Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook county confirming an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission requiring the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to construct and maintain a stairway for the use of yard employees at its Western avenue train yard, in the city of Chicago, from the street level of Eighteenth place to the yardmaster’s office.

Western avenue runs north and south and crosses under appellant’s tracks by means of a subway. The railroad right of way is on a fill about twenty-five feet high and crosses over Western avenue in a northeasterly and…