Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-13
RAILROAD OENSURED.

The State Corporation Commission, II
an order Issued yesterday, takes thu
Washington, Arlington and Falls Church
Railway severely to task for laxity ia
the methods of operating that road, ant
prescribes for the government of thu
road list OF rules and regulations de.
signed for the more thorough protection
of the public patronage of the line.
Virtually, to all intents and purposes
the order places the road under the su-
pervision and control of the commits
sion, for it is ordered that the proceed
ings be kept upon the docket of the com
| mission so that further orders may be CO.
tered therein, and further requirement.
made without additional notice to the
company.
The order of the comm ssion is the
result of the recent disaster on the road,
when one life was lost, and many Others
we're injured. Among other things the
order requires that the road operate and
maintain an independent system oil
telephones establishing connection al
all times when trains are running be-
tween the dispatcher's or operators
Office snd the various stops on the road
the telephones TO be open and accessible
at all times to both mctormen and con-
ductors and others employees OF the road.
II slso orders the maintenance of a dis
patcher' Office, which shall at all times
be in charge of competent operator.
All orders affecting the movement Of
trains are to be framed and issued some
what in the manner of operating loco
motives, the order to be made 10 writing
or telephoBed to the conductors on the
road, and signed for by them when the
orders are understood. These orders are
to be framed and issued by the dis
patcher on duty. The conductors are re-
qlired to write the orders on an ordtr
book, as is also done by the dispatcher,
and repeat each order to the dispatcher
before signing for same, and then de-
liver it to the mOtormsn and have him
sign his name.
The dispatcher is ordered to keep q
daily train movement record sheet, upon
which to record The movements OF all
trains operated, showing the time each
train passes reporting stations, together
with notes OF delays and changes Of any
trains that do not make the schedule.
All conductors are ordered to report by
telephone in person to the dispatchers
Office the time of their arrival and de-
palture at certain stations specified in
the order OF the commission.
No work or freight trains shall be OPP
Grated as a section Of a passenger train,
and such trains shall not leave report
ing stations without orders from the dis
patcher, and the trainmen on such
trains must be informed OF the schedules
of all other trains operated, and must
keep out OF the way of passengers trsins,
and clear the tracks for same, at least
five minutes ahead of their schedule
time. All trains run in sections are or
dered 10 carry signals, flags by day and
lights by night.
1t is provided that the railroad must
provide sufficient power to maintain
its trains on schedule time, the schedules
to be maintained moi only between term
inal points but between intermediate
stations. The company is required to
furnish sufficient cars at terminal points
at all times to take care of the traffic
over the line without crowding its
patrons. =,
All trains of more than one car shall
be operated with motor car 10 front, ex-
cept that between Aqueduct Bridge and
Clarendon, and between Aqueduct
Bridge and Arlington Heights. On Ar
liugton reservation, motor cars may push
loaded cars up grade. In all cases be-
tween these points. when trains are COM
posed of more than one car and going
down grades, motor cars shall be in front.