SAFETY APPLIANCES. REPORT OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SAFETY APPLIANCES TO THE SECRETARY. Hon. EDWARD A. MOSELEY, JULY 1, 1907. Secretary Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. SIR: Appended herewith is a table showing, for the past five years, certain results of inspection of safety appliances. The summary is placed first that it may be borne in mind that a varying number of freight cars was inspected during each of these years, and, in order that the correct deduction may be had from these statistics, it is requested that reference be had to the "Number of Defects per 1,000 Cars Inspected" shown immediately following the summary. The main portion of the table is for the purpose of showing the proportion of any defect to others by direct comparison. These figures, as an entirety, may be taken as a fair indication of the general condition of equipment throughout the country, although, by reason of the small inspection force and the great demands made on it by court proceedings, the inspection covered but a small actual portion of the rolling stock of the railways. J. W. WATSON, Chief Inspector. COMPARATIVE CLASSIFIED TABLE OF DEFECTIVE SAFETY APPLIANCES ON FREIGHT CARS AS REPORTED BY THE INSPECTORS FOR THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, AND 1903. a Includes, also, uncoupling chains parted by reason of defective clevices, etc., which in tables previous to the year ending June 30, 1906, are shown separately. |