^ HE Z5Zt UC-NRLF B M 57^ OEM W^r i:^' Ka y.fif-7 ^' m^J^h ■■te:,-.S.'l- Ij^ i^ft^y-V ■•^i; >?^ mr^ LIBRi^RV University of California. ^^^j^j^ GIFT OF fCKy"^ V^O*^/^. .z^^^^/y^ Class \J The American Railway Association RULES AND THB Interstate Commerce Commission REGULATIONS FOR THB Transportation of Explosives EFFECTIVE APRIL 13. 1909 The American Railway Association REGULATIONS FOR THE Transportation of Inflammable Articles and Acids EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1909 JUNE, 190d insriDEix:. Numbers 1301 to 1313, inclusive, refer to American Railway Association Rules. Paragraphs A to II and Numbers 1501 to 1697, inclusive, and 1940 refer to Interstate Commerce Regulations. PARAGRAPH. Acceptance of Shipments, Conditions of 1301, 1302, 1304, A, B, C Act of May £0, 1908 Page 16 Repeal and Substitute Page 16 Ammunition 1500 to 1512, 1601 to 1622 Blasting Caps 1510, 1611 to 1614 Cannon 1507, 1604 to 1610 Detonators 1509, 1611 to 1614 Detonating Fuzes 1511, 1615 to 1618 Electric Blasting Caps 1510, 1611 to 1614 Empty Projectiles 1507, 1607 to 1610 Explosive Projectiles 1508, 1607 to 1610 Percussion Caps 1512, 1619 to 1022 Percussion Fuzes 1512, 1619 to 1622 Primers 1512, 1619 to 1622 Small-Arms 1506, 1601 to 1603 Time Fuzes 1512, 1619 to 1622 Astray Packages 1301, 1307, 1536 Black Powder 1502, 1541 to 1545 Blasting Caps 1510, 1611 to 1614 Packed With Safety Fuze and Safety Squibs 1648 Boxes, Test of D, E, F Second-hand, Not to be Used A Broken or Leaking 1301, 1303, 1304, 1307, 1531 to 1535 Bracing Shipments in Cars 1301, 1307, 1308, 1076, 1683 Broken Packages, Disposition of 1301, 1303, 1307, 1534 Brown Powder 1502, 1541 to 1545 Bureau of Explosives A. R. A. General Notice, 1302, 1303, 1308, B, F, G, 1531, 15:33, 1535, 1556, 1676, 169i Car Certificate 1301, 1300, 1307, 1665, 1669 Filing of 1301, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1669 Card Waybill to be Stamped 1301, 1304, 1305, 1668 Canying Explosives in Mixed Trains 1309, 1310, 1681 Cars Offered by Connecting Lines 1301, 1304, 1306, 1070 Placarding of 1301, 1306. l;:07, 1310, 16GC, 1667 Selection and Preparation of 1305, 1306, 1307, 1661 to 1667 Certified Cars, Explosives Requiring Use of 1307, 1661. 1662 Certifying Cars and Contents 1306, 1307, 1662 to 1665 Certificate of Loading 1301, 1306, 1307, 1665 Common Fireworks 1514, 1641 to 1643 Condemned and Forbidden Explosives. 1301, 1303,1301, 1501, 1531 to 1536 Condemned Packages, Disposition of 1301, 1303, 1307, 1535 Conditions of Acceptance of Shipments i::01, 1302, 1304, A, B, C Connecting Lines, Shipments To and From.. . .1301, 1304, 1306, C, 1670 Connecting Steamship Lines, Shipments From . ..1301, 1304, 130C, 1670 Copies of Regulations to be Furnished Shippers. 1301, 1696 Correction of Violations 1301, 1304, 1306, 1307, 1809, 1310, G, 1670 Defective Loading and Staying, Reports of A. R. A. General Notice, 1301, 1306, 1307, 1309, 1310, G Defective Packages, Reports of A. R. A. General Notice, 1301, 1306, 1307, 1309, 1310, G Definition of Explosives 1502 to 1515 Delay to Cars 1301 to 1309, 1310, 1685 Description of Articles on Shipping Order 1304, 1668 Destination Beyond Originating Line, Shipments For 1804. C Detonators 1509, 1611 to 1614 Detonating Fuzes 1511, 1615 to 1618 Disposition of Injured, Condemned and Stray Sliipments 1301. 1303, 1307, 1533 to 1536 Distribution of Regulations 1301, 1690 Dry Nltro-cellulose 1501, 1557 Dynamite, Repacking of 1533 Electric Blasting Caps 1510, 1611 to 1614 Empty Projectiles 1507, 1607 to 1610 Endorsement on Waybill 1305. 1608 Expediting Movement of Cars 1:J01, 1809, 1310, 1685 PARAGRAPH. Explosives Not Requiring the Use of Certified Cars 1307, Loading Chart, 1663 Not to be Loaded Together. . .1807, Loading Chart, 1677 to 1682 Explosive Placard 1301, 1306, 1307, 1309, 1310, 1666 to 1(389 Explosive Projectiles 1508, 1607 to 1610 Explosives Requiring the Use of Certified Cars 1307, Loading Chart, 1601 Explosive Shipments Requiring '* Explosive " Placard on Cars. .1307, Loading Chart, 1661 Requiring " Inflammable " Placard on Cars 1307, Loading Chart, 1663 Express Companies, Duty of General Notice Fireworks, Common 1514, 1641 to 1643 Fireworks, Special 1501, 1515, 1644 to 1647 Forbidden and Condemned Explosives. 1301, 1302, 1304,1.'-.01, l.>31 to 1533 Fulminate 1505, 1591 to 1598 Gas Cylinders Not to be Loaded with Explosives 1307, 1683 General Rules A to II Government (United States) Shipments B Gross Weight of Explosives in Car 1307, 1674 Grouping of Explosives II Gun Cotton, see Nitro-Cellulose. Handling Cars 1300, 1310, 16*4 to 1694 Through Trains 1309, 1310, 168C Local Freight Trains 1300, 1310, 1687 Shifting 1309, 1310, 1087 In Yards 1309, 1310. 1688 Train Rules 1*19, 1310. 1681 to 1694 Handling Explosives 1301. 1307, 1671, 1678 High Explosives 1503, 1551 to 1560 Inflammable Articles and Acids Loaded with Explosives 1307, Loading Cliart, 1082 Inflammable Placard IIMO Injured Packages, Disposition of 1301, l*t3, 1307, 1534 Inspection of Cars 1301, 1301, 1306, 1307, 1310, 1663, 1670 Inspection at Junction Points 1-304, 1806, 1670 Inspection of Manufacture and Packing B Kegs, Broken or Leaking 1301. 1304, 1307, 1534 Test of D, E, F Second-hand, Not to be Used A Leakage of Explosives in Cars 1:309. 1310, 1694 Leaking Explosives 1301, 130:3, 1304, 1:307, 1532 to 1535 Less Carload Shipments, Name and Address of Consignee on Each Package A Liquid Nitroglycerin 1501 Limitation of Weight in Cars 1674 Loading Cars and Staying Packages 1807, 1308. Loading Chart, 1674 to 1676, 1063 Loading, Certificate of 1301, 1306, 1307, 1665 Loading Chart Page 4 Loading Days 1304, 1683 Loading Explosives Together 13(»7. Loading Chart, 1677 to 1681 With Inflammable Articles and Acids.. 1307. Loading Chart, 1682 Loading in " Way Car " or " Peddle Car " i:307. 1310, 1662 (i>, 1676 Loose Powder or Other Explosive in Car 1300, 1309, 1310, 1694 Lumber and Labor for Staying 1308, 107G Marking on L. C. L. Shipments A Maximum Weight of Shipments in One Car 1674 Mixed Trains, Explosives In 1309, 1310, 1084 Name and Address of Consignee on Package in Less Carload Ship- ments A OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 18699:} 2 rAKAORAPB. i-Cellulose, Dry 1501. 1557 iplycerin. Liquid 1501 igency Stations, Shipments To or From 1310, 1311, 1673 ages. Test of D. E, F inger Trains, Explosives In 1309, 1310, 1C84 die "or "Way Cars." Loading In 1307, 1310, 1662(1), 1676 isslon Caps 1512, 1619 to 1622 isslon Fuzes 1512, 1619 to 1622 rdingof Cars 1301, 1300, i::07, 1310, 1C61, 16C6, 1667 rds on Cars. Removal of 1307, 1309, 1310, 1C95 ion of Car Certificate on Car 1301, i:»7, 16C5 Ion of Cars Containing Explosives in Train 1309, 1310, 1686 ion of Placards on Car 1301, 1307, 1666 irationand Selection of Cars.... 1305, 1306,1307,1310, 1661 to 1603 iratlon of Shipping Order 1304, 1608 !rs. Percussion and Time Fuzes 1512, 1619 to 1622 •r Description of Articles 1304, 1668 Blon for Storage of Explosives 1801, 1672 allons. Distribution of 1301, 1696 val of Marks from Packages A Of Explosives from Stations 1301, 1672 Of Placards from Cars 1307, 1309, 1310, 1695 ;klng Dynamite 1533 •ts of Violations .A. R. A. General Notice, 1301, 1300, 1309, 1310, G , A. R. A., for Explosives 1301 to 1312 Billing Freight 1305 Conductors 1310, 131 1 Inspecting Cars 130C Loading Chart Page 4 Loading or Unloading 1307, 1308 Receiving Freight 1.304 Station Agent 1301 to 1.303 Trainmen 1310, 131 1 Wreck Crews I;jl2 Yardmasters 1309 PARAGRAPn. .Safety Fuze and Safety Squibs Packed with Blasting Caps Ift48 Samples of Explosives, by Express General Notice Second-hand Boxes and Kegs Not to be Used A .Selection and Preparation of Cars. . .1305, 130C, 1307, 1310, ICOl to 1663 Shifting and Local Freight Trains 1.309, 1310. 1C87 Shippers' Certificate 1301. 1CC8. 1089 Filing of 1301. 1304. 1069 Shipping Order, Filing of l.»l, 1304, 1009 Preparation of 1304. jceg Shipments To and From Connecting Lines 1301, i;i04, l.^XW, C, 1C70 Shipments To or From Non-Agency Stations 1310, 1311. 1073 Shippers to be Furnished with Copies of Regulations 1.301, 1096 Shipping Explosives Beyond Originating Line 1*X)1, C Shipping Days 1.304, 1682 Small-Arms Ammunition Packed with Other Articles 1001 Smokeless Powder 1504, 1571 to 1579 Special Fireworks 1501, 1515, 1044 to 1647 Staying and Loading Packages 1307. 1308, Loading Chart, 1674 to 1676. 1633 Staying Shipments In "Peddle "or "Way Cars" 1307, 1310, 1076 Steamship Lines, Shipments to and from Connecting 1301, 130i, 1306, 1C70 Storage at Stations 1301, 1C72 Stray Packages, Disposition of 1.^1. 1303, 1307. 1536 Test for Sensitiveness of Explosive 1556 Test for Strength of Packages D. E. F Time Fuzes l.">]2, 1619 to 1022 Trains. Passenger, Explosives In 1309, 1310, 1081 Train Rules 131>9, 1310, 1084 to 1094 Trains, Through 1C09, 1310, 1096 Shifting and Local Freight 1309, 1310, 1687 United States Government Shipments B Violations of Regulations, Reports of . . A. U. A. General Notce. 1301, 1300, 1S09, 1310. G ^ Fuze and Safety Squibs 1648 Wrecks, Rules for Clearing 1312. 1697 The American Railway Association RUES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF EXPLOSIVES. GENERAL NOTICE. The safe transportation of explosives is largely influ- enced by the manner in which they are made and packed for shipment, as well as by the careful loading and staying (bracing, blocking) of packages and the in- telligent handling of packages and of cars by railway employes. The Interstate Commerce Commission's Regulations for the Transportation of Explosives place upon railroad carriers the duty of making the prescribed regulations •effective and thoroughly instructing its employes in relation thereto. In order to make the regulations effective, it is neces- sary for railway employes to acquire knowledge of their specific duties. Employes are specially designated to perform certain duties in connection with these regula- tions, and the paragraphs referred to in the rules given below should be studied carefully. It must be under- stood that this will not relieve any employe from re- sponsibility for compliance with any requirement of the regulations when able to do so. All employes will be held strictly responsible for the proper instruction of all other employes under their control, and for the strict compliance by them with the regulations. Violations of the regulations discovered in cars con- taining explosives must be reported to the proper official, who will forward report to the Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Explosives, 24 Park Place, New York. PARAGRAPH REFERENCES. 1301. The following regulations have specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the Station Agent : General Rules A, B, C and G. Paragraphs 1501, 1531 to 1536, 1664 to 1672, 1682, 1685 and 1696. 1302. A new explosive must not be accepted until it has been examined and pronounced safe for transpor- tation by the Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Ex- plosives. 1303. Should the services of a Local Inspector be re- quired, application should be made by the agent to his Division Superintendent or other designated official, or by the shipper to the Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Explosives. 1304. The following regulations have specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the Employe Reeeiv- ing^ Freight: General Rules A, B and C. Paragraphs 1501, 1531 to 1533, 1541 to 1648, 1668 to 1670 and 1682. 1305. The following regulations have specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the Employe Billing Freight : Paragraphs 1661, 1668 and 1669. 1306. The following regulations have .specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the Employe Iiispeet- ing Car!«: General Rule G. Paragraphs 1661, 1662, 1665, 1667, 1669, 1670 and 1694. 1307. The following regulations have specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the Employe Loading or Unloading Freight: General Rules D and G. Paragraphs 1531, 1532, 1534 to 1536, 1661 to 1663, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1671, 1674 to 1680, 1682, 1683, 1695 and 1940. Note.— Articles that must not be loaded nor stored with explosives include : 1. Packases that bear labels described in Paragraph 1812 ; 2. Packages that have any of the characteristics mentioned in the definitions. Paragraphs 1801 to ISCM, and from which labels are exempted by Paragraph 1814, or are improperly omitted ; 3. Articles of well-known but minor inflammable risk, which ara designated by * in List :No. 3, Paragraph 1805. 1308. "Whoever loads the car must furnish the lumber and labor required for staying all shipments loaded by them, and this lumber should not be less than two (2) inches thick, except in cases where this thickness is manifestly not required, or unless otherwise specified by the Bureau of Explosives. 1309. The following regulations have specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the Yardmasters : General Rule G. Paragraphs 1684 to 1692, 1694, 1695 and 1697. 1310. The following regulations have specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the Coiidiiet<>r«( and Trainmen : General Rule G. Paragraphs 1662, 1667, 1673, 1684 to 1695 and 1697. 1311. Shipments of high explosives and powder must not be accepted by conductors at non-agency stations unless the conductor is instructed and qualified to i>er- form the duties specified for station employes. 1312. The following regulations liave specific refer- ence to duties devolving on the "Wreck Crews : Paragraph 1697. LOADING CHART. Packages of explosives and other dangerous articles are considered and designated below as: »»c»n«.-LISS OANOCKOUS CXPLOSIVCS. dolgnMad I, 2 aad >; mair k* tr» mn ni< lit k*a cmn In «m« placar4«4 "Intlammabla ** tor any ^antity. aMa marohandlaa and trawaptrlad la kai TKa to»o«ln« tsWa al^gw tiM •■p*** lacathMi fo* atampiai Siaailnc Cap* 1 1 i3 1 1 a • • f I 'S 1 1 2 ua Si 1 Jl 1 3 1 a i s u 1 II If 1"^ i o 1 1 a 1 m s c a «l i J J 1 i I p ill III! ijll ] \ i m € E 1 I 4 e ! s ■ k o • f ■ t t a 4 B • 7 a • 10 n 1* ■iaali Pa.dai 1 - . . 