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one white men who indulge in the same pre-
fcrcnces If this state Of things continues,
the white men Of the South will gradually
find employment by hiring out TO The negroes.
HALLWAY ACCTDENTS-LEGIS
T1ON NEEDED.
The numerous accidents treading on each
other with frieltful rapidlty, and vicine with
each otLcr In loss Of Life and attendant hor
rors, should work reforms In our railway sys-
TEN. We may perhaps admit, a. The parent of
Il very few Of these calamittes, the rule of f.
talistic indolcuce, " Accidents .ou haposu.n
Tint mishaps haye bcfallen railway trains
from sources undiscorcrable to the best yici-
lance, Is not be denied, but It would astonish
the claimants for such concession to know how
few in number these really are. The old ver-
dict Of" No one 10 Name'' rarely stands tho
rigorous investigation, but in nine cases out of
ten, Stands rather In the place Of any investi-
cation. A large majority of such casualties
may be guarded against, and are bonn Of
neglect somewhere.
There arc two chief sonrces Of peril to pas
sengcrs aud properly In railway trains, These
are, defects and weakness in The materinl OF
trnck and rolling stock, and a negligent con-
troll Of the train itself Sometimes the latter
docs not wholly rest with the persons actually
In charge Of the tzain, as In cases where tic
disaster Is enhanced by the too limited mum.
Der Of employees. In the recent instance On
the Long Island railroad, niegard1y policy
was very strongly shown BY the fact that only
two brakemen were set to break train of
eight cars. That they could not do SO IN time
to aEtrt the crash, which IN adequate number
would have done, transfers their responsibility
for the calamity TO their superiors, not indeed
for its first origin, but in criminally withhold
ing The obvious means to avert and Lessen 1t.
Negligence III the control Of trains, therefore,
runs back to the rery fomtain-hcad Of power
IN railroad company, In every case where too
Light force OF men Is detailed to take
charge Of the different departments Of train
management. We believe 1t to be q
too common evil on MI our lines TO
ecnd too small train force. Those
tEho are laboriously engaged In their
specific duties can only loosely give their at
tention 10 piece out the scant supply Of vigil
ance und power The conductor Is busy with
hls passengnrE. : The engine driver and his
assistants have the constant care of 3 comuli.
Gated machine to engross their attention.
Inc hrake1nen a1c 100 few. There Is no one
VINO Is Tree 20 exercise general md constant
vigilance In the multitude Of cases the etraiu
runs smoothly through. In the exceptions
onlS 1uc eSN Is SHOWN, bnt II Is nltlc con-
sonng 10 tne s'e'1ms anu tne1r f1enas 70 be
assured tnal tnongn me precise cause OF their
suffering Is the fruit of picayune policy, yet
II answers 80 well In tho majority OF instances
mat the company prefer the t'sk TO reform.
Hallway rules should be gansed 10 catch and
restrain such risks
Inc reform Of negligence In the care Of
Trans should ocsfn IN the Conpany's home
oH'ec' Il necessary. It should be matter of
1esls4a'lon 10 psesefaoe tne saie aud 'nsnEiah'c
compartment Oh men 70 MI Trans on escry
loaa' We ale not sure mat the ADOPTION oi
lne sT*s1u 1oohonl, IN use on some OF the
1oaus, snoaso oe enforced upon an companies.
ny inns pan person IS sPcelaily detailed
and confpicuously located as q train guard,
Will elenA ropes nj his hand 10 warn all parts
Of the train Lis sole duty Is TO maintain
lookout, man at The railway 'tmast head'
always in his place, the vigilant eye Of the
f1aan. We believe this to be a needed adjunct
OF safety We shall further urge, In the case
ofthe more needless and nissgardly companies,
hat THIS post of. exposure be forced upon
Ecme officer Of the road, Of such prominence
In lis councils, that selfprescryatiop shall
quicken his zeal to remove The other SOURCE of
tie railroad Observation-Disclosures material.
We're careful and unpre,udiced inspeetors,
apo.ntcd by tho stnte Government. 10 mss
orer our railroads at stated Interval. Inv
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