc~mmYasianere~ ~a~'fere~~,Qaunty.~a n. 4e~rles~en: I ~'ieh to c3a11 ~~ atte~tian 4t' your honara~le board to the Absolute nevsssity a~' tAl~ing immedi$te e,ation in oanetruatiag an a~rer bear! ara8sin$ over trig Rit3,1 toad traces at the firAt rbt.il roS{1 oral®in~ bri; the Tawnsend --T~iscovdry roAd. T21ere ar4 two regulAr ~itneye going over this road evexy~ yr®el~ , day besides the atber t~'a,~'Pio. Tnis is slab the tnru line a~ travel 1'ro~ here to Clailam County. gow that the rail road nAa put on two r®gulAx' gains a~asr,tne dsuiger oP scold®nt i~ getti~ ~c~~e and wore epparent. A stitch in tame eavos nine,tbey ~ay,and it w'#.I.l be beta®r to taka Action Qn this at oAee,tl~an it ~ri11 be to spend a lot after ~-cuae eata,strophe bas happened. Rmspeat#~il.~y submitt©d, County 7F:Agineer. Y r F- i Jun® l0 , lgx6 . Public service Cornr~~ission, . , Olympia,wash, Gentlemen:•-- " Thy .~Cotlnty Commissioners oP Je~'~Cerson County at theist r~ePtfn~; on June 7th,instructed me to write your honorable Baard,petitioninn; you to taka such steps as art neCe~3F~.Ty to eliminate _tI''1L° grade Crosairig On the °•se~ttlF3, Po,°t l~n~~;loa arid. wes'~~:rn ~~i.l-road,wh®re ft cro~$~~ ~;ths c~tar~t ~~ road between fort Townsend and ~~1 seov~xy B€~y, . I~;nalosed you. will find ~ map ,showQn~; the approximate loea:tion. }due to the fact that there four .trains a day now.-on these tracks.., thi:~ crossing is a dangerous one. , 2~he County Ca:miesioners went to do their snare IDn eliminating this erossin~; but wlssh to know vthat part or the expense. will be shared by tYte ra11--road. Respectfu3ly, Caun~y ~~~n~in~eat, .. ,, 3'efre~sor~ County. ?` BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WASHINGTON THE PUBI;IC SERVICE CO~IiI,IISSION OF ~TASHINGT ON, Complainant, -vs- No. 4156. COD~ISSIONERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, et al., . Olympia, Washington, Respondents. June 16, 1916. T o Itdr . Guy D . Edwards, County Engineer, Port Townsend, Washington. GREETING: Enclosed herewith please find Certified copy of Complaint in above entitled cause. Please accept service thereof on the enclosed form, typewritten portion of which is a carbon copy of the corresponding portion hereof, which form may be mailed to the Public Service Commission of Washington, Olympia, Washington, with- out letter of transmittal. Acknowledge receipt on W. P. S. C. Form No. $ 1915 i FORM No. 7 Respectfully, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WASHINGTON Secretary J. D. LIDDEB6, COUNTY AvD1TOR ~ ~ LwQ. FLETCHER, DEPUTY OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR JEFFERSON COUNTY PORT TOWNSEND, WASH., ~ un e 1 ~ t'Yr, 1 ~' 1 C7 G. D,Ed~vards Engineer of Jeff'e rson Lo . ~~n. Honorable ai r: At thA meeti:~g of tnP .~oard of t;ounty CaiYirniss~n?rs of the County of. Jefferson County, Sta. of ~~asningt~ n; yo~~r report calling attention to `raking prompt action in re- overxie~:d crossing; over r8i1 road tracks at the first rail road crossing on the '_'owirsend-Disco-very Koad, ~:cas read. Your ,mere instructed to peti tion the Y.],plic Se .'vice Corru~.ission to eliminate this grade crossing. Omer en tered Vol i°J" ~~age 76, Commissioners ~roceedinus. 'your ve t ti (;oU~i1 y A di tasr. C: A. REYNOLDS, N ~ ~ ~ ~. .~. H. BRAWN. ARTNUR A. LEWI~~ r . ~ ~ ,{.yy• •~~y.~y ~. sECix~rARv . FRANK''R. 8PINNING.. Vrif•~V ~~- ~•~'•LA''4_ V~V ~~i~~A~LL.i7d~4.V~.LV. . vv ~~ ~~ ~~~x~~~~ OLYMPIA 4156 IN ANSWER PLEASE REFER TO FILE dune 22, 1916.