1 MakCMvlMhr* ■ B « a a j a 2 B a ■ M' a > B B B a a a B B 8 a B 1 s K B i ProlaoUlaa, or Esploalva Pr^lao- tllas ' M B B Datonaclng Fuxaa B B B nix :°l Z i^ 3 ■ B k m a a a ■nuB Anna AmimmMisa Par«uaal«fli Fuxa* Tlma or Camblnallan Fwaa 1 ••My Puia and SaMy Squlka lEI [1 i Imiammabla U^uld ar Compraaaad Inflantmabia Oaaaa, Had Dia- mond Labal ■ B B « B a a a B •""ammaMa, Vallaw DlaHwad W s m B B B B a a a B a n > M K B a a a B B u B m " B a a a a B Note.— When Ammunition for Cannon with Empty Projectiles, or Smokeless only the "Inflammable" placard, are jiroperly loaded in a cur with Eiplosives," ouly the " iiiplubivt; " placara will Ije used ou tUe car. Powder for Cannon, requirinjf Interstate Commerce Commission reghahons for the transportation of explosives. As Revised and Amended April 13, 1909. Prescribed under Act of May 30, 1908. (The folio-win? comprise all the resulations which have been pre- scrilied by tlie Commission, llie paragraphs having been numbered to correspond with the rules and regulations of The American Rail- way Association.) GENERAL NOTICE. As the use of certain explosives is essential to various business activities throughout the country it is the duty of interstate railroad carriers to transport such explo- sives under proper regulations. It is also the duty of each such carrier to make the prescribed regulations effective and to thoroughly instruct its employes in relation thereto.* It is the duty of express companies to transport under proper regulations samples of explo- sives for laboratory examination, as authorized by sec- tion 1 of the act of Congress approved May 30, 1908. (See Appendix, page 16.) When the explosives specified in this section are lawfully carried in an express or bag- gage car in the presence of an employe of the company, it will not be necessary to placard this car as prescribed herein for a freight car containing similar lading. The Commission will make further provision as occa- sion may require for new explosives not included in or covered by the following regulations.! GENERAL RULES. A. Unless specifically authorized by these regula- tions, explosives must not be packed in the same out- side package with each other or with other articles. Explosives, when offered for shipment by rail, must be in proper condition for transportation and must be packed, marked, loaded, stayed, and handled while in transit in accordance with these regulations. All pack- ages of less than carload shipments must also be plainly marked on the outer covering or boxing (outside package ) with the name and address of consignee. Empty boxes previously used for high explosives are dangerous and must not be again used for shipments of any character. Empty boxes which have been used for the shipment of other explosives tlian high explosives must have the old marks thoroughly removed before being accepted for the shipment of other articles. Empty metal kegs which have been used for the shipment of black powder not contained in an interior package must not be used after January 1, 1909, for shipment of any explosive. f B. Explosives, except such as are forbidden (see pars. 1501 and 1531 to 153G), must be received for transporta- tion by railroads engaged in interstate commerce on and after October 15, 1903, provided the following regu- * See American Railway Association Rules for the Transportation of Explosives, General Notice and pars. 1301 to 1312. t A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1302 and 1301. lations are complied witli, and provided their method of manufacture and packing, so far as it affects safe transportation, is open to inspection by a duly author- ized representative of the initial carrier or of the Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles, of The American Railway As.socia- tion. Shipments of explosives that do not comply with these regulations will not be received. Shipments offered by the United States Government may be packed, including limitations of weight, as required by its regulations.! C. Before any shipment of explosives destined to points beyond the lines of the initial carrier is accepted from the shipper, the initial carrier must ascertain tliat the shipment can go forward via the route designated, and that delivery can be made at destination. To avoid unnecessary delays, arrangements must be made to furnish this information promptly to initial carrier. Shipments offered by connecting lines must be received subject to these regulations. J TESTS FOR STRENGTH OF PACKAGE. D. Packages receive their greatest stresses in a direc- tion parallel to the length of the oar and must, there- fore, be loaded so as to offer their greatest resistance in this direction. Cleats or handles, when prescribed for packages, must be so placed as not to interfere with close packing lengthwise in tlie car.^ E. Wlien inexplosive material of equal weight is substituted (sand for a granular explosive, dummy car- tridges for high explosive cartridges), and the outside package is dropped on its end on to a foundation of solid brick or concrete from a height of four feet, the out- side package must not oi)en, nor rupture, nor must any portion of the contents escape therefrom. F. In addition to standing tlie test in paragraph E, the design and construction of packages must be such as to prevent the occurrence in individual i)ackage3 of defects that permit leakage of their contents imder the ordinary conditions incident to transportation. Tlie results of exiierience, gained by an e.xamination of packages on arrival at destination, must be recorded by the Bureau of Explosives, to the end that further use of any particular kind of package, shown by experience to be inefficient, may be prohibited by the Commission, even if it should stand the drop test prescribed by paragrapli E. G. Violations of the.se regulations discovered in cars containing explosives, or in the loading or staying of $ A. R. A. Rules 1301 and 1304. § A. R. A. Rule 1307. 6 kages, must be corrected before forwarding the car. eport of all serioas violations, with a statement of arent cause (such as defective packing, improper 'ing, rough treatment of car, etc.), must be made the carrier to the chief inspector of the Bureau of )losives.* GROUPING. '.. For transportation purposes, all explosives are di- id into the following groups : 1. Forbidden explosives. 2. Black powder. 3. High explosives. 4. Smokeless powders. 5. Fulminates. 6. Ammunition. 7. Fireworks. edion I. — Information and Definitions. 3R0UP 1.— FORBIDDEN EXPLOSIVES. See paragraphs 1531 to 1536. iOl. The following are forbidden explosives : f ) Liquid nitrog:iyocrin. ) Dynamite, containing over 60 per cent of nitro- !erin (except gelatine dynamite). ) Dynamite having an unsatisfactory absorbent, ne that permits leakage of nitroglycerin under any litions liable to exist during transportation or storage. ) Xitro-oeilulose in a dry condition, in quan- greater than ten (10) pounds in one exterior package, pars. 1557 to 1560.) ) Fulminate of Iflercury in Bulk in a dry lition, and fulminates of all other metals in any iition. ) Fireworks that combine an explosive and a mator or blasting cap. (See pars. 1515 and 1644.) GROUP 2.— BLACK POWDER. See 2iuragrap}i.'i l~Al to 1545. 02. Black for brown) powder embraces all explosives ing a composition similar to that of ordinary gun- der, such as carbonaceous material, .sulphur, and a ate of sodium or potassium. This group includes , sporting, blasting, cannon, and the prismatic ders. GROUP 3.— HIGH EXPLOSIVES. See paragraphs l^ai to 1560. i03. High explosives are all explosives more powerful 1 ordinary black powder, except smokeless powders fulminates?. Their distinguishing characteristic is r susceptibility to detonation by a commercial dcto- )r, or blasting cap. Many high explosives arc .sensi- to percussion and to friction. Examples of high losives aretlie dynamites, picric acid, picratos, chlo- I powders, and nitrate of ammonia powders. GROUP 4.— SMOKELESS POWDERS. Sec paragraphs 1571 to 1579. >04. Smokeless powders are those explosives from ch there is little or no smoke when fired. The group I. R. A. Kulcs 1301 and 13(W to 1310. I. R. A. Rules laOl aud 1304. consists of smokeless powder for cannon and smokelef«3 powder for small arms. Smokeless powder for cannon used in the United States at the present time con- sists of a nitro-cellulose colloid, and is safe to handle and transport. Smokeless powders for small arms may con.sist of nitro-cellulose, nitro-cellulose combined with nitroglycerin, picrate mixtures, or chlorate mixtures. GROUP 5.— FULMINATE. See paragraphs l.'i'.d ta 1593. 1505. This includes Fulminate <»f Hereury in bulk form — that is, not made up into percu.ssion caps, detonators, blasting caps, or exploders. GROUP 6.— AMMUNITION. See paragraphs 1601 to 1622. 1506. Small-arniM Ammunition con.sists usually of a paper or metallic shell, the primer, powder cliarge, and projectile, the materials necessary for one firing teing all in one piece, such as is used in sporting or fowling pieces, or in rifle, pistol practice, etc. 1507. Ammunition for Cannon embraces all fixed or separate-loading ammunition packed in a single package in which the projectile weighs one pound or over, and is usually transported only for Government use. When the component parts are packehs 1641 to 1647. 1513. Fireworks include everything that is designed and manufactured, primarily, for the production of pyrotechnic effects. They consist of common fireworks and special fireworks. 1514. Common Fireworics include all that depend principally upon nitrates to support combustion and not upon chlorates ; that contain no phosphorus and no high explosive sensitive to shock and friction ; that produce their effect through color display rather than by loud noises. If noise is the principal object, the units must be small and of such nature and manufacture that they will explode separately and harmlessly, if at all, when one unit is ignited in a packing case. They must not be designed for ignition by shock or friction. Examples are Chinese firecrackers, Roman candles, pin wheels, colored fires, serpents, railway fusees, flash powders, etc. 1515. Speeial Fireworks include all that contain any quantity of red or white phosphorus, a fulminate, or other high explosive sensitive to shock or friction ; or that contain units of such size that the explosion of one while being handled would produce a serious injury; or that require a special appliance or tool, mortar, holder, etc. , for their safe use ; or that may be exploded en masse in their packing cases ; or that are intended for or may be ignited or exploded by shock or friction. Examples are giant firecrackers, bombs, salutes, toy torpedoes and caps, rockets, ammunition pellets fired in a special holder, railway torpedoes, etc. Section 11. — Conditions ot Acceptance and Shipment of Packages. GROUP 1.— FORBIDDEN AND CONDEMNED EXPLOSIVES. 1531. Forbidden explosives, as defined in jiaragraph 1501, and explosives condemned by the Bureau of Ex- plosives, must not be accepted for shipment.* 1532. Should any package of high explosives when offered for shipment show excess.ve dampness or be mouldy or show outward signs of any oily stain or other indication that absorption of the liquid part of the explosive is not perfect or that the amount of the liciuitl part is greater than the absorbent can carry, the pack- ages must be refused in every instance. The shipper must substantiate any claim that a stain is due to acci- dental contact with grease, oil, or similar substance. In case of doubt, the package must be rejected. A shipment of leaking dynamite is liable to cause a dis- * A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1302, 1304 and 1307. A new explosive must not be received until pronounced safe for transportatioQ by the Chief Inspector Bureau of Explosives. aster in spite of careful handling ; and storage, especially in warm and damp magazines, tends to cause leakage. Carriers must, for tlvse reasons, examine with more than usual care all packages that have been stored or are offered for shipment during the summer months.f REPACKING OF DYNAMITE. 1533. Condemned dynamite must not be repacked and offered for shipment unless the repacking is done by a competent person in the presence and with the con- sent of a local inspector, or with the written authority of the chief inspector, of the Bureau of Explosives. J DISPOSITION OF INJURED, CONDEMNED, AND STRAY PACKAGES. 1534. Packages found injured or broken in transit may be recoopered when this is evidently practicable and not dangerous. A broken box of dynamite that caonot be recoopered should be reenforced by stout wrapping paper and twine, placed in another strong box, and surrounded by dry, fine sawdust, or dry and clean cotton waste, or elastic wads made from dry newspaper. A ruptured can or keg should be enclosed in a grain bag of good quality and boxed or crated. Injured packages thus protected and properly marked may be for warded. § 1535. Condemned packages of leaking dynamite should (1) be returned immediately to shipper if at point of shipment ; or (2) disposed of to a dealer in dyna- mite or other person who is competent and willing to remove them from railway property, if leakage is dis- covered while in transit; or (3) removed immediately by consignee if shipment is at destination. When disposition can not be made as above, the leak- ing boxes must be packed in other boxes large enough to permit, and the leaking box must be surrounded by at least 2 inches of dry, fine sawdust or dry and clean cotton waste, and be stored in station magazine or other safe place, until arrival of the local inspector or other authorized person, to superintend the destruction of the condemned material.