The Denison review., 1914-12-09
CARRIES MILLIONS
WITHOUT MlSHAP
"safety First Department Of North
Western Railroad Establishes
a New Record.
ACCIDENTS DECREASE QUARTER
Education OF Employees Of Company
Past Five Years Has Saved
livec and Property.

livec and Property.
Over 33.0O0,00O people were carried
by the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road company on its trains without O
fatality for the fiscal year ending June
5Oth. according to 4 report just issued
by the company. This remarkable
record is credited to the safety first
plan of the system.
The record includes the statement
that the company carried an increase
of one million people Or 2.32 per cent
To carry the entire 33,000,OOO ol
pe0ple representing one-third OF the
population of the United States. over
the 10000 miles oil the Northwestern
lines would require 55G.490 coaches il
they We're all carried at one time. With
seven cars to q train. it would have
required 79.49S locomotives to haul
the cars.
Tho total amount of mileage trav-
eled by the cars during the year was
|2l,5377Sl, or nearly one thousand
times the distance around the earth.
To r. G. Richards. a present chair.
man OF the central safety committee
of the Northwestern lines, is due the
credit for the safety first movement
which has now expanded from its
small beginning until it is incorpor-
ated into all OF the big industrial or
eanizations OF the country.
Movement Saves Many Lives.
Mr.. Richards, while an official OF
the Northwestern some five years ago
conceived the idea OF reducing the
number OF accidents which were hap
pening in alarming numbers on the
railroads by a system OF education OF
all trainmen to the end that more pre-
caution should be taken while in the
performance OF their duties.
The results OF the safety first
movement during the fifty-two months
of Its operation are we'll demonstrat,
ed In report recently issued by Mr.
Richards showing decrease OF 34.a
per dent in the number of employees
killed and decrease oil 2G.5 per Gent
in the number injured. A decrease
OF 205 per cent in passengers killed
is also noted. In all. the safety first
movement has made decrease OF
about Is per cent in fatalities and in.
juries to persons in any way connect.
ed with the company either as EN-.
ployes or passengers.
Worknlcn Are Educated.
The movement for the safeguarding
OF the lives OF employees has grown
to such an extent that an annual coun-
Gil OF Industrial safety is held each
year OF representatives OF all indus
tries to discuss methods OF promoting
safety first" among laboring men.
Railroads conduct the safety first
movement in the main by the use OF
bulletins which are issued from time
to time illustrating precautions to be
taken by trainmen avoiding danger
GUS practices which have resulted in
injury or death to employees.
",Ioseph and His Brethren" with a
seasons record in New York. full
year in London, thirty.six weeks in
Boston. Philadelphia and other east
ern centers of culture and discern
ment, and fresh from triumphant
two months at the Auditorium theater,
Chicago. is the attractive bill an
nounced by the Brandeis theater. at
Omaha, for the week beginning Mon
day, December 14th. The night per-
formances will begin at s o'clock
sharp and the matinees at 2 p. m.
This prompt rising OF the curtain is
necessitated by the deep significance
of the opening scene of the pageant
drama, the elaborate nature of the pro-
duction and the three hours required
for the performance. The play is in
four acts. subdivided into twelve
scenes. Over two hundred people are
concerned in the performance. There
are slXty-five speaking parts, chorus.
ballet. extra musicians. many super
numaries and almost one hundred
stage hands. Four full length baggage
cars are used for the transportation
OF the scenery and properties, and an
other car for the camels, horses, sheep
and donkeys which are featured in
unusually brilliant cast-tle veteran
James ONeill. who is playing Jacob;
Brandon lyman. actOr-authOr in Rob
ert Emmett and support Of Madame
NaZim0va, is the youth Joseph. after
wards the deliverer; Katherine kael-
red. remembered for her support OF
Robert Hilliard in "A Fool There
Was" is seen as the alluring tempt
less, the strange Assyrian woman the
wife of Potiphar. Other famous fav-
orites and clever erspeople in the organi
cation are Hugh Chilvers, the hand
some baritone of the Lillian Russell.
nel1o EOv Camille D'Arvillo and Otbar
New York casino opera companies;
Charles D. Herman, Brigham Royce.
Robert Wayne, Franklyn Pangborn,
James O'Neill. Jr. and dozen more
actors who have previously appeared
here: Kathleen Larimore, Cordelia
Macdonald and Jane Ferrell in strong
character parts and a group Of lovely
young girls composed of Irma Lerner,
Harriet Mayffeld. Mercedes Desmore.
Lillian Lyddiard. Dolly Morris. Nellie
Rreen and Marjorie Campbell. 90
seph and His Brethren" is the work