Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-01
NEW RAILROAD RULES.

The new rules recently promulgated
by the state railroad commission go
into effect June 10th. Some of the
new rules follow: Any and all reg
ular trip tickets sold by any railroad
company in this state for use within
the state at the regular or scheduled
fares shall entitle the person lawfully
holding the same to continuous trans
portation between points designated
in such ticket at any time within thir-
ty days and after the date of sale.
Any lawful holder of regular trip
ticket hereafter sold by any railroad
company in this state for use within the
state at regular or scheduled fare may.
at any time within six months from
and after the date of sale of such tick
ct, present such ticket to any general
passenger agent, assistant general pas
senger agent or general agent of the
railroad selling such ticket, or at the
ticket Office where such ticket was
purchased, for redemption, and be en-
titled to receive from such agent in
cash the amount paid for such ticket
When such ticket is so presented to
such agent and demand for redemption
thereof, it is hereby made the duty of
such agent to forthwith redeem the
same.
All passenger waiting rooms and
passenger cars in use by the railroads
within this state shall be kept sup
piled with pure drinking water and
shall be so lighted, heated, ventilated
and equipped as to render the occu-
pants of the same reasonably comfort
able, the circumstances of each case
being considered. Suitable toilets
shall be provided with due regard to
sanitation. A separate toilet shall be
kept for women, which shall be kept
unlocked at all times when the wait
ing room is open. Toilet rooms on
all cars carrying passengers shall be
kept clean and supplied with toilet
paper.
Waiting rooms at all stations hav-
ing an agent shall be required to be
opened for the accommodation of the
public at least thirty minutes before
and after schedule time for the arrival
of all passenger trains scheduled to
stop at such station, except for de-
layed train, in which case such wait
ing room shall be kept open untitthe
&C. S,al ayEilal af such delased train.
i AT SailToSdss y eSfSl II tlsIs state
lshall place bulletin board in con-
spicuous place at each ticket office on
which shall be bulletined the time that
each passenger train is due to arrive
under it's published schedule. 1t shall
be the duty of each ticket agent thirty
minutes before the time of arrival of
each passenger train to bulletin the
fact upon said board as to whether the
train is on time or not. and if behind
time to state as nearly as can be ap-
proximately the time to arrive.
Whenever there is by reason of an
accident or otherwise break or OBJ
struction on the line of any railroad
in this state that will probably delay
any passenger train on such railroad 80
minutes or longer, it shall be the duty
of said railway company to cause no
tice thereof to be bulletined at all sta
tions between such passenger train and
the place so obstructed, so the intend
ing passengers shall have notice of the
fact of obstruction. point of occurrence
and probable delay by reason thereof,
and the passengers aboard such train
shall be informed of the probable de-
lay.
All the railroads doing business in
this state shall equip the rear platform
of every passenger train with suit
able back-up hose as recommended by
the eleventh annual convention of the
Air Brake association in 1904.