^ 1536. When name and address of consignee are known, a stray shipment must be forwarded to its destination by the most practicable route, provided a careful in- spection shows the packages to be in proper condition for safe transportation. Revenue and card waybills must be prepared and on them must be written or stamped " Stray shipment, inspected at station, railroad 19 — " except in cases where authority can be obtained by wire from the original forwarding station to stamp these waybills '• Sliippers' certificate file," etc. (See par. 1668.) Wlien a package in a stray shipment is not in proper condition for safe transportation (see par. 1534), or when name and address of consignee are unknown, disposition will be made as prescribed by paragraph 1535.^ t A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1301 and 1307. t A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1303 and 13(M. Should the services of a Local Inspector be required, application should be made by the asent to Division Superintendent or other desitrnatcd official, or by the shippe to the Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Explosives. § A. R. A. Rules 1301 and 1307. ^ A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1303 and 1307. 8 GROUP 2.— BLACK POWDER. 541. Packing. — Packages containing less than elve and a lialf (IS'o) pounds of rifle, sporting, sting, or cannon powders must be inclosed in a ht box, so that tlie filling holes of the packages 11 be up. and the boxes must be marked on top, as -scribed by i)aragraph 1544. 542. Twelve and a half 0-2}^ pounds or over of ck or brown powder must be packed in packages Lt comjily with General Rules D, E, and F. Kegs s than 9 inches long must be boxed, as prescribed paragrapli 1541, 543. ^Veijflit. — Packages must not weigh over I pounds gross. 544. !^nrking. — Each outside package must be inly marked, stamped, or stenciled to show the id, "BLACK" or "BROWN,"- and the use. tLA.STING," "RIFLE," "CANNON," " MOR- R,"'etc., as "BLACK BLASTING POWDER," ILACK RIFLE POWDER," etc. Additional rks, trade names, etc., may appear if desired by pper. Satisfactory kegs marked ' ' BLACK POW- ;R." or "COMMON BLACK POWDER," will be epted until January 1, 1909. 545. Car. — A car containing shipments of black vder in any quantity must be certified and pla- ded as prescribed by paragraphs 1661 and 1666. GROUP 3.— HIGH EXPLOSIVES. High explosives consisting of a liquid mixed with irbent material must have the absorbent (wood • .similar material) in sufficient quantity and of ;tory quality, properly dried at the time of mix- trate of soda must be dried at the time of mixing than 1 per cent of moisture ; and the ingredients 3 uniformly mixed so that the liquid will remain ^hly absorbed under the most unfavorable con- incident to transi)ortation. Explosives containing nitroglycerin nlust have nly mixed w^ith the absorbent material a satis- antacid whiry Xilro-cciliiiosc.— Inside packages containing not more than one jMjund each of dry nitro- cellulose, ^vTapped in strong paraffined paj)er, or other suitable spark-i)roof material, will be accepted for shipment if .securely i)acked in an outside package that complies with General Rules D, E, and F, and is marked as prescrilwd in i)aragraph 1559. Out- side packages must not contain more than ten (10) pounds of dry nitro-i-ellulose. 1558. H^'iglilM. — High explosives containing an explosive liciuid ingredient must not exceed sixty- live (05) jK)uiuls, gross weight, in one outside package. High explosives containing no li(juiil explosive ingrearagnipl\ 1556, must not exceed 125 pounds, gross weight, in one outside package. The gross weight of an outside i>ackago contain- ing ilry nitro-celluloso. packed ils ilelinetl in pjini- graph 1557, must not exceed 85 pounds. 1559. ITIarkiiig. — The boxes must l>e i)laiuly marked t>n top and on one side or end " HIQH EXPLOSIVE— DANGEROUS." The top must be marked "THIS SIDE UP." 1560. Car. — For shipments of high explosives in any quantity, the car must be certified and pla- carded as prescribed by paragraphs IGGl and 1666. GROUP 4.— SMOKELESS POWDER. SMOKELESS POWDER FOR CANNON. 1571. Packing^. — Smokeless powder for cannon must be packed in tight boxes free from loose knots and cracks, or in kegs, that comply with General Eules D, E, and F. 1572. liVciglit. — Packages must not weigh over 152 pounds gross. 1573. marking. — Each package must be plainly marked on top "SMOKELESS POWDER FOR CANNON." 1574. Car. — Smokeless powder for cannon may be shipped in any box car in good condition. The car must be placarded " INFLAMMABLE" as pre- scribed by paragraph 1663. SMOKELESS POWDER FOR SMALL ARMS. 1575. Packing:. — Packages of less than nine (9) pounds of smokeless powder for small arms must be inclosed in a tight box so that the filling hole of each inside package will be up, and the box must be marked on top as prescribed by paragraph 1578. 1576. Quantities of nine pounds or over must be placed in packages that comply with General Rules D, E, and F. Kegs less than 9 inches long must be boxed as prescribed by paragrapli 1541. 1577. lYeiglit. — Packages weighing over 31 pounds gross will not be received unless packed under the supervision of and shipped for the use of the United States Government." Packages weighing not over 30 pounds gross each may be inclosed in an outside package, in which case the gross weight must not exceed 150 pounds. 1578. ]?Iarking. — Each outside package must be plainly marked on top '"SMOKELESS POWDER FOR SMALL ARMS." 1579. Car. — Shipments of smokeless powder for small arms in any quantity require a car to be certified and placarded, as prescribed by paragraphs 1661 and 1666. GROUP 5.— FULMINATE. 1591. Packing. — Fulminate of mercury in bulk must contain when packed not less than twenty-five (25) per cent of water and must in this wet condition be placed in a bag made of heavy cotton cloth of close mesh equal in quality and weight to the cotton twill used for pockets in high-grade clothing. There must "* be placed inside the bag and over the fulminate a cap o Packages for the shipment of small-arms smokeless powder conforming to present regulations and manufactured or purchased prior to the issuance of these regulatious may be accepted for transportation until December 31, 1909. of the same cloth and of tlie diameter of the bag, and the bag must be tied securely and placed in a strong grain bag, which must in turn be tied securely and packed in the center of a cask or barrel in good con- dition and of the kind used for shipment of alcohol. The grain bag must not contain more than 150 pounds dry weight of fulminate, and it must be surrounded on all sides by tightly packed sawdust not less than six inches thick. The cask or barrel must be lined with a heavy close-fitting jute bag closed by secure sewing to prevent escape of saw- dust. After the barrel is properly coopered it must be filled with water, the bung sealed ; the barrel must be inspected carefully and all leaks stopped. 1592. Harking.— Each cask, or barrel, must be plainly marked "WET FULMINATE OF MER- CURY—DANGEROUS." 1593.' Car. — A car containing fulminate in any quantity must be certified and placarded as pre- scribed by paragraphs 1661 and 1666. GROUP 6.— AMMUNITION. SMALL-ARMS AMMUNITION. 1601. Packing. — Small-arms ammunition must be packed in pasteboard or other boxes, and these pasteboard or other boxes must be packed in strong outside boxes. Small-arms ammunition, in pasteboard or other boxes and in quantity not exceeding a gross weight of 75 pounds, may be packed with nonexplosive and noninflamniable articles, and with small-arms primers or percussion caps (see par. 1619), provided the shipment is certified (see par. 1668) and the out- side package is marked as prescribed in paragraph 1602. 1602. marking. — Each outside package or case must be plainly marked "SMALL-ARMS AMilU- NITION." 1603. Car. — Small-arms ammunition may be shipped in any box car which is in good condition, without the placard prescribed by paragraph 1663. AMMUNITION FOR CANNON. 1604. Packing. — Ammunition for cannon must be well packed and properly secured in strong boxes provided with cleats or handles. 1605. ITIarking. — Each outside package must be plainly marked - AMMUNITION FOR CANNON- EXPLOSIVE PRO JECTILES," or " AMMUNITION FOR CANNON— EMPTY PROJECTILES," accord- ing as the projectiles do, or do not, contain a bursting charge. 1606. Car.— A car containing ammunition for cannon with explosive projectiles must be certified and placarded as prescribed by paragraphs 1661 and 1666. This is not recjuired when projectiles are empty, but in this case cars must be protected by "INFLAMMABLE" placard, as prescribed by para- graph 1663. 10 EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILCS. 607. Puc'kili;;. — Explosive projectiles must be :ked in strong boxes, and eacli projectile must properly secured. "When the gros.s weight does ; exceed 150 pounds the box must be provided ;h cleats or handles. 608. "Weight. — The gross weight of a box con- ning more than one projectile must not exceed pounds. 609. IVIarking. — Each exterior package must be inly marked " EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE." or :MPTY projectile." No restrictions, other in proper marking, are necessary for the ship- nt of empty projectiles. 610. Car. — For explosive projectiles in any intity the car must be certified and placarded prescribed by paragraphs 1661 and 1666. BLASTING CAPS. 611. Packing. — Blasting caps contain such a isitive and dangerous explosive that very efficient ;king is necessary. Jlasting caps must be packed in strong tin recep- !les in which they must fit snugly, and the caps ist be closed securely by teats projecting from a te of suitable elastic material placed inside the c and over the caps. Not more than one hundred sting caps must be packed in a single tin box. I separate tin boxes must then be packed snugly paper or pasteboard cartons, and these must be 3ked in an inside box made of sound lumber not sthan three-eighths of an inch in thickness (except cases where it is made of hard wood with reen- ced corners, and the lid securely fastened down th at least four strong wires bound around the box, which ca.se the lumber must not be less than three- teenths of an inch in thickness). This inside odcn box mu.st then be packed in an outside box ide of sound lumber not less than 1 inch in thick- >s and free from loose knots and cracks. Tiglitly 2ked sawdust or excelsior, at least 1 inch thick all points, nmst .separate the inside from the out- e wooden box. More than 20,000 blasting caps ist not l>e placed in one outside package, f the outside box is to contain not more than 00 caps, the inside box may be omitted, and tlie tside box may be made of J-inch lunil>er ; but in s case tlie tin boxes in pasteboard cartons must separated from the outside box at all points by at ist 1 inch of tightly packed sawdust or excelsior. le tin box containing not more than 100 caps may packed with .safety fuze. (Par. 1648.) Electric bhusting caps must be p;icked in paste- ard cartons containing not more than 50 caps 3h. Those cartons must be packed in a wooden X made of lumber not less than one-half inch in ickness. A.11 boxes containing more than .'),000 blasting ps or weighing more than 50 pounds, gross ;ight, must be provided with cleats or handles, d all lids must be securely fastened. 161.2. Welglil. — The gross weight of an outside package containing blasting caps or electric blast- ing caps must not exceed l.'iO pounds. 1613. Harking. — Each outside package must be plainly marked "BLASTING CAPS-HANDLE CAREFULLY," or "ELECTRIC BLASTING CAPS— HANDLE CAREFULLY." In addition each box mu.st bear the marking " DO NOT STORE OR LOAD WITH ANY HIGH EXPLOSIVE.' 1614. Cur. — Certificate and placard as prescril>ed by paragraphs 1661 and 1606 are required for ship- ments of blasting caps in any quantity, except that a shipment of not more than 100 blasting caps may be transported in a box car in good condition with- out car certificate or placard. DETONATING FUZES. 1615. Packing. — Detonating fuzes must be packed in strong, tight boxes provided with cleats or handles, and each fuze must be well secured. 1616. "Weigh I. — The gross weight of one outside package must not exceed 150 pounds. 1617. Marking. — Each outside package must be plainly marked "DETONATING FUZES— HAN- DLE CAREFULLY." 1618. Car. — A car containing detonating fuzes in any quantity must be certified and placarded as prescribed by paragraphs 1661 and 1666. PRIMERS, PERCUSSION AND TIME FUZES. 1619. Packing. — Primers, percussion and time fuzes must be packed in strong, tight boxes, with special provision for securing individual packages of primers and fuzes against movement in the box. Small-arms primers, containing anvils, must be packed after December 31, 1909, in cellular pack- ages with partitions separating the layers and col- umns of primers, so that the explosion of a iX)rtion of the primers in the completed shipping package will not cause the explosion of all of the primers. Percussion caps may be packed in metal or other boxes containing not more than 500 caps, but the construction of the cap, and the kind and quantity of explosives in each must be such that the explo- sion of a part of the caps in the completed ship- ping i)ackage will not cause tlje explosion of all of the caps. Sniall-arins primers and percussion caps may form a part of the gross weiglit of 75 pounds of small- arms ammiinitioii that may be packed with other articles as autliorized by paragraph KiOl. 1620. W^cighl. The gross weight of one outside package must not cxi-t'cd 150 pounds. 1621. l?Iarkiiig. — Each outside l»ox nmst he plainly marked "SMALL- A RMS PRIMEltS— HAN- DLE CAREFULLY." or "PERCUSSION CAPS- HANDLE CAREFULLY," or "CANNON PRIM- ERS-HANDLE CAREFULLY," or "COMBINA- TION PRIMERS-HANDLE t'AREFULLY." or "PERCUSSION FUZES— HANDLE CARE- 11 FULLY," or "COMBINATION FUZES— HANDLE CAREFULLY," etc. 1022. Car. — Primers, percussion anil time fuzes may be shipped in a box car whicli is in good condi- tion without the placard prescribed by paragraph 1663. GROUP 7.