126 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT. 



In the city of New York, the Fourth avenue, from 

 Forty-second street to the Harlem river, is used by the 

 trains of the New York Central & Hudson River, the 

 New York, Harlem & Albany, and the New York, 

 New Haven & Hartford railroads. Along this thor- 

 oughfare, which is intersected by some ninety odd of 

 the " cross streets " of the city, about eighty trains pass 

 up and down every day. Although in the heart 

 of the city, a dangerously high rate of speed is 

 maintained. Within a single month, as many as 

 three persons have been cut down and killed by the 

 railroad trains, and others have been more or less 

 injured. No one has been punished. The roads 

 using the track hold their officials blameless, and 

 exert their power the power of the Vanderbilt Mo- 

 nopoly to prevent investigation and screen the offen- 

 ders from punishment. 



The truth is, that railroads, having learned to dis- 

 regard individual rights, have come to disregard human 

 life. They kill and maim with utter recklessness, and 

 insolently deny the right of the victims to seek redress 

 for their injuries. 



Descending to minor points, we find the roads intent 

 upon making money and careless of the comfort of 

 their passengers. A traveller purchasing a ticket is 

 promised by the road a seat in the car in which 

 he is to travel. Frequently the train is crowded, 

 and there are no seats left to the late-comers, who 

 must stand during the entire journey. Should the 

 injured party in this case complain to the company 

 of a breach of contract on their part, he would simply 

 be laughed at. 



Very many lines are now using Palace and Drawing- 



