New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

Court of Florida says that such railroad can oe
compelled by mandamus to keep its tracks ana
roadhed and service up to the highest degree oi
safety and efficiency We are waiting In Georsla
to see what the Railroad Commission OF the state
is going to do in a similar
How has the Louisville II Nashville rnaue i''
! enormous profits?
The answer is to be found in n complaint made by
myself against the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company, in which it is shown that the policy OF
the present lessees has been one Of revenue only.
and that their aim has been TO run the largest ana
heavies possible trains the smallest and cheap
| tracks. thus converting lease that was Tor
many years expense to its owners into a source
OF swollen and inflated profits These enormous
of the efficiency of the road and TO the great det-
riment and hurt cf the mass of the people tor
whose service for many years fhe road was dedi-
| The tale of wrecks has been almost contin-
nous one. sometimes as many as tive day taking
| place In one conductor was snEntE ihJu''1
few days later a sw'tGhman was KiiifG a, t,s a
| ago killed J. X WeatherS at NAeless 1IGsS!irs; ma
near Augusta. On june a passenger tram ana
overturned and rolled down the embankmert. The
font coach IN ~hch tnerG We're SIN },, is
! trucks and turned over BY a strange good for
sors were more or less seriously iniur d and Two
! employees were badly scalded and subse4qentS
Irresistible that the track and roadway gaaye way
under the excessive strain The escape n tie pas
sengers and the train crew was nothing snort "'
on December 80 passenger train No. was
wrecked at Barnett Two Pullmans and one pas
| scnger coach were derailed and overturned \
shaken up but what under ordinary c2ndiu9ns
would have been disaster sufficient 10 shock me
Who'll" state was arert"d. The wr+'kms ram
which left Augusta for the seen" ar tlr "itNN X
self broke down and did not arrive with assistance
out Of their own mouths are the men who per
init these things condemned. Under the lease the
company has right To inspect at s,lrh times 5,s
T. sees nj the condition OF its property In AI'l
| isO6 committee from the board Of directors of
| the company Inspected the ROAD ana "Id' Us Et-
| port 90 the president and directors. Til" report
| Of this committee confirms In many respects the
| averments Of compliments. II reports '4e iH1H
sills being emphauCallY In the mud and out or
sight; the fndinG OF unsound bridge sukpo'LS. ne
purchase OF monster engines too heavy Tor thc oih
| roadbed. and straninC the capacity Of the
/ turntable. Most pertinent OF all. the 'omiN'"'e
| yet there passed before our gaz" quite mum
| Der Of dilapidated freight cars faded and worn:
| ancient servants whose days ana nights OF ialthNI
| ton The GOD OF coed luck has attended this rail
road al some grade crossings known 10 your com
a great many people will tell YOU that railroad
corlnanIes willing 20 spend any amount OF
| money 10 avoid having wrecks
! Wrecks must be 50 awfuly expensive. tines" P'o-
! So tRay are-thcorctIcally.
| But did YOU consider this fact- l nd"r me
| road company does not hay" to nay, t@r E'i'hS Il
| man unless he bias wife and children or
| mother father dependent financially upon nun.
The flower of tho state. the strong Young me-" 70
| whom the future is ntrustcd, and In whom INC
! hone Of the state IS reposed, may be outeh'r'd
! Hence II is that the claim agent always inquiries
| with unctuous smile whether the "ec"aS'"
| was married rot. t,.
| vrecke-that It Is cheaper to Kill than to lnjire
So the law when II was oriEn"liT p'sS,H
half century ago-so II reaGS tu-otT,
the brutality Of the corporate lobbN-\an N'F"'" )
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