— FIREWORKS. COMMON FIREWORKS. 1641. Packing^. — Common fireworks must be in a finished state, exclusive of mere ornamentation, as supplied to the retail trade, and must be securely packed in strong, tight, spark-proof boxes. 1642. Harking^. — Each outside package must be plainly marked "COMMON FIREWORKS- KEEP FIRE AWAY." 1643. Car. — Common fireworks may be shipped in a box car which is in good condition (par. 1663), but they must not be loaded in the same car with explosives or with inflammable articles (par. 1680). A car containing any quantity of common fire- works must be protected by the " INFLAM- MABLE " placard. (See par. 1668.) SPECIAL FIREWORKS. 1644. Packing^. — Special fireworks must be in a finished state, exclusive of mere ornamentation, as supplied to the retail trade, and must not contain a blasting cap or detonator. (See par. 1501 (/).) They must be securely packed in strong, tight, spark-proof boxes, that comply with General Rules D, E, and F, provided with cleats or handles. 1645. Weight. — The gross weight of one outside package containing special fireworks must not exceed 200 pounds. 1646. ITIarking. — Each outside package, if it con- tains special or a mixture of common and special fireworks, must be plainly marked " SPECIAL FIREWORKS— HANDLE CAREFULLY— KEEP FIRE AWAY." 1647. Car. — Special fireworks may be shipped in any box car which is in good condition (par. 1663J, but they must not be loaded in the same car with explosives or inflammable articles (par. 1680). A car containing any quantity of special or otlier fire- works must be protected by the " INFLAMMABLE" placard. (See par. 1663.) SAFETY FUSE AND SAFETY SQUIBS. 1648. Safety fuse and safety squibs, when properly boxed or packed in barrels, may be accepted for ship- ment and loaded in any car with any otiier kind of an explosive or inflammable substance or with other freight. If blasting caps are packed with safety fuse the outside package must be marked as prescribed by paragraph 1613. (See par. 1611.) Section III. — Selection and Preparation of Cars. 1G61. The safe transportation of explosives dei)end3 very largely upon tiie kind and condition of the car in which they are loaded. For the transportation of — Black or brown powder, High explosives. Smokeless powder for small-arms, Fulminates, Blasting caps, Electric blasting caps, Ammunition for cannon — explosive projectiles, Explosive projectiles, or Detonating fuzes, only certified and placarded box cars may be u.sed. (See pars. 1662 and 1666.)* 1662. Certified cars must be inspected inside and out- side and must conform to the following specifications : (a) Not less than 60,000 pounds capacity. Steel under-frame box cars or other box cars with friction draft gear should be used when available. On nar- row-gauge and other railroads, all of whose freight cars are of less than 60,000 pounds capacity, explo- sives may be transported in cars of less than that capacity, provided the cars of greatest capacity and strength are used for this purpose. (b) Must be equipped with air brakes and hand brakes in condition for service. (c) Must have no loose boards or cracks in the roof, sides, or ends. (d) The doors must shut so clo.sely that no sparks can get in at the joints, and, when necessarj-, they must be stripped. The stripping for flush doors should be on the inside and nailed to the door frame where it will form a shoulder against which the closed door is pressed. The opening under the doors should be similarly closed. (e) The journal boxes and trucks must be care- fully examined and put in such condition as to reduce to a minimum the danger of hot boxes or other failure necessitating the setting off of the car before reaching destination. The lids or covers of journal boxes must be in place. (/) The car must be carefully swept out before it is loaded. Holes in the floor or lining must be repaired and special care taken to have no project- ing nails or bolts or exposed pieces of metal wliich may work loose or produce holes in packages of ex- plosives during transit. (g) When the car is to be fully loaded with ex- plosives or when exjjlosives are loaded over exposed draft bolts or kingbolts, these bolts must have sliort pieces of solid, sound wood (2-inch plank), spiked to the floor over them to prevent possibility of their wearing into the packages of explosives. (h) The roof of the car must be carefully in- spected from the outside for decayed spots, espe- cially under or near the running board, and such spots must be covered to prevent their holding fire from sparks. A car with a roof generally decayed, even if tight, must not be used. * A. R. A. Rules 1305, 1300 aud 1307 12 (i) When explosives are to be carried in a " way car"" one should be selected with flush doors in good condition or with doors fitting so tightly that stripping will not be necessary. (A:) The carrier must have car examined to see that it is properly prepared, and must have a " Car Certificate" signed in triplicate upon the prescribed form (par. 1665) before p)ermitting the car to be loaded. (I) Cars not in proper condition, as above specified, must not be furnished to the shipiier or used for the transportation of explosives.* 568. Carload or less than carload lots of — Small-arms ammunition, Primers, Percussion fuzes, Time or combination fuzes, Ammunition for cannon — empty projectiles. Smokeless powder for cannon, or Fireworks, y be loaded in any box car which is in good condition. > which sparks cannot enter, and whose roof is not in iger of taking fire through unprotected decayed wood. ?se cars may be used without being certified and pla- ded as prescribed by paragraphs 1661 and 1666 ; but s containing— Ammuuition for cannon — empty projectiles. Smokeless powder for cannon, or Fireworks, must be protected by the *' INFLAMMABLE" placard (see par. 1940), and the doors must l»e stripjjed when necessary, f PLACARDING OF CARS AND CERTIFICA- TION OF CONTENTS. 1664. Uniform practice is important, and the pre- scribed forms of car certificates and placards must be used.J 1665. Car Cert ill eafc— The following certificate (prescribed by par. 1662 k), printed on strong tag l)oard measuring 7x7 inches, must be duly executetl in tripli- cate by the carrier, and by the shipper if he loads the shipment. The original must be filed by the car- rier at the forwarding station, and the other two must be attached to the outside of the car doors, one on each side, the lower edge of the certificate 4}^ feet above the floor level. § <» A "way car" is one from which shipments are unloaded by the train crew. * A.-R. A. Rules i;J06, 1307 and 1310. + A. R. A. Rule 13*17. t A. R. A. Rule 1301. § A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1300 and 1307. CAR CERTIFICATE. No. 1. .Station, ,19 I hereby certify that I have this day personally examined car No and that the roof and sides have no loose boards, holes, or cracks, or unprotected decayed spots liable to hold sparks and start a fire ; that the kingbolts or draft bolts are properly protected, and that there are no un- covered irons or nails projecting from the floor or sides of t,he car which might injure packages of explosives ; also, that the floor is In good condition and has this day been cleanly swept before the car was loaded ; that I have examined all the axle boxes, and that they are properly covered, packed, and oiled, and that the air brakes and hand brakes are la condition for service. ' Hallway Etni)loye InspectUig Car. No. 2. .19 I hereby certify that I have this day personally examined the above car, that the floor is in good condition and has been cleanly swept, and that the roof and sides have no hiose boards, holes, cracks, or unprotectinl decayed sjxjts liable to hold sparks and start a fire ; that the kingbolts and draft l)olt8 are protected, and that there are no uncovered irons or nails projecting from the floor or sides of the car wliich might injure packages of explosives ; that the explosives in tliis car liave been loaded and stayed, and tluit tlic car has luen phicarded according to parasrraphs IWl. IWjfl, and 1674 to 108.3, inclusive, of the Regulations for the Transportation of Kxphjsivcs prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission; that the doors fit so tightly or have beea stripped so that sparks cannot get in at the joints or bottom. • Shipper or Duly Authorized Agent. * Railway EmiAoyt Impecting, Loading and Staying. Note.— Both certificates must bo signed. Certificate Xo. 1 by the rejjrcsentatlve of the carrier. For all BhIpmenU loaded by tlio sliippcr. he, or his authorized agent, and the representative of thtj carrier must slga certificate No. 2. When the car Is not loaI-OSIV E^ handle: caref^ully KEEP FIRE AWAY (To be printed in red.) Station 19. CONDENSED RULES FOR HANDLING THIS CAR. 1. This car must not be placed in a psissenger train ; nor in a mixed train if avoidable. 2. Cars containinfj; explosives must be near center of tyain and may be together if desired ; must be at least fifteen cars from engine and ten cars from caboose when length of train will permit. Cars containing explosives must be placed between box cars which are not loaded with inflammable arti- cles, charcoal, cotton, acid, lumber, iron, pipe, or other articles liable to break through end of car from xough handling. 4. A steel underf rame car containing explosives may be placed between steel hopper cars In train. 5. The air and hand brakes on this car must be in service. 6. In shifting, have a car between this car and en- gine whenever possible, and do not cut this car off while in motion. 7. Avoid all shocks to this car and couple carefully. 8. Avoid placing it near a possible source of fire. 9. Engines on parallel track must not be allowed to stand opposite or near this car when it can be avoided. * Agents at Destination and Transfer Stations, Yardmasters and Conductors are responsible that these cards are removed from car as soon as the explosives are unloaded. * A. R. A. Standard Placard, Rules 1301, 1307 and Regulation 1695. 1667. A car containing any of the explosives (as prescribed in par. 1661) must not be permitted to leave a station or siding without having the certificates and placard prescribed in paragraphs 1665 and 1666 securely and properly affixed.* 1668. Shippers' Certificate. — Before any package containing one or more of the following articles : Black or brown powder, High explosives, Smokeless powder for cannon, Smokeless powder for small-arms, Fulminates, Small-arms ammunition, Ammunition for cannon — explosive projectiles, Ammunition for cannon — empty projectiles, Explosive projectiles, Empty projectiles, Detonating fuzes. Blasting caps. Electric blasting caps. Primers (naming kind). Percussion fuzes, Time or combination fuzes, Common or special fireworks, Safety fuse, or Safety squibs, can be accepted, the shipper must prepare and deliver to the carrier a shipping order on which each article is entered under its proper name, as specified in this para- graph, and over the signature of shipper or his duly authorized agent, must be printed, written, or stamped, and made part of the shipping order, the following cer- tificate: This is to certify that the above articles arc properly described by name and are packed and marked and are in proper condition for transportation, according to the regulations prescribed by the Inter- state Commerce Commission. The carrier must see that the shipment is properly described and that the correct gross weight is given on ■■ A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1306, 1307 and 1310. the revenue waybill. The carrier must also cause to be written or stamped on the face of the card and revenue waybill : " Shippers' Certificate on File with Initial Carrier." The card waybill, for a car containing any quantity of tlie explosives named in paragraph 1661, must also have plainly stamped across the top, the word •' EX- PLOSIVES, "f 1669. The carrier must see that the shipping order for explosives is kept at stations where the shipments originate on a separate file, together with all original Car Certificates that pertain to that station. The du- plicate and triplicate Car Certificates taken from cars unloaded at any station may be destroyed if there are no violations of the.se regulations to report. (See para- graph G, General Rules. )t SHIPMENTS FROM CONNECTING LINES. 1670. Cars containing explosives, as specified in para- graph 1661, which are offered by connecting lines must be carefully inspected, without unnecessary disturb- ance of lading, by the receiving line to see that these regulations have been complied with, and the car must not be forwarded until all discovered violations are corrected. Shipments of explosives offered by connecting steam- ship lines must comply with these regulations, and revenue waybill must bear the indorsements prescribed by paragraph 1668. § HANDLING OF EXPLOSIVES. 1671. In handling packages of explosives at stations and in cars the greatest care must be taken to prevent their falling or getting sliocks. Tliey must not bt' thrown, dropped, nor rolled. ■[ + A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1.304 and 1.305. J A. R. A. Rules 13Ctl, 1304, 1305 and 1306. § A. R. A. Rules 1301, 1304 and 13<)6. 1 A. R. A. Rules I'lOl and 1307. 14 72. The carrier must choose careful men io handle osives, must see that the platform and the feet of tlie . are as free as possible from grit, and must take all ible precautions against fire. Unauthorized persons t not be allowed to have access to explosives at any ; wliile they are in the custody of the carrier. Suit- provision must be made, outside of the station, n practicable, for the safe storaj;e of exi>losives, and y effort possible must be made to reduce tlie time lis storage. Prompt removal by consignee must be reed, to avoid unnecessary danger.