- 1VIr. Guy ~. ~:dwards, bounty ~:ngineer, Port 'Townsend, ~'ash• Bear Sir Your letter of .Tune 10, the .county csommissioners on dune write the commission-relative to crossing, stated that the erossi was on the Seattle, Port Angeles where it crosses the county road and niscovery ~3ay. 1916, advising that 7th instructed you to elimination of grade ng to be eliminated ~c t~estern railway between Port ~rownsend The map inclosed in your letter indicated that ,the crossing was in the iV~4 of the SEA of Sec . 17, . fTp. 30 North, xange 1 Wiest, W.M. Mr. .~`. M. Ridley, general attorney for the Seattle, Port Angeles 8c Western Railway Company, ad- vises the commission that this crossing is not on the Seattle, Port Angeles ~ Western naildvsy, but i.s on the ~Yort ownsend t~ Puget Sound ttailway, about three miles South of Port 1`ownsend. If Mr. Utidley is ' correct in this statement it.will be necessary to pre- pare an amended petition in this ease, making the Port ~TOwnsend ~c Puget Sound xailway company a party instead of the Seattle, Port Angeles ~c t~estern xailway 'company. i~i11 you kindly advise whether or not the crossing referred to is on the Port `Townsend ~ Puget Sound Mailway? Respectfully, -~ ~" Secretary. ~3t~G-kar ~` ~r, ... ' ~ ~ ~ " ~~ ,. t `~ ,~ 1 1 ..~ . dune 23.1916. ~ir.J.H.er©~arn~ seoret#ry,F~rilia service ~om~tie~lon, • t3l:vmpia,1N8-8~. . . ~eS~` ~~r: 1 am fn racteipL ~of your 1ett~r off', 3'une ~2,1916,gi1®~~156, . in regard 'to tna rail-road aro~sin~, . The-emoealA~; in qu~etion,is on the Port 2ownaend and Pu~e~,Sound ,~ ~!1-rbad,about~ throe mileie Prom Port ~o~rneend. . ' Zt is rat~~er~hard to te11 dust who the ac~ntrollir~g ~aata,r~ are :- , . 4n . L2i~ ~ road ~ a~ _ ~Che 8eatt18, Port A~i~ee and ~es~Ce rn mail-tvay .~. ,_ -~ ~r~es Lneet~ aracka too. ~aurs truly. ~ _ - - , County Engineer. ~. .o ~. BEFORE THE PUBLIC SER~IGE COMMISSION OF WASHINGTON 7.'he Public Service C ornmission of Vt~ashingt on, Petitioner, -v s - Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County and Port 'i'ownsend & Puget Sound Railway C ornpany, Respondents. To I~r. Guy D. Edwards, County Engineer, No. 4156. Olympia, Vlashington, dune 2~3, 1916. Port `Townsend, t~la.shin~;ton. GREETING: Enclosed herewith please find Certii'ied co~o;~ of 1'~1~Zended Petition in above entitled cause. Please accept service thereof on the enclosed form, typewritten portion of which is a carbon copy of the corresponding portion hereof, which form may be mailed to the Public Service Commission of Washington, Olympia, Washington, with- out letter of transmittal. Respectfully, Acknowledge receipt on W. P. S. C. Form No. 8 1915 i FORM NO. 7 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMIuSION OF WASHINGTON By ~ . .-.~_ Secretary B:~aryi~k~; 1'I~ :~''CJB7LZC ~NViC +' (:f.';,~:1.~I~~it~TiT f3~ ~!~A:3HIT~GTC~. TI +' ~UBI:~1C ~I'VI,G:~ C4T~:i~I~~It72~ (~~' WA S1TIu G'x C~1, G amplainant, ~vQ~ 111V~ 41~6~ C. , :i, '~3.hliti,~,;,pt;,~i;~{, k~:t1..T.,:T.~f lL"7~X3?(~ and ~GY ~C3'~i~,.il, Corr~r,,issioners off' Jefferson County, '~aehington, eric( xhe ~•GFil.' Y'O~~Ty'' "IUD c~ i'UCxI!:'~' c~tat,JZ1~ 1-?,t~.T~~'rA`l ~ Or;l'ATTY, a c orp orat a on, T?esT~onciexit$. ~.3~;I~~D~ k'~: T`~.'.tUTw r'OT~ ril.1T,~IT~A~.CCTti qtr' GTiJiDL GR SSI~, _ ''he 2'ublic aervice Cou~issaon, on its oven motion, com,~lains ~:~nd alleges: S. '~`}~a.t said C . :3. '•~~.naker, ~ailla.grn i:ldrid~~e a.nd rerc;~ Bown7an e.re the duty elected, qu~~.lifa.ed a;;d acting merribers of the ~3a~.rd of Count; (Jor~aHSioners of ~Teffersnn County, ~ias}ixngton. `T'hat said port a ownsend ~ Xtzget ~ounci ~?ailwa;~ C ompany i s a c orirorat i on owning, operr~t inns a.r3d a or7tr oiling a steom railroad extending from the ca.ty of Dort i'awnsend, southwesterly, which railroad intersects Find crosses the count; road between tort xowneend anti laiecovery Bay 'at a point in the I>l:~~ of the 3~~. of ~ectiori ~.'7, ~o~rnship 30 T~orth, range 1 ~'le$t Z'~, &i, Sa„ 1'h~at said grade crossing of ss:id hig'rl~ray by said railway. is located at a paint tgrhe~r~; s€~id railway rung through a thorough cut, the effibanks;~ents of whi0h thorough cu.t ara _~ .:,., ~ F y ,...