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WASHINGTON. Dec. lu.~ln its an“
‘iual report to Congress today the in-
{entitle Commerce Commission makes
these principal recomendaiions: I
5 laws to control railway capitaliza-f
tion, I
Compulsory use or steel cars in pas?
. 1 sensor trains and prohibition of the
'use of wooden cars between or aheadE
of steel ones
Definite penalties £01 violatiéns ot
the hours of service act.
Laws to make explicit and certain
the authority of the commission to ex~
grains all documents and records of.I
railroaue. I
To. definitely fix one period—prefer.“
fobly three years—in which legal ac-
tions may be started relating to trans-
Imitation charges.
All the commission's recommends-I
1 filons are made in extraordinarily brief
form and without discussion. ’ I
Otherwise. the commission's report
is a chronological review 01‘ its work.
of the year.
The work of physical valuation or
. '1 railroads Is well under way. With the
25. coming of winter. the field parties are
being transferred from northern roads
to those in the South. There are now
eight parties at work surveying about
1. 500 miles a month The number or
parties will be increased 011 January 1
to about twenty for each of the five
districts.
_ At some length. the commission re-
;. views its investigation of accidents
Collisions caused by improper fiaggingL
continue to be a prominent feature off
those investigations, the report 1111st
and cases of inexperienced men have
‘ been found. The number of collisions,
due to enginement failing to regardl
block signals has decreased. I
“The inherent weakness oi the train1
order system continues to manhunt}
itself as a prominent feature of the sc-l
cident recorde says the report. calling.
attention to the need of legislation to:
make standard operating rules.
' The general movement among the
f railroads for higher freight rates, the
commission dismisses with a brief re-
view of the proceedings in the East
ern ad 'ancc case which it decided lasu
August and which is now again await-14
ing a supplementmy decision I
'1" Various decisions of the commission]
carried to the Supreme comt are dis-
cussed in some detail with referent-es|
to their application to interstate trai-I
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RECOMMENDS MORE TRAINMEN.,
Utilities Commission Thinks Larger!
,Crews Would Prevent Wrecks. I
HARTFORD. Der. Mir—Tho Public
Utilities Commission submitted a find-
Iing of inr-reacl1l11g importance yester-
fis), “guiding 11s genital investiga-
tion into the operation and manning 01”
passenger and freight trains within
this State in order l0 determine what
orders. regulations or recommended
f- tions were necessary for the safety‘
5‘ and [retraction of the public and the
I Imployes of any railroad company.
The Investigation was started shortly
after the fatal wreck at North Haven
in September, 1913. in which a num-
' be: of people were killed and injured.
. I The finding is complete in every de-.
tail and bears the marks of long and
painstaking preparation on the parrot
the commissioners.
The commission in its finding con
1 sitters the advisability of an increased
.1 ' number of trainmen on passenger
‘_‘ trains. and it is stated that the in-
f _ creased cost will be borne,~not by the
~ railroad. but ultimately by its patrons.
it is stated .in the finding,- however.
»,.i.hst of all the railroad accidents at-
‘ tended by fatalities which have been
1 investigated. not one has been attribut-
able to insufficiency in the number of
1' tninorews involved. In conclusion. the
commission gives definite orders re-
nnin: the number of brakemen tobe
employed on trains of varying num-
bers of coaches.
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WasmNGTON, Dec. 10.~v'l‘he'l‘urk--
lab Government. through Ambassador
Hermann. has signified to the auto
Wot its willingness that an sx-sl
m be mu to 1115 rohefuf the
is ball. organised by llebrov pullout-j
W societies h New York. which.
all! hand a this through the Hedi-i
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