The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-20
Willard DECLARES
sIEETE COMES EIRSI
8. u 4 q. PRES pENIt TELLS Eli.
LOVES COMFORT IS SIC tip:
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BALTIMORE, Jan. 20. safety u
| THE arst consideration Of the IDEAL rail,
road comfort is tile second aud pune
tuality the third. declared President
Daniel Willard OF the baltimore and
Ohio Railroad company last NIGHT A.
a large gathering of the coHtpang's
officials and employees at the Baltimore
and ohis railroad branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association, Of River.
side.
MI. Wizards address was unique In
that ls vas the first time q railroad
president had ever been known g
itatk to his employees upon the subject
Of tiieir own safety. lie had beer
asked to speak by the egthpany's gen
eral safety. committee, which was or
ganized about month ago to devise
ways and means to prevent injuries
and accidents to employees and pa
trans OF the road.
SAFETY is better for the men of the
road and for their families" he said.
And you men must take time TO be
safe, for It is cheaper TO the company
not TO have you hurt yourselyes;. Ac.
cldents are often due to careiessness
and tie fact that men often do I'M
necessary things to win applause.
There was d time when a lost finger
was sort OF badge Of honor, bit We
don't want that to-day
"'rhe railroad is selni-public ~;
stitutlon, and 1t follows that its EN-
ployes are seml-public servants. /
am seml.publlc servant, but also
owe allegiance to those whose money
| is being used to operate the road. and
when men have bought the securities
ofa road to be OF service to the people
we owe them a duty as well as those
who use the road.
Some time ago was riding on a
Western railroad on train COM
posed Of, three coaches The day was
livery warm and large number of pas
sengers we're crowded into two OF the
coaches, being unable TO gain an en-
trance to the third In view of the fact
that 1t Was locked. When the conduc-
tor came through the car | question
ed him about 1t, and lie said that the
coach had been kept closed because 1t
had not been swept out at the station
Well said to him, even though |
were president Of this road, would
take broom and sweep this car out
myself rather than subject the passen-
gers to such inconvenience.
II want to tell you that your safe.
" committee has the hearty support
of the management. We spent $4,000
900 on the road last year, and we want
10 spend much more this year. We
want our Dad to keep abreast OF mod
ern advancement and We want to
make ii not only the oldest but the
finest road in the world HI
General Manager A. ". Thompson,
who presided and Introduced the
/ speakers, said the abolition of the
ling and pin. coupling had accomplish
ed wonders in 1essening the number
of accidents.
DR.. Il. L. Randolph, the company's
eye specialist, gave a lengthy talk on
eye injuries and how TO avoid them.
An interesting feature Of the meeting
was number OF stereoptican views
showing precautions taken to safe,
guard the lives and limbs OF the men
employed at the Mount Clare shops.
Among the officials Of the road
present we're George NJ, ,shriyer. sec
ond vice president; r. L. Stuart, chief
engineer; j. D., Clark, general super
Ifntendent OF motive power; Earl Slim,
son, chief engineed maintenance OF
way, and j. S, Murray, assistant to the
president.