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Show stronger CARS NEEDED j Whwi the Rallroexd System of America. t la Defective J V The sppslllng disaster on the Wa-buh Wa-buh which canned such hoary lou of life Involuntarily sets bumitn Invention Inven-tion at work. It la recounted that the human equation must be taken Into account ac-count and that In spite of every precaution pre-caution employed accidents will occur. Men are bound to make mistakes, and when they are dealing with destructive agendo mistakes prove costly. Our great volume of commerce, the thou-ainils thou-ainils who ride dally In tlio carl on business or pleasure bent, crowd the, rallronds with trnfflc. and occasionally. In the mldKt of this mluhly rush and bustle, bottii body blunders and calamity calam-ity follows. In enrllnf days tniln trnvolod at glower speed, conches were more fragile fra-gile In construction. They were light- ed by kerosene lumps.. They wero " lientcd by ear stoves. A slight cotll-slon cotll-slon served to telescope the weaker coaches. The broken lamps poured keroseno over the combustible ruins, and tho deadly car stovo communicated fire to the heap, which oon became the funeral pyro of the maimed and Imprisoned passengers. The lamp gave plnce to the Plntsch gas system and that Is giving way to electric lighting, which employs no combustibles at all. The car stars hat given way to sleum boat, supplied from the locomotive, but still collisions occur, oc-cur, and with fearful loss of Ufa, at times. The principal trouble appears to bo that soma of the coaches, especially espe-cially the day loaches. In service ar too fragllo to stand tho grinding, crushing crush-ing force brought to bear upon them during a collision. The Instant that one of thorn yields to the pressure of tho car ahead It It crushed or telescoped tele-scoped and all Its passengers are killed or crippled. Those who nro fortunate enough to be In the Pullmans and other oth-er strong co;iches usunlly rscapo with bruises and a few cuts from broken glass. If any lesson Is to be drawn from tho disaster at Seneca, snys the Detroit Journal, It l.t that every car In the train aught to be as nearly proof ag.ilnst collapse us the best material ran ninko It. Then, In case two fast trains should meet, the cars would only be tumbled elxutt on the ground, like so many strong boxes. In such a case the passengers would have a show for their lives, because the natural Instinct la to hold fast to something at such a time. The danger of a fire horror would be lessened, because there would be loss kindling wood to be lighted. |