The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-24
THE RAILROAD NEWS
STRIKE WILL NOT AFFECT MONT
GOMERY EMPLOYEES.
Even II the strike Spreads TThreugk@
sut tn< Reeds Of the seuth, II
u said There VIII BE Lit
tie Local Troubfs.


The strike on the Georgia Road SILL
continues, and from the latest reports
II 10 characterized by acts of violence,
10 that the engineers on the road have
been called out. not so much for the
purpose of encouraging the striking
fremen, <but more so on account Of
protection to their own persons.
The f1remen on the Gsorefs Road are
striking 'beeause the company employs
negro fremen also, and Il. A. Ball.
Vice. President Of the order Of Loco
motive Firemsn and Enginemen, state
that unless the demands OF the striking
fremen are granted. the strike will be
a national one. extendine 70 all ths
twenty seven roads operating through
out the South.
Nearly every one of the six railroads
running in ana out Of Montgomery em-
ploy negro Aremen, very few white
bremen being employed. except on the
engines drawing freight trains and
from what can be gathered. even II the
strike IL the f1remen becomes q national
one In the Scuth. the roads operating
through this city will not be affected
much. ~
Engineer Massey OF the Central OF
Georgia train No. 10, running from
Montgomery to Macon, where d bfan6h
Of the Georgia road slso terminates.
stated yesterday that he thought ths
strike would be settled within day
or two. s M
Coudena storage Platform.
| The CITY Council ~ Brewton re.
Gently passed an ordinance cofiderun-
| ing the storage platform OF the Lou-
| isvflle and Nashville Railroad In the
main business part Of that town, and
ordering the company TO remove 1t.
| The railroad company paid no atten-
| ton 70 the notice which was served
on them. for instead Of removing the
| platform. the section crew was busy
last week fiiiing in under the structure
with gravel and Stag. The superfn-
was served with second copy Of the
| ordinance Saturday. attached to which
was also q notice stating that unless
| the platform was removed ut once. II
| would be torn down by the city at the
railroads expense.
The case Is being watched with much
interest. as TO what will be the out
come OF this EFFORT on the part OF
trewton's city authorities.
Censures Railroads.
All railroads Of the eountry are
| charged by q. G. Roweli with persist
emit neglect to provide themselves with
| safety devices Of efficiency. which
would greatly diminish the injuring and
killing Of many thousands OF pssseh-
| gers annually.
| An automatic stopping device, which
has been proven to be errorless In Its
eficacy, has been available for several
years. ana yet the railroads, surface
| or elevated, do not use II to any ex-
/ tent, according to Mr.. Rowels.
1 N MfoFPfmNe mtafAA In
| connection with the accident on the
Northwestern Elevated road. according
| to Mr. Rowell, that there was no safety
device, automatic or otherwise, which
| could. overcome human careiesssness
! To all railroad men, there IL informa'
| ton available that there Is device
which will overcome human careless
| ness in connection with the operation
| Of trains, and this was hrst intro
duced in the operation OF the miriam
uraf railway in Chicago 1t The Worlds
| Fair in 1898. TIE motormen Of thu
| road were In open cars with all kindI
| Of attraction to detract their atten'
| lions, yet not an accident occurred
| Notwithstanding the fact that the roat
carried 100000 passengers In si'
W. II. Baker. President OF the In.
| trafiuraI. wrote TO the then chief en-
| gineer Of the Lake street Elevated tc
| the effect that at least three times "a
his personal knowledge the automatic
stop had prevented q terrible wreck on
| that road, and that he had no doubt II
| had done this other times without hii
knowledge. In each case the motor
man had run by stop signal at full
speed and the automatic stopping de-
vice had prevented an acciaept by
bringing his train to q full stop.
RaiITead Notes.
T. n. Bliss, passenger agent OF the