The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-10

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by the different methods oil transpof-
tation. as follows
Percent
Horses ............ ....+.y.., ~
Street railways Is
Steam railroads 90
Boats, all classes ..f.,.s...... I0
Automobiles ..s.s....s.... &
1t is further stated that there is
every reason for believing that the pro
portion ii unduly high for automobiles,
since ii Ii difficult to obtain reliable
data Of runaways. About one in three
is reported to the public press and about
the same proportion in the police courts.
An automobile accident, on the contrary,
rarely goes unrcpertcd. Police court
records for eleven months ending No-
vembcr last. 1895, collected from forty
nine states and territories in the United
States, shows total of 46,356 record
ed runaweys, 4.259 deaths and l5,l05
injuries. Multiply these figures by
three, in order 10 get nearer to the real
facts, and you wifi realize IN some de-
gree what q dangerous animal the horse
Is upon the highway. lie has n viii
and fears OF his own. A small thing
like bit Of paper, q few leaves at the
roadside, the rustic Of bush, or any
number of tribes often cause the horse
-. H. f.sxs a.. "a
very commences Of the shocking acct.
dents" Ito borrow the expression from
a recent public rc.olution) due 70 the
use Of The horse allays our opposition
60 the most dangetous method Of trans
portation. If we were TO resort to the
cxaggeration INDUCED in against the au.
tomoDiie. We would be excused for stat
ing that the horse il more destructive
Of human life than a Manchurian bat.
tie.
We see another Instance Of the incon-
sistcncv Of human nature when We find
that people and legislators are constant
il enactlng laws with heavy penalties
attached to protect the public safety in
travel against everybody and everything
connected with transportation except the
horse, yet the horse il, n fact, the most
dangerous and dirty OF modern means Of
transportation His stable is d source
OF disease in thickly settled commlni.
ties, vet there are no statutes against
this disease breeder. Turning to our
statutes you do not find that the horse
owners have to pay $500 for license
10 drive him: nor $500 for placard
OF numbers for his back nor make
known Ills presence with horn; nor
limit Ills speed to dog tiot when the
ssfety Of 10 one requires X; nor light
his path IN The nignf time, nor put a
mufier on his windpjpc; nor hitch him
when left unattended IN the street: nor
stop him al the signal Of another user
of the highway, although safety might
require il; nor be restricted in the choice
OF drivers whether competent or not;
nor give bis pedigree. horse power and
name Of previous owner, before you can
get the right to use him; nor pay $4,000
besides your regular tax for loaning
him Tor period exceeding five days.
No statute requires you 10 do any or
all Of these things, OF else be liable to
be branded as a criminal.
I know some will say that there are
great many more horse vehicles than
there are automobiles. 10 certain
extent his IA true to date. bit il the
increase OF automobiles continues for
the next few years az il has in the
past, the proportion will be The other
way. Even now If you consider the
mileage and number Of people transport
ed the proportion is not 80 great against
the automobile.
The five hundreds automobiles IN the
state last year cost ono thousand dol
lars each. at conservative estimate,
meaning an investment of S50o.090. One
automobile is equivalent to Fix horses
for the kind of service il performs upon
the highways. This would make the an,
tomobile equivalent OF 5000 horses, az.
eraging the horses at one hundred dol
lars cacl. Now ii you allow for the
fact that a majority Of horses afe nsed
upon the farm rather than upon the
highway. you will find that the proper
ton of automobiles will soon oyeitalte
that Of the horacs used upon the public
highway. II should be remembered that
this great increase Of automobiles has
hccn within the past SIX years, for tic
ii0l tQtVH0nlit tHaA Aut NiftSlf hHNNn
OF was not brought 60 The state until
lN90.
Rut the complaint j. made that there
ere reckless drivers Ut automobiles and
this Is true But is Il not equally true
that there are foolish and reckless driS
crs OF the horse2 In order 70 ascertain
how extensively the law has been vio
lated III Vermont, addressed four
questions to the states attorneys Of
The fourteen counties:
Question il. Have any complaints
hcen made 10 You as states attorney
for violation Of tie automobile laws
from December 4 1901, TO December
lst, i0O52
in seyen counties there were eight.
made, though one states at-
torney replied that be had hnd soma