The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-18
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BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. d7-Un.
der the reorganization of the General
Safety Committee of the Baltimore
and Ohio system, which was an
ncunced recently, the scope OF the
work has been 'broadened by a CAM
paign of sanitation through which III
is aimed to protect the health of EN-
ployes by providing wholesome WoFh-
ing conditions while at the same
time safeguarding life and limp:
On the General Safety COmmtttee
Is a physician expert in, Santta1ohf
who devotes his entire time to mat
tiers concerned with hygiene and, the.
personal welfare of the employees
DIR. Parlett is making. an inspection
of the restaurants of tile railroad
where the travelling public and eHl7
ployes are served meals, and tne
rest houses and other quarters at a.
vision and terminal points wheFe
employees spend their time.
The sanitary conditions OF pasSen-
ger trains comes within the province
of the General Safety Committee
| likewise, so that every effort IS lDeine
made to protect the health OF "
travelling public. The proper venu
| lation of trains will receive careful
attention and state laws applying &c
the cleanliness of trains will be en-
forced
For several years the baltimore
land Ohio has maintained rigid reg
ulations to insure the healthy condi-
| tion of employees of the dining car de-
partment who handle the loou
served on trains. lAll cooks, waiter
and other employees are examined oy
a company physician when employed
land must submit to periodical exami-
! nations to show that their health
has not become impaired. Such ex-
aminations are now being made Dy
the General Safety Comm!ttee of the
/ employees OF restaurants and rest
'thouses These employees are beins
examined by physicians and dnust
Ihold certificates Of health to snow
that thew are free from contagious
Tor communicable disease. women
emnloyes are examined by female
lphysicians in the employ of the com
pany ! ha;ro
conducted by the General Safet
COMMITTEE to impress upon the EN-
ployes and their representatives or
the local committees the tmportanc'
'i6f cleanliness, methods of combating
1.-The spread of contagious and 1ntectt
Gus disease as we'll as matters per
tanning to social hygiene
To what extent shippers have CO
operated with the railroads In Uneli
campaign to prevent car SHORTAGES
nv loading equipment to maximum
capacity is shown by the figures IS
lsued by the traffic department OF th'
Universal Portland Cement Com
pany for 1913 This company SNIP
ned 10 1855. I'LL barrels of cement u
lisa. 5S5 freight cars in 1913, as com
nared with 7,6S6,O47 barrels snip
ped in as, O97 cars in 1911 The ns
ures indicate a maximum loading o
freight cars in 1913, which was no
, the practice in 1911. An average
INCA barrels were loaded in a car las
year, the loading having been ~ IN Z
creased from IT'S barrels IN ISL
This increase in carload saved thF
use of a 74i7 cars which would nave
been required additionally to move
last years traffic on the basis of th'
r loading in 1911.
This Industrial concern has re
duced the number of cars requires 81
to handle an increasing business p
loading the cars to capacity pfu
! ten ner cent. A campaign was con
Quoted with the trade and selllns
forces of the company so that orders
would insure the maximum loadlhs
of cars.
other shippers are carrying on
the principles outlined for the pre-
vention of car shortages, put Lhe Is
suits obtained by the cement com
pany on such big scale have at
: tFacted special notice in transpofta
4 tion circles.
: Hardy county, wv Va, has becom'
one Of the most important frui
growing sections of the East, accor'
fling to statistics compiled by. tn
Baltimore and ONO railroad, which
show that in twenty-five of the leading
orchards in that locality there arr
1873 200 growing fruit trees, 79,3O '
} of which are bearing and give ever!
indication of record crop next sea
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