. The locomotive engineer . employes of railways, it is necessary toknow the number of employes liable to the varioussorts of nccidcnts recorded. The total number ofndlway employes in the United States is 704,, for the present purpose, may be dividedinto trainmen, switchmen, flagmen and watchmen,and other employes. The number of employes incueh class, as also the casualties to each class, isgiven in Ihe following statement: Class ot employes. Number. TraiDmon natch-men 88,8)1 Oilier employes B17,Ma Undasjlfled —lis/. Age. Squaring valves, sel
. The locomotive engineer . employes of railways, it is necessary toknow the number of employes liable to the varioussorts of nccidcnts recorded. The total number ofndlway employes in the United States is 704,, for the present purpose, may be dividedinto trainmen, switchmen, flagmen and watchmen,and other employes. The number of employes incueh class, as also the casualties to each class, isgiven in Ihe following statement: Class ot employes. Number. TraiDmon natch-men 88,8)1 Oilier employes B17,Ma Undasjlfled —lis/. Age. Squaring valves, selling valves, and runningtliem over all mean the same thing a mechanic is sent to do this work he mayonly have to move a blade on the strap, or he mayhave lo move all the eccentrics—what he finds to do does not change the title of the job,nor mjike the object of bis work any other thanthat of gelting the valves square. J W. Cloud bus become general Western aof the Westinghousc Air-bnikc Co. ;ent. fuirsB PASHIM-OBRt. PBRSOIie r«.u ■■ 1 1 1 1 I I i i 300 Coup Hug and ati- eoupllnK o&r».- faXUng ttom son atw 8,717 trains and en- 4tn s,nn 408 Overnead ol> -- OS «w 107 l-tiV ■ H7 ■■Ifl 05 811 SSO1,818 m Ottier trulu b«oI- IHO 1,010 m »17 sn Bii 757 1,778 ir 1,523,183 waa killed, and one pas-senger in every 220,024 was injured. For the year1888 the rate of casualty in England to paitsengersfrom railway accidenta was one passenger in6,942,336 killed, and one passenger in 527,877injured. In judging of the above figures it shouldbenoled that passenger mileage for a given num-ber of tickets sold is much greater in the UnitedSlates than in England, a fact which mlgitaUSsomewhat the severity of
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