- .~ _ _, - twelve f~:et higher Haan the road bed of the approx.raately east aide of ~ta~.d hid,}away, and a~a,~ro~ir~ately h e railway on t eight feet higher than the roadbed o:f said railway on the west side of the high+ctay. ':~'}sat said highway is on apprc~xi- me,tely level gr~vde from the rs.l~-a;T northeasterly for a con- siderable diets.nce, that said hiFiatnay extends froth the railway southwesterly on a 6~o ascerld~.ng ;~re.de. t~.}~proaching said grade crossing on a~.+.ici }zighway frarn tine north t}~e views ©f ~. a ex'trPr,iel' limited. At 60 feet from . r .~ a_na ap1~raF~.c.h~.ng tr t}~ie rail~-a;~ tack the vier to the lefL° is lirzited tc about 75 feet, and tree view to the right icy 3.imted to t~bout l0U feet. ~,pproe.chin~; said grade croesint~ fx~~ra the south, the viev~s of the rs.ilway track or trains approaching thereon, available to travelers an the Taig}a~raf, s•r~' sals~o lircaited, the view to the right extending abouti. :i0 feet along the railway frarn the ~r~.cle crossing and the view to tiie deft extending about 74 feet alan~, tine rG.il~vay frc~::a ~:=pie crossing. '~}ie f~ de s c er~~d ing gr~.d a of the s aut~.er. ~.y }ai ~,}away appr oath t c~ the grade croaging makes it diffic~xlt to ~atap vehicles when necegs~ary before p~xssinE~ upon t~tie railway track. °,'he conc?<i- tions h®reinbefore described are $urh thew said gr~.de crossing is extremely dangerous to tru.veiers ~~n the }iiE,hvray s.xicl to patrons avid eiuployes of t'~e rail~-ay c~ar~x~~arzy, renetering said railway cotnpany~s serv~.ce ~'ra.ci2i.tiPe rind ',rs.ckags unsafe, inadequate and ins3ufficient tc~ erze.ble it 'L•o jrotnptly, expe- ditiously .rid properly transport ar~d deliver pers~ens r~r i property, or to prort~ote the safety atlti collvenienCe of its patrons, eri~ployes off' the public. 'he]ee are now operated 'four 'f ~r}1ic}1 8.9~ S&d.:td gr~lde • trains daily am said railway, all 0. P .~ crossing, which trains s-re opere.vecl at a atpeed of twenty er hour or ups=~ar~}s w~~!en iii Lr~e vicinity thereof.. "ihat iles " p m -2- at a point ap;~jroxizz~tely l:iC: feet eaz.s~: of said grade crossing the topo~rra.phicc.,1 conditions ~~.re such thou it is practicable and fee.sible tc~ ce~nstxuct a~zd znu:inwtain tan otiercrossin~; aver said railway for ~>a.e ~;urpose of c:arrfan.~; ns,id hi~;hwd,y above t}ie ~;ra!~e of said rail~v~,;~~ thc~reb;~ el:izainuting said. gi•~ade eressin~;. °o provide €ara overcross~.ng of ~~ai~i ro.ilw€ay by said highwxay ~.t the pUirzt last indicated, with appros.ches to such overcroBSir~~; r3~i,Ying riot ~:o exceed 7;~ grads, will require a,p~,roxiz~s.tely 15~ of fro.me trestle and ap}fir, axiz~.tely 200 feet of a.p,~roach eznbankzr.~nts, which overcrussing with approo.ches will cost tap~;roxizr~ately ~;a10©0.(30. ;III. '"hat tho public safet~a• resc~~aires ache closing and discar;,inuance of said grade crossing rind t;ne construction and rrzaintex7e.nce of an overcrossizlg of saki railway by said highw€zy at or near tree point hexeinbefor°e described; the e1os.E.ng and discunti~iuance of s~.ici grtacie cros:~ixag and the construction and r~aintent~.zlce of said overurassing tare neaee- sary to ms.:~e rifaid railnray co>aat~.r~y~s 9ervic;e fa,eilities s.zid trackage, safe, ~.dequo.te ~.zsd suffic.iHnt to ezzE~ble it to proz;zptly, e-rpeditiouslf,, sr;.fely f:~iac1 ~~r~ruer.l;;r tr~.r:sport ta.nd deliver persons €a,zrr~ ;~;raperty, ansj tc izror.ote tXie afety end convenience of its patroras~ st:l~~luyes +Lnci ~ciis public, ~;'h~~l::~'0~?