New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-30
gteamboats and Railroads.
DAILROAD COMPANIES and HUMANLIFE.

IN The legal duties Of all Railroad Companies TO adopt at
promptly and generally m sna
needs argument to convince thinking man Bn ul
100 many Of those authority who do no. sufficiently realize
their responsibility in tbs matsr IheI Thoughts are occupied
are clearly their sole thought and study Large fortunes
accumulated in few from small salaries and the yer.
il they Great Mogl but let ask how many Of
them perform their duties with single eye to the interests OF
the stockholders and the safety OF their employees and he
precious lives that daily committed to their keeping Sup
pose for instance as was susse'ed few year, since th:
directors required to ride in front ont Of each passenger s.n
make inquiry of their mechanics, Are our trains
Js1sed to Sp as SSS SGns 'ceS Conviction that A they
would have desire hold the reins .
when in that position This may be s,r9pfp Tr ySRIEsr
directly the % P0 without giving
iGisso f s.'o,Y T'n 1RSSnfed The time trust far of
men n authority, in receipt Of pneey .a.Ic can con:
and stOckhoder subjects little Of their attention is an
comparatively few smart able work for salaries The
thought and men Of action, are their own enpoyers
benefit Of Improvements before they are driven into them by
public sentiment legislation We wish it fully under
pres is dependent upon attention to little things
ee may nsss, S lea. 70 S
to neglect any lIecsgon iOI the safety OF human NE or hs
train i. fearful responsibility for any assume and
say that possessing the qualifications for
devices fcr one moment Il or rather eush, to be-
important thought Of Supentenaens business to anticipate
and provide the audoe for danger 70 which his train 10
liable Of sufficient ability and conscience for the posi-
ton would hardly res, until satisfied that he had performed his
whole duty in this matter perfectly IDLE o President or
say endesyor to quiet his conscience By
saying that nothing will happen 70 u.s. we are al Ih and sale
accidents have occurred but we never shall have an
timewe shall have another axle break
sIe ,st now nobody viii ever place DISTINCTIONS
on our :c Or py GP1 sas & ns me won 'Se be @
clause fact We wonder where some railway mana
gers would be thenD .,
Wheels break when least expected axes ditto rais dito
chairs also. Murdeous villains will place obruetions on the
re 20 make prompt stoppage
the train frequent necessity IL will not do, Messrs kai
way Tor Gg 50 Say M 70 1 sSs soi DO no, know
what how to decide ought 10 know and you DO not
you should confde in the better judgment Of those who do 1t
poor way shk your sibty by saying these
the opinions Of inventor aud entitled TO no
They stubborn et. which prepared
at ell subtsuae. We make statements We
not pared prove; ar think have given slt ent
thought snd study the subject Of railroad Accidents
know what w produce the largest amount Of safety IL rail-
way transit Our familiarity with railroad mechanism date.
BE- charged with being novice Perhaps the greatest
ors is this: never before the public had
PROVED AND PERfEcTLD N'EATIoS we consequently
We wish railroad officers to understand early - possible
that are be- cassed with those who present them i'm
raen rights and companies 10 incur the expenses and
trouble Of experiments Weknow just exactly wha propose
road the unon shall adopt this Improvement or some
other equally as good for the purpose o,e.,,,,,,
trains controlled han heretofore There has been
atosether much trrsng 10 n in these matters and will
NOT DO eli companies TO adopt improvement a.
once bile selling cheap viii come H. erntemen
ana you will eynce wisdom and foethought BY acting
promptly and buying while you heaPl and evidence
Of good faith and honesty OF purpose We viii say that we
viii furnish machines for the entire equipment OF
snv road and allow four months tra beor settlement and
e.h colnrauy sa be It's judge whether The improve
men, 10 desirable This precsuton, undertake 20 say viii
pronoe the security Of e and property In railway trains 20
extent hitherto unknown. or 20 use the aeonic language Of the
,r Nicholas Dean its universal adoption would mark
IA m The safety life and property conveyed by railroads We
r IN conclusion the officers engneers o- master
OF .Iy OF the following roads: dson River Cleveland
and Toledo TerIe and Richmond Michigan Central Old
'o"'' 1H r. r. AR-BRAKE Co., No. 81 Piae't, N Y.
w G. CREAMER, Sec.