Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Railways, Accidents, Transport

    Baffled by the argument that railway accidents are caused by 'inattention to "Points"', suggests several 'points' which need to be found. These all involve ways of maximising inconvenience and accidents on railways. For example, a '"point" of regulating the traffic entirely by the laws of eccentric motion', and a '"point" of selecting for a "trial trip" that period of the day when the line is fullest'.