State ex rel. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Public Service Commission

BARRETT, Commissioner.

The double-track line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company runs through the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, and since 1922 there has been a bridge over the tracks at Shepley Drive. Upon complaint of the city and a tendered proposal for “reconstruction,” the Public Service Commission found that the bridge “was in a deteriorated and run-down condition,” that it was dangerous and inadequate to handle present day traffic, that it would be improvident to repair the bridge at an estimated cost of $20,000 and if repaired would not sustain the required “load…