The sun., 1910-11-22
SAFETY MUSEUM IS OPENED
MANY DEVICES FOR GUARDING
LIFE IRE SHOWN.
Plea for More Money TO show t:xhibits for
Nh,ch There is Now M R0om-Prife
for sean eld to Protect NaSanS apd
One to the Z. -. steel Corporation.

ONE tn the 4. -. steel Corporation
Ihe American Museum of Safety estat-
she'd itself permanently in a large room,
N the sixth fioor of the Engineering
societies building in West Thirty ninth
.'rrat last night. and by way of an
u1uncing the fact exercises were held N
u" auditorium on rhe third foor
Ihe museum eNists for the purpose Of
displaying all sorts OF inv entions and
c.ntrivanCes for the preservation oi
human life
Ih,s museVm is the fourteenth Of it's
nj IN the world. hu, the first IN this
country Thee. are dozen such MA
."ITS m Europe and one in Canada
\" room on the sixth floor Of the Engi-
rrr~rnG building is filed with 4 thousand
.uI N" t"TlCrs. rIu.' rt them Of praC-
r.alIN tested vslIIa Here Is lock in z
,".l,". panied rot ny which d boiler
,."ln"r ur repa,r"r can head OIL all possi-
nlh'y "f strlm h"n-; turned on when
., "ntcr- IN" boicr There have heen
g.any accidents wkr.r boiler cleaners
acre sCa!d"d I" death trrsuse som. one
,.pgo>lnS the boiler tn he. empty turned
n m" steam The National Tube Com
jauv exhibits this device with which its
factories arr ssppliad
mother ",hinIt was u wooden model
uf a walking y harf Tn. real ones are
mage steel structures which are moved
".J Oh the ted ot the sea. They are
designed us "a protection to the lives ot
'nrKHncn constructing lighthouses break
waters ANA pi"rs
one simple device makes an ordinary
sas CoCN lock- automatically when n il
turned ,Ither on or Of. thus requiring a
l's purpose i to prevent accidental
a-phyNlatrOn
The travellers Insurance Company Of
Hslt,ord exhibits device to bs applied
''ther To punching machines or printing
Presses Ia make II impossible Tor the
operator to Rez a finger caught. The
insurance company SAYS that IL Pays
TO demonstrate this device and furnish
tree of charge blue print diagrams tor
'ts construction
The direction OF the museum DR. Will
lam Tolman, who spent last summer
10 Germany studying their system Of
accident prevention gave an illustrated
lecture describing how that country il
reducing the number of industrial ac-
,Idsnts by ~ per cent
A recent President agitated need
ior Increased birth rate. said Mr.. Tol-
man during his lecture. and Illuminated
against race suicide The arrival of
rripl"r- or twins was he immediate occa-
sion for "A messsg. Of congratulations
from the nations Chief Executive |
assert that II IL Of more importance TO
conserve the life and health of our man
hood and womanhood. ESPECIALLY those
'ust entering ON their industrial voca-
lions Tn. protest against race suicide
- all right, but | assert that il Is much
better 20 ccnsArv" what We have and
create rugged. healthy citizenship
Protect the father Of tn" family in his
work and the birth rate will TAX. care of
l'self
/. { Martin. chairman Of the executive
Carnntta,' OF fhc museum. told of The.
need ot further rooms for the permanent
exhibit and mad. a plea for s35. coo for
expansion He said that II mad been
necessary To turn away numerous valu-
able exhibits for lack Of room
for ;hc most efficient safety device in
'snted in the last three. years and ex-
hibitsd at the museum was presented
nv Prof r r Hutton To- the Safety SCaf-
folding COMPANY Of New York Its
exhibit - a =, affold device. Tor brick LAYERS
and stone rna-on- which - saf. for hoist
ing and lowering and has guard TO
protect the Ina-On- from falling
Tn" Travellers Insurance COMPANY
presented 10 W X Dickson first vice
president Of the United States Steel or
poratIon. its gold medal a. "A reward to
ne corporation which has done the
most for mo protection of III" lives aud
'mbs OF Ilr workmen