Evening star., 1909-06-07

L PENSIONS III lstS. White lWSitS-pI ihCil
who were already on the pension list died
during the year. The number OF retired
employees December 81. 1902. was 2.tI6
| or 156 more than at the close OF 1907.
/ The average age of those receiving pen
sions is seevnty-three years and three
months, while the oldest employe on the
| list attained the age of ninety-two years
| in 1905
No Passenger Killed in a Year.
Reports of all accidents on the 23.ooO
miles of track of the Pennsylvania rail-
road system show that during 1908 the
| various lines carried 141 ,659,54 passen-
gers, and that not one single passenger
was killed as the result of an accident to
| q train.
| There were carried 11.3444l3 less pas
sengers than in 1904 loss of "A per
cent. but the total number of passengers
injured in train accidents numbered only
| 1O2, a reduction of 452. or S1.6 per cent
| from 1907. These figures include every
| case requiring surgical or medical atten-
| ton, however trivial. 1t will thus appear
| that. counting every personal injury due
| to train wrecks, only one person out OF
every 1,SsS.S19 passengers carried was in
jured The number of passengers travel
| ing distance of one mile during the year
was 3.457. 81 ,+62. SO that for each pas
senger carried one mile the proportion
| injured.
| The passenger trains of the Pennsylva-
MIA system during 1908 travelled y. 4p. ll''
miles.
| of Pittsburg, directly operated, show a
total of SS.a2S,6H passengers carried IN
1905, and but fifty-one injured in train
accidents. Passengers carried one mile
numbered 2.1is. 457,351. so that 42.126,6l
passengers Travelled one mile before any
ua injured through train wreck.
On the lines west of Pittsburg, directly
operated, 22,314,2O9 passengers were car
ried during the year. and there were but
seventeen injured as the result of train
accidents. Thus the chances were 1.3l2,-
6C0 to that every passenger who started
during the year would reach his destina-
ton In safety.
OF the subsidiary lines. independently
operated, the record of the Long Island
railroad is most striking. That line car
ried during the year y. .2t2, s3s passengers,
and only seventeen were injured In train
accidents. The Long Island railroad has
been operated for fifteen years without a
fatality to a passenger due to a train
wreck.
Forestry Policy Adopted.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
adopting a policy of forestry that is
worthy the study and imitation of all
transportation companies, and especially
those in the prairie states. During the
last three years 1t has planted 100000
young trees along its right of way in
the state of Pennsylvania. More than
million young seedlings were set out
this spring. of which s93, 600 are
red oak, 10000 Scotch pine. $4,000 To-
Gusts. $4,000 hardy catalpas, $4,000 pin
oak. 5000 European larch. 5000 chest
nut, 5000 yellow poplar. 1000 walnut and
1.OOn white pine. Within the present
month 2O7.OOO seedlings have been plant
ed near Conewago. Pa; 1S6.0c0 in the
vicinity of Van Dyke. $4,000 at Lewiston
Junction, 2Oo,OO0 at Denholm and 5000
at Metuchen and New Brunswick, n. j.
In addition to these 151,O00 trees have
been furnished at cost to private individ-
uals along the right of way and 5000
privet hedge plants The company has
set cut 1000 privet hedge plants, and
5000 ornamental shrubs upon its station
grounds and right of way.
The primal object of this forestry policy
is 20 provide for future timber and cross
ties, bat many other advantages will fol-
low And it is to be a permanent policy
The success of the scheme thus far has
been so marked that the company has
started a nursery of its own to provide
seedlings for its own use and to furnish
to farmers and others along it's right of
way.