. The street railway review . t being subject to expansionand contraction to such an extent as to cause leakageafterwards, and its efficiency in places difficult of accessis of special importance. The Washington, D. C, offices of the General Elec-tric Company were transferred to 227 East Germanstreet, Baltimore, Md., on June 21. ^Hied/lF^aiKv^j^ymV* 415 MINNESOTA VESTIBULE LAW VALID. The vestibule laws passed by the granger legislaturesof a few states have not generally met with very tendermercy at the hands of the courts. That it is a piece of class legislation seems to be the general opinion
. The street railway review . t being subject to expansionand contraction to such an extent as to cause leakageafterwards, and its efficiency in places difficult of accessis of special importance. The Washington, D. C, offices of the General Elec-tric Company were transferred to 227 East Germanstreet, Baltimore, Md., on June 21. ^Hied/lF^aiKv^j^ymV* 415 MINNESOTA VESTIBULE LAW VALID. The vestibule laws passed by the granger legislaturesof a few states have not generally met with very tendermercy at the hands of the courts. That it is a piece of class legislation seems to be the general opinion. The Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota, how-ever, has declared constitutional the law compelling theuse of the ■ vestibule for the protection of motormenduring the winter months. The test case was that ofSuperintendent Hoskins, of St. Paul, who was arrestedfor failing to comply with the requirements of this ordin-ance. The Twin City Rapid Transit Company carried thecase to the Supreme Court with the result The law was sustained at all points. The court holdsthat when running at a speed of eight or ten miles anhour, with the mercury below zero, the motormans posi-tion is not only one of discomfort, but of actual dangerto health and sometimes to life, not only to himself, butindirectly to the passengers in his charge. The corpora-tion held in its plea that the measure was class legislationand not an exercise of the police powers of the state. One of the vestibules which was built last winter bythe Twin City Company, is represented in the accom-panying engraving. NEGLIGENCE OF A CO-EMPLOYE. Suit was begun not long ago against the Metro-politan Street Railway Company, of Kansas City, Mo.,by Henry D. Ely, an employe, who sued for damages,alleging as the cause of his injury the negligence of afellow workman. The plaintiff sought to hold the com-pany liable under Section i, Chapter 93, of the Laws of1874, which section provides that: Every railroad com-pany organi
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