Show I Aunt Agatha Travels I In Safety r It is with a decided feeling of relief and gratitude that one may turn from considering the horrify horrify- horrifying ing slaughter of the fire nations nation's high high- highways ways to the almost safet safety record achieved b by the Am- Am American American railroads The automobile measures its victims in the tens of thousands but the railroads oper- oper operate ate ate day da after da day year in and year ear out and passenger er could lOUt be counted on the fingers of one hand I Association Robert S Henr Henry of the Association tion of American Railroads recent recent- Ily l y pointed rut just how safe the lines have b On the basis lof of the average record for the past pastI I even sc s years ears a could have 1 traveled more than miles without meeting death in a atrain atrain train accident Even at the accelerated I at d speed of the fastest f passenger 1 would trains in operation toda today that would mean continuous movement day c and nd night for nearly I years What ha has made this miracle possible The answer is simple simple- untiring relentless scientific re- re research research search coupled with an able ag- ag aggressive ag management quick to adopt new innovations as soon as proven practical In the old days there were six fifty sizes and kinds of o axles for freight cars now there i is one standard design Not so long ago there were twenty different kinds of brake shoes shoes- now there is one standard design design- Not so long ago there were twentysix tw- tw twentysix six enty-six kinds of car couplers couplers- now there is one standard design And so it goes goes- goes Hardly a day dl passes but that some little change occurs making for greater depend depend- dependability dependability ability passenger comfort and safety safet The next time you OU hurry burry to tIle the railroad depot to meet Aunt Aga- Aga Agatha Agatha tha or are disturbed in your our slumbers by the fire lonely but familiar wailing toot of the midnight ex- ex express press remember that railroads are arc the safest as well as the most effi- effi efficient efficient and economical form of trans transportation transportation ever devised by b man |