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lare, Aboveboard,! Direct 2a! to the Intelligence |nd adgment of the People \ d* of Petuwyivaaia and New Jersey believe that the public advised concerning the Full Crew laws in 'these states. Coctly nonstrated that these laws have worked to the detriment of I that their repeal would redound greatly to the advantage Not a Fight On Trainmen id companies making this announcement wish the publh to i that thrs appeal is in no way to be construed as being ain d a their employ, nor is it an effort to curtail operating xl of public safety or service. lies point tQ the fact, with justifiable pride, that whene r nvenience demand id an increased number of emplo * i were put on trains. Behind this statement is a record >f I improvement achievements which is a most vitcl factor if te consideration of the laws in question. ■ry laws are paaaed which compel these railroad companies to bar* n s $2,000,000 annually for wasted, unwarranted extra labor, and wh fa nse, rather than an increase, in operating efficiency, together «* h L it is undeniable that the public should be put in hill touch with ex t6 people may judge wisely for themselves should an effort be made o ofaves which prompt this educational campaign. [ How Full Crew Law Work* r freight train can be operated with five men. Add a car and i The law requires no larger crew on a hundred-car train, iger tram can run with five men. On a five-cai or longer tn i «■ Even if all the can are Pullman*, with porters and a Pullm i 1 crew is required. s train of twenty or more cars, running through, sealed, and virtual T s crew of six. The only place four of them would ride would II Crew law became effective in Pennsylvania, the P< nnsyivania Rafiroa rh and Erie w*,e operating in Pennsylvania 2,971 weekday trains. < r and 1,061 freight trams were manned up to or beyond tbs law _ r trains which were provided with crews equal to or in ex cues i Is ccosssted principally of local or semi-local trains, making freqnei t large number of passengers. The second brakeman v* as employed I • of trains from stations and to assist conductors in collecting tsdurts. * trams on which the law required no additional men consisted o f package freight, on which brakemen were required to load an , doing a large' amount of work, necessitating the throwing o ’aking on cars: mine trains, niacins' emntv cars and nickme m lowfreight trains of heavy tonnage on the- Philadelphia and Middl icemen riding on the front part of tie trains were required to

Official Casualty Statistics

f Use Full Crew laws in forcing ext a men into already | responsibility, has been tn increase the hazard of operation. This fact 1 by the official figures of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The i killed who were neither employes nor passengers have not been s that extra men on trains tre powerless to prevent such casual) ‘ Full Crew law took effect on Jdy 19, 1911. The Commissi, r the three-year period preceding this date 10,186 euployes and | Since the law became operative, the total number killed shows

persons.

list of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the six months preceding t first she months of 1914, when the law was in fall force and effect, [ startling comparison: Bator* Law, Under Law, Tint half 1811 Fine half 1814

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16 1145 18 ftaS from tnim. What the Extra Man Costs Railroads in Pennsylvania aad New Jersey last ysar paid a employment of superfluous brakemen . $2,000,000 i would have bought 200 steel coaches ‘ I hive bought 90 locomotives 1 have paid for 67,000 Ions of rails 1 have returned 5% on $40,000,000 I have block signaled. . 800 miles of track 1 have eliminated 66 grade crossings Rejected by Other States r law was enacted in Missouri and signed by the Governor in Aprfll er, 1914, h was submitted to a r-.‘-rendurn vo‘e. The people repudiated e of 324,085 against 159,593. i Fall Crew law for Texas failed to pass owing to the popular protest agnbst Governor Charles E. Hughes, of New York, vetoed an attempt to enact a n that state. , Governor John A. Dix, cf New York, also vetoed s Full Crew measure. tr Foss, of Massachusetts, vetoed a Full Crew bill passed by the UguUture. I the State Assembly wisely referred a Full Crew law to tha Railroad f Connecticut, who promptly condemned it. r Croce, of Oklahoma, vetoed a Full Crew bid In 1913. t Full Crew laws in Colorado, Delaware, Virginia, aad Ohio ware , New Jersey, New York, and Maryland such laws are in ferae. In f the public, the railroads, and the great body of railroad employ-*, these * should be repealed. In Pennsylvania, approximately 65,000 men .Te ce. Only 2,£90 of these are extra brakerren. Will Wage a Just Fight > operating in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are determined to place tneir f and fairly before the people of those *t*te*. They are firmly convinced rh*t *1 of whom, without exception, are affected more or less directly by the itrrrrl nual $2,000,000 burden, and thousands of whom are direct sufferers—will, S a continuation of these harmful laws means to them, voice their wishes in no f to their elected representatives at Harrisburg and Trenton. i campaign of public enlightenment will be waged by the railroads in a «ns»»«»*f possiblv be legitimately assailed. There h ill'be no lobbying, no star or private deals to influence public opinion or legislative action. The campaign I in the open, purely on its merits. rilroad Pledge to Trainmen and Public jplely and finally to give public notiqs that the railroads ask only a square deal I this matter, the presidents of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelplfe ** ail way Company and Bsltimo-e & Ohio Railroad Coi.-pany, in announcing on rat the railroads intended to work for repeal of the Full Crew laws, pledged s follows: | ttt add that if there shall be evidence that without such laws the railroads ■ trains, tc the hardship of employes or the detriment of or danger to the using the present Public Service acts do not give to the commissions ample nine what crews are nacessary or, different trains and to v-oropsl the raBk trams as ordered, we will openly support such amendments to the present acte sssarv to give such assurance " iroads now appeal directly to t..e people, who demand the greatest safety I who realize that a policy of wise economy, and not one of wasted revenue, i railroads to adequately fulfill their ohUgatsons end meet those dsmends at

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A law of nature, it is stated, is that nothing can stand still everything, even to the stars in the heavens, must keep moving. And 20th Century progress demands of men, and cities, a rapid gait to keep pace with it. To stand still, even for a moment, means a backward step. Now, sir, what about Sea Isle City? Its up tc YOU, Mr. Man-who-is-interested in Sea Isle City, to see that it holds its own, and moves forward.

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by the BUSINESS MEN S ASSOCIATION to secure the pledges of ten men who are far-sighted enough to see the possibilities of sea isle city, to build - or more - dwelling houses by May ! jth of this year, and thus keep step with progress, and start a building boom. § Never before has the demand for houses been so great, or conditions more favorable than now.

Ten houses Mean:

Ten insurencc Pollcle. for the Reel E.t.te Men Employment for fifty Mechmlci loecewe o! About $20,000 In the City. More Money to Conduct Municipal Affair* SUft of. Building Boom and Ultimate Reductlo. |„ T a„, Encouragement for Vl.ltor. to Locate Here A Profitable Investment for the Builder The undersigned committee is armed with facts and figures to convmce you. § The following pledges have already been

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Edward B, Arnett VVn, A. Haffert Chiu. H. Clouting Sdden Twitcheli Louis Braca Charles Camp WHO'S NEXT v j ? ? ?

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