Show f I WITH CROSSING ACCIDENTS fAST NG RAilROADS DESPAIR AT RECKLESSNESS TOPEKA Kan Ilan Oct 20 0 M 20 W Rail Railway a cro ising cro-ising accidents In- In Increasing Increasing In Increasing creasing at nt an in of or percent a year veal eal represent one ot of the moot moat mo t gerlous problems now confronting American railroads according to blah Islah Hale of o To- To Topeka To peka chairman of ot the safety sec sec- lion lion of the tho American ay a as ns association which comprises virtually all the tho railway rail a companies In the United States A Careful Crossing Cro Campaign of at four months June Q to September has hl Just juit be been ell coma Com com by all the d Railroads are eagerly It trying Ing out retry eHr imaginable moons means of ael netting these appalling said h Hal Hale but but tho persistent of the automobile rh c driving driving ing public pub for tor Its 0 own on n safety has caused soma som of u ui us almost almot to de des des- despair des despair pair Th remedy seems so yet et meets such open It Is just three nords Cross Cros Crossings Cautiously TS rS rI E The railroads oads are that within their 0 own ovin n organizations organizations safety first education gets results Deaths of ot employs s on du- du duty du duty ty have been reduced from In 1907 to 1446 Tn in n 1921 This re- re result re cult sult has been achieved cd not with with- the much larger force ot of during the year ear 1921 In In 30 years lears ears our country's pope pop pop-I lias has Increased 68 63 In that same perlo period railroad high high- highway way crossing crossing- accidents ac hive hate I Il CI percent and l aY case percent Three These disproportionate disproportionate Increases arc are duo due en- en entirely entirely en entirely to h the use u e of ot the automobile In file fhe sears rare persons here ere killed and Injured at rail rall- rail railway way 0 nay highway 0 crossings In the United Stale States DIU The fact that at least le st 60 BO per per- percent per percent cent of or automobile drivers ers do not look both wa ways wave s upon approaching a railroad crossing has been den den- don In a number of ot tests testa con con- conducted conducted con conducted ducted along the Santa Fo Hall flail road nail road recently recent Ml h Hale pointed out A count made mado at a eros cros- crossing leing cros-leing sing produced tho Ins Ing re- re results le suits Out of or cars care checked drivers of ot 98 did not look In either direction 49 40 looked to the right only 17 i looked to the left leet ani only one stopped and looked In both dl- dl di directions I and 78 73 looked each cach tray 1 without stopping I Instances at automobiles beIng en into II a a passing train are almost al- al almost al almost most as ns common aa no those thoe In the tho automobile Is struck by a atraIn atrain atrain traIn Mr Halo declared A typical typical typical cal list Is compiled by the Penn Penn- Penn anla Railroad shows sho ho 3 s an In- In Increase increase In Increase crease of ot percent In crossing fatalities In July this year ear as compared com com- compared compared pared with July a a year vear Ear ago |