American Engineer and Railroad Journal, Volume 88Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1914 |
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Page 211 - Alaska not to exceed in the aggregate one thousand miles, to be so located as to connect one or more of the open Pacific Ocean harbors on the southern coast of Alaska with the navigable waters in the interior of Alaska, and with a coal field or fields so as best to aid in the development of the agricultural and mineral or other resources of Alaska...
Page 14 - The evidence is that in the main the rules are understood, but they are habitually violated by employees who are charged with responsibility for the safe movement of trains. The evidence also is that in many cases operating officers are cognizant of this habitual disregard of rules and no proper steps are taken to correct the evil. Many operating officers seem to proceed upon the theory that their responsibility ends with the promulgation of rules, apparently overlooking the fact that no matter how...
Page 14 - The collisions investigated were responsible for 221 deaths and 1,174 injuries, and the derailments caused 62 deaths and 706 injuries. The Commission again is compelled to note the exceedingly large proportion of train accidents due to dereliction of duty on the part of employees. Fifty-six of the accidents investigated during the year, or nearly 74 per cent. of the whole number, were directly caused by mistakes of employees. These mistakes were of the same nature as those noted by the Commission...
Page 12 - All flues of boilers in service, except as otherwise provided, shall be removed at least once every three years, and a thorough examination shall be made of the entire interior of the boiler. After flues are taken out the inside of the boiler must have the scale removed and be thoroughly cleaned. This period for the removal of flues may be extended upon application if an investigation shows that conditions warrant it. 11. Method of inspection. — The entire interior of the boiler...
Page 58 - Science in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in June, 1917, carrying with it a degree from Harvard University.
Page 14 - These errors are exactly the ones which figure in the causes of train accidents year after year. Their persistence, leading always to the same harrowing results, points inevitably to the truth of one or the other of the following alternatives : Either a great majority of these deplorable railroad disasters are unavoidable or there exists a widespread lack of intelligent and well-directed effort to minimize the mistakes of employees in the operation of trains. It is not believed that all those accidents...
Page 11 - ... employees to perform their work in the most efficient and careful manner. Therefore, we have followed the policy of investigating every accident reported to this division. The investigation of accidents by Government inspectors whose only object is to promote safety, and who are therefore impartial, has directed attention to conditions which previously have been overlooked or ignored. The period since the law became effective has been too brief to permit a comparison to be made which will accurately...
Page 112 - It is not the purpose of the book to exploit any form of industrial management or any specific remedy for industrial evils, but it is an endeavor to set before young men entering the industrial field the salient facts regarding the most important movements with which they are sure to be brought into contact, and to explain the origin and growth of the important features of industrial organization.
Page 12 - ... and the requirements of rule 10 are fully complied with. (c) Locomotives removed from service when flues become due for removal, need not have the flues removed until just prior to being returned to service. (d) The removal of superheater flues every four years will not be required provided the flues are in good condition and the boiler can be thoroughly cleaned and inspected without their removal.
Page 11 - The result of this policy is shown by a reduction of over 60 per cent in the number killed, and 10 per cent in the number injured by failures of locomotive boilers and their appurtenances during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, as compared with the preceding year.