AMERICA'S RAILWAYS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13367, 8 January 1907, Page 5

AMERICA'S RAILWAYS.

f HOW ENORMOUS FUiNDS ARIE USED. United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph . — Copyright. Received January 8, 8.35 a.m. Now York, Janiuary 7. The Inter-State Commerce Commission, in the course bf enquiry at New York into railway matters, elicited that the untfmfted powers of Mr E. H. Harriinan, Chairman oi t/he Board of Directors of the Northern Securities Company,' hjid enabled him to purchase £20,000,000 worth of stock of othjer fairways, an d that hd used enocin;ous fun>dk as he liked. s\ sJ^lttiAY DISASTERiS. REC&ESSNESS AND" OVERWORK. New York, January 7. The Inter-Stato Ccmmerce Commission, during inquiries at Washington, as to railway disasters, obtained evidence which showed inefficient manr agement and recklessness on the part of employees. One witness worked sixty (?) hours with eight for sleep. Those cases in which men worked twenty-four hours continuously were not uncommon. Congress will limit the hours of continuous labour to sixteen.