COMPARATIVE CLASSIFIED TABLE OF DEFECTIVE SAFETY APPLIANCES ON FREIGHT CARS AS REPORTED BY INSPECTORS, ETC.-Continued. The following table, compiled from reports of the Commission's inspectors, as to the condition of safety appliances on the freight cars of a few representative railroads, shows the general trend of improvement therein during the past five years. FREIGHT CARS INSPECTED, DEFECTIVE, AND PER CENT DEFECTIVE FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, AND 1909. FREIGHT CARS INSPECTED, DEFECTIVE, AND PER CENT DEFECTIVE FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 AND 1909-Cont'd. STATEMENT OF CONDITIONS IN 1893 AND 1908. Number of cars in freight service.... Number of tons carried 1 mile. Average number of tons in train.. Number of trainmen employed (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen.. Number of tons carried for each trainman employed (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen.... Number of tons carried 1 mile for each trainman employed (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watch men. Number of freight cars for each trainman employed (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen.... Number of train miles run for each trainman employed (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen.... Number of enginemen and firemen employed.... Number of switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen employed.. Number of trainmen employed in coupling and un coupling cars for each one killed (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen. Number of trainmen employed in coupling and uncoupling cars for each one injured (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen. Number of trainmen killed in coupling and uncoupling cars (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen, for each 1,000 employed... Number of trainmen injured in coupling and uncoupling cars (other than enginemen and firemen), including switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen, for each 1,000 employed.. a Includes an assignment of leased equipment to correspond with figures for 1908. b61 |