* 73. Shipments of high explosives and powder should be unloaded at a nonagency station iinless the con- ee is there to receive them, or unless satisfactory ige facilities are provided at that point for their ection.f LOADING IN CAR. 74. Boxes of explosives when loaded in the car, t rest on their bottoms. A car must not contain 3 than 70,000 pounds gross weight of explosives, t limit does not apply to shipments of ammunition. 75. Explosives packed in round kegs, except when ;d, must be loaded on their sides with heads towards 1 of the car ; and they must not be placed in the e opposite the doors unless the doorways are ded on tlie inside as high as the lading. irge casks, barrels, or drums may be loaded on their 3 or ends as will best suit the conditions, f 76. Packages containing any of the explosives for transportation of wliich a certified and placarded s prescribed (par. 1601 ) must be stayed (blocked and ed) by whoever loads the car, to prevent change osition by the ordinary shocks incident to trans- ation. Special care must be used to prevent a from falling to the floor or from having any- g fall 01 them during transit. To prevent delays ay-freigiit trains, wlien there is more than one ship- t of explosives loaded in a " peddle " or " way -car," I .shipment should be stayed separately. If the ing is broken down to unload a shipment of ex- ives the remaining packjiges must be restayed.§ 77. Detonating fuzes or blasting caps, or electric Ling caps, must not be loaded in a car or stored 1 high explosives of any kind, including explosive ectiles, nor with wet nitro-cellulose, nor with smoke- powder for small arms.t 78. Fulminates in bulk iinist not bn loaded witli explosive or inflammable article.^ 79. When necessjiry, detonating fu/es may l)e as- bled in explosive projectiles shipped by the United ;e3 Government. L.R. A. Rule 1301. .. R. A. Rules l.'ilO and lull. .. R. A. Rule 1307. . R. A. Rules 1307 and l.KW. Whoever loads the car must furnlsli umber and labor required for Htaylni; all s)il[inients loaded by I, and this luinl)er should not be less than two (2) Inches thick, pt incases whore this thickness Is niaTiifestly notreciulred.or un- otherwise apucifled by the Bureau of Kxploalvcs. lOSO. Fireworks must not be loaded in the same car with any otlier explo.-ive or inflanmiable substance, except small-arms ammunition, primers, percussion fuzes, time or combination fuzes, safety fuze, and safety .squibs, t 1682. Inflammable substances of all kinds, acids, matclies, fireworks, drugs, chemicals, and cyHnders con- taining compressed g;ises in liquid or gaseous state, whether protected by laV)els or not, must not be placed in a car containing explosives (except small-arms am- munition, primers, percussion fuzes, time or combina- tion fuzes, safety fuze, and .safely .sers less than carload lots of explosives.] 1683. In a car containing explosives all packages of other freight must be so loaded and stayed as to pre- vent all injury of packages of explosives during transit. When it is possible, explosives should be loaded so as to avoid transfer stations.''^ HANDLING CARS CONTAINING EXPLOSIVES. 1684. Cars containing explosives must not be hauled in a i)assenger train ; nor in a mixed train when this can be avoided. The phrase " cars containing explo- sives" as used in this and subsequent paragraphs, ex- cepting paragraph 1097, refers to the explosives specified in paragraph 1661. This does not apply to explosives lawfully transported in a baggage or express car in a pas- senger train, in accordance with section 1 of the act of Congress, appro\ed May 30, 1908.** 1685. EXPEDITING SHIPMENTS OF EXPLOSIVES.- Every possible effort must be made to expedite the movement of cars containing explosives.ff 1686. IN THROUGH ROAD TRAINS.— Cars containing explosives, nuist be i)laced near the center of the train, and two or more such cars may be placed togetlier if desired. They must be at least fifteen (15) cars from the engine and ten (10) cars from the caboose when length of train will permit. Such cars must be placed between box cars which are not loaded with infiammablo articles, charcoal, cotton, acid, lumber, iron, pips or other articles liable to break through end of car from rougli handling. Wlien explosives are loaded in steel imderfraino cars, sut^h cars may be placed in train between steel hopper cars. All cars containing explosives nuist have air and liand brakes in service.** 1687. IN SHIFTING AND LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS.- Cars containing explosives, nuist be coupled in the air service and placed as near the center of the train li--^ possible.** <» At stations whore It U noiiessary to luindle exploslvM at nljfht It Isrecornniendwl that Inoandoseent elootrio ll«ht» bo provided. ■ A. R. A. Rule l.'XM. •• A. It. A. Rules 1300 and 1310. tt A. R. A. Rules 130', 1300 and 1310. 15 1688. HANDLING IN YARDS. — When handling cars containing explosives, in yards or on sidings, they must, unless it is practically impossible, be coupled to the engine protected by a car between, and they must never be cut off while in motion. They must be coupled carefully and all unnecessary shocks must be avoided. Other cars must not be allowed to strike a car containing explosives. They must be so placed in yards or on sidings that they will be subject to as little handling as possible, removed from all danger of fire, and, when avoidable, engines on parallel tracks must not be allowed to stand opposite or near them.* 1689. Under no circumstances must a car known to require the "EXPLOSIVES" placard be taken from a station, including transfer stations, or a siding, unless it is properly carded as per paragraphs 1661 and 1666, nor unless the car is in proper condition.* 1690. "When a car containing explosives is in a train, the carrier must make proper provision for notifying its train and engine employes of the presence and loca- tion of such car in the train before leaving the initial station.* 1691. Such cars must be frequently inspected to see that the carding is intact. Whenever any of these cards become detached or lost in transit they must be replaced on arrival at the next division terminal yard.* 1693. Unless otherwise arranged for, when a car con- taining explosives, is to be transferred, unloaded, or stored for any purpose, at a given junction, station, or yard, the carrier must provide for due notice to such station, by wire, of the probable time of arrival and the number of cars (not car numbers), in order that proper provision may be made at that point for handling the same.* 1693. At points where trains stop cars containing ex- plosives and adjacent cars must be examined to see if they are in good condition and free from hot boxes or other defects liable to cause damage. If cars con- taining explosives are set out short of destination for any cause, the carrier must arrange that proper notice be given to prevent accident. f 1694. Whenever a car containing explosives is opened for any purpose inspection must be made of the packages of explosives to see that they are properly stayed and in good condition and that no box of dynamite is standing on its end or side. Upon the discovery of leaking dynamite or loose powder the defective packages must be carefully removed to a safe place. Loose powder or otlier explosives must be swept up and carefully removed. If the floor is wet with nitroglycerin, the car is unsafe to use and a local inspector of the Bureau of Explosives should be imme- diately called to superintend the thorough mopping and washing of the floor with a warm, saturated solution of concentrated lye or .sodium carbonate. If necessary, the car must be placed on an isolated siding and proper notice given. J (See pars. 1534 and 1535. )t 1695. The certificates and placards prescribed in pars. 1665 and 1666 must be removed from the car as soon as the explosives are unloaded. § 1696. Carriers must see that all shippers of explosives in their territory are furnished with copies of these regu- tions.ll IN CASE OF A WRECK. 1697. In case of a wreck involving a car containing explosives, the first and most important precaution is to prevent fire. Although most of the group, " high explosives," may burn in small amounts quietly and without causing a disastrous explosion, yet every- thing possible must be done to keep fire away. Before beginning to clear a wreck in which a car containing explo.sives is involved, all unbroken packages should be removed to a place of safety, and as much of the broken packages as possible gathered up and like- wise removed, and the rest saturated with water. Many explosives are readily fired by a blow or by the spark produced when two pieces of metal or a piece of metal and a stone come violently together. In clearing a wreck, therefore, care must be taken not to strike fire with tools, and in using the crane or locomotive to tear the wi'eckage in pieces the possibility of producing sparks must be considered. With most explosives thorough wetting with water practically removes all danger of explosion by spark or blow ; but with the dynamites, wetting does not make them safe from blows. With all explosives, mixing with wet earth renders them safer from either fire, spark, or blow. In case " fulminate" has been scattered by a wreck, after the wreck has been cleared the top surface of the ground should be removed and, after saturating the area with oil, replaced by fresh earth. If this is not done, when the ground and fulminate become dry, small explosions may occur when the mixed material is trodden on or struck.^ 1940.** A white placard, of diamond shape, printed on strong tagboard, measuring 15 inches on each diagonal, and bearing in red and black letters the following inscription. +t •• INFLAMMABLE-KEEP LIGHTS AND FIRES AWAY— HANDLE CAREFULLY," must be placed on each outside end and side of a car containing any quantity of smokeless powder for cannon, or ammunition for cannon with empty projectiles, or fire- works. |t * A. R. A. Rules 1309 and 1310. t A. R. A. Rule 1310. t A. R. A. Rules 1306, 1309 and 1310. § A. R. A. Rules 1.307, 1309 and 1310. !A. R. A. Rule 1301. ^ A. R. A. Rules 1309, 1310 and 1312. ** I. C. C. Xo. 18C8. +t See Regulations for Transportation of Inflammables, etc., par. 1940, and A. R. A. Standard Inflammable Placard. $i A. R. A. Rule 1307. ARREIVIDIX. ACT OF MAY »\ 1908. t to promote the Safe Transportation in Interstate Com- rce of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles, and to tvide penalties for its violation. enacted by the Senate and Jlaufe of Jiepreftentalirett of the United f America in Congress ossenMed, That it shall be unlawful to jrt, carry, or convey any dynamite, gunpowder, br other ex- between a place In any foreign country and a place within ited States, or a place in any State, Territory, or District of ited States, and a place in any oilier State, Territory, or Dis- ereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated mmon carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers 5 : Prorided, That it shall be lawful to transport on any such or vehi('le, small arms ammunition In any quantity, and such torpedoes, rockets, or other signal devices as may be essen- jromote safety in operation, and properly packed and marked 3 of explosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a ight of one-half pound each, and not exceedingtwenty sam- one time in a sln;rle vessel or vehicle; but such samples shall carried in that part of a vessel or vehicle which is intended transportation of passengers for liire : And provided further, athing in this section shall be construed to prevent the trans- on of military or naval forces with their accompanying muni- f war on passenger equipment vessels or vehicles. 2. That within ninety days from the passage of this Act the ate Commerce Commission shall formulate regulations for a transportation of explosives, and said regulations shall be r ujKin all common carriers engaged in interstate commerce ;ransport explosives by land, and violations of them shall be , to the penalties hereinafter provided. The Intei-state Com- !3ommisslon, on its own motion or upon application made by Crested party, may make changes or modifications of the ions for the safe transportation of explosives, made desirable information or altered conditions, and such changed regula- lall have all the force of the original regulations. The regu- for the safe transportation of explosives referred to in this shall be in accord with the best known practicable means aring safety in transit, covering the packing, marking, load- ndling while In transit, and the precautions necessary to ine whether the material when oEfered is in proper condition isport. The regulations for the safe transportation of ex- 8 shall take effect three months after their formulation and .tion by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and shall be t until reversed, set aside or modified. 3. That it shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey Qitroglycerin, fulminate in bulk In dry condition, or other plosive between a place in a foreign country and a place the United States, or a place in one State, Territory, or Dis- the United States and a place In any other State, Territory, rict thereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description oper- ^ a common carrier In the transportation of passengers or I of commerce by land or water. 1. Every package containing explosives or other dangerous 1 when presented to a common carrier for shipment shall lainly marked on the outside thereof the contents thereof, shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, for interstate or I transportation, to any common carrier engaged In interstate Ign commerce bv land or water, or to cause to be delivered, arry, any explosive, or other dangerous article, under any r deceptive marking, description. Invoice, shipping order, or eclaratlon, or without informing the agent of such carrier of le character thereof, at or before the time such delivery or e Is made. 5. That every person who knowingly violates, or causes to be d, any of the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be deemed A a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun- or each offense by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, mprisoninerit not exceeding eighteen months, or by both such d imprisonment. In the discretion of the court. 