The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
MAJOR FLYNN
 ON R.R. SAFETY
Adjures FeIlow EtnpIoyes to
 Do Best For Road.
especiar to the Farmer ,y.s's.'

Waterbury, Jan. 19.4-Leavenworth
 Hall looked lilesa railroad yard office Tuesday night, with railroad men from | all parts of the w estern= Division as- sembIed there to hear lectures on "safety first methods. Engineers. il brakemen, clerks and officials min-9 gledt together and forgot all official. distinctions for the time being. ; Be- sides hearing two interesting talks on the cause and prevention of accidents l and first aid methods, the men were given an opportunity to listen to the tI oratorical efforts of two of their own number. Engineer Lyman Parrish who hasn't missed a day at the throt- l | tie of a passenger train wlich h runs be-
 tween Pitfsf1eld sand9s ridgeports in
 many years was one. of the rairoaders ! who spoke and he proved to have as a I perfect control over his voice as he ] l has over the flow of steam thr ugh his A engine. Tie second raITroader stoi speak was Conductor Major Flynn, { who has charge Of one of the fast
 freights on the Berkshire branch and who has been empIoyed on the West ern Division for many years.
 The first speaker told Of Experiences Il on the front end.ssSsa He advised all! spect their engines before taking I them out on the run. and keep asc1ose: watch at all times for defects in the lroadbed or tracks Go slow over a stretch of trar k k that you know is .I bad,s' hessafd. Never ignore a Stop 'signai. re matter from w4fat source I it comes, for when some oSltsider gives such a signal there must be some l thing wrong with the train. And last Isof all; don't try to do the ssuperss' job. T Just naake up your mind that you have E enough to do to take care of your al lsown.''es5 E9aIsI3 s@sn
 Major HpIynn said, esThere are two prime factors iii stsaf fetys first methods, and they are disciplin nes and confidence. I Always keep in mind that fundannen-s ItaI rule of raiIroading, Take the safe issideaa1wayrss and al1os the right tsthings at tlle right ti11ie. .s M erE h. vaazth hority l should maintain strict discipline Il among their sibordinates. sYet they q should do it in such a way as to re- I Itain their subordinates' confidence. ] The employer should have confidence 4 in his sub bordipates and, the suho din- N ates should have ediiaI conf1denee in 9their employers 2 Them there is anoth- T CT thing. The public has been Show 1 ing a spirit of unrest Of late and ap- I pear to have lost the confidence which 4 they formerly had in this grand and
 magnificent corporation. It is the du- T tyxof every one of us to restore this l confidence Of the public in the New T Haven Road WeFcan do it and be- fore long the cloud of unrest will have l cleared away and this great railroad I corporation will once more be se1ijoy-
 
 I Flynn s oratory surprised all the odd Il timers present and he was applauded
 most heartily at the ;concfusion of his l talk f,f.4sssss
 w T. Sturtevants who is one of the claim agents for the D. IL and W. } gave an illustrated .ecture, showing g Ti by means of stefeopticon slides the big 5 Improvements that. has been made ! since the Lackawanna inaueurated the safety first. movement. Pictures ,sf fshowing2 piles of iron and wood 1ocaft- , ed dangerously close to. main lines, : then pictures howing the same pieces s1 of track after the clean ITp had pass eJ ed through Othen pictures were , thrown on the screen to show the va [ rious ways in which railroader z might be injured while working was appre reciated very much, judging
 from the applause that greeted the ispeaker at the conclusion of his re- dsnnarks.
 The final spea aker Of t41esevening was pr. Ws IT, Davis. ofsW sWaslfngton. D. c. He saidsthat most of the deaths result ! ing from railroad A accidents were . death before medical attendance4 was
 given. By teaching men what to do
 in casesof injuries of this kind, the Il greater part of these. deaths could be z prevented he saids5.s Next to bleeding !, the greatest cause of death following
 injury was shock. shock being the rer s suItant effect on the nervous system of 7 an accident. Death from shock was
 also easily preventable by knowing , What to do and q oing 1t in time, he said s@ s,ssss sss
 In cencluding. pr. Davis demon ) strated the use of various styles of g tourniquets
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