Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 501916 - Locomotive engineers |
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Page 424 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 356 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 393 - That whenever, as provided in said Act, any train is operated with power or train brakes, not less than fifty per centum of the cars in such train shall have their brakes used and operated by the engineer of the locomotive drawing such train ; and all power-braked cars in such train which are associated together with said fifty per centum shall have their brakes so used and operated...
Page 88 - Aishton, regional directors, representing the railroads in the eastern, southern, and western territories, with the chief executive officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen be, and the same is hereby, adopted and put into effect as of March 22, 1918.
Page 391 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with drivingwheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 392 - In short, it appears to me that the. proper course in all these cases is to search out and follow the true intent of the legislature, and to adopt that sense of the words which harmonizes best with the context and promotes in the fullest manner the apparent policy and objects of the legislature.
Page 44 - I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now... for I shall not pass this way again.
Page 391 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 531 - 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.
Page 124 - If with pleasure you are viewing any Work a man is doing, If you like him, or you love him, Tell him now. Don't withhold your approbation, till The parson makes oration, And he lies with snowy lilies o'er His brow. For no matter how you shout it, he Won't really care about It; He won't know how many tear drops you have shed; If you think some praise is due him, Now's the time to slip it to him, For he cannot read his tombstone, When he's dead.