The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-12
TRAINMEN MUST REST.
Iaroilette Sixteen-Hour Bill Goes
Through the Senate.


washington. Jan. 10-By a vote of 70
20 !. The senate today passed bill pro-
wong that railway employees engaged in
| 'iahuiing trains shall not work more than
sixteen consecutive hours which period
rs, 70 De followed by ten hours off duty.
tor Pettus ~
do Inc result was reached after an entire
uay ,.,i spent in considering the subject The
curing the entire time. caused by the
IUItg pending amendments and the three
substitutes S,.h;s for the original bill, all of
VIZ" The ma H4d to be disposed of.
q Ea SUBSTITUTE offered today by Senator La
al e9Ii l., and rot in print. 1t was amend
Gu III several respects by the senate.
Penalty Provided.
The bill provides that under certain
tt!olIittllisehcles and in case of accident, the
lIine IlXed may be exceeded. The enforce
aiteiiI OF The. lazy is placed in the hands
VI me ne interstate commerce commission
ana i9 the federal courts, the penalty pro-
vIueu pelng fine of not less than 800
nor more than $1,000. The act is to apply
10 All trains doing an interstate or for
elgn commerce business.
Inc original bill and the substitute for
IL reported by the committee were first
taken up for amendment. Many amend
IileIlts Were accepted and many rejected
eh'lre substitute. which was rejected.
laFoIlette's Substitute.
Senator LaFollette then presented his
substitute, which on roll call was ac-
copied % to %. II was then in order to
oiler amendments to this substitute, and
many were presented. Roll call followed
roll call as the amendments came for
ward. But three Of these were adopted,
one by Senator McCumber, making an ex-
CGDtlOQ . IN, 1,a of
trains dcaYed because of the unexpected
delays IN making train connections: an
other by Senator Mallory, modifying the
penalty. and the third by Senator Calling
er, substituting the words ''off duty for
the words for rest in the provision re-
garding the rest period.
Few Amendments Accepted.
Among the amendments rejected was
one by Senator Bacon excepting from the
operation of the law railroads wholly
within a state. This was defeated upon
roll call, the vote being 16 TO Sc. Senator
Latollette failed in his endeavor to add
a new section to his substitute fixing the
liability of the roads in case of accident.
After the bill had reached the stage of
receiving final vote Senator Knox dis
covered that it should be improved by
striking out the words carrying inter-
state freight or passengers in its appli-
cation to trains affected and insert ZEN
gagged IN hauling interstate trains
Inc Knox amendment was tabled. The
tinal vote was then taken on the BILL the
full text of which follows:
Text of the Bill.
BE it enacted. etc. that it shall be I'M
lawful for any common carrier by rail-
road in any territory of the United States
or the District of Columbia or any of its
officers or agents, or any common car
rier engaged in interstate or foreign COM
merce by railroad. or any of it's officers or
70 ira
ploye engaged In or connected with the
movement of any train carrying interstate
or foreign freight or passengers to remain
on duty more than sixteen consecutive
hours, except when by casualty occurring
after such employe has started on his
trip, or by unknown casualty occurring
before he started on his trip, and except
when by accidents or unexpected delay
of trains scheduled to make connection
with the train on which such employee i;
serving, he is prevented from reaching
his terminal; or to require or permit any
such employee who has been on duty six
teen consecutive hours TO go on duty
without having had at least ten hours off
duty: or to require or permit any such
employe who has been on duty sixteen
hours in the aggregate in any twenty
four-hour period. to continue on duty or
to go on duty without having had at least
eight hours off duty within such twenty
four-hour period
Guilty of Misdemeanor.
Section THAT any such common car
rier. or any of its officers or agents, vio-
lating any of the provisions OF this act is
hereby declared to be guilty of a msde
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not less than 800
nor more than S1000; and it shall also be
the duty of the interstate commerce conf
mission TO fully investigate all cases of
the violation of this act and to lodge with
the proper district attorneys complaints
of such violations as may come to it's
knowledge.
Section 3.-That to enable the commits
sion to execute and enforce the provis-
ions of this act, it shall have the power
to employ such inspectors or other per-
sons as may be necessary. To enforce
the provisions of this act the commission
and its agents or employees thereunto duly
authorized by order of said commission
shall have the power to administer oaths.
interrogate witnesses. take testimony and
require the production of books and pa
pers. The commission may also order
dispositions taken before any officer in
any state or territory of the United
States or the District of Columbia, quail
fled by law to take the same.
''The provisions of this act shall not
apply to relief or wreck trains.