Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-04-15 | Page 14 | Railroads Fined for Violations of Safety Act Lause

RAilROADS O fO OR VIOLATIONS Of SAfETY SATY ACT CLAUSE CUS Interstate Commerce Commission Commission Com Corn mission Prosecution in inCourt inCourt Court Gets Results Penalties a aggregating were assessed ass assessed as as- s against the Denver Rio Grande railway and against the Oregon Short Lino this morning by Judge John A. A Marshall l in the United States dietrict district dis- dis riet court for violations of the safety appliance act The rhe penalties were imposed im imposed im- im posed after a short hearing of argument on tho the part oL ot attorneys for tf tile the n mu- mu il- il roads roads' and II 11 E. E Booth United States district attorney Tho rho Denver Rio Grande le was char charged ed with the violation on fourteen counts and was found guilty on eight i Tho The Oregon Short Line was was charged charge I on oil one count and was found guilty The heaviest penalty in the Rio Hio Grande Gramie case was that of imposed on three counts for a violation of the appliance act set January 27 1901 1001 Tho company drew a car from from Denver to Salt Lake City which was of a size ize not in in conformity with tho the r regulations of the he interstate commerce commission The draw bar on the end nd of the car was thirty and ore half inches in height measured perpendicularly from the tho level hovel of the tops of the tho rails mails to tho the center of 1 the bar and the re regulation requires to be thirty four incIses inches I 1 Pin Was Missing Missing The Tho second penalty was of The company hauled a c car r of freight from Irons a point in Colorado to a Utah point July 30 0 1909 when the bottom clevis clo and pin to the uncoupling chain was miss miss miss- ing The rhe third penalty was for a violation vio vio- lation February 17 1910 when a loaded loaded load load- ed d car car carVaS carVa'S was VaS taken from froni Helper Utah to toa a point in Colorado with the grab irons missing on the right hand sid side The Oregon Short Line was charged with using an engine to haul coal into the city from outside the state having grab irons on n the tho front end The Tho fine was in this ease case In all aU the cases the penalty called for the tho cost of the courts also