The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-07
GETS
 MANY COMPLAINTS
As to Failure by Railroad Employees to Correctly
 Mark Bulletin Boards

Montgomery, December 6.-(SpeciaL)-
 Repeated complaints are being received
 by the railroad commission as to the fail-
 ure by the employees of railroads to cor
 recty mark bulletin boards. Associate
 Commissioner Frank N. Julian has given
 considerable attention to this class of
 complaints and in an interview this morn
 ing said:
 "The travelling public should be ad
 vised thoroughly relative to the mark ing of bulletin boards. General order No. ? of the railroad commission. of Alabama, passed and approved May 6, 1907, is still in full force shd effect and reads as follows:
 Railroad Commission of Alabama,
 |" General Order No. Q
 ." All railroads are hereby required to
 keep conveniently placed for the inspec-
 ton of passengers, at all telegraph sta tions, a suitable bulletin board, plainly showing the time of arrival and depar- ture of all passenger trains stopping at said telegraph stations for passengers, and it shall be required of all railroads that they post on such bulletin boards, in case of delay to passenger trains, the time such delayed trains are expected to ar rive and depart, and the posting of de- lays shall be made at least one hour be- fore such trains are due, and the first posting of the expected arrival and de- parture of delayed trains shall be as near ly correct as is possible to be obtained and any further delays to such delayed trains as may occur after the first post ing, shall be promptly posted. No delayed l train shall leave any station earlier than 1 the time posted on the bulletin board as l the time of arrival of such delayed train. | This order to become effective 90 days after date, May 6, 19O7
 ."rhe law governing the marking of bulletin boards is found in house bill II, which is entitled 'an act to amend sec- | ton 21 of an act to regulate railroads, etc. which said amended act was ap- | proved November g, 1907. For the in- 1 formation of the travelling public l will | state that the penalty provided is mis- demeanor and subject to a fine or not exceeding 5000 upon conviction. The pen l alty would be against the employe who is guilty of failure to correctly post trains. "These complaints have been taken up l and thoroughly investigated, but parties making the complaints have generally re- | fused to testify should the offending em- l ploye be put under arrest. In future all complaints received will be promptly ham, led and the prosecuting attorney of the district in which the compalint originates will be furnished with the name of com- blaming witnesses and the matter will ] take it's usual course through the courts. Tt is pleasing to note I will state, that | the failures to mark bulletin boards cor rectly are lessening and usually the trou- ble can be traced to some officious sub ordinate employe who has not taken the trouble to ascertain the correct time of arrival of trains. The railroad officials will appreciate, believe, any information calling their attention to violations of this law I wish you would state in emphatic terms that the penalty is upon the em- pIoye failing to mark trains and that it is the duty of the complainant to tes- | tify in regard to same.