Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07
Railroad Law. Nus. b Jos..,,sd. y,
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mission is going to compel the OBJ
servance of certain of the railroad
laws of the State. These are the
as to the proper depot
facilities, the requirements as to
posting delayed trains, and the re-
quirement as to notices of accidents
and wrecks.
No one who has travelled on the
trains of this State within the last
year or two needs to be told that
these laws are not necessary, or that
they are disregarded and evaded.
The commission seems to have real
lied this fact, and has issued the fol-
lowing circular, known as Circular
No. II:
Columbia, S. c., January s, 1905.
The transportation departments of
the railroads in this State are hereby
notified that Section 217O of the
Civil Code must be strictly enforced.
Rule Id. No passenger station or
depot shall be discontinued before
due notice has been given the COM
mission, and full investigation
made and written permission granted
for such action.
Section 2166. Every railroad
company owning or operating rail
road in this State shall erect and
keep at every Office where tickets
are sold for travel over it's road, two
good rooms or apartments of reason
able size for the amount of travel at
such office, which shall be furnished
with comfortable seats for the ac-
commodation of passengers. Such
room to be in charge of an employee
of such company, and kept open at
such hours as to accommodate pas
sengers travelling over such road on
any of its passenger trains; and it
shall be the duty of the railroad CON-
missioners to enforce the provisions
of this section.
Section 2170. Whenever any pas
senger train on any railroad in this
State shall be more than one-half of
one hour behind it's schedule time,
it shall be the duty of such railroad
company to keep posted at every
telegraph station along it's line the
time such train is behind it's schedule,
and shall change such bulletin every
half hour until such train arrives,
stating therein the time which such
train is behind and the hour at
which it is expected to arrive: Pro-
vided, That such bulletins shall not
be required to be posted at any sta
tion until one half hour before the
regular schedule time at which such
train is to arrive at the station at
which such bulletin is required to be
kept. Any railroad company which
shall refuse or neglect to comply
with the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay to the State the
sum of IS for each and evlry such
refusal or neglect; said sum to be
sued for by the railroad commission
ers in the county in which said re-
fusal or neglect occurs.
Especial attention is also called to
the enforcement of the following
rules included in our passenger rules
and regulations, which are all based
on the statutes of the State:
Rule 4.x Railroad companies are
required, at all stations, to open their
waiting srooms at least 80 minutes
before schedule time for the arrival
of all passenger trains. These rooms
shall be provided with lights, and,
when the inclemency of the weather
requires it, with fire.
Rule IL. Whenever any passenger
train on any railroad in this State
shall be more than ore-half of an
hour behind it's schedule time, it
shall be!:the duty.o of said railroad
company to bulletin and to keep
posted at every telegraph station
along it's line in the,bdirection i'll
which said train is going, the time
such train is behind it's schedule