Amazing. In 1890, George Roberts, then president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., testified to the Senate about safety legislation on train cars. In his objection to regulation, he essentially said "What's next, regulating bridges??"
(h/t @carols10cents) https://books.google.com/books?id=-cIuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=brakeman&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnlcC15o3TAhUn_4MKHdpOCDc4ggEQ6AEIOTAG#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/3AGGXQ7rad
