Salem Township v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 76 Pa. Super. 374
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 156

Syllabus

<p>Public Service Commission — Public Service Company Lem ■— Act of July 17, 1917, P. L. 1025 — Railroads—Grade crossings — ■ Abolition — Powers of commission — Assessment of cost.</p> <p>Under the provisions of the Act of July 17, 1917, P. L. 1025, amending the Public Service Company Law, the Public Service Commission has authority to abandon or vacate highways or portions of highways in proceedings to abolish grade crossings.</p> <p>An order of the Public Service Commission, vacating- certain portions of a highway at either end of a village street, for the purpose of eliminating two grade crossings, will be affirmed, where the plans adopted show adequate provision for the public travel from the village street to the relocated highway by means of a subway to be constructed by the railroad company and also by a grade crossing at which additional safeguards are required to be placed by the railroad company and there.is nothing in the evidence to warrant a reversal of the conclusions of the commission.</p>