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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 26, 1991
Playground train will be fenced in for safety
Fear of injury from rusting metal forces city to barricade park's 89-year-old locomotive
By Heather Anderson Kansan staff writer
No one has ridden Engine 1073 for 36 years. Beginning this week, no one will be able to climb on it either.
The city of Lawrence is placing a link fence around the black locomotive in Buford M. Watson Jr. Park, Sixth and Kentucky streets.
This means that park-goers will not be able to climb on the train like they have stairs.
Fred DeVictor, director of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department, said the city decided to put a fence around the train because officials were afraid someone would get hurt climbing on it.
He said no one had reported any injuries from playing on the train. But the aging engine has a lot of sharp edges and rusted metal which could injure people, he said.
The 5-foot-high fence will be black so that it blends with the train and makes the area aesthetically pleasing, DeVictor said.
He said there had been a temporary fence around the train during recent maintenance work. Rusted metal, loose pipes and asbestos had to be removed
from the train as part of the routine maintenance.
The permanent fence, which will cost $125 should be finished by early next week.
Jennifer Hobson, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said she understood why the city needed to improve its schools.
"I would hate to be cut on rusty metal," she said.
However, Hobson said she always became sad when attractions like the train were closed because of safety concerns.
"My mom even likes to play on it," she said.
Lupe Chavez McKinsey, 9, of Lawrence, said she would miss the train because she liked the inside of it.
Josh Sinnard, 11, also will miss playing on the train.
"I think my kids would have liked to play on it because it is so old, he said.
The train was built in May 1902 for about $20,000. The 125-foot-long engine once pulled 780 cars and traveled in parts of the country, and Kansas during the 53 years it was used.
The Aitchison, Topeka and Santa P + Railroad donated it to Lawrence when she was 13.
Mike Countess of Apex Fence and Iron Works begins work on the $1,500. 5-foot-high chain link fence.
Jule Jackson (KANSAS)
Committee split about proposal to conserve prairie
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A proposal for a tallgrass prairie preserve in Kansas is headed for a showdown on the House floor after receiving a politicallydivided committee endorsement yesterday.
The measure now goes to the House floor for debate.
The House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee split along party lines in approving legislation to create the Flint Hills Prairie National Monument, a national park system. The vote was 27-17, with Republicans in opposition.
Under the proposal, the government would buy the 11,000-acre Z-Bar Park near Chase County. The National Park Service would operate it as a public park.
Rep. Dan Glickman, a Wichita Democrat and the measure's chief sponsor, said he was encouraged by the committee vote.
"Obviously we have a few more to hoe, but heI'm still optimistic that the Poison is Prairie National Monument will present a Glickman said.
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