Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1913 — Unsafe Safety Devices. [ARTICLE]

Unsafe Safety Devices.

A New England railroad man said at a luncheon In Boston: “The way some people talk, you’d think that there were a thousand safety appliances, any one of which, applied to American trains, world abolish accident and loss of life forever. “There are, It Is true, an abundance of safety devices for trains. These we are testing one by one, Just as fast as we can. But very, very few of them prove, on a running train, to do the things they do on paper. *"1116 average safety device, indeed, recalls the wldour who applied for outdoor relief. ’“Tours is a sad case,’ Mid the charity agent. ‘How did you lose your husband, ma'amf* “ ‘He was killed, sir,’ answered the widow, ‘while testin’ a new safety cow-catcher for the P. D. R. railroad.’’’