| Show 7 WM 0 y y 1 t y y 1 Y 1 J 1 1 I I I 1 1 y Y X y 1 y X 1 1 1 y y y y y y y y y yX X X y y y y I Y Y y M tt W U 0 o n i a a Aid to at i i m o London H r n n U HH n nH N l American n R ih O IS S Safer tel Than rh l English Statistics s Which Aio 10 Supposed to Furnish Overwhelming Proof of or i Immunity From Flom Accidents hy by TI Travelers cl Is t 01 n British l Based sod on Fi cs Which COI Conceal tal Fads and ild t Mislead I Aug n Olt Il I always t lf IWA L LONDON railway traveling In II 1111 I is very fry much than In 11 the Ibl United State with thin te 11 t when a admit I that hal the comfort and con of lt are ura fur better to 10 on nn 1 train Whenever w I hIl railroad dent In Is IR reported In the tho thoI I editorial writer Ju Jubilantly jl ep on Ih the vastly ul MI 11 perlor protection In tn life and limb which the l system lt I Tho he which MI are tiled to 10 prove U I are mip 1111 II ell to 10 be he They niu commonly al u UI conclusive 0 In II there even een I by railway I And 11 jot 1 after I la It I In 18 easy to If pm prove e Hint thin view Ie I on nl tin rill entire ml of lt 1 th Hie fads fact to r i 11 all allway way lIay 18 casualties On Rn fall huala nf If comparison traveling In actual actually nl II 1181 I ly safer In than In I The which are 1111 to 10 club overwhelming proof Irn to II the arc 11 ba basul d on of ot th hll of ot I trade In 11 which ilg II iiren 1111 1111 me in a II that would ISe the mot most manipulator lator of ot election In 11 kl to luin green with wih 11 envy LAST YEARS D HOM laid tl 1 ear eur killed kilell 11 one ton for eer every In of ot track In Inthe Ih the Kingdom In II the Ihl United States lutE wan one lerOI Killed for fOl every S mil of lt track Thin H M ill Ih of or United ore rt numbly speaking four ami it I ha half halftime It time r than thol tho Iho on 01 the NO If It the comparison be made on 01 the Iho of ot thi tho of ot 1 j ng iH K tl on 01 the r railway of or the tuo countries the I II Hill ti greatly rea In favor of the 1111 railway In 1901 for one ole peron wu Wil killed for tor eer every nn on l though the hoard nf or repol t 11 It 11 not one olle wa I kl killed on 11 b by H R railway accident During II the same year there was only one Olt person or every fr car carried ried on I th the of or a R high 1111 of I the h government I waH pet lo 10 ce PP thu report of lt the of If trade Imet KIU Ihl of ot those ho were 1 killed I or on nn during III It I that Ih the ralY mil 1011 amounted to Il II s sand and nd I wo moro 1110 01 lean Injured MAY Hi fAI AH 1 may b be taken an all cor 1 JP If IC the Iho had b been 1 allowed to 10 I HO 0 foith without A alteration I If every everybody body bol would know the tl true 1 ti and 1110 would I heard the Immunity from dan danger leI ger h by tWI who WIO In tl the IWI m tul of Ih the railway com om Gut Dul before II I be lo 10 It I had to 10 undergo hang at II tho hundl o of X 1 I hl Inu the Iho adul advance of or that Ilat rerun The orl compilation h ha been cut cutup lt up Into l and 1111 the I If ilU under allou ft led im 10 doubt to In r relieve the rail Ial wilI of or an 11 much luCh ie pon UK pun 11 to for them and fool Ih the And AndIn In th the many nf n the killed and aluIE Tin II D DANnicH lm 1 is fl n Hie Introduction thin I In made The danger of travel IrvI Int hl hai been reduced to 10 ieh a I point that In 1001 the Ihl i 1 a II pa killed In th the course 1 of a I jl I I e were WEe more mure than Ilm 2000 ono to In 1 I That Thai will 1 hi hI fA far and nd wide III im nf o I the h OUM vigilance and of lt h In hI lu I In inn the Ih live of o pu It I will wi l I j with the record of lt railway wih