El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-10
VICTIMS WOULD
ENGIRGLE EARTH
Vivid Illustration Of Death
Through Carelessness Is
Given by Safety TaIker.

If the children killed during the past
20 years while trespassing on rail-
roads were 20 be placed as mile posts,
one at each nile post they would more
than stretch around the world This
was the statement Of Ed L Tinker.
safety supervisor of the FL PasO and
Southwestern system, at the chamber
OF commerce luncheon Thursday. at the
Sheldon. 1t was but one of the many
statements he made relative TO the
safety movement in the United States.
He declared that while the federal
government had taken steps long ago
70 protect the forests with the rangers
and had expended large sums in at
tempting to eEterminate the boil wee
VII it was only lately that effective
measures had been adopted for the
saving Of human life lost by care
Iessuess
The railroads. he declared. have been
compelled 10 bear the curse Of acct
dents because they alone are required
TO make reports on all accidents, while
hundreds and thousands Of persons are
killed ana MANNED in factories and
mills throughout the country.
Southwestern Decreases Accidents.
This safety movement" he said, has
not been confined TO the railroads, al
though IT originated with them In
the southwest, the FL Paso G South
western system since March has re-
ceived 693 safety suggestions from its
employees and 575 have been put in
force, the other 11S having been de-
a committee Of the men themselves
The Southwestern employs 1000 more
men than last year and is operating
Y miles more Of road, but the number
Of accidents has been materially de-
creased because Of the safety move
ment
sIhe FL PasO street railway and the
Douglas shelters, as well as several Of
the mining companies have adopted
FL Pasoans who have been in the
hablr OF jumping OFF our trains when
they slow down coming through town.
have been running great risks, and they
could avoid this danger by stopping
this practice.
The Pennsylvania railroad, employ.
ing $4,000 men, has cut down its aci-
dents by 90 percent by teaching its en-
plOyes 10 avoid accidents The Illinois
steel company, with 1000 men employed
expended only s4z last month on ac"
count OF accidents ad $50 the previous
month The organization Of employees
has doe much to cut down the number
Of accidents, because the men are on
be made
Many Trespassers killed.
1lurlnS the last ~ years there were
S6.733 trespassers killed on the rail-
were injured OF these -, 900 were chill
orens $4,000 were hObOes and 120,103
were honest working men who walked
on railroad property on their way TO
and from work or hoped trains to
get home or to work quicker.
Every 10 minutes Of every day of
the 365 days in a year one man engaged
in peaceful pursuits in this country is
killed and every 16 seconds Of every
minute one man is injured"
A New Copper Reducer.
DR.. Oliver 3. Dawson explained to
the lunchers the working of his new
process for the reduction Of copper
mineral to metal in one operation with
out 1luZlng the gangue. He explained
that his plant IT at the FL PasO foun-
dry. IL consists of a prOheating fur
mace and reduction furnace.
The former is heated by the by
product gases from the reduction fur
mace. saving time and fuel. Sulphide
ores are roasted and the oEidized ores
are heated preparatory to being
charged into the reduction furnace. In
the latter furnace, the heat is raised
20 1909 degrees Fahrenheit Then one
percent Of carbon is added and all out
lets closed and carbOuic oxide is
formed Hydrogen is released BY the
d1sassociauOn Of the water carried In
with the carbon. Valves regulate the
pressure caused by the evolution Of