Report on the Abolition of Grade Crossings, in the City of Worcester (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report on the Abolition of Grade Crossings, in the City of Worcester "City Of Worcester. In Board of Aldermen, Dec. 8th, 1890. Ordered: That a Commission consisting of the City Engineer and two other expert engineers who shall be named by the Mayor, be appointed to examine all grade crossings in the City, make plans of the same as they now are, together with plans of proposed changes, and report to this Board the most beneficial way to the City, to have said grade crossings abolished. The expense for the same shall be charged to street construction. Approved December 23d, 1890. (Signed) Francis A. Harrington, Mayor." As soon as practicable we met at the City Hall and advertised a public hearing to beheld in the Council Chamber on March 14, 1891.This hearing was attended by citizens, who expressed their views freely, and suggested for our consideration several methods by which the desired object might be attained. The opinion was unanimous that the grade crossings of the City of Worcester were a source of great danger and inconvenience to the inhabitants, and that the time had come for their abolition. The methods which were suggested were as follows: First. To remove the railroads with their stations and sidings out of the thickly settled parts of the City. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.