~ 'Ihe Public ~ervi ce L oz~rnis~i on of '~Va.$hington Willy az to time ~.z~d ~~1€a+~s to b~: faired, recsive evidence concerning, F..nd ~ril1 izzq:aire intn, the matters and things hereinbefore atated anc3, s.fter full, investigation s.nd hearing, said coz~uzissic~n will make sucrz oxder ire t~'ie pa~eznises ae may be just and ree.sunable. ~'~`."I~r:~a `i'he i%ublic service t;oz~;~lsgion of ~~aahir~gton this 28th dsy of .dune, lyl8. `!'lir :~'tI73IaIC :;A3t'd.Ic;: (;EI~,~~:1:=3S:t :v C3:? 1~'t~N.Sa~i:tT(:i~ ~ ~3y Cha ~. rr..as.n, kr tliur ~~,,.~e~vri s __Caznm3ssioner. AT`i'~`-.'; J. Ii. Brown ,~~~ ~~: F>.,.,~~yn~iin~ Corzuzziscaionerr cre y. ,_ a ~~~ , i a mfr' ,_ ~ __ - ~ - - ~ ` ~` ~ 1 $]BF'ORE fiH~ y . ... . <' • S..Pu61ic Service Commission - .. .. , , . ~ . ,__ ; .. OF WA~HING~TON., PUBLIC" SERV3CE CQI;~I~PT~SI01~ 0~' , SR~ASH~NGTON vs. AOARD 4F COU'I;~T.Y C OI:~,; z S S T OI~iLk~ S AND ~ OR's' T 0~9N- RA,xI~~dAY C.Q, - , S~~JP & PUGET SOtJT~": ,- . ~TdTE OF WdSHING{TOX, ss. County of Thurston 1 hereby cert{fy that the. w{thin. {s a full, true and correct copy of ,the or{g{nat . .::..... ...:..:.. -......-------•• ', AId~ITD~D •; F~'!.C I l I QN y . =~ {n the forego{ng ent{fled cause, .now on file {n the ' onlce of the Publ{ Sere€ce Commissfon of Wash{n t c g on. INS WITN~S&' WHEREOF, I have.. hereunto aet my hand-and ~/Jtied the aeaI of the Public ,3erv{ce - .: , 28~h ' , Comm{ss{on of Wash{ngton, ,'this . ......... ...>..---.:...... da v of ...-•--- June rsa.6:• - - - ~} _ t th ~ b er ' eore pry pj e u b zice.Oomm{as{on of Waehfn pton. ._ _ ~ ~. : ~~ `: ~.. -. FEANB M• LAMBORN~ hOBLIC PBINTE6 - ~ ~~ - I r °- - '. ,,.. .. -' _ _ _. i .., ... <_ - C A. ~~REYNOLDS, CHAIRMAN ARTHUR A. LEWIS ~r ~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~+~~~~~~~~ FRANK R. SPINNING ~ ,LNG ,V'~~ ~~ ~tS.~xlt~~xC OLYMPIA J. H. BROWN, SECR~'1'ARY ' IN ANSWER PLEASE REFER TO FILE 4156. July 7, 1916. F~dr. Guy D. Edwards, County Engineer, Port Townsend, Washington. Dear Sir ; The commission has assigned the case of the Public Service Comrniasion of Washington vs. Commissioners of Je~'ferson County, et al. for. hear- ing at Port Townsend on July 13, 1916. Arrangements have been .made with Fir. Dudley, attorney for the Seattle, Port Angeles & Western Railway Company, and with Fir. Shank, attorney for the Port Townsend & Puget Sound Railway Company, #o meet the commi~.sion at Port Townsend on July 13 and ga over .both railway lines for the purpose of taking action with reference to elimination or bet~er» went of all dangerous crossings on those lines. The. commission is anxious that you and the members of the Board of County Gomrc-issioners arrange, if convenient, to accompany this party on this .trip, in order that action may be taken upon the ground with reference to any crossings requiring attention. ~ ~ Guy D. Edwards ~ 2:. the commission ~rishes to inspect all of the crossings before holding a hearing so that the case assigned for hearing on the 13th may not be reached before the 14th, that is until ail.the cross- ings have been inspected. If convenient will you kindly arrange for a suitable place for holding a hearing, either on the 13th or 14th, as the case may be. Respectfully, Secretary. " BGG/INB. ~- - ~ ' - ~ ' BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WASHINGTON TIDE Pt1BLIC SERVICE COI~ISSION OF WASHINGTOTd, Complainant, X48 C . S. WAIdAI~AISL'R, WILLIAT~B: ELDRIDGE, and PERRY BOW~TAI~T, COTd1JiISSIONERS OF • JEFFERSON CO. AND SEATTLE PORT ANGELES 8c WE STERTd RA ILVdAY C OI~I'ANY, a corporation, ,. Respondents. No. 4156. NOTICE OF HEARING Olympia, Wash. July 7, 1916. To Bitr ~ Guy D .. Edwards , County