. Electric railway gazette . attention to the factthat the adoption of such a rule, viz. —cars shallnot meet on street crossings—was recommendedby the Board in its annual report for 1893, andagain in its report for 1894, that the recommenda-tion was called specifically to the attention of thepresidents of the Brooklyn surface roads on , 1895, and that the recommendation was againrenewed in a formal presentment relative to themanagement of the Brooklyn trolley roads, issuedon Feb. 26, 1895. Either the car was running at therate of speed much higher than seven miles an hour,when approaching
. Electric railway gazette . attention to the factthat the adoption of such a rule, viz. —cars shallnot meet on street crossings—was recommendedby the Board in its annual report for 1893, andagain in its report for 1894, that the recommenda-tion was called specifically to the attention of thepresidents of the Brooklyn surface roads on , 1895, and that the recommendation was againrenewed in a formal presentment relative to themanagement of the Brooklyn trolley roads, issuedon Feb. 26, 1895. Either the car was running at therate of speed much higher than seven miles an hour,when approaching the church crossing, or themotorman did not or could not apply the brakesas promptly as he should have done, and as hetestified that he did. The conclusion of the board is that the man-agement of the company deserves the severest cen-sure for persistently refusing to adopt the rulealready stated, which was first recommended ayear and a half ago. Since this rule was first re-commended it has been largely adopted by other. FIG. 5.—PLAN AND CROSS-SECTION OF TRACK CONSTRUCTION OF LENOXAVENUE CONDUIT RAILWAY. vision has been made on the ground floor for repairshops and rooms for the engineers and superintendents office and a large readingroom for the employees will be arranged on thesecond floor. In the tower on the third floor ac-commodations will be provided for the electriciansof the station. The design of the new building,which has already been decided upon, is Flemish,and it will be constructed of vellow Roman brick, companies. The management of the BrooklynCityCompany has persistently declined to put it inforce, although the recommendation has been twicemade in a general form, and once in a report bear-ing especially upon the methods of operation bythis company. Such continuous disinclination tochange its methods of operation evinces a degreeof stubbornness or avarice amounting to a recklessand criminal disregard of human life and of thehighest obligation of
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