Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1916 — "Safety First" Working Well. [ARTICLE]

"Safety First" Working Well.

The Railway Age Gazette thinks it possible that the reduced number of fatalities may be due, in some part, to the reduced traffic of last year as compared with previous years. Such a possibility seems hardly to be borne out by the figures, since these disclose a larger mortality and casualty list In earlier years when traffic was less than in 1915. We prefer crediting the Improvement to the desire of railroad managers to respond to the public beds and of efficiency, which can condemand for installation of all new appliances and all improvement of road-, tribute toward the ends of “safety first.” ' *