The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-02
Have Greatly Reduced Ac-
cidents as Shown on Har-
riman Lines But Someof
The Roads
Have Not Advanced Beyond
The Anticipated "Train
Order" System of 1845,
Coeval with Telegraph.
Price of Iias I'm Chicago the Big Cam
paign Shllboleth-FIat Life "a Cure
For Intolerance in Religion and
Poiltics-Feeding Roosevelt.

| Chicago. March 2,-That proposed
railway retrenchments must not be at
the expense of safety of the public
employes is the contention of the
league for public safety the advisory
board of which will meet I'm Chica-
go soon. The decision against rate
advances called forth statements from
railroad executives that expenses
, wonld be cut. President Bean of the
Philadelphia e. Reading said: There
iwill be n curtailment of railroad ex-
,pendltures and If the result shall he
to bring about general reduction IN
wages and in material and supplies.
! in the end that the railroads will suf-
fer no more than the general public"
Some roads have begun retrenchments
/ in previous cases by reducing track
inspection and lessening other safe
guards against accidents and wrecks.
/ Reducing the wreck waste Is one OF
the most fruitful fields of endeavor
for railroad managers who need more
net earnings. according to bulletins
of the league. Only 80 per cent of
the roads have advanced above the
train. order" system inaugurated
1
l1S45. Those which have adopted
signal safe guards such as the Harri-
man lines, have greatly reduced ac-
cidents and loss of life and property
land Increased traffic movement and
revenue per day over their tracks. The
last Interstate commerce report
showed that the years total of kill
ed and injured will exceed 10000 OF
t.I. A. L.
lwere trespassers. More persons We're
killed and injured by the railroad OPP
eratlons during the last 10 years
!, than during the civil war.
Probation of prisoners to make use
ful citizens instead OF hardened Grim
inals of them, now is proposed in
Illinois with a plan which meets with
the endorsement OF the Central How
ard association in Chicago, which
finds work for released prisoners
from jalls and penitentlaries. and by
lother philanthroplc bodies. This plan
for the prevention OF crime Is the re-
Isult of ten years work by various ma
!tional experts. Warren II. Spaulding
of Boston. r. Emory Lyon, superin-
ltendent of the Central Howard asso-
citation; and prominent members of
the Civic Federation of Chicago have
puzzled their brains to evolve a law
(which would be satisfactory to all and
solve state wide problem. This
would be q great boom to the state"
said Superintendent Lyon of the Cen
tral Howard association. 'It Is a
measure badly needed. Such n law
has proved a great beneft to India
ma, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
1t would cover the minor offenders
Iwho are now sent to the workhouse.
where nine times out of ten they
learn little from the work assigned
to them, are a drain upon the state
or city. raise taxes. and emerge with
the stigma of jailbird added TO their
previous and present incompetency.
Every effort would be made to get
the men on probation work. Many
men convicted OF minor offenses have
Jobs which they would not lose II CIV
len probation. Society in general and
the men themselves in particular
would profit under such a law"
The price of gas In Chicago Is the
real issue so far as all candidates for
mayor but Merriam are concerned,
the city ordinance fixing the rate
(which Roger Sulllvan's gas COM
lpany can charge having expired. For
the time being the company cam
charge any old price II thinks eXpe-
dient and the city cannot say II nay.
Wherefore, the fact that Candidate
Andrew j. Graham refuses to dis
close "who Is putting up for his
lcampaign Is significant. IL Is well
known that the sum runs into the
hundreds of thousands. The expira-
ltion of the part of the gas ordinance
last week was explained by the chair
man of the gas and electric light
committee OF the council. Alderman
tPringle in this way: "The S5 cent
rate has expired and there IL no new
schedule ready to submit as yet. From
tomorrow on until such a schedule is
adopted there viii be no fixed rate
on gas. The new schedule will not
tbc long In coming In though. If l
we're to predict. l would make the
time about a month hence Revision
downward? Well one might he safe in
saying so, but at the same time
wouldn't want to be the one to make
the statement this far I'm advance. If
there Is a revision II Will be n reyis-
ion downward and 75 cent gas Is GER
talnly not an impossibility" The gas
company made net 40 per cent on It's
lnnnual receipts in 1910 of $1b,53O,-
l349 at the SO cent rate.
The city FIAT has found a champion
| In Chicago against the charges that II
Is responsible for many sins against
childhood, family life and musical as
p'rpticns. A real estate dealer who
took up the defense said; "Flat life
| Is here and still coming and demands
q progressive and intelligent way of
leasing Whether II Is an agency in
the development of higher civilization
lor in the evolution OF human pro-
gress I do not know. but . do know.