Show LiR BILL House Committee Votes to Report the ne he Esch Measure as as Amended Washington Feb F b 16 The house com corn committee on Interstate and foreign com corn mercy mene today decided to a favorable report on a bill bUl limiting of con consecutive consecutive employment empl of f trainmen to six sixteen sixteen sixteen teen hours hOUTS The bill also contains cont ins an amendment which extends the t th measure In a modified form to operators and train tr in dispatchers It n provides that operators shall not work workmore workmore workmore more than nine consecutive hours bours in sta stations stations or towers tO kept open day and night for their em employment employment in day dt stations Is limited to thirteen hours The vote ote on the bill was strictly a party one the Democrats upon the committee insisting unon La Follette bill with without without without out any change ch ne and the Republicans all aU voting for the Esch measure in its amended form It n Is provided In Jn the bill that common carriers or o their officers or agents who knowingly I require or t to violate the measure are liable to t a fine of or jOO oo for each offense |