The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-05-19
The safest Travel.

hhnut the snfrst place In the world
j. in ~ Nwcri AN passenger train,
provided YOU mr." a passenger and o.
ss ""' i"s'cnd ~ the hrwn"rr,
During last year, 1915. according 20
., t,s,,a ,o,tp,,,u q. tue bureau ~
railway news and statistics. there
we're 81i American roads that did no,
ave single fatality among paascn.
gers. ThcSc roads carried is5. iGS, $40
Passengers. counting MANY. several
times. Of course. This was no, sheer
luck, although luck H. an clemen, IN
accidents. II meant careful railroad.
ing. In which every employc had his
part. The train dispatchcrs. tclc-
graphcrr. conductors, engineers.
brahcmen. car inspectors, trackmcn
and i'agmcn were doing their duty. II
IL q record Of human efficiency Of
which every American should u.
proud. These men were not mere
machines, hut human beings. with :,
sense OF duty n keen ~ soldiers. and
wI,h "a discipline uncNccllcd in any
trade. business or profession.
The other roads, less fortunate, n,
a'sD entitled to praise. Their, were
! only 100 passengers killed ON all the
roads IN this country, operating 2iU.-
900 miles, Europe with over 10000
less hi.lcagc, killed 700 passenger.
Europe has the most drastic laws and
regulations and H. record H. remark
able. when the vas, passenger traffic
H. considered. Hut the railroads VIII
not he content with this showing
Nothing hut "A perfect record will sat.
isfy them. How much is due To- snfc-
y appliances, steel ears. automatic
signG' s"rNicc and IN" training of en-
pioy"oS IN the principles Of safety
First" may only h. surmiScd. Hut
all these things have contributed 81
On" happy contamination. The uni.
vcrsal hope II that these reforms will
reduce the shocking number of traini
men killed In line of duty. Our record
IN this respect will not compare with
that of Europe. Nor can We boast of
a low record Of fatalities among the
tfcspasscrs. This Is u problem that
Individual Americans, our law-making
bodies and our peace officers mus,
solve. u will he happy day when
the public does its work rs well, In
; this particular. rs the railway en-.
ployccs are doing theirs.
During the year. 1919. there wer,
} 2s2 persons killed and 5.52i person,
injured on steam and electric rail
roads of Missouri, according To n re-
| r,rt Of the Public Service Commits
sion. OF the killed, four were pas
sengcrs, "a We're employees, 1867 wer,
trespasscrs and AZ We're other per
} sons not classed rs trespasscrs. o.
) the deaths, 245 were due To the stear
: railroads, and only 81 to the electri,
, roads. OF the persons injured. 2,72
received their injuries on steam rail
o., roads and 2,79G on electric roads
Steam railroads hurt 456 passenger
,93s employees, 203 trespasscrs an,
l2S others. Upon electric roads. Their
J were l,7i4 passengers, 90 employees
q trespassers and 935 injured durinl
! 1918. The total amount of proper,
destroyed in 1918 by railroad acct
dents was S36s,IS2.
q IN Holt county during the yea
y 1913, there were 10 injured by aut
= accidents, and a like number injure
. by the horse or mule, while only 81
= were injured and one killed by IN
y RAILROADS of the county.
For the first four months Of 1911
: I'VE have had two killed and one IN
l. jured by the railroads in the count!
# and six injuries by the auto and 81
70 by the horse or mule, while we hay
e had % accidents of miscellaneou
character.