6. That this Act shall take effect immediately, and all Acts s of Acts in conflict therewith are hereby repealed, except I forty-four hundred and twenty-two of the RcvlHed Statutes United States, which shall remain In full force and effect, oved. May 30, 1908. :T of MAUCII 4, 1900, KKFI-X'TIVK JANHAUY 1, 1010. 1 act entitled "An act to cie, and amend the penal laws of the liiited States are substituted therefor : Src. 232. It shall l>c unlawful to transport, carry, or convey, any dynamite, guniwwder, or otner explosive, between a place In a foreign country and a jilaoe within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or between a place In any State, Territory, or District of the Uniti-d States, or j)lace noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thc-reof, a!id a place Inany -, or District of the United States, or plai'C noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle Is carr>'inif jiassengers for hire : Proridid, That It shall be lawful to transport on any such vessel or vehicle small arms ammunition In any quantity, and such fuses, torpedoes, rockets, or other signal devices, as may be essential to promote safety In ojjeration, and properly packed and marked samples of explosives for lal>oratory examination, not exceeding a net weight of one-half pound each, and not exceeding twenty samples at one time In a single vessel or vehicle ; but such samples shall not be carried In that part of a vessel or vehicle which is intended for the transportation of passen- gers for hire : Provided fiirfhrr. That nothing in this section shall be construed to i)revent the transportation of military or naval forces with their accompanying munitions of war on passenger equipment vessels or vehicles. Sec 233. The Interstate Commerce Commission shall formolate regulations for the safe transportation of explosives, which shall be binding uiHin all common carriers engaged in Interstate or foreign commerce which transport explosives by land. Said CommLssion, of its own motion, or upon application made by any interested party, may make changes or modifications in such regulations, made desirable by new information or altered conditions. Such regulations shall be in accord with the best kno\\-n practicable means for securing safety in transit, covering the packing, marking, loading, handling while in transit, and the precautions necessary to determine whether the material when offered is in proi>er condition to transport. Such regulations, as well as all changes or modifica- tions thereof, shall take effect ninety days after their fonnulatlon and publication Vjy said Commission and shall be In effect until reversed, set aside, or modified. Sec 234. It shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey, liquid nitroglycerin, fulminate In bulk in dry condition, or other like explo- sive, between a place in a foreign country and a place within or sub- ject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or between place in one State, Territory, or District of the I'liitcd States, or a place non- contiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and a place in any other State, Territon', or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier In the transportation of passengers or articles of commerce by land or water. Sec 235. Every package containing explosives or other dangert>us articles when presented to a common carrier for shipment shall have lilainly marked on the outside thereof the contents thereof ; and It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to bedelivcred» to any common carrier engaged In Interstate or fon^ign commerce by land or water, for interstate or foreign transportation, or to carry upon any vessel or vehicle engaged In Interstate or foreign transi>or- tation, any explosive, or other dangerous article, under any false or deceptive marking, description. Invoice, shipping onler, or other declaration, or without Informing the agent of such carrier of the true character thereof, at or before the time such delivery or car- riage Is made. Whoever shall knowingly viol ite, or cause to be violated, any provision of this section, or of tlie three sections la.st preceding, or any regulation made by the Interstate Commi'rce Coniinission In imrsuance thereof, shall be lined not more than two thousand dollars (>r iinprlsimed not iiioro than eighteen months, or both. Skc. 2;w. When the death or bodily injury of any person Is caused by the explosion of aiiv article niinn-d in tlie four sections last prt^- • •etling, while the surne Is hciiig pliu ed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported In violiUion thereof, or while the same Is being so transported, or wliilo the sauK* Is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, th(i p.rson knowingly placing, or nldlng_»>r pi-rmltting the placing of such articles up<>n any such vessel of vehicle, to bo so transported, shall bo Imprisoned not more than ten years. ♦ »••••••••••♦ Sec MTt. This Act shall take effect a!id be in force on and after the first day of .January, nlti.i.-.ti liiiiidrid and ten. in^TiDEix:. PARAGRAPH. Acids 1804, 1805, 1851 to 1857 Label 1812, 1813 List of 1805 Packing ; 1851 to 1857 Packinfr with Other Substances 1857 Placard 1941 Ashes 1894 Barrels, Empty 1904 Bracing and Blocking 1892 to 1895 Brakes to be in Order 1908 Broken Packages to be Removed 1812, 1813 Bromine 1804, 1805, 1851 Calcium Carbide 1894 Camphor, Crude 1894 Carbon Bisulphide 1805, 1825, 1826 Carboys, to be Blocked 1893 Car Brakes to be in Order 1908 Card WaybiUs 1874, 1875 Charcoal 1805, 1837 Cars Must be Clean 1895 Chemical Laboratory, Samples to 1805 Chipped Bone 1894 Coke 1894 Chloride of Sulphur 1804, 1805, 1853 Color of Label to be Stated on Shipping Order 1815 On Waybill 1873 Compressed Gases 1803 Labels 1812, 1813 List of 1803 Connecting Lines B, 1879 Copies of Regulations to be Furnished Shippers 1871 Cotton 1894 Cotton Waste 1805, 1894 Definitions 1801,1802,1803, 1804 Description of Material on Shipping Order 181 5 Description of Material on Waybills 1873 Directions for R.R. Employes 1871 to 1940 Directions for Shippers General Notice, A, B and C, 1801 to 1857 Doubtful Articles— List No. 2 1805 Ether 1803, 1805, 1825, 1826 Ethyl Chloride 1805, 1825, 1826 Ethyl Nitrite 1805,1826 Excelsior 1894 Excepted Articles— List No. 3 1805 Exemptions, Label 1814 Explosives Requiring " Inflammable " Placard 1940 Express Companies, Transportation by C Fibre 1894 Flashpoint 1801 General Notice Page 19 General Order A Gun Cotton. See Dry Nitro-Cellulose. Handling Cars 1901 to 1909 In Trains 1905, 1906, 1907 In Yards 1908 Hay 1894 Hemp 1894 Hydrochloric Acid 1804, 1805, ia53 Hydrofluoric Acid 1804, 1805, 1852 Inflammable Liquids 1801, 1805, 1822 to 1826 Label 1812, 1818 List of Examples 1805 Packages Not to be Entirely Filled 182G Packing 1822 to 1825 Placard 1940 PARAORAFH. Inflammables 1808, 1805, IHM to 1839 Label 1S12, lfti3 List of Examples 1805 Packing 1833 to 1839 Placard.. 1940 Inspection of Method of Packing A Jute .1894 Label Exemptions 1814 Labels 1811 to 1814. 1901, 194:J Light Greeu 1812, 1813 Red 1812, 1813 Yellow 1812, 1813 White 1812, 1813 Advertising Not Permitted 1813 Lost, to be Replaced 1901 Must Be Provided by Shipper 1813 Not Required on Carload Lots 1814 Supply to be Kept by Agent 1901 Wording of 1813 Lanterns, Lighted, Not to be Used 1891 Leakage of Inflammable Liquid 1891 Leakage of Acids 1893 Lighted Lanterns Not to be Used 1891 Lights and Lanterns 1891 Lime 18M Lists Nos. 1, 2 and 3 18a5 Lost Labels to be Replaced 1901 Matches 1802, 1805, 1892 Metallic Sodium or Potassium 1802, 1805 Mixed Acid 1804, 1805, 1S56 Nitrates 1802, 1805 Nitric Acid 1801,1854,1855 Nitro-Cellulose, Dry. See High Explosives. Nitro-Cellulose, Soiution 1801, 1805 Nitro-Cellulose, Wet With Water 1802, 1838 Wet With Solvent 1801, 1823 Oakum 1894 OilWeU Cables 1894 Packages, Strength of 1821 Not Properly Labeled, etc.. Refuse 1878 Placards 1901 to 1W2 On Cars 1902,1905 Removal of 1903 Placing Tank Cars in Train 1906. 1907 In Yards 1907 Rags If^-* Red Label, Articles or Quantity Requiring 1805, 1811 Regulations to be Furnished Shippers * — 1871 Removal by Consignee 1877 Removal of Placards 1903 Removal of Shipments by Consignee ,. 1877 Revenue Waybills. Description on 1873 Color of Label to be Stated 18:3 No Label Required to be Stated 1873 To be Endorsed " Shippers' Certificate on File," etc 1873 Running Slips 1874, 18^- Samples to Chemical Laboratory 1805 Sawdust 1894 Sawdust Not to be Used with Acid 1893 Shipments Must be Labeled 1811 Must be Certified 1815 Must be Properly Packed 1821 Shipments To and From Connecting Lines B, 1879 Shippers' Certificate 1815 Shippers' Directions General Notice, A, B, C, 1801 to 1857 18 PARAGRAPH. lippinft Order 1S15 Information on 1815 Description on 1815 Color of Label to be Stated 1815 No Label Required to be Stated 1815 Sample '• 1815 To be Signed 1815 irits of Nitroglycerin 1801, 1884 aying Packages in Cars 1 892. 1893 raw 18'.M rength of Packages 1821 Iphur 18W Iphuric Acid 1804, 1853 pply of Labels and Placards 1901 dtching Tickets 18T4, 18T5 PARAORAPB. Tank Cars 1 522 Placards to Remain On 1903 Tow l&H Ventilation of Cars Before Entering 1891 Violations to be Reported 1M4 Waybills, Description of Material 1878 Card, Switching Ticki'ts or Huiining Slips 1874, l^TTi " Shippers' Certificate on File" 1873 White Label, Articles or Quantity Requiring 18(tt, 1811 Wrecks 1»45 Yellow Label, Articles or Quantity Requiring 18(», 1811 Yellow Phosphorus I**!-,' .i-nKj. 1336 19 The American Railway Association REGULATIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF INFLAMMABLE ARTICLES ANO ACIDS. APPROVED MAY 19, 1909 ; EFFECTIVE JULY I, 1909. GENERAL NOTICE. Shippers' certificates and labels are prescribed herein, to facilitate compliance with Section 4 of an Act of Con- gress, approved May 30, 1908, which requires shippers of explosives and other dangerous articles to plainly mark the contents on each package and to inform the carrier of the true character thereof ; and also to comply with the requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission's Regulations for the transportation of ex- plosives. GENERAL ORDER. A. Shipments of the articles referred to herein will be received for transportation on the '. R.R., on and after July 1, 1909, provided the methods of pack- ing and contents of packages, so far as they affect safety in transportation, are open to inspection by the author- ized representative of this company or of the Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Explosives and Other Dan- gerous Articles. B. Shipments destined to points on or beyond the lines of this company and shipments offei*ed by connecting lines will be accepted subject to these regulations. C. Shipments of articles covered by these regulations may be transported by express service, subject to the regulations of express companies, approved by the Bux-eau of Explosives. DEFINITIONS. 1801. Inflaiiiiiiablo Liquid's.— Red Label. — This group includes any material, compound, or mixture, that gives off inflammable vapors (as determined by flash point from Tagliabue's Open Cup Tester, as used for test of burning oils) at or below a temperature of 80° F. (For examples and quantities, see List No. 1, Paragraph 1805.) 1802. Inflainiiiablefii.— Yellow Label.— This group includes : (1) Materials subject to spontaneous combustion ; and (2) materials, other than acids, that are liable to cause fires by friction, by concussion, by absorp- tion of moisture, by contact with organic matter, or otherwise. (For examples, see List No. 1, Paragraph 1805.) 1803. Coinprc!«sed Oases or Liquids.— This group includes the following gases : Inflammable Gases. Red Label. (Inflammable Placard on car.) Acetjdene Gas. Coal Gas. Ethyl Chloride. Hydrogen Gas. Pintsch Gas. Non-inflammable Gases. Light Green Label. (No Placard required on car.) Anhydrous Ammonia. Carbonic Acid (Carbon Dioxide) Gas. Chlorine Gas. Compressed Air. Nitrous Oxide (Dental Gas). Oxygen Gas. \ Sulphur Dioxide. Note. — Hydrogen and Oxygen Cylinders are shipped in pairs for Calcium Lights. 1804. Acids. — "White Label. — This group includes the following substances : Acid, Hydrochloric. (Muriatic Acid.) Acid, Hydrofluoric. (Etching Acid.) Acid, Sulphuric. (Oil of Vitriol.) Acid, Nitrating. (Mixed Sulphuric and Nitric.) Acid, Nitric. (Aqua Fortis.) Bromine. Phosphorus, Trichloride. Sulphur, Chloride. PRINCIPAL INFLAMMABLE ARTICLES AND ACIDS. 1805.^ The following list (No. 1) shows the principal inflammable articles and acids covered by these regu- lations, and the quantities which may be shipped in one package without a label when certified '* No Label Required." (See Pars. 1814 and 1815.) LIST NO. I. INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. — RKD LABEL. NAilE. Acetone Alcohol, denatured Alcoliol, grain (ethyl alcoliol). Alcohol, wood (methyl alcohol) Amyl Acetate Benzene Benzole Benzine Carbon Bisulphide Coal Tar Naphtha (light oil) . . . Collodion Columbian Spirits Cologne Spirits Ether * At or below. i See Note, page H. Deg. F. :l5 40-55 57 45 70-95 20 20 *Zero *Zero 20 *40 45 60 ^Zero 3^ -■?■="= ■pi lis i<< gallon. f " 1 1 1 ^ ' . No exemption. % gallon. 5 gallons. 5 pounds. 20 LAMMABLE LIQUIDS.— RED LABEL. — Continued. NAME. I- ? (• Deg. F. I Acetate 40 I Chloride *Zero I Methyl Ketone I 30 I Nitrite *Zero ene *Zero Wines (proof spirits over proof) 60-«0 o Carbon (Pintsch gas drips) *Zero Lier(Nitro-Cellulose solution) 20-70 aer (Shellac) I 40-70 ler Cement *Zero d Bronze *40 tha *Zero tha Cement *Zero -Cellulose, solution 20-70 -Cellulose, wet with sol- it 40 :al Spirits 57 glycerin Spirits | \G0 ; (bronzing, aluminum and d) ♦20-70 ileum Ether *Zero leum Naphtha *Zero ileum Spirit ;*Zero ■ Spirits... I 60-80 xylene (see Nitro-Cellulose) . | .... 