Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-09-22

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count their victims by the score. In ~
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toll of human life and
limb is taken right
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the railroad yard and N/fTIN
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structures that dot our UIIlGInNE//1U/
cities and span our riy- I--1 W1 mn
ers iITrrTr7r--t VA
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many life insurance :" 'UII w
companies there are S&N
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marked as extra hazardous" On ~
tnis list none is dangerous gTWT!D
Than that of the shot firer" or the Ll
man who lamps and fires the blast
IN the mines. The ordinary miner u
taces the menace of the deadly ~
damp that flows like an Invisible IA
poison stream through the lower "
NINE levels; he faces the danger of E1
explosive gases that may drive tha l.
tue from his body; the fear OF the w
EaVeEn that may fatten him under NJ
IONS OF coal and slate is alwavs with
him All these fall to the LOT of tho
shot-hrer as well rs the dreadful
tlsKs or handling high explosive in
me close'walled caverns and undar
siouhu passages, where. its force "a
Cohnned and intensified Such avn1o mn
SHes are VIGOROUSLY unstable a stick ksxtazr
OF giant powder may have witbstood
tne Jars of transportation for long
Instances and yet when placed in the drilI
Hoe Dy the "frer' may prematureIv ov,1odo
under the soft blows of the tamning iror ~
sne MI above it, Many fatalities occur in
similar ways 0''u' III
neVer-failing source of interest 10 the
htIeet crowd is the movements of the struc
turai iron worker. Undoubtedly his vorl, l.;
the most dangerous of all the bui1din, tr,do
1T certainly is the most spectacular with tho
increasing ground values of the dovntown die.
trlcts forcing the buildings higher each vear
ne frequently finishes his work in tho fraa
spaces of the upper air with all the noigbhor
ing buildings far below him He rides Tho
steer beams as they are swung from the lower
10 the upper stories. holding to the cable and
balancing them to make sure they do not slim
ther tether and shoot downward tbrouob tho
completed floors and create more havoc than
Pinch shell '"''''
On the steel beams hundreds Of feet above
the street traiic le runs back and forth about
ms 4aoors' as surefoOted at those dizzy
nelShts as mountain sheep. single false
step. momentary dizziness and he wonId
plunge to his death dozen stories below Ev
cry minute OF each working day his life ia in
the hands of his felow-workmen A heavy
bolt dropped from above a oosened pIank an
unshipped cable or a flying block and tho
structure has taken its toll OF human life Tho
structural steel worker is rarely crippled as
his injuries are usually such as to cause i'm
mediate death.
Very similar TO the risks OF the steel mans
work are those Of the steeple-tack Moving
like fly along the face Of a factory chimney
water tower or church spre his daily
bread is gained at the daily risk OF life and
limb. The fear of high places is not his par.
ticular dread, that ia all in davis vorL
but every time he is hoisted aloft he rambIos
with his life on the strength of strand NJ
cable and the GOODNESS of his assistant
IL is the assistants duty 20 raise and lower
ana shift the man In the chairs position as he
moves mp and down and sidewise ON tho f,co
OF the building upon which they are ENGAGED
Many wonderful escapes are recorded In tho
annals OF these workers between earth and
SKY. only few days ago a steeple.iack
"oEklhg on a factory chimney in North st
Louis. saved himself when his tackle gave
way by grasping hook at the end Of q rome
suspended from the chimney top and arrested
MS fan IN midar, where he clung until ras
cued by his thoroughly frightened beIper
Have you ever noticed the wiudovy.Uoebor
going about his business. Is or On storioa
above the street level? He stands nm q r,r
TO" iedge and his work compels him 10 loan
far back over the csowded street nanv foe,
beIow' as he reaches upward TO clean the
uPPe, part OF the glass slip Of the foot
on the wet stone Of the ledge single
stumble and the crowd OF downtown sbonners
would SEQ him dashed to his death ON the
paving at their feet "
volumes gave been written concerning tho
terrible itedestroying implements Of modern
warfare, but the government Statistics com.
pied by the interstate commerce commission.
snow that the railroad switchman's ,vorL e.
more dangerous than that of the profaeeio,,oI
solder A military movement in modern war.
rare lasts only few months at the longest
Out the sWitchman's campaign Ia every y,ork.
lng day. In great terminal the noise Of tug
sing engines and rolling coaches and box cars
never ceases. On the procession of cars NOV.
Ing steadily in and ont depends the business
activity OF the city and its surrounding ter
ritory.
Day and night the yard crews dodge hack
anu Iorth IN this scene Of tireless activity.
ciambeTing over and between moving cars
maSiDg dying couplings and cutting cars ont
o. ltTng9 on Tho tracks as the cowpuncher