" Are of opinion that ample accommodation for workwomen



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travelling by this line is given by the considerable number of
cheap trains now run over our system/' ^

Again, as the result of the recent dispute in the London
building trades, the time of starting work in the morning has
been thrown later in winter. So, to meet the convenience
of its 40,000-odd members, the Building Trades Federation
approached the Railway Companies to get the time of work-
men's trains extended to eight o'clock. I have been kindly
permitted to see the replies, and, without exception, they abso-
lutely decline to do anything.
2. — There Are many harassing and unnecessary conditions
attaching to the issue of workmen^ s tickets. The chief of these
is the time-limit during which workmen may return. Except
upon the Great Northern and the Brighton and South Coast
lines, no workmen can return with his ticket before twelve.
And even then they are frequently restricted to certain slow
trains. In some cases they are compelled to give their name,
address, trade and employer, as evidence that they are bon&
fide workmen. Several Companies insist upon workmen taking
tickets to a station beyond the one required ; while two others
prohibit the use of workmen's tickets at intermediate stations.
Others again limit the amount of luggage a workman may take
to a few pounds. And in all cases the amount of compensation
recoverable for the death or total disablement of a work-
man's ticket- holder is Hmited to ;^ioo, although in the
case of other passengers the amount is left to the discretion
of juries.