Engineer, Yort Townsend, Washington. GREETING: Please take notice that the above entitled action has been assigned For Hearing re elimination of grade crossing, At: Port Townsend, Washington, On: July 13, 1916= at the hour of 9:30 A. ~. Please acknowledge receipt of this notice on enclosed form, typewritten portion of which is a carbon copy of correspond- ing portion of this notice, which form may be mailed to the Public Service Commission of Washington, Olympia, Washington, without let- ter of transmittal, if desired. Respectfully, Acknowledged receipt PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WASHINGTON, on W.P.S.C. form No. 6 B y :~tl"!~ 191_ Secretary. FORM NO. S !~ BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WASHINGTON ' ~~ YUBI;,~C ~I3YxG~ Q0~t~tISST0N OD WA SHING~ OW,. Oompiainant,. w'~' S r 0 „ ~. ~fI~IdA}~,. WX1;LT, ~-~DHT~GL~, and DAY 3~0~'~a11N~, C~3xsH.I0Ni~13S 0~ J$~FER3UIT GO « kNT) S'x,~'.1".~7.,3~; ,kaOl~t`~' AIJaI~~+' S ~c W~ ' S`i'1f;RIJ I~.IL{SAY C OAGYk1~fX ,. a corporation, Ker~pondents. No. 4156. PROOF OF SERVICE Olympia,. Wash. ~~~--~ '7 - 1916. From ~sr * t~uy D r l~dpard ~ ,. County lingin~er, Dort ~ovm~end, Waohin~rton. RECEIPT IS ACKNOWLEDGED of NOT I C E Of Hearing re ~3,imination of ~r~.de aru~oYng, At: Dort ~gwns~Md, ~la~hin~ton, On: July 13, 1916, at the hour of g;3p ~,~ 1,{~ Respectfully, Dated: 1915. FORM No.B ' -=c..f~ ,~ da • • PORT TOWNSEND Bt. PUGET SOUND RAILWAY COMPANY ~~-c~~ «, u <~ [~' ~ ./ .~u.._ ~ ~. a ,~-~ C~ ~~~ .r_~_~ ~~:..~ ~. .e__.0. _ ...~ ~~ /O i~~--~~~ _ ~~ ~~~~ ~j-~Iit ~ . C~ ~_ /~ ~~~ r-- --~-G _-~c.e~ y /~-- ~.-~-y ~ ~ ~ • 4at.~,1916. ~6r . C. ~. T~r~.o~son~ Po_~t To~nssnd & Puget Sound Rai3.s~q Co., Seattls,l4ash. Dear sir ;- In a~swex to goer lstt~r in regard to the est~matsd amount of ys,rdage rec~uiacad far the approaahQs to the overhead croesing,T hays swede thefollv~ing estimate.: ~etimated fill. fQx apx~roe~ohes ~-3~0o qds ~ 3~~ _ ~1120,Qa Over head orQs~ 1ng -,.~.-___..._ 1'j, 000 t~ . ® X25. ~~5.00 02 ear 1ng and t~rubb ix-~ - .- ~ .. ,~ - - - „ ~ - ?~K}t~ . Cfl Thi$ Yg~wre is abAUt v~hat ors 4an het .the i'~,12 put #n fvr,of course w® ~l],1 ~®t_i# put ~.n Qheapar if w® oar. I -hops -that ~-e aan get tong®thsr on this ae ~oort as pasa~.bls as this over-head crossing ~hou~.d bs put in bef©rs some a~aoident happens. Yours very truly County Lngiaaesr. "~ `'; ~. E. F. BLAINE, CHAIRMAN - J. H. BROWN. ARTHUR A. LEWIS yyy~~ ~.y~ yy• M~Y ~y• •~y.y~ HHCRETARY FRANK R. SPINNaN6 ~~$ ~~,~ .i.V ~.VA'~.L~~ ~LLV~'L`xii~x.i+~Y d ~~//~~ t ~~ ~ts,Cxzxt~#~x~ OLYMPIA ~ ~ `sM ~ Qlympia, We.sh. October 5, -1916 County Auditor, Jefferson County, Port Townsend, Wash, Dear Sir; Herewith please find ecpy of letter from IuTr, Erickson which i s selfexplanatory. Kindly advise the comni scion if -this wcrk is nat compl.eteci within a reasonsble time. Yours truly, .THE PUBLIC Sk;RVICE CO~ISSION OF WASHII~TGmt;N _~ By Co ssi one FRS-AER a Seattle, October 3, 1916. Public S~ rvi ce Comma s si. on, Olympi a, `Nashington, Attention AQr.F.R.S;~inning. Dear Sir : Having return~:d to th~~ city, I find your communi- c:ation dated eptember 2~t'a relative to the grade crossing work on the Port Townsend and Puget Sound Railway. In reply thereto, I wi sh to state tri~t this company has cut the brush- and trees apprc~.ching the crossing designated by the comma. ssicn and i s preparing to construct .the overhead crossing .agreed upon, Will. you kindly refer tc our corununic.