§ 194. Protection of employees. Every corporation operating a street
surface railroad in this state, except such as operate a railroad or
railroads either in the borough of Manhattan or Brooklyn, in the city of
New York, shall cause the front and rear platforms of every passenger
car propelled by electricity, cable or compressed air, operated on any
division of such railroad which extends in or between towns or outside
of city limits, during the months of December, January, February and
March, except cars attached to the rear of other cars, to be inclosed
from the fronts of the platforms to the fronts of the hoods, so as to
afford protection to any person stationed by such corporation on such
platforms to perform duties in connection with the operation of such
cars. Every corporation or person using and operating a car in violation
of this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per
day for each car so used and operated, to be collected in an action
brought by the commission or commissioner having jurisdiction and to be
paid into the treasury of the state of New York, or in a suit by the
attorney of the municipality in which the violation of the provisions of
this section occurs, to be paid into the treasury of such municipality.