3lene *Zero er Cement *Zero er Solution l*Zero 10, liquid 40-70 le Cotton (see Nitro-Cellu- 0. 1 gallon. 3doi. 4^oz. tubfs. i.> gallon. 1/ 1^ gallon. 1 5 pounds. 1 gallon. No exemption. i< gallon. s Glonoin (Nitroglycerin rits) +60 1 ) ne j 1 Spirit I 45 1^ No exemption. 1 gallon. 1 or below, t Approximate. INFLAMMABLES — YELLOW LABEL. enipty, used for Nitrate of Soda. mi Peroxide um Phospliide coal, ground :-oal, lump ates mic Acid (anhydroas) (lion (Jotton (see Nitro-Cellulose). c"— c - " o* No exemption. 5 pounds. 10 10 25 10 INFLAMMABLES.— YELLOW LABEL. — Continued. NAMB. Cotton Waste, oily J , Desiccated Leather (fertilizer ingredi-' ent) Dried Fish or Fish Scrap (fertilizer in- gredient) Fillerine (fertilizer ingredient) I Garbage Tankage (fertilizer ingredient).! (las Purifying Waste (fertilizer ingre- dient) j Gun Cotton (see Nitro Cellulose) Iron Mass, spent Iron Sponge, spent | Magnesium Powder Matches, friction Metallic Potassium Metallic Sodium Negative Cotton (see Nitro-Cellulose) . . .1 Nitrates, in bags Nitrate of Soda, in bags Nitrate of Potash, in bags Nitre, in bags j Nitro-Cellulose, dry {see High Explosives)] Nitro-Cellulose, wet with water Phosphorus, yellow Potash, clilorate ! PotJissium Peroxide 1 Potash, permanganate j Pyroxylin (see Nitro-Cellulose) | Saltpetre, in bat^s Sodium Peroxide Soluble Cotton (see Nitro-Cellulose). . . Soot Zinc Dust Zinc Flue Dust — = - . '^s No exemption. 10 pounds. 10 10 " 10 10 10 10 5 No exemption. >< .. No exemption. No exemption. 25 pounds. No exemption. 25 pouuds. No exemption. 10 pounds. 10 10 t Cotton Waste, oily with linseed oil, must not be shipped. Note.— Labels must be applied to at least 10 per cent, of bass containing Inflammables, in L. C. L. shipments. ACIDS — WHITE LABEL. NAME. Acid, Hydroclilorio (Muriatic) Acid, Ilydrotluoric (etching acid) Acid, Nitrating (mixed Sulphuric and Nitric) Acid, Nitric Acid, Sulphuric (Oil of Vitriol) Bromine Plio.spborus Trichloride Siili»hur Chloride — „->.. 5 5 ^ a, * u X j' 7 SI « »5 Pi 5 pints. 5 " No exemption. ti >> 5 pints. No exemption. 5 pints. 5 " LIST NO. 2 DOUBTFUL ARTICLES. 'jirtial list of general names* of groiijis of articles that will n'(|uire: (1) Shipjiers' Certificate, (,',) -N" nation as jels applied or not required and CJ) Waybill endorsements. Par. 1873. (See Par. 1815.) mobile Sii|)7»lies, N. O. S. cing, N. O. S, iing, stove, li(|uid. Cement, roofing. Cement, liquid, N. O. S. Chemicals, N. O. S. Compounds, polishing. N. O. S. Coni|iounds, typ«' cleaning. Compounds, vulcanizing. s.(,i I -wtun practicable to avoid It, safe artiules should not be described by ifeneral names that suggest «'""''' ^"' ■ liMrMiifrlstloa. 21 LIST NO. 2-DOUBTFUL ARTICLES.— Continued. S. 3). Compounds, wall cleaning. Compounds, waterproofing. Crude Oil. Dip, sheep. Disinfectants, liquid, N. O. S. Drier, paint and Japan, N. O. Drugs, N. O. S. Eradicator, paint or grease. Extracts, N. O. S. (see List No Gas Oil. Laboratory Supplies, N. O. S. Liniments. Liquids, N. O. S. Matches, N. O. S. LIST NO. 3-EXCEPTED ARTICLES. The following articles, when properly described by one of tlie names given in this list, may be accepted without requiring the notation "No Label Required" and without the Shippers' Certificate prescril^ed by Paragraph 1815. The waybill endorsement prescribed by Paragraph 1873 will not be required for these articles : Nitrotoluol (may high explosive) Oil, N. O. S. Paints, N. O. S. Paste, shoe. Petroleum products, N. O. S (See List No. 3.) Pitch Koof Coating. Polish, floor, liquid. Polish, furniture. Polish, liquid, N. O. S. Polish, metal. Polish, stove, liquid. be Trinitroluol, a Preparations, insect and vermin de- stroying. Preservers, iron, steel or wood. Removers, paints, oil or varnish. Shellac, liquid, N. O. S. Softeners, leather. Solvents. Stain, furniture. Stain, leather. Strontia. Turpentine Substitutes. Varnish, N. O. S. Varnish and Paint Removers. Acetic Acid. Acid, dry (except Picric Acid, which is High Explosive). Acid Phosphate. Aerated Beverages. Ale. Ammonia or Aqua Ammonia (not compressed). Animal Food. *Ashes (see Par. 1894). Axle Grease. Balsam, crude. *Barrels, empty (see Par. 1894). *Bay Rum. Beef Scrap (poultry food). Beer. Beer Tonic. Benzaldehyde. *Bitters. Bitumen. Blacking, curriers. Blacking, shoe. Blacking, stove (dry or paste). ■*Blacks (Bone, Carbon, Drop, Frank- fort, Ivory and Lamp). "^Brandy. ^Brimstone (see Par. 1894). *Calcium Carbide (in tight metal ves- sels) (see Par. 1894). *Camphor (see Par. 1894). Candles, or Candle Stock. Carbolic Acid. Castor ia. Castor Oil. Caustic Soda. *Celluloid. Champagne. Charcoal in bottles. *Charged Storage Batteries. China Wood (or Nut) Oil. *Chipped Bone (see Par. 1894). Chloride of Calcium. Chloride of Lime. Chloroform. Cider. Claret Wine. ■ Coal Tar. Cocoa Butter. Cocoa Nut Oil. Cod Liver Oil (plain or in emulsion). *Coke (see Par. 1894). Cordials. Corn Oil. *Cotton, 1 *Cotton Batting, I (See Par. *>.:;otton Wadding, [ 1894). *Cotton Waste, not oily, J Cotton Seed Oil (Cotton Oil). Creosote. Creosote Oil. Cylinder Oil. Dyes. *Electrolyte (Dilute Sulphuric Acid not exceeding '60% strength). Embalming Fluid. *Empty Barrels (see Par. 1904) . Entomooide. Essential Oils. Eucalyptol. *Excelsior (see Par. 1894). *Extracts, flavoring (in bottles not containing more thaja one quart each). (Describe as " Extracts as per Excepted ^ist ".) Fertilizer, complete or manipulated. *Fibre (see Par. 1894). Fish Oil. Floor Polish, solid. *Gin. Ginger Ale. Glue. Glutrin. Glycerine. Hay, baled (well cured). *Hay, loose (see Par. 1894). *Headlight Oil. *Hemp (see Par. 1894). *Illuminating Oils. *Jute (see Par. 1894). Kainit. Lactic Acid. Lard Oil. *Lime (see Par. 1894). Linoleum. Linseed Oil. Liquor, iron. *Liquors, potable. Lubricating Grease. Lubricating Oil. Machine Oil. Madeira Wine. Malt Extract. Matches, Safety. Mirbane Oil. Montanin (disinfectant). *Moving Picture Films. Muriate of Ammonia. IMuriate of Potash. Nastro Fluid. Neatsfoot Oil. Nitrates, in tight boxes or barrels. *Oakum (see Par. 1894). Oil Cloth. Oiled Clothing. *Oil Turpentine, rectified. Oils, Essential. *Oil Well Cables (see Par. 1894). Oleo Oil. Olive Oil Oxalic Acid. Packing House Tankage. *Paints, varnisbes, japans, or driers, dry or containing only liquids excepted in this list. (Descrite as " '■'''""'• I as per Excepted List." Palm Oil. ♦Medicines, dry, or liquid in glass not exceeding one quart in each vessel. (Describe as ••Medicines as per Excepted List." Perfumery, in bottles, or dry. Petroleum Products, as specified herein : is1haltum[-i«^°"*«^l-^^t^- Axle Grease. Currier's Grease. Distillates. Grease. Household Lubricant. Miners' Wax. Paraftine Wax. Petrolatum. Pitch. Residuum. Tailings. Tar. Belt Oil. *Coal Oil. Cordage Oil. Cycle Oil. Felt Oil. Floor Oil. Fuel Oil. Gloss Oil. Hard Oil. Harness Oil. Hoof Oil. *Illuniinating Oil. *Kerosene Oil. • Neatsfoot Oil, Leather Oil. Lubricating Oil. *Miner's Oil. Parartine Oil, Putty Oil. ♦Refined Oil. Roadbed Oil. Sewing Machine Oil. Soap Oil. Tanners' Oil. * Articles wliich must not be loaded nor stored with explosives (Par. 1682), nor in cars adjacent to cars containing explosives. 1307.) (Rule 22 LIST NO. 3-EXCEPTEO ARTICLES.-Continued. robacco Oil. Safety Matches. Iransformer Oil. Sal-ammoniac. Pransit Oil. Salt Cake. Fwine Oil. Sanctuary Oil. Wool Oil. ♦Sawdust (see Par. 1894). ographic Films. Sherry Wine. Tar. Shoe Blacking or Polishes. h, dry or pjiste. Signal Oil. h, floor, solid. Silicate of Soda. h, shoe. Slaugliter House Tankage. er. Soda Ash. Wine. Soda Cake. ble Spirits. Sperm Oil. xylin Plastics. Spindle Oil. (see Par. 1894). Steamed Bone or Animal Refuse. lue of Copper. Stearic Acid. e Wine. Stove Blacking or Polish (dry 1. paste). lOil. Stratena (cement). ♦Straw (see Par. 1894). LABELS. 1 contaii . Unless exempted on account of quantity or )d of packing, all packages containing articles characteristics include one or more of those cov- )y the definitions (Paragraphs 1801 to 1804), must ispicuously labeled by the shipper. —Any article that has, or is suspected of having, one or more haracteristics mentioned, that cannot be properly described of the definite names in List No. 1, or by one of the general n List >'o. 2. and that is not included in the excepted List lust be promptly reported to the i)roper official, who will f or- port to the Chief Inspector, Bureau of Explosives, 24 Park 7, inclusive, of the Itcgulations for the Transportation of Intlammable Articles and Acids. Tlie shipping order must also show opposite the name of the article the kind of label applied or "No L^ibtl Required." For carload lots, loaileil by tlie ship]x;r, it must show the kind of jjlacard ai)i>lied to the car, or " No Placard Required." Note.— Placards for cars will bo furiiislmd l)y railway coinpanli^. Cars to be loaded by shippers nuist bo cleanly swept"beforo being loaded with inllaniniablo articles. tides wliich must not be loaded nor stored with explosives (Par. 1C82), nor In cars adjacent to cars ctmUilnIng explosives. (Hule TE.— As the maximum quantity that can bo accepted without a label will ilcpcnd on circinnstanccs, such "s (lush point, quantity isido package, method of packing, etc, the Chief Iiisj.cctor of the IJurciiu of Kxplosivcs Is autliori/.cd to nmke tlio necessary exuiu- and tests and to pn-sctribo this (juuntlty for the articles ti'sted. Tlie niateriul re(iulrcd for any lest, made on appli<-atlon of a nnist be delivered by him without charge to the "Chemical Laboratory, Uureuu of Jixploslvus, South Amboy, New Jersey," asonable charge for the services of laboratory employes must be paid. 23 SAMPLE SHIPPING ORDER. Railroad Company Shippen No: . THIS SHIPPING ORDER •mi ti l>tottles con- taining not more than one gallon of liquid each, and surrounded by a satisfactory absorbent. 1825. The more volatile liquids, such as Carlx>n Bisul- phide, Ether, Ethyl Chloride, etc., must be packed properly in well sealed metal tubes, cans, cylimlers or drums. They may be packed in well stoppered bottles containing not more than five pints, or in glass tubes of not more than four and one-half ounces capacity. 1826. Packages containing inflammable liquids must not be entirely filled. Sufficient interior space must be left vacant to permit expansion of liquid and vapor, and to prevent distortion of containers when heated to a temperature of 120° F. INFLAMMABLES.— YELLOW LABEL. 1834. Packages must be tight and strong, and the interior packages must be so cushioned and secured that no rupture of either package can result from the ordinary shocks incident to transportation. 1835. Metallic Sodium or Potassium, in quantity not greater than one pound, must be placed in neutral oil, and this in a well stoppered bottle protected by a tin box, or these substances may be packed in a hermetically sealed tin cylinder. 1836. Yellow Phosphorus must be packed in water in sealed metal cases. 1837. Charcoal and charred Animal Products must be cooled before loading into a car. This cooling must be equivalent to that secured by spreading and exjx)sing to the air for at least three days after removal from kiln or furnace. 1838. Nitro-Cellulose, uniformly wet with not less than 25 per cent, of water, must be wrapped in waterproof material, securelv packed in a strong and tight box. keg or barrel, and marked "WET NITRO-CELLU- LOSE— 25 PER CENT. WATER." 1839. Friction Matches must be packed in pasteboard, wooden or metallic boxes, containing not more than 1,000 matches each ; if packed loosely, or with the heads lying in all directions, not to exceed 2,000 matches may be packed in one carton or inside package ; the inside packages must be packed in strong outside cases, or boxes, plainly marked "FRICTION MATCHES." COMPRESSED GASES.-RED OR LIGHT GREEN LABEL. 1841 (a). Cylinders must not contain gases tliat may combine chemically, and must be made of tougli steel that will not break up into flying fragments when a cylinder explodes. (?)). By water jacket, or other suitable tests, each cylinder containing liquified gases must be subjected, at least once in four years, to a uniform interior pres- 24 re not less than one and one-quarter times the interior essure that would result from heating the cylinder liformly, in its maximum charged condition, to a niperature of 130^ F. Each cylinder containing non- juified g;tses or gases in solution must be subjected at Eist once in four years to a uniform interior pressure )t less than twice the charging pressure for such iinder, corresponding to a temperature of 70 F. A linder must be condemned when it leaks, when the irmanent expansion is due to local weakness or when is uniform and exceeds 5% of the total expansion, lis test is based on the assumption that the weight of IS charged into any cylinder will not, at a temperature 130' F., cause an interior pressure in excess of three- urths of tlie elastic limit of the weakest part of the Under, The manufacturer must not offer for transportation linders filled with such charging densities of any gus would produce failure in the test prescribed for that is. After December 31, 1913, all cylinders must be plainly imped under the cylinder number, with the date of St test— for example, 4-09, for April, 1909 — or ether- ise durably marked to show compliance with this rule. (e). Acetylene gas must be dissolved in acetone, and e cylinders must be filled with moulded asbestos scs. No substitute for acetone or asbestos must be ;ed without approval in writing from the Bureau of splosives. 1842. After December 31, 1914, each cylinder contain- g liquified gases, or gases under more than 300 pounds r square inch pressure, must be equipped with a satis- ctory safety device that will prevent explosion of the Iinder when it is placed in a tire. By December 31, 10, not less than 20$e of the cylinders offered for trans- irtation must be equipped with safety devices, and an ditional 20^ must be so equipped annually thereafter. 