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Home My WebLink AboutROI NO MISCThe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company E. E. McCARTY, COAST LINES 1• X ELLIOTT, General Manager Assistant to General Manager F. 1. MdaKIE, Assistant General Manager F. A. BARER, Assistant General Manager H. H. TISDALE, Assistant General Manager To the Honorable and Members of Bakersfield, Gentlemen: Los Angeles, California May 6, 1943 Mayor the City Council, California. L. D. COMER, Assistant to General Manager A. N. SUMMERS, Assistant to General Manager THE UNDERSIGNED, The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, desires hereby respectfully to call to your attention the serious situation respecting railroad operating conditions across..that`portion_of ItD" -Street hereinafter described.. "DO Street, as you know, extends across the throat of the -Atchison Company's yard and thereby seriously inter- fers with the make®u]� of trains. and with general switching operation._;.and silso creates a very hazardous situation both to the public, to railroad employes and to railroad passengers; furthermore, on account of the operation of 18-car passenger trains and lengthy military trains, it is Impossible to avoid obstructing and blocking the street to vehicular ands other- highway traffic a considerable portion of the time.J A great deal of blocking also occurs in con- nection with the movement of equipment to and from the repair and cleaning tracks and of engines to and from the roundhouse, all'of which very seriously impairs the Com- pany's ability to more promptly handle agar traffi and, military trains, thus hindering the War effort. OF" Street and several other streets to the east are readily available for the use of the public in crossing the railroad, and 1!Dt4 Street serves practically but one :industry,.,the interests of which would not be impaired to any appreciable extent since "F" Street is available from the east and there is a separated grade.crossin,g at Oak Street on the west o The undersigned is now preparing plans for an extensive enlargement of its yard but is reluetant-to carry out such plans unless and until the conditions her�einabove mentioned are removed. Therefore, based on the facts and conditions herein above set forth, the undersigned hereby respectfully requests that such proceeding may be had as may be required to effect a vacation and abandonment of .all that portion of said I'D" -2- Street described as follows, to wit: All that portion of I'D" Street in the City of Bakersfield., County of Kern, State of California, lying between a line drawn across said street at a point 132 feet south of and parallel to the south line of 16th Street and a line drawn across said "D" Street from a point on the west line of I'D" Street 510 feet south of the south line of said 16th Street to a point in the east line of I'D4" Street 478.5 feet south of said south line of 16th-Street, which point is the northwest corner of hot 111, Block 359 of Bakersfields and as shown outlined in red on.print hereto attached, hereby referred to and made a part hereof. It may be added that the undersigned proposes to decrease delays to highway traffic east of "F" Street that now occur from time to time when westbound trains are required to stop for signal to enter the yard. We trust that such slight inconvenience as may result to the public from the proposed abandonment and closing may not be permitted to outweigh the great and urgent need of overcoming or reducing to a minimum a condition that now so seriously impedes the handling of War and other essential traffic. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE' RAILWAY COMPANY, BY ITS Regular meeting of the City Flanning Commission held in the Council Chamber of the City Fail at 7:30 F. LT., June g, 1943. Present: Kamprath, Schultz, Smith, Holfel.der, I;cCarthy, Hamlin, Hubbard. Absent: Cullimore, Davis, The matter of the application of the A. T. & S. F. Railway Company proposing the closing of the D Street railway crossing was brought up for discussion at this time. This application to the City Council and referred to the Commission for their consideration was dis- cussed at the special meeting held Liay 14, 1r43, The Santa re was represented by E, D, Hebert, Division Superintendent, 'l. G. Bain, Agent and J. 04 Reavis, Attorney, Mr. L,L. Agnetti, owner of the San Joaquin Grain Co., and his attorney, H. Ef Schmidt, ivere present, also Theron L, MIcCuen, Business Manager of the K6 C. U. H. S. District, Chairman Famprath invited all interested persons at this time to present any information Which would aid the Commission in reaching a decision on the proposed closing.. Messrs, Hebert, Rain and Reavis spoke at length in favor of closing the crossing and the benefits to be derived therefrom, both by the public and the Santa re, Hr. Schmidt protested against the proposed closing and stated it would be very detrimental to the business of %r, Agnetti. Ur, McCuen stated that the High School District hadno objections to closing the crossing. After a general discussion of the proposition, Ir. Smith presented the following motion which was seconded by %r, Hamlin: That D Street be closed between the southerly line of 16th Street and the northerly line of 14th Street providing the following recommendations are approved; That the Santa Fe Railroad at the earliest possible date will move their trackage and sidings west as far as possible, thus relieving the F Street crossing. That a district be formed to assess the benefits and damages to abutting property due to the closing of the D Street Crossing, the district boundaries to be as follows; Beginning at a point in the southerly line of loth Street, 30;.25"westerly from the westerly line of F Street; thence southerly on a line parallel to the westerly line of F Street to the northerly line of 14th Street; thence 4vesterly along the northerly line of 14th Street to a point 305).2j4 westerly from the westerly line of D Street; thence northerly on a line parallel to the westerly line of D ".Street to the southerly line of 16th Street; thence easterly aloe the southerly line of 16th Street to the point of beginning. That the Santa Fe Railroad enter into a written agreement frith the City Council to participate in the cost of a grade separation in the amount of 33 1/35 of the total expense involved in the construction. The location of the proposed underpass to be designated by the City Council at one of the street inter see t ions and the main line of the Santa Zee Railroad, somewhere east of F Street and Crest of K Street. Construction on the underpass to be instituted as soon as possible after the present war emergency has terminated,o I motion was carried by the follov.ing vote: live s : All Noes: none Absent: %allimore, Davis. Application of the Califo^,_ia ;'dater Service Company requesting the gra_zti.ng of a use permit for the 1121stallation of a pumping plant and °cell on Lots 13 and 14, Block 473C .1.br- tern Division,, was approved upon motion by Schultz, seconded by Smith. Eyes: lal hoes: done Absent: Cullimore, Davis.. There being no further business, the Commission adjourned:. F. KEIdIMTH IU �i`LIN Secretary Approved: 1943- ♦Chairman OFFICE OF (91 Alit" CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA V. VAN RIPER CLERK AND AUDITOR BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. May 11, 1943 City Planning Commission City Hall Bakersfield, California Gentlemen: I am enclosing herewith application from the A. T. & S. F. Railway Company asking that proceedings be instituted for the closing of the "D" Street Railway Crossing. I am also enclosing blueprint showing the part of the street requested to be closed. The matter has been referred to your .body by the City Council for recommendation. In submitting your report, kindly return the application and the blueprint. Yours very truly, CITY CLERK VVanRiper/MT