Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 24 | Suits Against Railroads

SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS Safety Appliance Act Is Invoked Against Three Defendants The United Unite States of America yesterday esterday brought actions in the federal court against three railroad companies for al alleged alleged alleged violations of the safety appliance act The Union Pacific is made defendant In one case on two counts when It is ac accused accused accused of handling Dec Dee 2 1907 two cars can carsone canone carsone one of which was without a brag iron and the other had defective coupling apparatus Two hundred dollars Is asked Eight counts are charged changed In the complaint against the Southern Pacific the defend defendant defendant defendant ant being alleged to have handled cars with defective couplings and locomotives s without sufficient braking apparatus One Onehundred Onehundred Onehundred hundred dollars donars is asked on ea each h count There are thirteen counts against the Den Denver Denver Denver ver Rio Grande which road according to the complaint violated the law at va various various various rious times between Nov No 25 2 and Dec 3 1907 in hauling cars whose whoso couplings were defective A total of o 1300 is prayed for