Evening journal., 1913-02-11
SAFETY FIRST
ISSLOCAN OF
THE RAILROAD
Officials in Enthusiastic Meet
ing Here Tell Men Dangers
Of CareIeSSneSS
TRESPASSING ADDS
GREATLY TO DEATH ROLL

One of the best 'SalcN flfSl meet
ings ever held in the countrs was
that held in Asbury NJ. E Church.
last night by the Philadelphia, Balu-
more and Washington Railroad, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway |
Companies. The meeting was simply
TO create more interest in the safety
movement which Is growing larger
every day aud to caution the em-
ployes of the roads as to dangerous
practices which are often INDUCED
IN By new employees or men who have
grown careless to their own danger
nnd the fellow employees. The meet
ing was decided success and brought
out about 1000 railroad men, many
OF whom were survivors of the old
DAYS when an air brake was unknown
and the engines We're hardly as bis
Rs the drive wheels of the great iron
monsters that sweep over the steel
rails today at a speed of almost 100
miles per hour The audience was
one of the most interested ones that
las ever been assembled in Whining
ton for the men REALIZED that they
were becoming a part of a great
movement that will probably save
many lives and avert untold SORROW
and suffering.
The meeting was presided over by
a. j. Whitney, Jr., superintendent or
the Maryland Division of the r.. b..
and W. Railroad. I'm opening the
meeting Mr. Whitney said the first
book Of rules of the company pub
lishcd in 1864 contained the rule. "ln
all cases of doubt or uncertainty, take
fhe safe course and run no risks
This rule Mr.. Whitney said, was one
OF the best that the company had eyei
had and can still be found in the rule
books of the company. but as times
and conditions have changed, new
improvements have been made and new
laws have come into force and green
men have had to be employed which
has changed ralroading and although
great sums Of money have been ex-
pended in trying to make the occupa
tion safer il continues TO be very
dangerous.
"It is for this reason that we have
the safety committee today" said Mi.
Whitney, "9s.d the company can do
only what this committee tells It TO
do. Now that committee tells us to
LtdAn AMN NlIIr " k'A W ANN teARNAA
man or the careless and negligent
man and impress upon him his duty
10 himself, his family and
his fellow workman and that Is
Nhat we are here for tonight
ir whitney then introduced ]. w
Bi assistant TO the General Mana
ger of the B. and o. Railroad MI
Coon Is one of the younger railroaI
officials and he was among the frs
10 realize what q great safety move
mont would mean to the b. and
Railroad and has been one of th
leaders in the prevention Of accident
on the system
Mr.. Coon said in part.
II notice that the character Of th
accidents on the Pennsylvania Rail
road is almost the same as that OF
the r. and O. system and / am con
WINGED that many of these accident
could have been avertcd altogether /
either new man had been taugh
what to do and what not TO do or
easoned employe had exercised a III
lie more thought and taken littl
more time to obey the rules OF Oh
Company"
Ninety per cent Of the accident
that have happened to employees o
the b. and o. road were due to cause
beyond the company's control, MI
Coon said:
"Such actions as sitting down O
The track and going to sleep, walkin
on the tracks with a fur cap pulie
down over their ears and sinila
cases said the speaker are hound
show up In the accident list lie sal
that in five years the B. and o. Raj
road Company had handled S5.o000o
people and had not killed singl
passenger.
n. r. Bowler. an engineman of th
y, y. and W. Railroad and chairma
OF the safety committee Of the Mar
land Division. said he had been in IL
employ of the Railroad for 40 year
80 years of which time he had serve
rs an engineman Hc told of q
many accidents that he had seen an
said that In almost every case a lit
care would have prevented them. I
said that the railroad companies h'
spent vast sums of money to prcre
accidents but that money could n
stop the kind of accidents that be h
referred 10 and that in these cas
she employees safety was in bis on
hands and the hands Of his iells
workmen. Dir. Bowler also spoke
the evil of treFDassing.
c. J. Leonard. freight conductor
p. b. and Nv. Railroad said that
came to the meeting 10 speak
cause he felt that II he stayed aw
he would not be doing his duty.
gave his experiences on two comm
tees that had made many recomm'
dations and in almost every case
company had carried them out TO
letter
r. L. Brand, chief engineer of
power house of the p. B. and
Railroad. said that II the meeting
suited in making an impression
one mans mind that il would be
great success. He told of his We
as chairman of the safety shop co
nittce and the number OF accide
hat could have been averted If so
nan had been told what to do.
sgeed the men TO realize that
,ok out for their safety was d
~ owed their families.
Pneral Claim Agent C. w. Ea
B. and o. Railroad Compi
about 300 stereopican vi,
deep impression on
18th the scenes and the
'ess he delivered In VIII
ed the use of strl
views showed how
4re injured or xii
vn carlessness.
,vdon. publicity
sion of the p