-:~tion of the 16th. It was at that time stated that this work would be under ,way in the course of ten days. Everything is in rQadiness for this piece of work tc be done and as soon as we receive certain necessary data from the county engineer. Mr. Guy Edwards of Port Townsend, vie wi 11 proceed without delay. The information referred to, we have been awaiting every day, Very truly yours, PORT TOtRrNSEND AND PUGET SOUND RY. CO. By C.E.Erickson :E?i ce Presiden t CEE -B " ~~r. Gtiy D . Edwards , Gounty Engs.neer, Jefferson Co., Port Toti~~,~nsend, :%as'aing•ton, Dear Sir: - In reply to ~,-our corgi??nznication of October 5th covering. the estir_~a.te for the cost of the overhead crossing, tirish to sad; that I ex- •nect to be in Port i~ot~,msend t'n.e next- day or• two at which time we will endeavor to cover this matter ~.nd get_ it under ti~ray. I was a little s-u.rprsed at the estimated yardage for the al~rroaches ax1c~ the amount of clearing and grubbing necessary..- ~iow- ever, vJe will get the tiaork started as early as rossible. Should ~ ou not be able to see me the early part of next week, please so advise me ~y return mail and state z:hen .you can see me. Very tru1J ;~otz-rs, T'rte Port locr~.isei~d ~ Puget Sound ~o. OE:G ; B Vi e-.I'resaent. ~~` ~~ ,, `, f }: . .~ ,~a~, ~r . CI.F.Erickson, V~.o:;-Prs~i~~snt,P.T~&P.S.F..R. seattl~,~va~r.. De~.r sir- Qdt .7.Q, i. 1C . I have received wcr~ from fir. Lc~aeby that you wished a, bile of lumber for the avsrhsad anossin~ so Sam senai.n~ you the fol.ln~~ ink 1 ist of lumber . T do mot ~no~x~ r~hs,~ cl~aranae you require on t~.is aroasin,~. ~Ix. Loasby says that a aZa~,ra.nd,e of 2~ feet should be made. mhe ~arevious sst~m~.tw which S sent you vas not made fora 2~j foot elearanoe as I aid not know wt~ie,t should be put in 8,t that plaae,sa that the previous estimate for lumber is a lot $re~3~hxthan this ane . If a ale=~rana4 of c.~ fast 3s requixed,the estimate for yardage wild b4 inU.r$~,98~ • It seems to me th~.t it wduld be better if the rail-rva~ afficial3 anti the aounty~rcommiesicnsrs should have some a~r~sment as to how they are ~o~ng to share in the avet of this railroad. arossing,as I do not think tht~t the county , avm~rfse~~ou~ra will stand for more then ane~half of the cost of the cxosairig. If the county has to put in the fill and d© ;the cles,ring and ~radin~ For a ~;; foot olearanoe,this exp~nee w9.lZ rt~n a Sot more than. the cost of duet bttildin~ the "bxi~tge itself. Yours very truly, ~~ bounty E~igineer. p ~; . Aov.11,191b. M~.A.Loaeby, Fort Toevnsend~@~ash. ~`, y Dear sir-: Subsseluant to our oonvereation in ragahxd to the overhead aro~eing,I hava received oxders frog the County Co•~nmissioner® to do no enginasring pork in oonnection with th® bri.dge until ~uoh _ time as -the .rail-xoad and the oounty oould Dome, to same a,grea4 ment in regard to the matter. They r~sgard it thst if the County lays out the bridge that it will mean that the County is agreeing,. to put in the ~ill,whi.oh~,wil~. east moss then t~iQe tha oust of `,the bridge. R®spebtfully, ~~~ ~: ` County Engineer. 3 ~,~ .. f .,,_r.. .. _ .. _ w.q,~- ..... PORT TOWNSEND & PUGET SOUND RAILWAY COMPANY - Seattle - I;Ir. Guy D. Edwards, Office of County 1±anginc~er, Jefferson Co., port ~Iov~rnsend, '':'asizin~;ton, :Jean Sir:- Our I~~r. ~. I:oasby referred to rce w letter ad- dressed. to him :From your office relat ive to the ove-rl~ead ;brid.g~e, :~r~~~.e-rein ti~re ~a-re advised that no ;vo-rl~ trill be az.thori_zed by the eo~znt~? in tr~is connecti on until such tune as the county con~rnissi_oners an.o. this comp~~>ny ]i~ve agreed as to ~;>,nom grill. bear the e~l~ense of said i.rprovernent. ~.;~ni.s company has ~-•roceeded to r~urc'r~ase the lumber. necessary _to-r the construction of -the '~-riei~;e almost entirely according to the bill forvrarded .