overwhelmingly In hi favor flor of or the ly of HUI the Ihl U Is false It 1 I U on un doc lored U I IR II that n high hlll have he Ity to tn II I and to 10 ink Ilk parliament and Ind the tn 10 elleve It I when hll ti the anine leport In which It 1 ap proof of lit Il mendacity mI ITI A foundation f tr r It I In la obtained b by a f Pote of or elimination which make It ear un al net t fori forth h In one of ot the ta table tl ble that only olly lx Ix I were killed through train And nl only olly I ar allowed to II count In rn reach reaching n nI I ing I I the ht conclusion that a In an In railway train only 11 one chance hanl In 1000 of ot b being kle killed Hut Bil there were other pa Hue n gem d according to the 11 if report 1101 h b a from om other othe r CH lined Nine of th them m for tor lout 1011 their I hen r or of lr i n inger train II leav leaving ing the ral were 1 kill I 1 h by ailing out of or during I the hI of nf ti In IK tu tuto I to 10 Ih the of o ari on tn Into with Ith 01 lie nt III bang hall them to II an A train I II leave I the hI hut but often ottEn they fall CRI to tn done them and Ild the luckier Individual who chance to 10 lean chanell 1 one IllI been In It Ita I a 1 veritable death It Ir trap On ger In every Mf 0 runa Ibe f I of ot killed In on 11 an sn railway But BUI he tt I hOAI who are al killed h hy train Mr What aI ale termed oth other er 11 IK count for rr I h death 11 of ur 21 of ot the excluded 10 10 THi nm BI METHOD l 1 Th The name MIC I IK adopted In II deal ell with wih railway who nr lre killed or Only 7 of o them fig figure tl I ure n I being killed h by train all To 0 other cau e dim Killed I et II are attributed I the he death of ot lOI Ol The fhe grand arund total 1011 of ot the II which I U to 10 Include all casu casualties on 01 ril 1050 killed find Injured U liy t I I hoell 99 t death that appeared In Inthe II the Ihl preliminary report have been en dropped drop ped out und the lumI number of the In jurell 00 has ban be leel n h by over or 12 t CASUALTY I h have before Idore me bOIl of t trade report which Is II supposed t to tn rum 11 ul Ih the on 01 British rail railway way II between the Ihl yearn 1 7 and 19 1908 I lve The he nr t table purport to 10 lp II n form the Ihl Information that thaI U II f of Interest tn 10 Ih the general public It I a I record ot number of or pemon killed In train accidents exclusive of o Hy ly iea on tikI IR II nf ot course meant Illon ticket holder They ey to 10 what on 01 American rail railway rai way are tailed Illel commuter In 1903 to 10 n A footnote in 11 the report which I II all 11 rh the m mention they y are ae hon honold honored old ored with wih there were of ot hem traveling on Brill British railway fatalities to II claa not bo h Included In lu Ihl b board rd of or trade return no one olle known They are ure not 1101 eliminated Int I d from of ot accident nn on 11 14 In fai tal t accord accordIng Ing I to a n grim rim lent they take delight In II killing them they nave mon money ey on ni their ticket nut ut hem hema a commuter killed on a train 1 not death count roll 1111 He Ii ni no place In Ih the railway It conD Excluding tho commuters according to 10 table above referred to In th yearn which hh It I i over Hr railways have hp killed 11 only J J Th That t 0 averages a 1 fi action 3 i I in aie a ni io fi liiK a an authoritative which In II v it da Y ire 11 I om I It to tot t t of r Holy Writ Writ Th ire are iret i t here herf died Il d an I i a the railways are Ih nt II ni Ih the world orld and in II this ite te I U to 10 thc thane of or tha Iho MENDACITY i i an U u I of or fact falt their only d i le lies In the Ih afford Iford