Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-08
Good, Sound Sense

tNcE NJ occurrence 81 TIE awful railway horror y the vicinity er
washington. q great deal Of adnoe good bad and Indifferent ~.
been volunteered by The press and people u The country a to waas
ana can b which accidents may be avoided, or Al least mede less
frequent and travel by ran be fhus made more sfe m Z tn ez
ar4oles ii he sabtat that Sc have seen Is printed ID the Washington
star and il 50 fun of sound sense. and good practical suggestions that i
cannot fail 10 interest tbe general public Is well a those Immediately con
coined u The ms-nraneni aud operation Of railways The article is re-
produced below
coronefs Inquest certain questions may be asked "A the interest y pnhi
rafrcad management sanity First o an WAY should a eaa-n@ ~
Of Empty coaches be rn down q stretch Of occupied track q q speed q 4
necessity FOR the arrival Or those cars IN Washington or Baltimore as 10
warrant an engineer IN crowding a local passenger train especially N ?
allowed the fast expresses That % lis known come dashlng down this hea's
grade rom Cumberland several times a day.
why should the feeble rays ~ a red signal lantern be alone rehea upon
10 give warning to Al approaching train that the track ahead Is occupied
wuy nut piaee +a the rear - each train a light strong enough % pieree e
for or al least . quarter Of a mneg why cling in these lays Of Improve
menta. to an antquated device. often proved Inadequate
Again Why MOI supplement the red signal that denotes a closed
block With 4 torpedo that cannot be mistaken whatever The weather.
II the signal has blown out or ftt a obsrured by FOX the torpedo sounds
warning that the engineer cannot possibly misunderstood II he EnofeS 2
ihe noise win attest 70 his fault There win be witnesses hen "a peas 60
fastcn The responsibility
But anang Inc ease rcyerts IL he inqulry. SO often propounded IN these
days Of railroad disasters Why not adopt even az a supplementary safe
enters an already occupied block Il may be ha' iho-e {" essea as
Imperfect and subject to arrangement Bt IS The present system any
the devices nov IL evidence a railroad expoeiaona is nor open to criticism
than me arrtehca exeuse for organisation Thar is oansing IN annual slsFr
mEha w@N NM, Il. nrmon, me,baa. And furthermore the trial
Of ~ueh machines in practical raffeadns perhaps under q eaeraa pfe0'i-
uon. would tend to develop them 10 a more perfect stage
one of me worst faults OF ar American railroad system today Is ~
,.sa4ar hen.a Of conservatism and progress The roads are being developed
rapidly along certain lines ID the increase Of power in te construction O
ears IA the strengthening or tracks But in the adoption of rev devices
they are slow. The average inventor has a hard ume getting a he@tnS
., ana eerf.4s our machine he Is often told. and chen we max tal
business II the railroad management VS. Is eauhous ahoo CROWN"
schedules ana working the equipment az Il = about "s'"ns y men ""
wha,s~ Is saxe lives the death roll would doubtless c much smaller
TN, inquest into this local horror may not develop sionE he ime 81
ultimate cause & being The function 81 'e eei"nsr Jury omA 70 i'ste"
te blame for this particular instance % announcement h"' . e. -
thoroughly Characteristic Of she Tendency on many lines toward rushing 90
rolling stock TO squeeze the last dollar Of dividends o' o. he gross "af0'ass
maj II may well pront INV Interstate emmefce omrr~lon 10 onsefNf !"
r,.1x and formulate anon The andlngs a measure Of recommendation g."
~on.,4.s toonns 10 a broad sweeping Inquiry into the whole matter 81
sssvaara and dangers IN nj railroad traffic 10 be followed ~ drastic
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