. Official proceedings . ommend a lower dividing line than ioo°F., untilexperience may show it to be necessary to secure this I am supported by the judgment of that eminent author-ity of national repute, Dr. C. B. Dudley, chemist, PennsylvaniaRailroad, and President Bureau of Explosives, as well as by allof the chemists that I have consulted. Now, assuming that ioo°F. is a reasonable limit, and thatall packages below it are to be presented for shipment with adistinctive label (that will immediately indicate to a railway Shipments of Inflammable Articles and Acids. 55 employe
. Official proceedings . ommend a lower dividing line than ioo°F., untilexperience may show it to be necessary to secure this I am supported by the judgment of that eminent author-ity of national repute, Dr. C. B. Dudley, chemist, PennsylvaniaRailroad, and President Bureau of Explosives, as well as by allof the chemists that I have consulted. Now, assuming that ioo°F. is a reasonable limit, and thatall packages below it are to be presented for shipment with adistinctive label (that will immediately indicate to a railway Shipments of Inflammable Articles and Acids. 55 employe when that package reaches his crowded platform, whereto store it on that platform to minimize danger of fire, whatcar to put it in later and the kind of placard to be attached tothis car ) what must the shipper do with the other dangerousarticles that are less dangerous than these because they flashabove ioo°F? Does the law, and our general principle of plac-ing on the shipper the duty of furnishing the carrier proper. Number above picture shows the application of the method for loading blackpowder cans shown by No. 6 to the loading of dynamite in one end of a is obtained by raising some of the tiers of boxes. The strips oflumber placed on the floor for this purpose need not be nailed to the floor as theweight of the boxes is sufficient to keep them in place. information, justify us in asking the shipper to do anythingunusual in making such shipments? I have had considerable difficulty in convincing critics thatit is necessary for the shipper to furnish information even whenno label is required. Since the railway employe cannot tell the characteristicsbv inspection and is required to check in a general way theperformance by the shipper of his duty, I claim that it is not 56 Proceedings Railway Club of Pittsburgh. imposing a hardship to ask the shipper to say, in effect, thesepackages are all right, and I am complying with your rules bypresenting them t
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