Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-28
RAILS And SPEED PROBLBNS
Rail Deterioration Not wholly Az.
countnble--iIiiI Says Product
II Defective.

The Bache Review says Quotations
from statistics proving that travelling on
railroads in the United States Is the SAT-
est occupation that can he selected, does
nos detract from the distressed impress
sion produced by reports Of recent not
able accidents. When these occur under
high speed the impression Ia deepened.
This urgency toward greater and greater
speed began with the discovery OF steam
In the old stage coach DAYS speed easily
found its limit in horse endurance, and
did not enter into the horizon Of desir-
ables. the demand being for the really
more satisfying results OF excellence in
silver. linen, bed and table trtumphs
The best average luxury and comfort
then was far above Consciousness, the
Slave Driver. had not yet risen out Of
tho Magic Urn and blackened tho whole
sky with his eternal never satisfied de-
mands. only in cases OF eIopeinent or
robbery was the demand for speed
brought into prominence. And. indeed
when the railroad came in, speed growth
made slow Roadway and only In the last
twenty years has It increased impressive
iy Possibly tie scent afar. Of aeroplane
competition, has melted land-transporta-
tion to greater fcats: but 1S-hour trains
we're installed before man became a wing
ed animal.
II is q question whether the increase
of speed has not made for greater safety
by developing care and alertness alOns
the lines of the Fliers.
Latterly there has come danger. how
ever. clnimed by the railroads to be no
fault Of theirs--the broken rail.
The dispute is on between makers and
users and Is case for Government set
tlemen,.
There can be no better business for a
Government than 10 take UP for imme-
date and scientific investigation tho
question Of the broken rail The care for
public safety has always been one for a
Governments assiduous attention. IT can
and should be discovered whe her rails
are too heavily loaded with high speed
and great weight trains. or whether the
quality of rails has decreased while their
weight has increased Mr. fIill's asser-
ton is Interesting. in contention that the
output OF the steel manufacturers has
deterorated lie says that the Great
Northern has found this year tina, S.
pound rails laid down twelve or thirteen
years ago are giving better service than
oD-oound rails laid down tuo or three
venra a,o and this undar .xac,,v tho
same conditions of traffic.
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