Show E ano afo AMERICAN lUiL lull noam SOAM the theom join p gipe wife security from accident which 1 english railroads enjoy is the result not only of tile tiie greater lenty of money th ro but also of the mony mory pru kienly ept epi dim 0 of f the tee p e op ia j dyer dver fe eyer ver w ggs as a tr truer q er remark than that of un an english when lie he shuts the coach door and cries ali ail iti all ill right represents a mit wit of national character just as an all american who under the ilia sanie same circumstances calls out go ahead typifies flea the restless haste hasta of our countrymen A train in england never stops even fora for a minute or two without one set of employees carefully oiling every part of the machinery and running gear while another set with willi hambers hamre rs goes from frodi wheel knocking to see if there is any flaw or weakness in ili the iron it is still fresh ili in the demor memory y of all al that the british prime minister when going to the llie great naval review and about to step upon a tran as it was arting starting si was immediately jerked back by a policeman in lit every way indeed and without any distinction as to persons the english ei Ev glish railroad companies enforce caution and foresight but it is ili in the more liberal outlay of means both in construct constructing inC ing ard running their roads that the british companies exceed out oar own in lit insuring safety an english railroad Is i fenced lii ili or elther either side and has a gateway at every crossing gitlia with a stationary watchman at each gate w ho shuts it when a train is due and would not open it even for the queen herself there are also double tracks telegraphs and lights along the tile road for night trai tralis trails is accidents from erects iu in the construction of or even f bom om laches in ili ill their air management at least so fat car as tile the directors are concerned conce ruedard are almost unknown to england the conductors are carefully selected and are generally perfectly perfect li reliable men instructions carefully pre prepared ansa red for every emergency are issued to them and as all adhere strictly to these theba in lit sti are rendered practically impossible analogous cases to a conductor having it left to his option when wilen behind time to wait at a station or to run oil on at the risk of or a collision are unknown in england for in ili england human life is too alc sacredly respected and too loo large an amount of capital employed in working railroads to permit either of or such an option oil on the part of a conductor or of a conductor sufficiently incapable to create a risk the english public moreover sustains english companies in lit this free use of money the fare lare ill in a first class car in england is nearly three times what the faro fare is here and it is paid without a murmur because triv travelers elers eiers there kouw that safety and speed are costly A man may go from philadelphia to pittsburgh for about nine dollars to 1 0 go from london to glasgow which is 13 but little eo further arther involves ai aa expense of twenty five dollars it is true that a first class car in england is somewhat more luxurious than a car in hi AmeriC america 3 but tile tilo difference is not lot greater than the di Terence difference between the interest of money so that what is is saved here in ili the cars and its appointments ii is saved there on the capital invested ili in the road moreover england as compared com pared with the united states ia is both a small and densely populated country s so 0 that fewer railroads supply tiie tho demands of a larga number of people when americans become m s thoro thorough tigh and careful as the english aud aad ar are aro as able to build good roads re regardless garless regan less of expense railroad casualties will become as rare gare here as they are there it ii is ilot fiot lot by vague newspaper clamor when a serious calamity occurs oil on our railroads but in a word by imitating the english in these respects by reforming the evils of our railroad system stem that we will gebsen tile the number and fatality of our ral rai railroad road accidents |