The Chanute times., 1898-06-17
All of the Danger That
Railroad Men Must
Face Are
NOT IN gEs ETGIN's PATH.
Ge:nan.American Specialists
Have Snatched Many Santa tG
Men from Certain Death
And Sent Them Back to Work NulI OF
Health and Vieor--Scme Uoim-
peachabIe References,

sent in the life OF the railroad man
The brayest engineer will usually con
tesS TO certain moments when fear anC
nameless dread took possession oi
his soul. as with his hand on the re
verse lever of his engine, he sped on
and on into the silence and the night,
knowing only for the distance reveal
ed by the cleaning headlight that the
track was clear and safe. Dashing
down long inc!ines, laundering over
bridges, rounding sharp curves or
swallowed up in tunnels as black as
the river StyX, the engine swa7lng
with the delirlum of It's own velocity
it is sensation which may well
make the heart beat faster and cause
the stout-hearted man who holds the
thrattle to think of the wife and lit
tie ones at home and wonder how
they would fare were aught to befall
him. ! q -.ss..,a .,,.aa
It's not cowlCdice that D suggests
these thoughts TO the men who spend
their lives in this perilous employ
meat. 1t is an entelligent realization
Of the grave possibilities that are al
ways present, and which it would be
folly to underestimate, as it would
also be to magnify and live in constant
terror Of them.
An engineer who would disregard a
danger signal would be foolhardy IN
deed. With him, eternal vigilance is
the price of safety, and when, as his
keen eye scans the track ahead, he
sees the red signal of danger, he takes
no chances but brings his train to a
StandStill with all possible haste.
But the dangers which railroad men
must face do not all lurk along the
engin's path Exposure, oyerwork,
irregular habits, foolish eXcesses or
other causes, often render railroad
men susceptible to hidden danger
disease,
Disease symptoms, which are Ma
ture's danger signals flashing timely
warning, can not be disregarded with
impunity "Down brakes" is the
warming, and it should be needed with
the same promptness shown when the
swinging Of red lantern far up the
line warns the engineer Of danger
The greater portion Of the past two !
years and over has been spent by the |
German-Amerinan Staff of Physicians
and Surgeons, now in LChanute, in |
towns and cities along the line Of the |
great Santa Fe system, Hundreds of |
employees Of that road have been treat |
e1 and cured by this staff of special |
lists, and few minutes conversation |
with Prof. J. r. r. Clark. the head of |
the staff, discloses the fact that he re-
CARDS the road almost as his home, |
having lived on it, in his. beautiful |
private car, for such long time, II
think the happest period OF my life,
he said to reporter today, 'has been
the time that have been, with my
on the line of the Santa Fe
Mr. Black the general passinger
agent, is surely the incest man in the
world, and the unfailing courtesy and
kindness which he has manifested in
all business relations has won him a
high place in my regard The en-
plOyeS with whom have come in con-
tact in the transportation Of the staff
and company and our four cars, have
shown tie same spirit-courtesy from
one end Of the road TO. the other has
been the rule, and Of all of .thel rail
roads we have been on, the Santa Eel
is the preferable one"
Among the instances of scLres
among Santa Fe people, the follow
ing may be mentioned as especially |
Judge G. a, NewCOmbe, Of st. Louis,
who is several times a millionaire and
IS largely interested in the Santa Fe
road, went to Santiago, California, in
5 saarch or health, his family 3haying
been told that he would die Within six
This was the verdict Of
three of 1.-THE professors Of the st.
College, ofswhich insti-
tuition his son was graduate and
was at that time in the hospital get
ling postgraduate experience. The
Serman- American staff Of Physicians
md Surgeons were in Santiago at the
.ime. and when Judge Newcombe's
was called to the number Of
cures effected by them in
hat city and he was urged to consult
hem, lie was very skeptical Finally
lis wife induced him to go to them.
The examining specialist gave such
correct diagnosis of his case with
hima single question that
ie decided to place himself under
heir treatment Their result was
hat the Judge gained Is pounds and
vas completely restored to health in