. Official proceedings . a voluminous set of rules tobe memorized; more delay in clearing their platform; more re-sponsibility upon them and their subordinates. Shippers who have heretofore been worried only by theirfreight bills object to the imposition of additional burdens upontheir packing and shipping departments, and they resent espe-cially our asking them to share any part of the moral responsi-bility for accidents, fires, or damage that may be caused by theirshipments. Now I, more than any other individual, am responsible forthe existence and the wording of these regulations, and in my
. Official proceedings . a voluminous set of rules tobe memorized; more delay in clearing their platform; more re-sponsibility upon them and their subordinates. Shippers who have heretofore been worried only by theirfreight bills object to the imposition of additional burdens upontheir packing and shipping departments, and they resent espe-cially our asking them to share any part of the moral responsi-bility for accidents, fires, or damage that may be caused by theirshipments. Now I, more than any other individual, am responsible forthe existence and the wording of these regulations, and in my Shipments of Inflammable Articles and Acids. 4i capacity of a federal official, only temporarily connected withthis work, it is believed that in at least one important quality,disinterestedness, I am qualified to attempt to remove your mis-conceptions and to meet your criticisms. The principal plankin our platform has been that a rule which cannot be success-fully defended and that does not receive the approving verdict. Number 1. This is an interesting illustration of the power exerted by relatively smallquantities of high explosives. A 12 inch projectile containing about 135 lbs. of thehigh explosive used in our military service was suspended about 3 feet below thesurface of the water and exploded electrically. A solid column of water from 10 to12 feet in diameter and about 50 feet in heighth results from the pressure of escap-ing gases. Such an explosion taking place within 15 feet of the unprotected bot-tom of a battleship would do serious injury. of the majority of a jury of fair-minded men, representing allinterests affected by the rule, has no place in a practical set ofregulations. It is my conviction, based on an extensive experience, thata large majority of the manufacturers and shippers of explosives,inflammable materials and acids, in the United States, are cap-able and fair-minded men, quick to comprehend and balance the 42 Proceedings Railway Club of Pittsburgh.
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