. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ulletins,while on the other hand if the serious-ness of these affairs were brought near-er home to the parties most concerned,they certainly should, or ought to be,object lessons of untold valtir Person- Accident Bulletin No. 16, just out,completes the fourth year, and I havecompiled a few items which may be ofinterest. During the four years endingJune 30 last, the Commissions reportshows a total of 42,193 accidents, theproperty loss amounts to the of $36,281,829. I have no data
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ulletins,while on the other hand if the serious-ness of these affairs were brought near-er home to the parties most concerned,they certainly should, or ought to be,object lessons of untold valtir Person- Accident Bulletin No. 16, just out,completes the fourth year, and I havecompiled a few items which may be ofinterest. During the four years endingJune 30 last, the Commissions reportshows a total of 42,193 accidents, theproperty loss amounts to the of $36,281,829. I have no data asto the amount paid for personal injuriesand loss of life, which would undoubt-edly add millions to the figures alreadygiven. The greatest number of accidents re-ported in any one of the 16 quarterlybulletins, so far published, is given inNo. IS, comprising the months of Janu-ary, February and March of this (1905)year, the total number being 3,108. Thegreatest property loss for one quarteris reported in Bulletin No. 9, whichcomprises the months of July, Augustand September. 1903. the amount being. OI,D DUMP C.^R .\ND OLD IJlh \M.\ CAN.^I. ROLTE. ally, I would like to see the Commis-sion go farther into the details of theaccidents which involve life and seriousinjuries to persons, and great propertydamage. It should be shown in eachprominent case how much experiencethe parties at fault have had, the num-ber of hours on duty; they might gofurther, and investigate conditions thatconfront these employees, not only onbut off duty. Might note whether com-pany in distress had ever made a moveto give their train and engine men com-fortable quarters and tried to establisha kindly supervision over them whileoff duty. This eye opening business isthe proper thing, but as yet the openinghas not been enough to let either themanagement of railroads, the employeesof the same or even of the public tosee a great way beyond the end of theirrespective noses. Out 01 477
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