Highway crossing regulations.

Following are the Board of Railway Commissioners' Standard Regulations for highway crossings as amended May 4:

Unless otherwise ordered by the Board the regulations for future construction of highway crossings are and shall be as follows:—

1. With each application, the railway company shall send to the Secretary of the Board three sets of plans and profiles of the crossing or crossings in question:

   Plan	Scale	400	ft. to 1 inch.
   Profile of railway—
   Horizontal	Scale	400	ft. to 1 inch.
   Vertical	Scale	20	ft. to 1 inch.
   Profile of highway—
   Horizontal	Scale	100	ft. to 1 inch.
   Vertical	Scale	20	ft. to 1 inch.

   1st set, for approval by and filing with the Board.

   2nd and 3rd sets, to be furnished to the respective parties concerned, with a certified copy of the order approving of the same.

2. The plan and profile shall show at least one-half mile of the railway each way and 300 ft. of the highway on each side of the crossing.
3. The plan shall show all obstructions to the view from any point on the highway within 100 ft. of the crossing to any point on the railway within one-half mile of the said crossing.
4. The company shall give the municipality in which the proposed crossing lies, 10 days' notice of the application and copies of the plan, and furnish the Board with proof of service.
5. The road surface of level or elevated approaches, and of cuts made for approaches, to rural railway crossings over highways shall be 20 ft. wide.
   1. A strong, substantial fence, or railing, 4 1/2 ft., with a good post-cap 4 by 4 ins., a middle piece of timber 1 1/2 by 6 ins. and a 10-in. board firmly nailed to the bottom of the posts to prevent snow from blowing off the elevated road, shall be constructed on each side of every approach to a rural railway crossing over a highway where the height is 5 ft. or more above the level of the adjacent ground,—leaving always a clear road surface of 20 ft. in width.
6. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board, the planking, or paving blocks, or broken stone topped with crushed-rock screenings, on rural railway crossings over highways (between the rails and for a width of at least 8 ins. on the outer sides thereof), shall be 16 ft. wide.
7. In cities, towns and villages, the width of all kinds of approaches to a railway crossing over a highway (street or avenue), and of the planking between the rails and on the outer sides thereof, must be regulated by the position of the street and the traffic or the anticipated traffic thereon, but shall not be less than 20 ft. wide.
8. Wherever a cut on the line of railway exceeds 9 ft. or a filling thereon exceeds ?? ft. at a highway of street crossing, the railway company, before proceeding with the work of construction, shall refer the matter to the Board, with a full statement of the facts and circumstances, that the Board may decide as to the advisability of ordering a separation of grades at the said crossing.
9. In special cases, it may, upon application, be ordered that any existing highway crossing be constructed so as to conform to the foregoing standards and requirements.

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