. Official proceedings . ed each year by therailroads. This is an unwelcome but a necessary public duty,and the railroads performed it in spite of the penalties of thisold law and in the face of the reasonable ground they had tofear that some of the people benefited by their action mightwork for their prosecution. Steps inaugurated by the Bureauto secure a repeal of the law resulted finally in the Act of May30. 1908. The original draft of this law was prepared by theBureau, but important modifications were made in this draft byCongress. The distinctive and valuable feature of the law as Shipme
. Official proceedings . ed each year by therailroads. This is an unwelcome but a necessary public duty,and the railroads performed it in spite of the penalties of thisold law and in the face of the reasonable ground they had tofear that some of the people benefited by their action mightwork for their prosecution. Steps inaugurated by the Bureauto secure a repeal of the law resulted finally in the Act of May30. 1908. The original draft of this law was prepared by theBureau, but important modifications were made in this draft byCongress. The distinctive and valuable feature of the law as Shipments of Inflammable Articles and Acids. 47 approved is the authority granted by it to change the rules when-ever necessary, to keep them in accord with modern knowledgeand experience. The title of the Act and Section 4 preserve the wording,explosives and other dangerous articles, but Section 2 givesto the Interstate Commerce Commission only authority to formu-late rules for the transportation of explosives. From this fact. Number 4. When a car containing cans of black powder is subjected to a severe shocksuch as can be given by careless coupling, it is probable that many of the canswill be deformed and the seams in some of them opened. An open seam meansleakage of powder to the floor of the car. This has been the first step in practicallyall serious accidents. So long as the cans are intact it will be very difficult toignite the powder; but when loose powder is present ignition can take place inmany wavs. has arisen a misconception as to the legality of the AmericanRailway Association Regulations for the Transportation of In-flammable Articles and Acids. It is impossible, in fact, to regulate traffic in explosiveseffectively without regulating that in inflammables. The Inter-state Commerce Commission did not prescribe rules for thetransportation of inflammables, but it required the railroads todo so, and this is also required indirectly by Section 4 of the 48 Proceedings Railway
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