Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-28
.RA|LROAD|NC NO MORE
HAZARDOUS THAN FARMING
department Of Labor Complies In.
teresting Statistics as to Fatal
Industrial Accidents.
SAFETY FIRST" FOR THE FARM,
Agricultural Pursuits and steor,
railroads Each Charged With An
proxfmately 5000 Fatal Acct.
dents Each Year-AIininp Is safer

hailroading is now no more baza,
'"' an occupation than that of farm.
'"s' according to estimates bv tha
ohited States Department OF I.abor
as 10 the number Of fatal indu,,u.,
"ccldents among American wsee-a,-
ers' AT the same time railroad
p'oyment and agricultural pur,r,,.
eoh'rioute the greatest number ., o.
TAI accidents. each group heinz
sponsible for approximately non
year. ea'h
mere was time not long in ,,a
'"S' when railroading was cops,do,..
moro hazardous than any otb.r go.
pation with two or three e,c.,,,.
~ any rate IT was never placed a. 90,
Gently. "s until re-
an, rhe safety nrst' movement inauv,
country Is largely Responsible. ~ ~ tho
reauction in the number OF f,tei .ne
ciuehts' ms we'll as those OF a Ice.
.,ous nature. Trainmen and Other an,
pIoyees have caughy the snir,, -,
hrst' and the result has been
manned and the number ~ Tatn,u. or
among passengers has been greatly ,o
u"ce"' AS long as there are railroad,
mere Will be accidents in whIoh
'rainmcn and passengers suffer hu,
.aliroad officials have demonstrated
.nn. nc uanser can be minimized 10
some extent, and they are con,tan,,,,
on the alert to remind empIove., -,
,he safety first" rules. The emnloy.o.
nave contributed their share to the 20.
uuo'ion In the numbe, OF fatalities ana
ms tact has been largely Responsible
measures on all railroads.
Coal mining contributed NOR. tbor
S,ooo 1atal accidents TO the totaI or
-o'V"o year, and building and con-
struction work nearly 1900. Geneyal
manufacturing. while employing large
fatal accidents
when the fatality rates are cone,d.
erco. metal-mining ranks as most
hazardous, with rate Of 4 per I O0o.
coal mining coming next. with a rate
or SO and fisheries and navigation
,oliowlng with rate Of per 1000.
manufacturing industries. as a whole.
rank lowest, with rate OF IS per
1000. But the fact should not ha
overlooked that this low average rate
covers manufacturing groups varying
widely in hazard. including or the
one hand. boiler-makinE and the va
rious departments of the iron and steel
industry. In some OF which fatality
rates as high as those in metal and
coal mining have prevailed. and, on the
other hand, the textile and clothing
Industries. In some OF which the risjt
OF fatal accident Is practically nepli-
gible.
Subscriptions are being made here
to the capital stock of the Carolina.
Grecnevilie and Northern Railroad.
This Ia In accordance with a promo
sition to extend the new railway, be-
Ing constructed between Newport and
kingsport. Tenn. from the latter town
into Bristol. a distance of twenty-five
miles. The new road. which is to be
equipped with electric engines. will
connect Mt Bristol with the Norfolk
and Western: at Newport with the
Carolina. Clinchfeld and Ohio, and at
Knoxville Tenn, with the Louisville
and Nashville Railway. 1t Will thus
become an important link connecting
up three important trunk lines Con-
tractors are now at work on the link
between Newport and Kingsport, Tenn.
John NJ. Culp. vice president of the
Southern Railway. has returned to his
headquarters In Washington. after a
visit to Chicago. Business conditions
all along the lines in the West and
East that I have visited in the last
several months point to bumper
year." said Mr.. Culp.
For the third week In June the esti-
mate earnings OF the Southern Railway
are S1,06S,419. n decrease of S119567
from the total for the same period last
year-s1,1S7.96
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