The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-28
FIRST HAS
REDUCED INJURIES
70 PERCENT
General Claims Attorney of
Santa Fe in Albuquerque
this Morning Says Safety
Department has Worked
Wonders.
LOSS AND DAMAGE
MEETING SUCCESSFUL

Judge ]. ID. NJ. Hamilton, general
claims attorney OF the santa Re Rail-
way COMPANY. was in Albuquerque
his morning on his way from n
4company's loss and damage meeting
at san Diego TO his home In Topeka
Judge Hamilton Is the organizer of
the santa FEES department Of safety,
and has conducted a number Of safety
habit rallies Tor employees IN Albu-
querque.
"Our safety department was organ-
ized two years ago Judge Hamilton
said, and In that time we have re-
duced our personal injuries twenty
per cent. The number OF fatal accl-
dents TO u employees has been re-
duced thirty per cent. This showing
Is the result of the safety habit which
our employees are getting. Habit rs a
great force In human AFFAIRS, and We
are training our employees to get the
habit Of c%arefulness. They md that IL
is Just as easy TO be careful as II II TO
be careless. when they once sc, into
the habit OF it,
Trs Santc Fe. having Installed mod
ern safety appliances, and safety COM
mittces having heen organized by cm-
ployes on all the divisions, Judge
Hamilton gave II as his opinion that
In a short lime accidents as "a result
OF earelessness would be the excep-
ton rather than the rule on the Santa
Fe.
Judge Hamilton said that i25 OIL
cials attended the Sa- Diego loss and
damage meeting, which adjourned
Friday. Reports at the meeting
showed that In the Ave years the cam
paign has been In progress, the re-
duction OF The loss ana damage item
has been from three per cent of the
company's earnings to ninety-nine
hundrcdths OF one per cent.
At the loss and damage meeting the
following statement was adopted as
the policy OF the company regarding
the subjects under consideration
That IL may he In fact a good-ser-
vice movement, the santa Fe loss and
damage organization will direct rs
efforts toward locating the causes OF
trouble and devising practical means
OF Improvement.
special attention will be given "a
equipment conditions TO the end that
all cars may be suitable FOR the load
ing intended. Much thought alsc
will be given 90 uniform and better
methods of loading, slowing anc
bracing freight, both hat which Il
loaded by carriers employees. and tbs
carload freight which Is almost uni
versally loaded, slowed aad secured
In the cars by shippers.
matters of general Interest will bs
brought To the attention Of the prOpel
officers Rnd organizations OF shipper
and receivers Of freight, thus promot
ms interest on the part Of their mem.
hership, and also on the part Of otheI
shippers In the matter OF pToperl,
preparing, packing and markinl
freight for shipment.
1.-THE difficulties attending eaci
commodity viii he specialized "a tia
end that each of the causes contrib
uting to depreciation In value durinl
transit may be found and dealt will
In a practical manner, each depart
meni contributing its essential par
90 successful handling and delivery.
1T h gratifying To the Santa ~
management That the company's Gus
toners generally are In sympathy will
these EFFORTS. and a large majority @
them take kindly 10 the information
which is constantly reaching them, be
lieving that the movement n In the IN
terest OF all concerned-produceT
shipper, carrier receiver and con
sumner"
other officials here on their wa,
from san Diego were y. :. Brooks O