~:rom your• o i'fice and it :Fr~,s our intention to proceed arit'r_ the ereetior_ of the sar-~e ar:i t~~out Further dela~j; this to 'oe done ~r~i_th our own crews since ,e are certain tl~.t b~7 slzcn ~~n a-rr~a.n,~~e- n , en t , ,ire c o iz -`''' -` 1d e ~ _~ec ~ a saving. In the natter of t~-~ e ~~-^~:~d i-ng, our ':~r. i'errlwn .L ~ a r .e , .L L - ~ 7.i1 COnvGlSa~lOn .°,li,h `%Ol? is 0.!: the O,t~lnloil %,~i.c.t, ~i1.,t ~<c,r~ of the 1T31n?.'OVer!~P,nt co~~lci be carried on cheapest t~~rough a contract -~'rorn ;%oizr o-i'_"ice. B~?~ this co;~birlation, i;'e feel th=±'c tl,e entire z-rork r;ould re-r~-rosF>nt tn.e least t.ossible cost, In t'r~e matter o1: wearing t~~~e c~~pe:~~se °o:c this in~l~rover~ent, you ~zo doubt ~;ri.l1 rE:ca.~_1 th,_~,t t?~is corn~:~any rTade tl~e ~;ro:;osal to tine county co~nr.~iss~-ont~rs :i_rr th.e i~reselZCe 01' the ~'izblic service "ol~i;..~issione-rs tr-~at t)ie total e~~~ense be divided, the county be^.ring one ~~".lf anti. ~t;he rai_l_~~rwvT cornp~~-ny one %~alf. u'rora ~;Tolzr letter, -!- ~_:n:_"r r tl~.at, tl_cre miF ht be a misunderstand ~..ng on the ~;a:ct of tl~e eo;n-r_~.issi.one-rs co4ering this r,oint and I ~.r: t erefo-re ~.dd:cess:ing a 1e~~,ter. to them tOC?.aur,~r,,n.'~:it1.g a forn:alrror:osal_ ~,lon~' these lines, a copy of ~-rhieh I ar--~ enclos.ng ilere~Trith. ' In ~~our letter r-ou skate t'n~.t the rill ~:~ill cost twice as r.~uch as ~t'ae brid~~e i tself_. ~C`or.ld :riot the ap- proaches to the wridge 'oe constructed allo~,:~~_ng• 2, little- rlore `~~r~>de and in that ~a;ray curt down the ar_ao~,_nt of n,~,~:,e-rial to be PORT TOWNSEND Bi. PUGET SOUND RAILWAY COMPANY .~ ~ - -, ;,r . _.r. ~Q~.~T~,iCJ_S. `~.'he clearance .i'or tr.e U:ci~Ve wuove tine :c~.i1.s ~~z.11, ~~; necessitUT, 1~~.ve to ~e t~:-entu~-:your "ee t <~.~lc~ :i'or th~.t ,_ re~.son the .r~.teri~.l -ren?;.ired _cor 9_~f,s col~.s~,rti?_etion ce,:nrtat J. be cz_t~ do~~n r-such. '.~ i-'~.l jou be so kinc+. ~, s to 1f;t ~;~e ~:~e: r _~'~: on-i ::- ol? ^.s soon ~.s you :~.~,tie received ~.nstrrction.s :'rcT: °c%~e co~~s~t~T CC~l"Ilrlil~iSlOnerS c.S `::-:'e Z"11.sh ~:0 GO1~i-i~.Zi -::~i_t1'1_ t.~l.~% :C E:Ct11.1rE',1_"~'E-',~'~.~_~S V 1 :~.O:C Sc,'etur 2.~ tY'1S :k~Olnt 1T1~1_tOl?t 1Urt.iler G_e7_a~:'. ~~ erg; trul~T z%ours, ' ~?ort ~o~;rnsend 8~ ?'u~:et ~olznc~_ ~;~. C`•o. ry:~;~ ;~ ,rise-~~1°~: si n ent. r J. D. LIDDER$, COUNTY AUDITOH ~AN LwQ. FLETCIIER~ DEPUTY ®FFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR JEFFERSON COUNTY PORT TOWNSEND, `YASFi., NO V ~ 14th, 191F) Thy Guy ~. Edwards County "~rigineer. Mono raol e Sir: At the meeting of the hoard of Commissioners of ~ef2°erson ~;ounty Wash, held on the nth Inst. Communication t°rom the ruolic aervice ~om- mission rel a.tive to grade crossing on the 1'. T & r. ~. Ry was rei~errAd to you and I a~ enclosing. the ci tee communication herewi tn. I,'n tered Vol.. "J" Page 12U Commissioners Proceedings . 3 Yours ery tn~ly r ~, ,. Coin y ~ Au di r ,.S~l erx of tsoard of County Commissioners. E. F. BLAtNE, CHAIRMAN ARTHUR A.'LEWIS FRANK SPINNING ~~ ~xs~txxc~~xc OLYMPIA J. H. BROWN, SECRETARY ~! IN ANSWER PLEASE R6F6R TO FILE 4158. _ November 18, 191fi. fir. Guy D . Edwards, County Engineer, Port Townsend, Washington. Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith please find copy of letter today addressed to Idlr. Erickson, Vice President of the Port Townsend & Puget Sound Railway Company, which is self explanatory. As soon as a reply is received from I~r. Erickson you will be advised of the contents. thereof. B OG/`~VB Encl. Respectfully, ~~~ 41, Secretary. :yam • Y x,15 6 ~. ~3overr~ber l~, 1316. Jwr, L 1~. ~;ricsson, Vice Yresi~ent :i~orL To~.~ngenc~ ~; Yaaet Sound Railway Company, See.ttle, ~Yashin~ton rear Sir.: `fhe eor.~nssion is in receipt of a .letter - from! hGr. Guy ~, Idwr.