Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1887 — Pretty but Not Practicable. [ARTICLE]

Pretty but Not Practicable.

Kansas City Times. That is a very pretty story which comes from Indiana detailing how the lives of hundreds of passengers on an express traiu ou the Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway were saved by “an Oldaumie” whodi cov.-red - hat -a bridge had been burned V;own. Very pretty, ; indeed. But what .he public wants to | know is, are we obliged to depend for safety in rail way travel upotfan old aunty who happens to lx- inosei-Qg -along the track? What if the old aunty should take a day off occasionally? L’ue 'thought is to horrible to entertain. A railway I that neglects to provide trackmen, and j relies upon Providence and old aunties, seems to us to incur a rather reckless degree of responsibility.