Show RAILROAD ACCIDENTS REDUCED in no respect have hav e the railroads of the united states made greater progress than in the prevention of injuries to employed employ emp loyes Ps reports of the interstate commerce Com Commission show that in road freight s service e arvice which represents the most rugged type of service there hus ha abeen been a gratifying progressive reduction in both fatalities and injuries per 1000 men em employed aloyed for each succeeding year than for the lost last nine years for example in 1911 when tho the railroads were controller olleo and operated by the government there was an average of employed emp loyes in road freight service of whom were killed and injured or a 0 rate per 1000 employed emp loyes of killed and 13 injured in 1921 under private control and operation there was waa an average of employed emp loyes of whom were killed and injured or a rate of killed and injured a redaction compared with 1918 of 56 66 per cent in the rate killed and of nearly 30 per cent injured i 1 still greater progress in accident prevention la Is shown for 1926 1925 in 1925 the average number employed in road freight service was the number killed per 1000 1060 was 19 and injured a reduction in the killed compared with 1921 of 10 per cent and in the injured of 13 per cent and a reduction in killed compared par e id with 1918 of over 60 per cent and in injured of about 31 per cent these results not only thoroughly explode and disprove the claims of promoters of train limit legislation that hazard of accident increases as trains are made longer for trains were longer in 1921 than in 1918 and longer in 1025 1925 than in 1921 yet as they became longer accidents to trainmen became less but make it clear that accidents are mainly caused by carelessness regardless of length of train and that the remedy is competent supervision su erv islon and systematic safety work rather than train limit laws for shorter trains would mean more trains more expense to shippers and more likelihood of accidents |