. Railway master mechanic . , liirh they announce their intention of^1! I 1 iiv the law after the expiration of theti ^lilted and now jn force. The law of l--:i liial no passenger, mail or baggagecar, on any railroad in this state, shall be heated byany method of heating, or by any furnace or heater,unless such method or the use of such furnace orheater shall first have been approved in writing bythe board of railroad commissioners: ♦ • ♦ andthat in no event shall a common stove be allowed inany such car. This board in their report of 1890said: In obedience to the provisions of chapt
. Railway master mechanic . , liirh they announce their intention of^1! I 1 iiv the law after the expiration of theti ^lilted and now jn force. The law of l--:i liial no passenger, mail or baggagecar, on any railroad in this state, shall be heated byany method of heating, or by any furnace or heater,unless such method or the use of such furnace orheater shall first have been approved in writing bythe board of railroad commissioners: ♦ • ♦ andthat in no event shall a common stove be allowed inany such car. This board in their report of 1890said: In obedience to the provisions of chapter the jjublic laws of ;S!i. railroad corporations havegenerally discarded the use of what would reasonablybe termed common stoves, for heating ))as8enger,mail and baggage cars, and steam direct from thelocomotive has been generally substituted as a meansof heating, though other methods of heating, but littlesafer than the common stove, are still in upon THE RAIL^VAY MASTER MECHANIC ■November, 1891. NEW DOLBLE SLRFACER many railroads in tiiis state. While this tact wouldseem to be a violation of the provisions of the statute,which is being permitted by the board, we can onlygive as an excuse the one we gave in our last annualreport, viz: The board, upon investigation, foundthat a statute, similar to the one enacted in this state,had been in force in the states of Massachusetts andNew Hainiisbire, and that the railroad commissionersof those states had approved all methods of healing jheating cars, other than by what might be calledcommoQ stoves. Fcjling, however, that the moststringent regulations should be adopted to providefor the safety of passengers, and to comply with thespirit of the law, and inasmuch as improvements havebeen made in some of the devices for heating carsnow in use, the board gives notice to all railroad cor-porations operating railroads in the state, and to allmanufacturers of car heating devices, that after theexpiration of the ti
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