. Electric railway gazette . ident, according to the Globe-Democrat of Our watchful solicitude is wholly di-rected to the claim department, continued theofficial. Fully half of the accidents are corn-promised, but the other half get into the courts,and there they drag their slow length from Cir-cuit to Supreme. According to the State laws thedamage for the cause of the loss of a life by thenegligence or carelessness on the part of our em-ployees, the sum of $5,000 can be recovered by re-course to law. As to injuries and loss of limb thereis no limit, and as a result there are many $2


. Electric railway gazette . ident, according to the Globe-Democrat of Our watchful solicitude is wholly di-rected to the claim department, continued theofficial. Fully half of the accidents are corn-promised, but the other half get into the courts,and there they drag their slow length from Cir-cuit to Supreme. According to the State laws thedamage for the cause of the loss of a life by thenegligence or carelessness on the part of our em-ployees, the sum of $5,000 can be recovered by re-course to law. As to injuries and loss of limb thereis no limit, and as a result there are many $25,000and $50,000 claims filed against us. To be com-pelled to pay even one-tenth ot these sums is out-rageous, therefore it is no wonder we adopt allthe means at our command to convince the dif-ferent courts that these claims are unjust. Thecosts are very large and lawyers do not exertthemselves in our behalf for a mere pittance byany means. If the cases keep on increasing I amafraid that a day of reckoning will come, and we. PERMANENT FIRE HOSE CROSSING. of hose connects the hydrant with one end of thepipe, and the fire hose is connected at the otherend. For some reasons this arrangement is betterthan that provided by the ordinary bridge used forcarrying hose across tracks. When the latter isused more or less delay is inevitable. The per-manent pipe is much more expensive, however,and inspection would be necessary from time totime to insure its good condition. that of any other similar society that has evercome to my knowledge. At a cost of $1 a montha member secures the payment of $200 to hiswidow, or next of kin, in the even, of his death;$50 to himself, in the event of the death of liswife, and $50 to himself, in the event of the deathof his mother, in case he is unmarried. Also, incase he is married, and has children who die under *An address delivered to the Atlantic Aid Associationof 6, 1895., 76 STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. February 23, 1895. 16 years of age, $


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