~rds~ county ei~;ineer~ Yort ~'ovrnsend~ ~'vd.Bhin~tan~ stating that the county corr~uiis- siorzer$ are willing to ~he~.d @lith the construction of ~~he over crossing in the t~~;~,~- nf' the ~~~ of Suction 17, '~"ov~nship 34 North Range 1, Vest ~1, ~;. ae soon as ~:r~ «.~reeurent between tie county and_ the rs.ilway co~rt,~-ny~ apportianir~~ the cost thereof, ce.n be con- suinc~ated. I~r. Tdwards states that so f~.r the. county has beep. ~Ar~a~le to rEacra an agreet-ent with %he ~ailwa.y caur~a~aay cav~;rixr~ %he :~,~~ortion;,ient of the ex~errse of cc~nsvructin~ an over cxossing, :;ill you be .mind enough to advise tt~e couuc~ission tivhether or riflt your corr~~any is ~ril.ling to pay one .half the expense referred to. In ...nearly every instance ~:hEre ~r~,de crossings have been eliminated, flue h~,li' ~.he expense has been assuiaed by t3~e c aunty and. erne half by ti,e r~.i lw~.y company, -~~nd i t secr~;s to be the consensus of opinion of the county <_ V C . ~. Erickson - 2. • ~ officials ~.nd r~+i.lway officials, tYiat such division cf expense is reasonable.. Ftespectf idly, ~. e. esown Secretary. BUG/'iV$. Nov.l~ ,1~7.{ . _. ~ ;,.~:,~ ~r.~~ . Loa:sb«, Port iotYrisArid,t"~SSh. dear air:.- _. In the natter of the- over-hee.+1 orotiein~.;,the County. ar.d the Rall--roe+.~~. rorapany have tto~r~ tsonie to an aErf:~ment and. wiwZ comatruct tn~; et0o~ain~ wlthotzt; burth~~:~ del€~,,y. I ~i:~l stare out tho t~rldE;e,eitt~er `x^ues~lay,P.~~. or wedneaday A.t~. , tin t2~at' you can het the bri~.~~e: tvor~ stax~tod. Yourai very ,:11.t3y, :~- _ i ,,.. L.,r..~ ~ ~t%~ ~~ ~~ -~ r ~~~--~.--- ~~ ~ v% _ r' ~~~ f ~ ~~+~`~ ~ _.~p ~ << ~ ~~ ~''" G~ G,w - P~ot~.1~;,3~~1i<. ~~ix•.~.~;.~{,rickgon, Vise-rrcalder~t, Port Townsend & Puget found F~Y.Co., 5eattle,Wash. near sI r: - Your propottal 1n re~arc~ f:o the c~vor-h~:a.d c:ro~sl.n~ nas 'been referred to tlae County Ccsmrn5.sss.~~nors a.nd they have agreed to et<~.nd one-h~,].f of the to~~;,l expense cif thc~ 1r+r~'rotfer;.eti~ . The County w11i take ehs,xge of tY1e r;radit;~,etc.,ottside of to"e constr~ctlon o2' the brld~;e s,nd ~-hc;n the wUrk. 1s coripletcd fi,o ad~i their expense: to that oP trie R~.11-roia.d Cotri~~s.ry ~ ;; a:nd the?t to z~tt~.n.~ one-half opt' the total ~axpenre,srra?:>,tevPr fi~e.t; r~.y ~E. I ~~-21.1 irtfU:ru~ I~r. L' oasb.V at c~nue sr~ t;rat ba c~~rt iirc~cee~ ~.t anec; ~~tiYh •tt~e ~voxk oi' coristructln~; the br1~.~~o,a:~ this matfi,or hs,s been fire too ions; rta:~v,to salt me. _ Yours very t ru.ly , t~otinty z~n~ineer. _ Nov.1~,191~. k~~iblio Ser~'re Cc,r-1i~1].$$iU~a, olyr~pia,~aeh. GPntlvmen.- In re~;a.rci to .the overhead cros$1~ in .the N.1~ .~ of the ~.Ir,-,~~-- cat section 1 j,Tp.30 N. R.1 47.~e~.~. ,I ~+ist~ .to report that the ;ounty ha.a rec®ived a proposal x'rc~m the 1?ort Townsend ~ pu~et ~azrnd Pay. Co. ,that tlwey Zvi it stand ol.~;-halt of the total exper~gs of the construetior~. Ta this thevola2lty :;oLli'11aE3ioTl~r$ have $.~read I ,believe that this gill t;ettl~: tree raatter,an~T we eFLri nom het thi.a cro?sin~ t'inislied wl~hout furtli~r ~,i~:la,y. . Re:;pc;etPu11.Y, Cau,Zty :~ii~lneer. , J. D. LIDDER6, COUNTY AvDITOa ~AN LwQ. FLETCHER, DEPUTY OFFICE OF THE COUN'~Y L-~LTDITdg. JEFFERSON COUNTY Hon . Guy D. Edwards PORT TOwNSEND, WASH., .ue C . 12th, 1916 Coun ty Engineer Dear ~i r; At the meeting of the 13o and of ~ommi s sion a rs of ~ e t~t`e rson noun ty, v~as~_inr~tor~, held on the 7th Inst, a communication from C.E.Fricxson, dice Pres, of the P.T & P. S. Ry Co, w~th-:•reg~rd to overhead cro~:sing where County Highway crosses the Railroad, was read, and was referred to you for a.djustinent. Entered Vol.. J. Page 137, Commissioners Proceedings . Yours very truly ~-- ~- C t~ di for