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About Wilkinson County news. (Irwinton, Ga.) 1922-2008 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1925)
Central of Georgia Railway Points Out Importance of Good Passenger Service Most people think of the railroads in their relation to passenger service, and naturally so b?e : ■ riding on the train is a personal experience to a greater number than is the direct shiping or receiv ing of freight. Last year the number of passengers carried by the Class 1 railroads of the < 'ir try v.as nine hundred and thirty-five million. Passenger service is, therefore, a matter of importance and inter est to the public. The quality of passenger service has steadily improved since the railways were restored to the control of their owners by the government in 1920. Many new trains have been established and through c_r service extended. Powerful locomotives and new all-steel equipment have been put into service. More trains are on time, and many other improvements have been made for the convenience and com fort of the traveling public. The rate of fare has not been increased since 1920, and it is generally recognized that'the railroads of the United States give better passenger service at lower rates than can be found in any other country. Ch? railroads have made a wonderful record for safeguarding their passengers. In 1924, with 935,000,000 passengers carried, there were but 41 fatalities in train accidents. It should be recalled that improvements to passenger service have been and are being made in the face of diminishing passenger revenue and a decreasing number of passengesr. The railroads of the country carried 318,000,000 less passengers and received §218,000,000 less passenger revenue in 1924 than in 1920. The number of passengers carried by the Central of Georgia decreased 2,771 , J 40, or forty five percent, between 1920 and 1924. The decrease in revenue last year from 1920 was 51,416,046, or twenty-one percent. That the percentage of decrease is less than the percentage of decrease passengers carried, is due to the fact that the average journey per passenger was fifty-one miles in 1924 as against thirty-nine miles in 1920. * These figures do not reflect adverse business co nditions in the Central of Georgia territory. They are due to improved highways and the use of the automobile for local travel. This situation will doubt less continue and grow more acute for the railroads as time goes on. Yet, despite decreased patronage and decreased passenger revenue, the Central of Georgia is operating more passenger trams now than in past years. The management is reluctant tocurtail the service in any particular, but a ques tion that must be faced is whether it is to the public interest to operate train; on wh .'h travel is so tight as to make them unprofitable. If, and when,it becomes necessary to reduce th? nr..r.ber the Central of Georgia, will go fully into all details with the traveling public and ask their co-operation and in such measures of economy as sound business principles demand. It is encouraging to note that through travel is holding up well. Passenger traffic to and ftvm the Southeast has been good throughout the year. The Central of Georgia is an important hn;: n the routes between the West and Florida. To care properly for this through traffic, the Cen.. d of Geor; in is this year operating two new trains between the Southeast and the West, bringing -k? d r? n m.bcr up to eight in each direction. These trains have the best and most modern equipment, and there are none finer in the country Everyone connected with the Central of Georgia takes pride in the passenger service and endea vors to carry out the motto of the railroad, “Safety First, Courtesy and Efficient Service Always”. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invit d. L. A. DOWNS, President, Central of Georgia Railway Company. Savannah, Georgia, November 17, 1925. Money to Loan to Farmers On Long Terms Five and One-half per cent Interest Semi-Annual Payments. Interest at bis rate will retire interest and principal at the expiration of the term. Principal can be paid at any lime if pre ferred, without paying unearned interest. Money can be Borrowed for any Length of time from one to forty years. For further information see ELI B. HUBBARD Irwinton ... Georgia DISINFECTION OF ROOMS AFTER TUBERCULOSIS The State Board of Health is often appealed to by our citizens to know the proper way to disinfect a room or house after it has been used by one having an infectious disease. The disease most often inquired of is tu berculosis. It is the opinion of the State Board of Health, and generally recognized by the more progressive health authori ties, that house fumigation as hereto fore practiced, is of almost no value in the prevention of the spread- of dis ease. Many pathogenic germs have only a brief existence outside the body, while even the more resistant varieties are not found on the walls or ceilings or hiding in the curtains of a sick room. They are found on articles that have come in contact with the patient. The tubercle bacillus is among the more resistant of the dis ease germs, partly because of the pres ence of a waxy substance in the cell wall and partly because, in pulmonary tuberculosis, it leaves the body en closed in mucous matter which pro tects it from the action of sunlight and other germicidal agents. It is doubtful whether the usual fumigators would be of any value in destroying these germs. The only practical, rea sonable and effective treatment for a house or room that hag been occupied by a tuberculous patient is a thorough cleansing with soap and water. Me hanical removal of material likely to contain the germs is preferable to dis infection in this case, the painting or varnishing of all wood work, and wall finish, on plastered walls, or, if pre ferred, wall paper. HAVE TO® OWREN BEEN FEOTECTEB GAINST DIMM? No figures are available to indicate the number of cases of diphtheria in Georgia in 1924, but the records at the office of the Bureau of Vital Sta tistics show that there were 230 deaths due to this disease. For the past four years there has been a decrease from 415 diphtheria deaths in 1921 to 230 in 1924. The demand for diphtheria antitoxin has also decreased consider ably during the past two years. This . indicates, we hope, that the small but ; vigorous little army of public health i soldiers are gradually driving the en i emy back. But isn’t it a tragic circumstance ' that even 230 children in our State died last year of a disease which can be so easily prevented? If every child above one year of age were vaccinated against diphtheria, this dread disease would be entirely wiped out. You mothers or fathers who happen to read this little article may try to poke fun at this idea —as if it were possible to carry out such a stupendous task! As a matter of fact, it is quite simple as far as your part is concerned. All you have to do is to carry your chil dren to your health officer or your family physician and have them vac cinated. The vaccine also goes by the name toxin-antitoxin. Three doses, or, sometimes four, and the job is completed, and the nice thing about it is that once your child has been vaccinated he is im mune probably for the rest of his life. Is every vaccinated child immune against diphtheria? This question is often asked and is rather difficult to answer. In some few children, three doses may not be sufficient, and some ! times four or even are required. ; But such exceptions are so extremely rare, and they are becoming more so as improvements in preparing and ad j ministering the vaccine are made. Toxin-antitoxin is harmless and its j administration causes the child very I little discomfort. Aside from a slight | local soreness at the point of injection, i there is no body reaction or inflam mation.. as is produced by smallpox and typhoid vaccination. Smallpox killed or marred thousands i before the general use of smallpox vaccine. Now only those who refusi or neglect to be vaccinated ever de velop this disease. There were only twenty-five deaths from smallpox in Georgia during 1924 and fifteen of these were negroes. As far as is known none of these cases had ever been vaccinated. Typhoid vaccine is rapidly becom ing universally used. In those coun ties of Georgia where wholesale vac sin, ion has been carried out, typhoid fever has almost completely disap peared. The reactions following in jections of typhoid vaccine, though never serious, are sometimes quite se vere. Yet typhoid vaccine is rapidly being recognized by the people as an effective means of prevention and, in spite of the severe reactions, the lab ■ratory has been kept busy supplying he demand. Toxin - antitoxin is as effective Jr roventing diphtheria as smallpox vac ; cine and typhoid vaccine in prevent ng smallpox and typhoid fever, and tas the advantage that it produces n auctions or discomfort. The State Board of Health supplies oxlu-antitoxin at a very low cost, the price being only 12 l/2c for each vac cination. You are earnestly urged tc see your physician or health officer it once and have your children pro tected against diphtheria. 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