Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-23

| ygi,eu a. plln 81 uhiun for tile Colon. e
signcd as his reason therefor thnt phiis
ue.tinh WIS u central point and could l.,
, ,,.Is,gs reaehed from the most distant AIS
| uclh OF our Western civilization ana +,
| continuation of this Statement I,,a a,,, y
| thc taet thnt Philadelphia was oniv aho,,l
slghteen days ride from Portsmouth X II
noday the same distance cnn he co.,,rat
| n ABOUT ~ many houra. Mature di,sI',d
these United States Into grand diyisinns
| ser1raled by mountains. ridges and nsvI.
| thniu s,reainn running In general North
erly nnd southorly course In is5y ~, ~
Ieshenies were called the ha ,khone og e.,
~. ,t, Staics. Our railroads have been
| anp onleI FACTOR In transforming Tho cnlira
anatomy OF our country and in ,nn.lne !
i ,n backbone some oight hundred mile
Wordsworth, objected to Tho buiiIinr ~ ~,
T. road TO the lake country OF West,narc
i ana, because, forsooth. The cry OF Inc
| locomotive would disturb the sy,eetness ~,
| MS retirement. Today rhouaands az r,itcs
or r9nd bring innunierable snady Ieiis
oaooplinE brooks, MAZE sic mountain peaks
reach OF millions Of weary workcrs nv W.
.naobling, clevating and educational in.
licences which this contact with nature
| efcrts over the masses must No !, co,,
| stMll rynroach to the selashness OF tho
| eenarted loot, for tho railroad, contrary
10 nG i,3paiat opinion. la moral agent and q
| eNIlzer' IT'S trains are boarded with
| treasures that pay no tolls into thp cav.
| I1Iate Golfers, and these treasures call Ia
| nlnd the story Of the traveller Ia the oil
| German ballad, who. after crossing n
| river that recalled 10 his ,l,enorv frien. IT,
\ VINO had passed before him over tho ieat
sltat stream, turning to his boatmau,
Take, OH boatman. thrice thy fee.
TAKE, give I willingly,
for,. Invisible to thee,
Splits twain have crossed with me"
Jbe invisible treasures which the rail-
| rcau carries with II on to the boutnlloss
PUN ~. and INTO the depth, of the forest can
ne measured by no rule known to man.
Ana now permit me to point out the
| application OF this digress!o1. one OF the
RESULTS OF trlnslng men closer together IN
as " may seem, Ia to increase Individual
, competition, and this fierce compc itlon
demanding Of the individual who shall ex
Gel end succeed the fun me .gurc of learn
| lng ana esteem, has gwen rise to the spe-
| clalist In al branches Of the professions
trades and cmploymcnts, and among these
specialists the railway surgeon finds u
It Is stated on good authority that there
ore now approx. mately one million men
ahd women employed by railway systems
n the United States alone. OF these about
2bVO mon are employed In the train and
YARD service, AMI OF this number between
| 25.0O0 and 10000 meet with casualties each
year, many OF them fatal, others extreme
ly painful and severe. Aud II Us further
reported that. taking all classes OF LABOR
and and employment on tue railways OF The
United States as a whole, the number In
iurcd and treated by our ho giltal depart
mcu,s VIII average about 10000 per an
mum. This number suggests the operation
of q large army In active campaign, and
consideration OF thege statistics Inn
presses upon US tho Importance and tae
enormous work which the railway sur
geon Is doing In this country today,
No matter what safeguards may be
taken by our managers to prevent iulu-
ries, the hazardous nature OF the employ
mont renders the absolute prevention Of
accidents on railroads Impossible; and, as
You will notice tho finest and, most I'M
proved and expensive so-callrd treproof
buildings are always furnished with fire
escapes, 20 the management Of our gfCnt
railway systems, moved by spirit of hu
n anity, as well perhapg as motives Of ex-
pcdicncy. have established on their lines
hospital departments ana called into relui-
sltlon the services OF the most skilled sur
and minister unto those who have been
manned and crippled while serving at their
post Of duty.
Some ono has said that dear phthlalc
dom vast deal OF good In this vorld-if
not to the patient at least to the apothc-
cary-nnd while. let us hope that the os-
tnblishment OF railway, hospital depart;
ments have done and Will do much toward
alleyiating the sunCrinss or the vast army
who serve m the rank and file on our rail-
way systems IL Is also serving the further
purpose OF bringing together men of learn
Ing and experience, that they may inter
change ideas and may, ns expressed In
Treatment" and must result In stimulating
inVestiga ton concerning those injuries and
cases peculiarly resulting from railway
accidents; and pormt; me In passing to
mention one OF those peculiar forms OF In
juries which. however, seems TO be prln-
cipally confined to passengers involved In
railway wrecks and familiarly known as
branch OF railway surgery has given us
OF tho legal department more food for
thought than q has you gentlemen but
IL this association Will at this meeting de-
fine tile term railroad spine" with such
clearreEs and particularly that We OF the
bar. az wen GS the average Jury, may
It, YOU will have done a real service to
yourselves. your country and the corpora
lions which you represent ana your names
pCstcfity IN the annals OF railway surgery
Permit me to congratulate you on the
fel9touH expression used n your printed
this association at this nleoting. and per
init me 10 suggest thai ms expression be
taken as the text or ms mSe,ing; - .yt
compare treatment, and fan not m our
duty to our patients, ourselves ana the
corporations we represent A ilan ms H oI
OF the dcpo,s Of our city not many months
since An express messenger was leaNing
his car with a handiome, 9uIi pup s ~ RE RE
fellows with tho inquiry, John, where "
tina devil are you taking that bull pup
John looked doEn a. the oml1 pup ny %' HEN
renlied 81 don't know, and he DON'T Know.
and tho darn fool has chewcd his tag.
Now. gentlemen, Keen a thig text ' Before YOU
durin9 yo,ir deliberations. md the result |
viii he thai your meeting win be az proht- |
able rs tr1 II y wI p duty eI 10 yoarselyes
YOUR n-tients and tho corporations you
represent A., .,, ., ,bo ctt,, of |
,t Snsu end in the name OF she great |
,niiwny lines that center In this city,
lid you welcome. and ] hone mat y Sni