Show RAILROAD TRAVEL kodera CIvill civilization atio lias 11 made de it quick comfortable and secure in the ladies Ladie 91 home journal jolin john gilmer speed writes entertainingly and instructively on the construction and operation of railroads under the caption running a train at night he am asserts erts that the most remarkable warb able achievements of modern modem civilization probably are those which affect traveling making it at once quick comfortable and secure we cross tates states and continents at the rate of 30 miles an hour with greater security against accident than our grandfathers enjoyed in their stage coaches nut and we have even when on the cars cam comforts unknown in the palaces of kings when our grandfathers grandfathers were young during the year from interstate commerce commissioners report for year ending july 1 1894 one passenger was killed for every passengers carried and one was in injured tor for every carried this thi surely is as safe as living ordinary humdrum lives in large cities the report further shows that a mans chances against injury in jury were such that he would have to travel miles before getting hurt and go miles before being killed at the rate of 30 miles an hour a man could travel it if nature permitted on american 1 can railways for years yeam without leaving the cars before being killed or with i the same amount of security against again st accident he could go round the i earth 1903 times before meeting his death by accident and times before 9 getting etting hurt |