Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and PreventionRichards, R. C. (Ralph Coffin)
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Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention
Richards, R. C. (Ralph Coffin)
Railroad accidents
20. Passenger train employees will pay particular attention to the
comfort of their passengers and will see that proper lighting,
ventilation, and temperature are maintained and sufficient
drinking water is provided. They will not allow passengers to
violate any rules of the company (such as riding on the platforms,
etc.), and, while avoiding unnecessary conversation with
passengers, will answer all questions courteously.
They will see that passengers are properly seated. They will pass
through sleeping cars only when necessary and then as quickly as
possible, exercising special care at night to avoid disturbing the
occupants.
21. Conductors must collect the proper fare from every passenger
not provided with a ticket or pass in proper form. In all cases,
on the refusal of any passenger to produce a proper ticket or
pass, or to pay the fare, the conductor shall cause the train to
be brought to a full stop at a regular open station and shall
require such person to leave the train, and, on refusal, shall
remove him therefrom, and must procure and report the names and
addresses of persons who were present and witnessed the
controversy. Each conductor will be held responsible for the
exercise of a reasonable discretion in the performance of this
duty, being careful that no unnecessary force is used, that the
company may not be subjected to unnecessary litigation or
annoyance. They must not eject women or children of tender years,
and any person unattended in such a condition of body or mind as
to be incapable of caring for himself must be placed in the
custody of the nearest station agent, who will wire the
Superintendent for instructions regarding such person's final
disposition. In removing a person from the train, the conductor
must use extreme care to avoid controversy and not indulge in
abusive language or in any manner insult or maltreat the person to
be removed, or use unnecessary force in so doing, unless in a
clear case of self-defense, when an assault is made upon the
conductor or his men, and then the infliction of unnecessary
injury must be carefully avoided. A sufficient force must be
brought into requisition to overcome resistance and to place the
person on the ground without inflicting injury, the law being that
conductors may command employees or any of the passengers to
assist in such removal. In all cases except where passengers shall
be ejected for refusal to produce proper ticket or pass, or to pay
the proper fare, the conductor, before so doing, must tender such
passenger such proportion of the fare he has paid as the distance
he then is from the place to which he has paid his fare bears to
the whole distance for which he has paid his fare. In case of such
ejectment a report must be sent to the Superintendent by first
mail with full particulars.
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