Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-16
Crowds Throng to Katy De-
pot to View Striking Ex-
hibits on Special.
ATTENDANCE IS 5,742
Displays Greatest Educa-
tional Force Ever Seen
in Tulsa.

1--WE THOUSAND seven hundred
Il and twenty-four Tulsans saw
Uncle Sam in his role of protector OF
lives and property yesterday through
a visit TO the government Safety First
train which was on the Katy tracks
IThe crowds taxed the capacity of the
train for the entire eight hours that il
was open and hundreds were turned
away after the closing hour of 9
o'clock.
The exhibition was one of the most
striking educational features ever
known to this city and represented
a miniature worlds exposition on
wheels. II was not only a display of
equipment used by the government for
the saving of lives and property on
land and sea but also was so man
aged that when a person emerges
from the end of the 13 cars he un-
derstOod the system and working of
the massive organization.
The train opened at l o'clock in
the afternoon. When the doors were
first thrown open more than a hun
dred people were waiting to enter.
AS the day progressed and fame of
the train spread over the city the de-
mand for admittance increased. AT
night the crowd almost overwhelmed
the perfect system in order on the
train.
Fully two thousand Tulsans who
arrived too late to gain admittance To
the train were compensated for their
trouble by an hours program with a
moving picture machine. a tempor-
airy screen and machine was fitted up
on the east side of the Katy paSsen-
yer depot and great throng saw sew
Scenes of country and life over the
entire United States were thrown upon
tho screen.
The special train consisted Of thir-
teen all-steel cars of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad. Four Of them were
living cars for the thirty-five govern
ment officials who accompanied the
train. Each car was fitted out by
some department of the United
States and had an active member of
that department in charge to ex-
plain all apparatus and the routine
of the department in using the
equipment.
keep Moving"
On every car was phonograph
which was used to keep the people
moving. Those in charge of the train
said that nothing was so successful
in allaylng cOngeSteu carS rs 10 start
a lively march on the phonograph.
One of the striking features of
every car in the train were the hum
dreds OF large hand-colored photo
graphs and paintings. Every depart
ment showed its actual work, its
larger equipment, its forces, its lati-
tude, tasks and results by means of
beautiful hand-colored photographs.
Most OF these were mounted on a
composition of celluloid and we're
placed in the windows. The light
shining through the water colors,
bringing into relief the resources of
the government, formed an exhibit
well worth seeing II there had been
nothing else on the train.
First Three Cars.
The department OF the interior had
charge Of the first three cars In
the first the national parks of the
United states and the reclamation
service held sway. The reclamation
service Is one of the most active di-
visions OF the department of the in
terror. having as its duty the salvage
of arid lands and the transformation
of deserts into rich agricultural re-
gions. A complete model Of q farm
was the feature of this car. w. L
Swanton was in charge
In the second car the bureau Of
mines exhibited the recently -devel-
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