State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Wabash Railroad v. Illinois Central Railroad

In 1891 the tracks of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Wabash Railroad Company crossed each other adjoining Pontiac, at a place then known as Paducah Junction. The Chicago and Alton "Railroad Company petitioned the Railroad and Warehouse Commission to compel the other companies to join in an interlocking device at the crossing. The commission on December 10, 1891, after a hearing of the different companies, ordered an interlocking plant constructed consisting of thirty-six working levers operated by manual power, and ordered that each of…