mendacity AH MI ti r they aie 1 utterly worthier ami amii i i For lor i i under i i ll the i lu 10 not nul a 11 pa paK Ja JaI K I r waR waH killed b by railway t i ii i us t In n IDOl 1901 on railway laluH The Tho Thoin in n I JI lante number hinell mi IIII lc table which hardly oit I of coume I II t I i n 1 they hp ha have IE boen ln 17 I In II Ih the first table n 1 of or them l II headed of or orI i killed In the IOV move ti I i in r C l excluding nc 00 nci i tn and ticket Aclo Accord Accordi i Il to II this table I there were l I killed klAd In II INI By what I i of ot a R differentiation Ii h I at II between I in II Ild p i n 10 kil in train it II 1 would II be to 10 tn c Hint 1101 out 1111 One might I bo In II that the fU t lall table of p p d In II train In Ini II i only Ihl thine e on twin that I I r a more 1 lt I IJa r I 1111 II he hI that Ihn tl 1 II table word only 11 III the number of Ir 1 r rl who ho were r killed Ih the other table give 1111 tho tit rally total of ot hn ki killed I b by r clr Il c could not lul be hI dl accidental I UH I FICTION A AND D f fOn On con other table in the UtI re report 11 port I In 11 ame year yer 1901 when It I wa that not a 1 single wa killed in rail railway pi WI II Ml way 1 accident there Ihre wa 11 1 p 11 e eBI I BI r on railway rullY 11 from rui caused not lot with wih th the move of ot railway In II another t table headed Other 1 Ter Teron t I IMon Mon on which Include killed I at t level crossing who ht met death 1 while hlo on 11 bu at and Hiding Im IN 1 ho had Ih the mN tn 10 bo ho inn Iun over ner on lu line 5 J 1011 death are lre accounted for In III I VI A of fr fa and 1111 1 with Ith 1 rd to rull 1111 11 vay t II There were weN only sight of oC them killed by hy train Irlin In t to Ihl which I ia fed by bf the mUle of n r of ur IMd report Hut Hul diligent Investigation the tuble how 1 eK were killed Hint year In Ihn of trains An All additional 61 6 met their from rom cause not nol t cd I with wih the of nt train holI holler Mil Hitch Ik like Here HAr U II u I total of rf 1 1217 wal killed lu hI who Inot l I not appear In Ih the figure on 01 which tho made In III of Ih the of o 1 1111 railway travel Ir are bused y obtain chiefly from el their I w The h accident relating to are art d In III their I Hy ome method they control the t under which they ate III tabulated The fhe board Ir f I who I hn l urel arc arf not lot responsible for Cor It I They I view with 11 th I Imade made lale of ot their b br the higher of C Hut il the they are arf 1 to 10 pre prevent 11 vent It I One of tr the with whom I dl the nt ICo told 1 me that he 1111 had v lu lulled 11 Ih the United States a Il few rew a al and 1111 Inspected the Ihl n there to II r tain for tor parliamentary railway IWI I found I he that Ihal American lon toad II art far to In oura j o fur fura a HI appliance fur for of ot lt life arc ra conci nied Ihu h report 1 I wax Wil In II up tore fruit In II an tn ad for or II A prevention of ot accident on l railways ut u 61 IId It I wo WI a U very Vel Ilp Imperfect mell Ir It H made no 10 for auto automatic Iulo matic 11 mich 1 am 11 ate RIt u Ild Md on 1 American railways The l hand coupling pre ess employed here I 1 rc 1 for fUl fully per pr ent of 11 Hie railway plop companies bitterly op o nil Al to 10 compel 1 them t to adopt ap II an and methods ds that that will wi rendi r I tho road nufer Their Influence tn II III Parliament ninny of or tl the mem I liers are ur railway directors I great And Alo an I as II our figures lirE are distorted that thaI rail railway to 10 It II appear 1 way me Ile nf fr there In II chin of o bin lol on 1 Ih the t WILLIAM K 1 SIMPSON ON |
