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ity each, the type to be approved by the Commission. Following the applications for approval of various types of lifting jacks, tests of them were made by the Inspection Department in the presence of the Commission and representatives of the railroad corporations and of the railroad employees.

After consideration,

It is

Ordered, That the order of the Commission under date of October 30, 1917, relative to emergency tools and appliances on railroad trains and cars be amended so that the second paragraph under the heading "Train Tools" shall read as follows:

Two lifting jacks, which shall be 24 inches or more in height and not less than 25 tons capacity each for use on roads of standard gauge, the type to be approved by the Commission.

It is

Further ordered, That the Commission hereby certify its approval, for use on standard gauge railroads, of the type of lifting jack submitted by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company in compliance with the order of the Commission dated October 30, 1917 (P. S. C. 1752), as shown on blue print numbered 12812, and dated January 2, 1918.

It is

Further ordered, That the Commission hereby certify its approval of the use by the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Company of types of lifting jack, each 24 inches in height and of 20 tons capacity, described in its petition.

It is

Further ordered, That the types of lifting jack submitted by the Boston and Albany Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad be disapproved.

Attest:

ANDREW A. HIGHLANDS,

JUNE 18, 1918. [P. S. C. 1752, 1990, 2037, 2165, 2166]

EMERGENCY TOOLS.

Secretary.

Modification of regulations of the Commission relative to Emergency Tools and Appliances on Railroad Trains and Cars.

After consideration,

It is

Ordered, That the regulations prescribed by the Commission under date of October 30, 1917, relative to emergency tools and

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appliances on railroad trains and cars (P. S. C. 1752), be hereby amended by striking out in the fourteenth line following the sub-heading "Train Tools" on page two of said regulations the words: Equipment for first aid to injured persons," and substituting in place thereof the following paragraph:

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Every railroad corporation shall install equipment for first aid to injured persons in all baggage, combination and caboose cars owned and regularly operated by said corporation.

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Petition of residents of that part of Swampscott known as Phillips Beach for the prohibition of whistling on the Boston and Maine railroad at the grade crossings of Humphrey street and Beach Bluff avenue in that town.

A petition for the discontinuance of whistling at these as well as the Sea View avenue crossings was presented to the Board of Railroad Commissioners, the predecessor of this Commission, in 1912. After a hearing and a view, the board prohibited the whistling of locomotives on all eastbound trains approaching Sea View avenue, and on all westbound trains approaching Beach Bluff avenue, but declined to order the abolition of whistling at Humphrey street and at Beach Bluff avenue eastbound.

After notice, hearing, and an investigation and report by the Inspection Department of the Commission, it appears that there has been no material change in the conditions surrounding these crossings since the finding of the Board of Railroad Commissioners in 1912, except that a few more houses may have been erected in the vicinity.

Humphrey street is a main thoroughfare between Swampscott and Marblehead and the crossing is extensively used by both teams and automobiles. The street crosses the tracks of the Marblehead branch of the Boston and Maine railroad at grade at a point about 250 feet east of the Phillips Beach railroad station. The Bay State Street Railway Company also operates a line between these two towns, which passes over this crossing at grade. There is also a street known as Phillips avenue, on the

southerly side of the railroad which intersects Humphrey street at the crossing. Complicating the situation still further at this point, there is a private right of way, more or less used by the public, on the northerly side of the track, running parallel therewith upon the location of the railroad, which is bounded on the northerly side by a wall distant approximately 15 feet from the main track rail.

The view approaching the Humphrey street crossing from the north is somewhat limited. Notwithstanding the fact that all regular trains over the branch stop at the nearby Phillips Beach station and that it is protected by a crossing-tender and gates when such trains are run, the conditions at this crossing are unusual and the element of danger is enhanced by the private right of way. The railroad company contends that, if whistling is abolished, it would be advisable to install an annunciator bell in the gateman's cabin. The Inspection Department of the Commission reports that, with the limited view afforded in approaching the crossing in certain directions, the many different ways leading to it, the operation of street cars over it, the abolition of whistling at this crossing, even if an annunciator bell were installed, would not be justified, and the Commission agrees with this view.

Concerning that part of the petition relating to Beach Bluff avenue, the Commission sees no reason to annul or change the order of the Board of Railroad Commissioners above referred to. The petition is therefore dismissed.

For the Commission,

MARCH 7, 1918.

[P. S. C. 1901]

ALLAN BROOKS,

Assistant Secretary.

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