Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-28
BETWEEN TWO FIKns
A TRAiNMAN's CAUSING COMMENT ON
RAILROAD R0ufS

lose Time and WaA = DnoeAaxA.
To Break Them aaA nAve a. Acek..
dent Means . DtsoA.-8e Aass.
1t is an interesting posttiul thet one
ands when studying die feAat09s xhaa
connect the railroad enEAUee with fb<
road itself with regard to the ru1es
and regulations. 1t las a ring sM
"heads l win. and tails yu iose~ IL
favor of the road when Il comes to de
Gliding where the responsibility lies
when an accident occurs An odd rail-
road employee. member Of a train
crew, was conversing with the writer
recently, and in going over it the s1tua-
ton might be better and more rexGItT
understood IL he were to be rather
closely quoted from his standpoint anA
In his language.
ION our line" he said, 1--WE have
many good mile that composes thu
whole road. but l will confine m1s
| knowledge and experience of working
under rules and regulations as stand
ing between the general managers
office land the actual operation Of
trains. TO follow every rule and regH
lation to the letter would make trHwsk
far safer than lying In bed, b,n 4.
would be so slow and tedious to the
passenger that the time made in the
old days of stage lines would appea.
'flier's' time of these days.
"To make from even 80 miles peg
hour up to the 80 reached these days
and to live up to everything pertain
ing to slow ups. grade crossings. say.
ing Of COAL oil and material, slow stops
and starts, reduced speed over switches
and turnouts and hundred and ODE
things to be remembered, would I've thsa
worst kind Of folly If making time waE
q consideration.
"Take my run. $50 miles, which is oI
the card to be made in hours and ;1
minutes, not such a swift gait. to fsa
sure although in winter, with SHOW,
ice and bad weather. 1t Is some littba
| kind Of job to get around on time
TO live up to every ironclad rule, fhosa
| In the book. on the card and various
specials issued every day, you could
not pull that run through in ten bours.
and you might count yourself lucky IT,
you went through upon that tins
| "a trainhand has the choice OF t.i-
ther making his time, for, If he is fire.
quently late, he is either set back, sus-
| pended. fined or dismissed. or living s1r
to every rule. and. If not found doing
SO in case of accident being dismissed
OF course where no accidents os,rur
the rules can be tempered with and
the management be blessed with bar
daged eyes, but let mishap occux,
and In order to protect themselves
they jog out the thousand or two
rules. and il you are found guilty yuu
receive an early dismissal. Sc the
trainhand takes his desperate chances
by playing at luck. by using discretim
In obeying his rule. as he keeps his 81
sitiOn longer than he would threu..
STRICTLY carrying out every one az i
eventually being dismissed when tbs,
first salary day arrives
''In one book ofcrnles upon a i1rSs
road appear nearly 500 resulatiAas fsr
the employee to familtariza himseK
with, or. as one Of the seeneraI r,lase
says: The head Of each depertuueHk
must be converaAnt with tim. &ss3dA
supply copies Of ths1a 70 his sli1ssk-
mates. see that they lre 11desstes0s ~
force obedience to theans No oae VINE
be excused for the vielaesn eEAEnf
them, even though not inAfiuaeA tA
those applicable to his dscASe1W1k t.
nosance Is no excuse Or naatec3 q
duty .% ~
Then follows q 1sest ramazkabAa
clause or rule which reads, '.NsaUesass~
ployee while on duty counecAaa WITH
the trains on any division OF th4 roAS
is under the authority and must c.
form to the orders Of the superiubsnA-
ent Of that division Now, II the en-
ployee has certain order from the ST.
perintendent that conflicts with those
of the book, the road has him douhk.
headed.
"ro obey the superintendent and dis
obey the rule means discharge, as il
distinctly states that no one will be ey-
cused for the violation Of any Of th,.yr,'
while on the other hand he must Con
form to the orders of the superinter,s
ent,' so he is apt to become discharge
clLlSI way, UWt llc IO1U Stduun u ,
blamed In either case. Besides the>s
800 regulations there are numbers VI
rules. about 20 forms Of train ordern
hand and lamp signals, II manner OF
using signals according to the tralE
rules, besides nearly 100 special rllse
on time card.
"Then comes the changing OCCASION
ally Of a rule or from day to day the
time Of some new rule. With this the
employee must learn by heaN 1se
scheduled time of some Is regnlsr
trains not to mention as many sastA
Gals. is 1t wonder not more aaeS-
dents occur when one employee may 1N
on duty Is or 20 continuous hours and
happens to forget just one of3these
things to be remembered ?"-Portlal&
(MeJ Argus.
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