11 new cylinders manufactured hereafter must be uipped with them, 1843. When cylinders containing inflammable mate- ils are not boxed for shipment, the safety device and scharge valve must be safe from injury during transit ' a design and construction of the cylinder approved the Bureau of Explosives, or they must be protected r- strong metal caps that cannot be detached by rolling ,e cylinder. ACIDS.-WHITE LABEL. 1851. Bottles of Bromine must be surrounded by in- imbustible packing material, such as whiting, mineral ool or sifted ashes, and the stoppers must be well cured. 1852. Hydrofluoric acid must be packed in india rubber ■ ceresiae l)Ottl('S, hermetically scaled, or in lead car- )ys, well stoppered, and the bottles and carboys must 5 packed in strong cases, barrels or ca.sks; or Hydro- Lioric acid may l>e packed in tight hard wood barrels tied with asplialtum. The barrels must l>o .securely 3oped and carefully inspected by shipper. 1853. Sulphuric or Hydrochloric acids, and Liquid hlorides must be packed in cart lien jars, or ghuss bot- es, or strong carboy bottles, witliout local defects, all well stoppered to prevent leakage, or in drums, or tank cars. Jars or bottles must be packed in a strong case and well cushioned ; carl)oy Ixjttles must 1)6 packed in cases provided with strong handles or cleats, and the necks of carboys must be protected. 1854. Nitric acid of gravity below 1.43 must be packed as prescribed in ^ 18-53 for Sulphuric or Hydrochloric acid, except that the bottles, jars or carboy bottles must be covered by a suitable, incombustible and liquid- proof material, or well cushioned by elastic incombusti- ble packing, such as sections of old rubber hose. 1855. When the gravity of Nitric acid is 1.43, or above, the bottles, jars or carboys must, in addition to the elastic packing, be covered by a suitable incom- bustible and liquid-proof material, or surrounel is neces.sary, tlie agent should forward the shipment and rcjwrt the ca.se to the proper oflicial for ruling by the Bureau of Explosives. It should be borne in mind that the .spirit of the regu- lations assumes, in tlie first instance, the fairness of the sliipper after he has become familiar with the require- ments, and that the object of the regulations is to secure safety without imposing imdue obstacles to trallic. 1873. The revenue waybill prepared from the ship- ping onler for tlie articles subject to these regulations i and transfer billing to connections must proi)erly de- 25 scribe these articles by name, and state the color of label applied, or "No Label Required." For carload ship- ments it must show the kind of placard applied, or " No Placard Required." On its face must be written or stamped, whether the packages require labels or not, the words : " Shippers' Certificate on File with Initial Carrier." 1874 (a). The card waybill, or running slip, for any car, which under these regulations should bear the inflam- mable or acid placards, must have plainly stamped or written across the top the words " Inflammable " or "Acid." (b) When the original movement is over a switching line, the switching ticket, and copies thereof, prepared by the shipper or by the agent under the shipper's written authority, must bear the shipper's certificate and the placard notation prescribed by Paragraph 1815 ; for other switching movement, the switching ticket pre- pared by a railway employe must show the kind of placard or " No Placard Required," and on its face must be written or stamped : "Shippers' Certificate on File with Initial Carrier." 1875. Card waybills, running slips or switching tickets, for filled or empty tank cars, unless plainly marked with a name on excepted list (List No. 3, TT 1805), must be endorsed to show the kind of placard applied, or " No Placard Required." At a point from which an empty tank car is returned without shippers' certificate, the agent must know whether the tank car requires a placard under the regulations, and he must endorse the memorandum or other waybill accordingly. 1876. An astray shipment of inflammable articles, gas cylinders or acids, must be forwarded to destination, if known, provided a careful inspection shows the pack- age to be in proper condition for safe transportation. If package is unlabeled and- exact nature of contents is unknown, the red label which gives the greatest pro- tection should be applied. The " stray bill " must show the color of label applied and be endorsed as follows : " Stray shipment, inspected at. . . .Station, K.R 190. ..." 1877. Prompt removal of all inflammable articles and acids and similar articles must be enforced by the agent to decrease danger from storage and to avoid violating State or municipal laws or ordinances. 1878. Packages of inflammable articles or acids when offered for shipment and not properly labeled and cer- tified must not be accepted. 1879. Shipments offered by connecting water or other transportation lines must comply with these regula- tions. Packages must be properly certified and labeled and the revenue waybills must bear the endorsements prescribed by Par. 1873. LOADING. 1891. A car placarded " Inflammable," or known to contain inflammable material, must not be entered with a lighted lantern, torch or other fire until both car doors have been opened and sufficient time allowed for ventila- tion and escape of any vapors. The presence of these vapors will generally be i nd icated by characteristic odors. 1892. Packages of Matches must be so loaded or stayed that they will not fall or be damaged by other freight. 1893. Carboy bottles must be so blocked and braced that they cannot change position during transit. Less than carload shipments, in addition to being securely blocked and braced, should be loaded near the door- way and must have wood strips, not less than one inch thick, nailed to the car floor six inches from the carboy bottles and so arranged that acid from a broken pack- age will not spread, but will drain toward the doorway and outside the car. The space V)etween the carboys and strips must be covered liberally with clean, dry sand. Sawdust or other combustible material must not be used. 1894. Crude Camphor, Cotton, Cotton Batting, Cotton Wadding, Cotton Waste, Excelsior, Fibre, Hay, Hemp, Jute, Oakum, Oil Well Cables, Rags, Sawdust (fine). Sulphur, Tow and Straw, or other articles liable to be ignited by sparks, .should, when practicable, be load©il in tight cars, with doors stripped, and carload lots of these articles must not be placed next to cars placarded " Explosives." Lime, in bulk, and Calcium Carbide should be placed in a car with tight roof. Lime, Coke, Chipped Bone, Ashes and other substances liable to be hot when offered for shipment must not be loaded until thoroughly cooled. Note.— Shippers' certificate, labels and placards -will nf)t lie re- quired for these anicles. 1895. Cars that are to be loaded with inflammable articles must be cleanly swept before loading. PLACARDS AND HANDLING CARS. 1901. Agents must keep on hand an adequate supply of labels and placards. Lost or detached labels must be replaced from information given on revenue waybilL Placards will be furnished to shippers for attachment to cars loaded by them, and labels will be furnished on demand until October 1, 1909. 1902. The railway agent, or an employe designated by him, must attach the proper placard, or verify the attachment of it by the shipper, as soon as he receives a tank, or other car containing an inflammable material or an acid. 1903. As soon as the lading requiring the placard is removed from cars, placards must be removed by agents, yardmasters, or conductors ; but the inflam- mable placard must remain on tank cars until such cars are known to have been cleaned by steam. When a tank car is cleaned with naptha instead of steam the inflammable placard must remain thereon until the tank car is again filled with some substance which does not require such cars to be placarded. 1904. Empty barrels, used previously for the shipment of an inflammable liquid (1[ 1801), do not require certifi- cates nor labels, but fire must be kept away from them, and they should be loaded in open or stock cars when practicable. 1905. A conductor must not move a car known to re- quire placards from a station or siding until the proper placards are attached. Placards lost in transit must be replaced in a similar manner. 26 [906. Tank cars placarded "INFLAMMABLE" must placed in trains, if possible, at least five cars from the ^ine and five cars from the caboose. When length train does not permit this, they must be placed as ar the middle of the train as practicable. .907. When cars protected by "INFLAMMABLE" Lcards are received or held in yards, particularly at jht, Yardmasters must see that train and yard em- )yes are informed of the position of such cars, and it all necessary precautions are taken to prevent acci- Qts. These precautions must include provision for ickly isolating them in case of fire. 1908. In classification yards, and in switching, it must determined by inspection and trial, that such a car s its brakes in first class order before a draft contain- ; it is cut ; and a tank car placarded "Inflammable" must not be started down a ladder track, incline or liump, until the preceding car has clean^l the ladder. It must also clear the ladder before another car is allowed to follow. 1909. Cars bearing " Inflammable " placards and cars adjacent to tiiein must be watched with extra care to discover hot journals. 1940. A placard, of diamond shape, printed on strong, thin white paper for pjisting on tank cars and on strong tagboard for tacking to wooden cars, measuring 15 inches on eacli diagonal, and liearing in red and black letters tiie following inscription, must l>e securely at- tached to each outside end and side of a car containing any quantity of Smokeless Powder for Cannon, or Am- munition for Cannon with Empty Projectiles, or Fire- works, or one or more packages protected by the red, or the yellow, diamond label : INFLAMMABI E PLACARD. R.R. Co. INFLAMMABLE iT.i U- I'rinUd ill U.-.l) KEEP LIGHTS AND FIRES AWAY lANDLC CAREFUULY Station 190 I— This car must not be next to a car containing Explosives. 2 Do not enter with exposed flame, nor vfith lighted lantern, until car has been ventilated and vapors allowed to escape. 3— When lading requiring this placard is un- loaded from box or stock cars, Agents, Yardmasters and Conductors must remove the placards. Tank cars must retain placards until cleaned. ( 1903- ) \ 27 1941. There must be securely attached to each outside end and side of a car containing one or more packages protected by the white diamond label, a placard, of diamond shape, on strong, thin white paper for pasting on tank cars and on strong tagboard for tacking to wooden cars, measuring 13 inches on each diagonal and bearing in black letters the following inscription : WRECKS. 1945. In case of a wreck invulviug a car containing inflammable freight, it should be assumed tliat pack- ages are broken and that leakage has occurred which may cause fire if lighted lanterns or otlier flames are taken into or near tliese cars. As much of the train as possible should be moved to a place of safety. A car ACID PLACARD. .R.R. Co. ACID HANDLE CAREFULLY When Packages protected by White Diamond Labels^ are unloaded, REMOVE THIS PLACARD Station 190- 1942. Inflammable or Acid Placards will not be re- quired on Express or Baggage cars in charge of an ex- press messenger or railway employe. 1943. Labels and placards must conform to standards, and samples will be furnished by the Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Explosives on request. 1944. Violations of these regulations must be reported to the proper official, who will forward report to the Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Explosives, 24 Park Place, New York. containing inflammable freight should be opened for ventilation, and packages protected by red labels and cylinders of compressed gases should be removed to a safe place. Substances spilled from broken packages protected by yellow label should also be removed. Cylinders of compressed gases may be exploded if they are exposed to fire or struck a sharp blow, and the flying fragments would then be dangerous. Inflammable liquids spilled from broken packages or tank cars should be well covered with dry earth before a lighted lantern, torch or an engine is used in tlie vicinity. Acids spilled in cars should be covered with dry earth and the car floor thoroughly swept. 28 LABELS. FACSIMILE OF RED LABEL FOR INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. NOTICE TO RAILWAY EMPLOYES CA.XTTION Keep Away from FIRE, STOVES, RADIATORS, Lighted IMATCHES, LANTERNS, and Direct Sunlight. Any LEAKING Packages Must be Removed to a Safe Place. Shipper hascartified on his Shipping Order to compliance with all Regulations that apply to this pacliage. 29 FACSIMILE OF YELLOW LABEL FOR INFLAMMABLES. NOTICE TO RAILWAY EMPLOYES CA.XJTION KEEP FIRE AND LIGHTS AWAY Sweep Up and Remove Carefully Contents of Broken Packages Shipper has Certified on his Shipping Order to compliance with all Regulations that apply to this package 30 FACSIMILE OF RED LABEL FOR INFLAMMABLE GASEO. 31 FACSIMILE OF LIGHT GREEN LABEL FOR NON-INFLAMMABLE GASES. 32 FACSIMILE OF WHITE LABEL FOR ACIDS. NOTICE HANDLE CAREFULLY ACID DO NOT LOAD WITH EXPLOSIVES OR INFLAMMABLES PROTECTED BY YELLOW LABELS Shipper has certified oa his Shipping Order to compliance with ail Regulations that apply to this package. ..^Psk from which borrowed. :.D21-100m.7,'52(AJ5".l«)"« y D zs^^S'o ^?T^-. 18(^393 / vWwaju- S.CWv^ ■;?M ,'"J'., If;?"r v-^ ■,-fi".--1.'Ail.C'j-".-' ■ '^t. I' . ■ < .' .^fv-'V'i''' •■■■ • " '*.«.''r i-, .1', '^>',-i''*J'.:*-» •''.•"" ■■'"V:. ■ k -