Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-19

try, among them the El Paso & Southwestern system.
 Not only does this progressive movement concern me from the standpoint of seeing my own welfare and that of my offspring protected to a great extent but on the other hand it is indeed a great pleasure to know of the untold suffering and sor row eliminated from the lives of oth- CTS, mainly the employees and trav- cling public, on account of safer reg ulatons, appliances, ct cetera, adopt ed and due directly to the continued agitation of this nation-wide slogan. Safety First"
 A great deal of the credit due saf CT appliances on railroads today must be. and is. given that national tody known as the Interstate Com Imerce Commission whose duty it is 1 to regulate things of this nature to | a great extent However, with a live and active committee headed by a Safety Supervisor on each and every one of our railways the question is continually before the eyes of the railroad man so that the most perfect landard safety appliance do not have their purpose destroyed by care ] lessness-a characteristic of many and to which many accidents are due.
 l have seen in the periodicals from every section of the country a great many good ideas put into operation by a majority of the leading railroads of the United statey. but l have been
 especially interested in the original methods adopted by the El Paso X l Southwestern
 Here l have seen literature of un- told beneficial nature giving safety
 suggestions, distributed among all
 employees have seen caution boards
 with we'll worded and plain warnings Ito espassers.- who incidentally make up @ good percentage of those
 killed and injured on railroads,
 placed on bridges and along the right
 of-way at dangerous points. ! have
 seen motion pictures portraying ma my of the dangers encountered by children and grown-ups playing about
 cars or trespassing about railroad
 property. I have read of meetings
 of the General Safety Committee where a representative from every de z partment of the system, from section man to general manager, is present and which would tend toward safer @ conditions At such meetings th,
 idea of each and every employe i'
 considered in detail through Saietl
 First postcards which are at Che dis } posal of all I have also heard of ana ? seen a part of the safety appliance . in the form of new and better han' - brakes, engine and caboose markers |. blocked guard rails, warning bell
 and score more of safety device
 placed on equipment or property al @ of which are e great expense to th r. company. Yet 1t has proven goo y investment in that life and limbs e q many are saved
 at one time heard a railroad ma a- say: That Safety First stunt is n money saying scheme for the con n pany" agree with him it undop J todly is-in the long run It is als e. a life and limb saver for every oth' d. person who is concerned directly ( 1l indirectly by the railroads of tl of world At any rate, that Is the co
 clusion ! arrive at after seeing tf s deathbyaccident record reduced nei
 ly 42 percent and the injuries to CT e. ployes decreased by 32 percent rd one year of Safety First" on ol sd own El Paso X Southwestern systei .e- (signed) Mrs K r Guthma nt Wife of switchman engaged in ya u- service, Dawson, N. M.