Show THE MIDDLE CAR IS SAFEST bow a commercial traveler secures a minimum of ilsk A commercial traveler tells the washington star that he is very particular as to the car he selects 1 I travel thousands of miles a year he says and have made it a rule to observe in the accounts of railroad accidents which cars of the trains are most often demolished moli shed the result of my experience for I 1 have been in a dozen ups and observation is that the middle cars are the safest I 1 never under any circumstances ride in the rear car I 1 avoid the car next to alie ba baago agG car though this is selected by many as the safest alie greatest danger at present in railroad traveling is telescoping whan a man has been in a wreck and afterward seen the engine of alie col aiding train hal F way inside of the rear car or rather ivnits left 01 it it impresses him most forcibly the babage ba gage cir is usually heavily loaded and in the collision its weight oo 00 ather with tha ponderous engine generally smashes the next car to splinters while the central cars are comparatively uninjured when alie train is derailed the baggage car and nest coach as a rule go over the roadbeds of our preat transcontinental lines are so solid each section is so carefully examined the rolling stock is so much improved that a broken rail broken wheel or axle and like mishaps aro reduced to a minimum |