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Show vitally Involved through aomaqjn' dmIM af thla elnvpl nil. ' In approaching railroad oroeeings on' should think clearly and acf eautloaely. By doing you will actively ionium In a worthy causa. ; Safety ffitsfr M Automobile Associations and Civic Organizations F ol-low ol-low Lead of American Railways to - Curtail Fatal Mishaps t " i - 1 i . 11 naflcca and raculatlon. (roveralnt the conduct ot traatre upon the -fctf hway at railroad Intereeetlona. They can bo opltomlaod Into a elro- Ela, aaally'reneaibrad ml, which i "Crooa Croaolaca Caatloaalyl" A literal, eonodonee-oatlarylnf bbaervanco of thla rule by driver of and paaaanvora of auUBtebllea Wl undoubted oare Uvao. . While It I. true the railroad bar a direct and financial Interact la endearorlna; to ebocb thoae dlatreaw ln aooldenta, yet In the laat ana-tyala ana-tyala It la tha public whlek auffer the pain, mutilation, "atreea or death la ouch mlahapo. Th pub-1 lie may wiean you. Ton may b Th American' Railway aaaocla-i tlon, which conalata of all the larg-a rallroada of trria country. Is In the mldat of an- IntanaiT campalcn to leaaen tha number of death and Injuria In-juria occurring at railroad highway croaalnga throughout the coentry. In thirty year our country'a population pop-ulation haa lncreaaod S per cent. Fatal railroad-highway croaalng accident ac-cident have Incraaeed. lea per ocnt and Injury caae 62 per cent. Theae diaproportlonato incraaae ara -due entirely to the ue of th automobile. automo-bile. During th year 1923. according accord-ing to the National Automobile chamber of commerce, and "Automotive "Auto-motive Induatrlea," J,527.00 car and truck were produced, making a total regiatratlon Deeeoiber St, lilt, of 11.167.(71 care, or about on for every nine of our population. The 122 Increaae In production wa. about 24 per cent. In the aunt year the railroad traffic a expreaaed by car loadinga, increaaed .11.1 per cent. .... - . -- 101 KILLED. In five year 101 ptreona were killed and 2.2 were Injured at United State. Th automobile at - the : railroad highway crossing present a modern mod-ern problem. It must be met with falraes to tha public and the rallroada. rall-roada. ' Th Ideal solution of the railroad-highway railroad-highway croaalng accident .1 the elimination of the croaalnga. . This la not attainable with 261,600 grade level croaalnga on claaa 1 rallroada alone, and their removal at t rat of about 416 per year. Generation will be required to wipe tham out. The expena must not be overlooked. over-looked. Fifty thouaand dollar per croaalng la a conservative average estimate for such - work, the city cost being vastly higher than the rural: This would involve an expenditure ex-penditure of 111.600,000.000. all of which would be non-revenue producing, pro-ducing, the burden falling upon the taxpayers and th railroads. COMMON CARE URGED. A substantial and Immediate remedy can be found olaewhere. Ita almpliclty encourages bone of attainment. ta practicability warrant war-rant effort. It la Juat a matter ?f ualng common care by the railroads rail-roads and the travelera- upon the highway. There are duUee devolving devolv-ing upon the rallroada In Indicating Indicat-ing the preaence of the railroad-highway railroad-highway croasinga keeping- such crossings In good condition for travel, and aeelng to -It that rall-f rall-f road employee do their fun duty In a nlng of the approach of trains. The railroads have - learned the value of organised effort for safety, TrcjieJiMtJej1njtJcjrJj1eathw of employes on duty from -4164 m IMT to 1444 -is 1121. by far th lowest record. since lilt- This result ha beea tacbleved. - aotwiubataadlng a larger foee of mptya -during the year 1H. ' The Union Pacific ayatm. oom-poeed oom-poeed of the Union Faclfla railroad, the Oregon Short LI railroad, the O. W. R. N. railroad, and th Los Angela aV 8ak k railroad, stands todsy In first plae In low accident frequency oceurlng ta employee em-ployee on duty.. Recent figure obtained ob-tained from the Interatat commerce com-merce commleelon- of all the large railroads, which accumulat ,-000,00 ,-000,00 or more man hour per year, how the Union Pacific eyatera la th lead. . - -- The following tabulation allows various etanding of th larg railroad rail-road of the- cpuntry and accident frequency-occurring to employe on duty:.- ACCIDtNT FSI1QUENCY, CLAM 1 - " RAILROAD. ' (M.OOO.AOO r re ace man hour.) See the Year teg. Rank Name of-Road Man Hour Pet, 1. C. P. R. R. 7t.t06.0OO 4.12 l.TT-T.- yatemrr?T7lJ.lio.ooo-t2.2 2. Southern Pacific .Ht.4J7.eo it.7! 1. IX 1 W M.U4.000 14.44 . i. Oheaapeaka J O. tn.lvt.ao 15 04 s. a. P. ayaum l7.(n(.oo 11.71 7. Erie ... 62.4M.0M .t . Lht Valley 11.111. aa 21.47 . St. Uo.le-h. T. 42.ti4.ooe 22.24 10. f4nurhem Ry lSl.lei.ee 22.2 11. C M. SI. Paul 124.MLOO 22 42 12. Atlantio C. Una.. 54.1JS eo 2221 12. I.. 4s N, 117.44t.eft 2l.II 14. Roatsn Maine. 4l.2fl.0O 22.41 15. S. P. 1.1 nea Tex. H.UI.IW 22.14 It. Norther a P 74.752.0O 24.11 17. Norfolk A W...,. tt.ttt.ooO 24.71 14. lHlnole Central ..142,417.40 24.71 1. N. T. N. H. At H. It.014.4 21.71 20. C. 8. Q 124.tla.400 27.24 11. A. T. Ranta Fa. 174.44.000 27.41 22. N. T. Central ...2tl.2il.4fl4 27.lt 22. Phlla. : 4 Reading 44.t(4.0Ot) 27.44 24. (treat Northern ... 7l.412.ftM 2a :i 25. C. A N. ........ 117.M4,(W 21.22 24. C. R. I. A P 1.214.fttMI ! 40 27. Baltimore A O. . .U4.M2.OftO (4.71 21. Pennaylvanla . . , .42t.1tt.404 24.47 21. Mlaaourl Pac. .... 14,104,00 27.4 Railroad employe a a whole have -unqueatlonably developed a higher degree of care Jn th perform per-form anca of their duties. SAFETY CAMPAIGN WINE. Aa education In and discussion of 1 safety matters Are responsible for the gratifying results obtained In employ raees, it I logical to as-an as-an ma that education of the traveling travel-ing public to the exercise of a reasonable rea-sonable degree of car whn approaching ap-proaching and paeelng over railroad rail-road croaalng will llkewls have a good effect In reducing such accident. ac-cident. . Volume could b - written open rejsenanjnortosedaaordl- |