The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-26
Railroad Tribunal Today An
nounced That Railroads
Will Not Be Allowed to TrifIe
Any Longer.
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
IN FORM OF REPORT
Case Recently Decided by the
Supreme Court of State
Will Probably Be Carried to
u. S. Court.
Especial Correspondent


Indianapolis. Ind. May 26.-The In
diana Railroad commission announced
today that it proposes to enforce the
full crew law and that it will not per-
init continuous violations Of the stat
ute. The announcement was made in
a report made by Commissioner Dowl-
ing in regard to the conference held re-
Gently between the commission and
representatives of many of the rail-
roads operating in this state. The SUI
preme court recently handed down a
decision sustaining the full crew law.
and the commission INTENDS to see
that it is enforced Commissioner
Bowling says in his report that the
case recently decided by the supreme
court. will probably be carried to the
supreme court of the United States. He
says also that the following roads
agreed at this conference to obey the
law: Louisville & Nashville, Wabash,
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. Big
Four. Michigan Central, Chicago, Indi
ana & Southern. Indiana Harbor Belt.
Illinois Central, Indianapolis Southern
and Glover Leaf Correspondence
from the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern and
the Chicago. Lake Shore and Eastern
indicate also that these roads will obey
the law.
Denounced the Law.
At the conference. the representa-
tives of the railroads denounced the
law as unwise. unnecessary and HARM
full The conference also asked the
commission to issue some formal state
ment constituting the law so as to re-
lieve the carriers from it's most oner-
Gus features in exceptional cases,
which are said to arise in the follow
ing instances:
L. Where a train after it leaves a
terminal, desires to pick up one or
more cars en- route. about which the
train authorities knew nothing when
the train left the terminal. Must an
extra brakeman be provided where the
addition Of such car or cars makes the
train one on which the additional man
should have been provided, If the train
had included all the cars when it left
the terminal?
=. Where the train is composed
wholly or largely Of express cars.
3. Where one of the crew is sudden
ly incapacitated as his train is about
leaving the station. or while it is en-
route. and no opportunity exists for
supplying his place. with flagman
having the statutory qualifications.
In Case Of Delay.
f. Where delayed or special trains
are delivered from one road to another
under circumstances rendering it diff
ficult to secure a man of statutory
qualifications as member Of the crew.
). Where a following train, in a
regular or special case. desires to pick
up a car or cars of proceeding train
but comes under the letter of the law
if it does so and yet can not supply
another man at the point where the
cars are picked up.
s. Where an officials car is at
tached to four-car passenger train.
7. Where the passenger traffic is
unduly great, necessitating the running
of two or more sections of the same
Train, anu NJ IidSIAou VI SAo SloSueoiS
qualifications is available.
S-Where the road runs for a short
distance only in Indiana. and condi-
lions are such that no danger is to be
apprehended from failure to have an
extra man.
Q. Where a train starts with Civ
en- number of cars. requiring crew OF
six. but drops below 80 after it is be-
gun.
10. Where competent men can be