Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-19

s.cpNoIl day arc seldom accorded 10
the statements Of Holy Wr. They arc
everywhere cited as conclusive proof
that tine British railways are fur Hf.
Set m the world. and On this ra4u..
vastly superior ,o those ug rno United
States
OFFICIAL MENpACITY.
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. ".o NO. "o' r ra ty r,'r" 5y l.
dents m 1901 ODD Er.sa railways IH'
same rctuu D1 'aHH 10 larry" nnu.'
of Chinese puzzle tables which hardly
anybody scans. Hsfaun- OF course
that they have been correctly eumm.
tied DOB the hrH gomW"h 'nsH. table.
Ono of chem BIS headed NuWU" ''
passengers killed no the WlN.-
WoMts of trains 'oN"lu1n1 NllH H.r
,idouts and season uykntsj Accord
lNg FOB this table ilna imi there Mri.
la1 passengers Killed lu 1901. 1897 MhIi
process of reasoning dOlrre1li"l lon
if arrived Hi between passengers hH.
cd u 'tuu accidents and pass"H-
Gors killed Don train movements
Nou,d 'n "'''I'N no9g..'t' Nd ..,,,I.,,Il'p..
mforriug that the nrst table of pas-
sugers killed m "trtm Jucldnnta' ln-
uuios only those Killed ON trains thH'
wore stationary ur perhaps 10 moro
logical assumption would be that the
nrst table records only the number
Of passengers who were accidentally
killed while the other table gives the
yearly totals of those passengers who
We're killed by railways under pir-
Cumstauccs th0t could not Doe described
as accidental
FICTION AND FACT
ON consulting other tables SOD tho re-
port ] lind that i'm TINS Same year
l9Ol-whon it was declared mat not
single passenger was Killed Boo '.r'lI-
way accidents there was l5 pissrn-
gers killed ION railway premises from
causes not connected with the mol'
m"nts OF RAILWAY trHus' I'm auolh'f
table, Fagely headed 'btner PCT
sons which includes people Killed ai
'loycl crossings others VINO met death
while ON business at stations ana
sidings. and other who mad the ml'-
fortune 20 be run over While 'ueSss
passing ON Inc" ll1 moro deaths di'
accounted for !u that year
MINIMIZE EVERYTHING.
suhildr process oi ulln'lnlHlls It-
iiIlllra ana INJURIES WIN I'Sllu Z" IhI-
way employees lS Huop,ou' mere we,
ohly elBhl OF luen' hIIru ny u3I"
atcldeu's ~ l'oI d,'oIulus l' lll7
trolesque coInplia'lHh Wnl'n rs ulE I.,-
leu ny Wy ""liV vi ""llu wi 49,.
report bul ul''b'u' 'N'sus1 .'''
5Iag a,r ,C wee l,ia5 tbat vo,, iG
me movements of trains excluding
trHin accidents" An additional "a net
their deaths from causes not connect
ed with the movements of trains
boiler explosions and such Ike dis
astcrs presumably Here Be- total of
1,2I1 actually killed m 1901 who a
not appear in the figures ON which the
claim made ip behalf of the woudrous
safety of English railway travel are
blsod
British railway companies obtain
their earnings chiefly from their pass
scug,r traihr. The accident statistics
relating 10 them are distorted iu their
interests. By some mysterious method
they control the system under which
they are tabulated. The board uf
trade gtatistiClaUs who COmrilc tho
figures are not responsible for IT, They
view with disgust the botch that is
made OF their labors by the higher Of
ncilR But they are pOWerlcss TO pre-
vent it. ono Of the compilers with
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