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... guard now in use is objectionable . The Board has continued to recommend to the companies that frogs and guard rails be blocked , but here again there is a diversity of opinion of railroad operators upon the subject of blocking ; those ...
... guard now in use is objectionable . The Board has continued to recommend to the companies that frogs and guard rails be blocked , but here again there is a diversity of opinion of railroad operators upon the subject of blocking ; those ...
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... Guard rails should be placed on the trestle approaches to the Coney Island creek bridge on either side of it . 3. Derails , properly interlocked , should be placed in the Sea Beach tracks at the junction and crossing of the West End ...
... Guard rails should be placed on the trestle approaches to the Coney Island creek bridge on either side of it . 3. Derails , properly interlocked , should be placed in the Sea Beach tracks at the junction and crossing of the West End ...
Page 240
... guard attempt to pull her from the car and fail ; she passed out of his view holding to some part of the car . Christophere H. George , the guard who was stationed between the second and third cars , testified that when the train ...
... guard attempt to pull her from the car and fail ; she passed out of his view holding to some part of the car . Christophere H. George , the guard who was stationed between the second and third cars , testified that when the train ...
Page 241
... guard timber and under the shoe guard which is placed along the side of the structure ; most of the cloth- ing was torn from the body and the woman was dead . The woman's skull was fractured , right shoulder lacerated , and there was an ...
... guard timber and under the shoe guard which is placed along the side of the structure ; most of the cloth- ing was torn from the body and the woman was dead . The woman's skull was fractured , right shoulder lacerated , and there was an ...
Page 248
... guard of a train to protect the rear end of it immediately after a train comes to a stop and the conductor of a train is held responsible for the guard complying with this order . The rules require a motorman to bring his train to a ...
... guard of a train to protect the rear end of it immediately after a train comes to a stop and the conductor of a train is held responsible for the guard complying with this order . The rules require a motorman to bring his train to a ...
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Page 94 - ... shall upon demand, and without extra charge, give to each passenger paying one single fare a transfer, entitling such passenger to one continuous trip to any point or portion of any railroad embraced in such contract, to the end that the public convenience may be promoted by the operation of the railroads embraced in such contract substantially as a single railroad with a single rate of fare.
Page 96 - Every such corporation shall upon demand, and without extra charge, give to each passenger paying one single fare a transfer, entitling such passenger to one continuous trip to any point or portion of any railroad embraced in such contract...
Page 214 - ... until the board of railroad commissioners shall certify that the foregoing conditions have been complied with, and also that public convenience and a necessity require the construction of said railroad as proposed in said articles of association. The foregoing certificate shall be applied for within six months after the completion of the three weeks' publication hereinbefore provided for.
Page 202 - In the interpretation of statutes the great principle which is to control is the intention of the Legislature in passing the same, which intention is to be ascertained from the cause or necessity of making the statute, as well as other circumstances. A strict and literal interpretation is not always to be adhered to, and where the case is brought within the intention of the makers of the statute it is within the statute, although by a technical interpretation it is not within its letter. It is the...
Page 91 - Subject to the constitution and laws of the state, the board of aldermen shall have power to regulate the use of streets and sidewalks by foot passengers, animals or vehicles; to regulate the speed at which vehicles shall be driven or ridden and at which vehicles shall be propelled in the streets...
Page 190 - ... it is Ordered, that said application be and the same is hereby granted and the...
Page 91 - ... along the streets; and to make all such regulations in reference to the running of stages, omnibuses, trucks and cars as may be necessary for the convenient use and the accommodation of the streets, piers, wharves or stations. Whenever the word
Page 165 - ... to all parties to whom notice of the hearing in said proceedings was given, or who appeared at said hearing by counsel or in person.
Page 202 - A strict and literal interpretation is not always to be adhered to, and where the case is brought within the intention of the makers of the statute, it is within the statute, although by a technical interpretation it is not within its letter. It is the spirit and purpose of a statute which are to be regarded in its interpretation ; and if these find fair expression in the statute, it should be so construed as to carry out the legislative intent, even although such construction is contrary to the...
Page 282 - When a train stops or is delayed, under circumstances in which it may be overtaken by another train, the flagman must go back immediately with stop signals a sufficient distance to insure full protection.