Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-22
Thinks Fire Whistle
a Menace to People

Editor Journal.-ln this age Of
modern invention statistics show ina.
liss of life is becoming greater. not
ON account Of modern invention SO
much. but rather on account of neg
iect on the part of those that operate,
or are the guardian of those inven-
lions that lessen life's labor. ON our
great railroads. and in every line Of
trade where man is employed as the
overseer of great time and labor saw
ing machinery. there have in the last
few years been placed before us signs
Of caution, such as safety first,
warning, danger. etc.
one of our greatest railroads has
department whose attention is given
to lessening the accidents among its
employees Buttons are worn by those
men that stand out as a signal 10 keep
out Of danger Records of this de-
partment show that their men have
me safety habit
This article is written to call atten-
uon Of our city administration that
most modern cities Of the size Of Al
auquerque are using a system for the
safety of its inhabitants The old-time
at-call whistle only calls our people
to a danger zone when there is given
10 an our people the fact that there
a fire some place i'm the city, and
conveys the intelligence Of its location,
where all the people may get in the
inc Of danger, many times more dis
dstrous To human life than the loss Of
he fire. which ON the average is Of
small amount
In cities where exists a paid fire de-
partment, thc responsibility Of taking
care Of fires is taken out of the hands
Of the bucket brigade and the citi-
eens thereof Men IN most cases are
employed that have q knowledge of
The location Of the fire by the .uen.
signal system that is placed in the
central office of the safety depart
ment. and each sub-station Is called
by the central office by the same sys-
TEN. Men in each station are familiar
with modern appliance for fighting
fees, and are expert in knowing how
to Eet the equipment to the lire in the
least possioie time,
Much less hazardous il would be to
read of fire in your city, than every
one to be called to the danger zone
and in the path Of the department.
where so many accidents occur, by
having all the city notified of the
alarm. 1t is the duty of the safety
department to see that all streets are
in condition in case Of fires; to know
daily where any Improvement is be-
ing made ON our streets to see that
careless street sprinklers do not make
mudholes that soon become stagnant,
where they get their water from by
drants from sprinkling. If it is inn
possible to keep from spilling water at
these connections. make provisions
for the taking away of water that
makes these places dangerous. Should
public utility corporations leave their
right of-wuy in a dangerous condition
that would make it unsafe for a run
of our fire department, correct the
evil by having our street department
service to not permit any obstruction
in our streets or highways.
Do not elect to office men for car
ng for our welfare that look only to
the salary and the title of their office
Accidents will happen, it is true, but
many can be prevented.
A house can be burned, and re-
placed, but a life lost is from our
midst forever. The similarity in
name Of a lost life in a recent run of
our fire department that temporarily
caused grief in our home, until facts
were known, prompts this letter
Cut out the ancient cat-ealls; be
modern and down-to-date. protect the
lives Of our citizens, or let the whis-
de be known to our citizens as a sign
to get to the cellar first instead Of
safety first W. r. DORFF.
Albuquerque. November 20.