. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . rd or fourth similar accidentat this same place, and as there are no block signals of any description onthis part of the railroad, it would seem that in some measure the companyis to blame in not providing against a repetition of former collisions at thispoint. The blame for the accident seems to fall on both crews; on the P. M. crew,because they did not protect the rear end of their train while proceeding atlow speed in a heavy fog; on the B. & O. C. T. crew for proceeding at a speedof over twenty miles per ho
. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . rd or fourth similar accidentat this same place, and as there are no block signals of any description onthis part of the railroad, it would seem that in some measure the companyis to blame in not providing against a repetition of former collisions at thispoint. The blame for the accident seems to fall on both crews; on the P. M. crew,because they did not protect the rear end of their train while proceeding atlow speed in a heavy fog; on the B. & O. C. T. crew for proceeding at a speedof over twenty miles per hour under such weather conditions as existed. The B. & O. C. T. R. R. operates the double track from Evergreen Park to75th St., which is the south end of the Chicago yard limits, without trainorders or any form of block system, and it would seem from past experiencethat some protection is needed, and that the installation of automatic blocksignals should be the best of the two methods. Yours very truly, W. A. Van Hook, Assistant Engineer. opinions of the Attorney 293 OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. (Copy.)W. H. Stead,Attorney General. Springfield, III., May 1, 1912. Railroads—Reports of Accidents. Hon. William Eilpatrick, Secretary,.Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 8pringfieUl, III: Dear Sir—By your letter of the 29th ult., receipt of which has beenacknowledged, you enclose a letter, or rather a formal notice, from Mr. C. , General Claim Agent for the New York Central Lines, to the effectthat after May 1, 1912, certain railroads embraced within the group of theNew York Central Lines operating in this State, will make no reports to yourdepartments of accidents occurring to employees on said line, basing saidposition or notice on section 19 of the Workmens Compensation Act. Yourequest to be advised whether said section 19 of the Workmens CompensationAct repeals, or in any way affects, section llyo of the revised Act relatingto Railroad and Warehouse Commis
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