RAILWAY AND TRAFFIC BRIDGES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 April 1926, Page 8

RAILWAY AND TRAFFIC BRIDGES

(To the* Editor.) N:r. -A' consul‘ruble .'junt </ ior r -.-ci- -de L is .> upeared late!*. ■ • »•:*• minis ,'tivc!:,>:i w *ih ;L-.- danger • le.el ci'"'ssings. and as a visitor c this in an; iful I'-'.inliy. 1 '.rust I may he pardoned if I draw attention to ill' fact that it is not only at level crossings where accidents may occur, but < it railway bridge:-, over which load traffic al.-o passes. It is imreaso-na hie to export I!: * Railway authorities; to port nuti to warn all persons when a train is dm lo- IT' S- the bridge, or to lit crossing gates at eithei .in 1. as the expense would lie considerable . 1 therefore suggest that the aut-lu.-iit ies he asked to place- a notice bound at both ends of the bridge. Ihe not ice will show the approximate litmngs at which trains arc expected to pass. SI,, that persons who- arc not familiar with the neighbourhood may stop ami ascertain when it' is safe to cl'i.vs. 'I m- details should b" printed in large letters, so that they may easily lie read without necessitating getting ~ut of the car. The- expense would be trifling, and I feel sure that it- is only necessary to bring the matter the attention ot the railway authoriwho would meet a public request by placing tin- hoards on all bridges in the country over which train and road traffic, passes.- I am. etc. D. KFRKIDOE.