Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1909 — TRAIN GREW LAW UP TO FEDERAL JUSTICES [ARTICLE]

TRAIN GREW LAW UP TO FEDERAL JUSTICES

"Big Four" Attacks a Measure Adopted In Indiana. Washington. Aug. 17.—The constitutionality of the state law of Indiana requiring passenger trains to be equipped with crews of five men and freight trains with crews of six men Is called into question in the case of the state of Indiana versus the “Big Four" Railroad company, which has been docketed in the supreme court of the United States The company contends that the law interferes with Interstate commerce and that It is, therefore, in contravention of the federal constitution. The supreme court of Indiana upheld the statute^