Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1906 — Railroad Commission Acts. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Commission Acts.

The Indiana Railroad commission appalled at the number of grade crossing accidents that occur annually in the United States, is determined to do something toward making the number of fatalities lef-s in Indiana. In accordance with a rule adopted by the commission at a conference held Saturday, rail roads that are hereafter built in the state will be required, when crossing another line, to build under or above the tracks ot the other line. No more crossing at grade will be allowed. For several months the commission has been investigating the rules of commissions of other states and has been in touch with the Inter-state Commerce commission. “Onr idea,” said a member of the commission, “is to do what we can toward the prevention of gradecrossing accidents.”