An American Transportation System a Criticism of the Past And the Present And
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Why should not the people who travel by our steam roads have the benefit of this simple safety device ? Why, indeed ? Simply because it would cost the railways some- thing more than it does to pay for killing and in- juring people by the present method of handling them, and it would inconvenience the railway in its inspection of cars, etc. , at stations. Would that I might use some prohibited words. Instead, let me ask you this: for what does the railway exist but for the comfort and convenienc...e of the people? It was born to serve them, not to slaughter them. The safety which money can buy is the best investment that can be made. And besides, at present I am, in my feeble way, simply trying to point the way to safety. Later on we will discuss the matter of "cost. " Nor do I mean to suggest that car steps as at present used, should be dispensed with. On the contrary they should be retained for emergency use. But if there is any well founded reason why all pas- senger coaches should not be equipped with the movable platform over the steps, as the best coaches now are, and why passengers should not be allowed to pass directly from the platform onto a station platform and, where necessary, 1 88 An American Transportation System descend from it by easy steps, I am unable to imagine what that well founded reason is.
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