| Show RAilROAD BillS I ARGUED BY BYH H WORKERS House Committee Grants a Night Hearing on Safety Measures t 1 M Moro ro public hearings s will ill bo be held on I It tho the proposed legislation ned designed to promote pro mote moto the safety of trainmen before belore tho the Public utilities tto of tho lower 10 lowerhouse h house ouo formulates it its i ts recommendations Tho The committee met this morning considered con three of the proposed cd bine bilI and andl at the request of tho thA railroads agreed to hold another public meeting Thurs Thursday day mv da the Hotel notel Utah Follow Follow- inK this meeting the Railway Mona Ions league uc will be given en an opportunity to tobo II bo no heard on the tho statements submitted 1 by bJ tho the railroads Tho The committee this thin morning hc heard tho the railroad employees employees' on house bills biBs No Xo 3 11 and No 29 9 providing pro for ade pinto q switching ere crews more I I j on trains of less Ices than n cars and j standard caboose respectively A 11 delegation of the railroad employees was wal va present with Attorney J II n B. B Thurman States Stites Case j Thurman outlined that At nt the present I time only two helpers are arc u used ed on Bit switching hin crews ere operating in cities of the tho first class The Tie Ol new bill provides pro for three helpers which ho he declared arc are DC necessary C arr for the safety of or tho the pub lie lic and tho the employees The Tile purpose of the tho bill ho fail said is to minimize personal injuries A. A L. L JJ Brewer Brower representing tho the Oregon Short Line and 1 I. II It r Luke uke I representing the Denver t Rio Bio Grande Graude declared d that the extra man mau would add I J nothing to eith either r service or efficiency Thurman outlined th that t only one brakeman brakeman brake brake- r man Is Iii provided for pa passenger Bener trains of ot less 1958 than five thc cars Tho n new w bill make It compulsory for tor the Uio railroads or to provide provide pro pro- vide two brake in en for tor every train of ot three cars or moro more Thurman held that It Is 18 just juet as nee necessary for two brakemen on uri trains of three thre cars as nil on trains atI of at I five cartt CIUs Tue two n. n he wild Mid would ouM r reduce the thc lamer danger of or accidents to the public and railroad employees employee Night Hearing Set Tim last bill considered b by the tho committee committee commit commit- tee tee- thin morning IH l. that providing for tor a standard caboose e. e Tho The railroad employees z 2 raId this mo morning that e every car used In the stat state at the present time lime would woud conform to the proposed 11 law w. w However 1 It was pointed out that during rush tm- tm fl ftc fic are arc converted Into cabooses boosel to the danger of or accidents The representatives of ot the railroads s nuked naked that they b be given en one v week k In which to formulate a statement of or the blue bills from their viewpoint They to a a. night meeting and the hearing was wet iset t for Thursday night at Rt 30 o'clock nt fit the Hotel Utah The Thc employees asked that thc they be given Khen an opportunity to reply re reply reply re- re 1 ply to the statement submitted b by the roads |
