The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-14
TO MAKE
AUTOISTS CAREFUL
National Safety First Effort
to Cut Down Deaths at
Grade Crossings.
MANY INTERESTS IN 1T

A national campaign. to be conducted
along unique lines. will be started o
by the transportation committee OF the
Safety FIRST Federation OF America 10
awaken the users OF automobiles to the
dangers OF grade crossings in an effort
to cut down the weekly death roll from
this sort OF road trap. When the move
ment is fully organized II Will be under
the direction of William r. Wilcox. for
merry chairman OF TIE Public Service
Commission and vice-president OF the
Safety First Society OF New York.
The subject was discussed yesterday
by members OF the ira nsportation conf
mittee at their fra, meeting In the
Craftsman's Building, , East Thirty
ninth street,
First Tryouts Near New York.
The plan will! have it's first trial in
the communities OF Long Island. West
chester and New Jersey. where grade
crossing and other automobile accidents
are most frequent. and the members OF
boards Of trade and chambers Of COM
nerce will be asked 10 form ~organiza-
tons to foster the new idea.
The morning meeting OF the commit
tee, which was attended by many promi-
rent transportation men. was given over
to a discussion OF the present trifnc
anu SAFETY olulldiNeSs sNlliolS lioo'
present were Darwin +. Kingsley. presi-
dent Of the federation Charles l.. Bern
he.mer. treasurer; Ralph Folks. Com
missioner OF Public Works of the bor-
cugh Of Manhattan \. Duncan Reid OF
the Casualty Insurance Company. c.
Louis Allen, Frederick II. Elliott. eXecu-
tive secretary Of the federation Francis
X. Butler. George keegan, general sup
~erintendent Of the New York Railways
Company Richard W. Meade, president
Of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company j.
A. Richie. c. Loomis Allen. president OF
the American Electric Railway Associa-
ton w. L. Cam. assistant TO the gem
eral manager OF the Detroit United Rail-
ways John X. Punderford. general man
ager OF the Connecticut Company James
T. Moffet, superintendent Of t~ransporta-
tion Of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company +. w. Bacon, vice.
president Of the Kentucky Traction and
Terminal Company: J.. w. Crawford.
Fred James of the Ottawa Electric Rail-
way Mrs. Jessica p. Mccall Of the
brooklyn Institute for Public Safety, and
George A. Walters. secretary OF the De-
troit Police Department.
State and Municipal Com mittees.
Because OF the large number of sub
jects brought before the committee the
work was divided between two sub
committees. one to consider subjects
Of state interest and the other to take
up subjects OF municipal interest. The
committee on State subjects will draw
up bills designed to embody the best
safety and trafic ordinances now in
force and will endeavor to have them
incorporated in the laws OF all the
States. Two New York bills are likely
to be taken as models, the one which
directs hat all vehicles shall carry
lights. under penalty OF II $40 fine. and
the other the jitney bus law. The
memoranda drafted by these committees
will be presented for adoption at the
first national convention Of the fedora
ton. to be held In Detroit in October.
After the mornings session Of the
committee a luncheon was given the
members in the Republican Club. at
which Darwin r. Kingsley, president OF
the New York Life Insurance Company,
presided. Among the subjects discussed
at the luncheon WAS the iitney bus.
which the street railway men admitted
has come 10 stay, Regulation must he
made for this innovation in transporta-
ton, they said, and they offered to meet
the bus people half way In an effort to
safeguard the public.