Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-07

Joint Meeting Of The Rail-
road Committees Of Both
Houses !! Of the Legislature
Held yesterday After,
noon. Full Grew Bill Up
!. !. For j 1 Consideration . Rail-
!. /. way Officials Il and En- |:
ployes Addressed The
Meeting &c i.

4 AT the conclusion of the session Of
! the legislative bodies yesterday after.
aoon,, the committees on railroads, rep
resenting both bodies held a Joint
meeting for the consideration of Sem
ate Bill No. 1873, which is known As
tile. .fullzcrew bill. IL provides that on
FAIL freight trains having more than
Ithirty-fve cars, exclusive Of. the ca
boose, on railways where, more thar,
iour freight trains are run in twenty
four hours; that there. shall be an ex..
ira l1,an.in the crew, whose duty it shall
b. to:@aag, approaching trains, IN case g e:
Of delays between stations, either ahead
|tr behind, as the case may require. \ y 4
| There is considerable opposition to
the passage of the bill on<.the part Of
the railway companies it being claim
ed that the third man is unnecessary
and entails an additional expense that
is not warranted - s1S$S 5.. !. 't1 5s
The trainmen's organizations in the
state have had two OF more representa-.
tivses III the city ever since the opening
Of the session, working in the interests
Of the several measures relating to rail-
ways and. this measure in particular. 4
!. The joint meeting Of the committees,
was held in the senate chamber and
2.kyK -
Chairman Gilbert of the senate commit
tee presided and Mr.. Cashel; Clerk for.
the, senate committee, oficiated in ca
$pacity Of clerk, There were, a goodly
number Of persons present at the hear
ing ait 81 whom were interested in the
discussion as to its merits. - ~. u. >. 5ss2
i General Manager slade Of the n. T:
system 7; addressed the members,
taking the position that the provisions;
Of the bill were unnecessary and cited
anumber of statistics bearing out his
contention, M Slade stated that from
the. records in the Offices Of his cons
pany, It has been proven that out Of
every one thousand persons injured il
al classes OF rali"sy aeelus IL. ON oh'y
twelve are injured BY reason of rear
end collisions. He stated that the cost
Of having the extra man on their trains |
in this State alone, would entail an adj
ditional expense Of over 500, 900 per
year and that so far as railway enl-
ployes being in'nrea ron asr'u.n.s
caused BY rear eng eotlls'ons = eo'es'
ed the records ''1 q, the ra'l W. snoW
that 2 tralnman WI VII e traYel ~ mus
DAY, 900 days = year s: 1or 20 yeasS Is
tore IS woula &c 5sih)ursu5 ron .s
eng eoi = II a.
les from bis IS, cause Is very e.. small N
deed DECD &. ,:s,s s:s. s s.
General Super inten q Scott Of THE tt,e
Great Northern Railway 60, addressed
the meeting stating that I: thirty years
experience IS railway work most ct
which was spent n the train service,
he knows Of his own knoWled that IN |
nearly every case 81 ain accident s by
reason of 4 rear end collision the acci-
dent has happened by the employees
whose business It Is 70 protect the rear rear
end Of the train, falling 70 obey the |
rule.
Hon is Bright general IS counsel ms
for the 500 lines also addressed the
meeting speaking from Az &: economical
standpoint and also s.iggested the en- /
actment of 9 law which would make |
the failure On the part q = s. trainnlah 20
obey the rules sof the compan my relating |
to tagging and protesting ms tram ar,
against the approach 81 other trains, s.