Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-07 | Page 10 | Safety Record of S. P. Reviewed

SAFETY RECORD OF S P REVIEWED That the Southern Pacific rail rail rail- railroad rail railroad road did not have have a fatality to toa toa a passenger In steam train acci acl acci- acci accidents accidents dents during 1326 1926 Is stated In Inthe inthe the Southern Pacific Bulletin for tor March arch Commenting upon this situation the tho Bulletin says In In the prevention of accidents the Southern Pacific made the best record for tor safety safely in 19 1926 ever attained For the seventh occurred e year no fatality oc- oc oc occurred to passengers In tn train Iraln accident During this seven seven- year seven year ye period ending D December cember 81 31 more more than passengers were transport transported d a a cumulative dIstance of oC more than eleven billion bil- bil bil billion lion miles Casualties to employee In train and train service son accidents In 1926 Including casualties to em- em emI cm I In all branches of of the services occurring In such acci acct accidents accidents I dents were per per million loco Loco- Locomotive locomotive motive miles compared with 1698 under federal control In 1918 and with 1161 In Jn 1926 1925 It a reduction In la 1926 1925 compared with 1 1918 18 of per cent and com com- com compared pared pared ared with 1925 1926 of oC over 14 pc per percent percent cent For or each casualty resulting ill in train an and l train service acci- acci accident acci accident dent In 1826 1926 a train was run a distance equivalent alent to nearly three timea Umes around the tho world In 1926 Industrial casualties per million man man hours bours Including on the track and in the tho shops were 1175 1176 compared with 1664 In to 1918 under federal con con- con control and with 1489 In 1925 a ro- ro rl ro In 1926 compared with 1918 of ot neatly nearly 29 per cent clint and ind and compared compared with 1925 of ot over 21 1 per cent r- r I