The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-21
Practically Every Activity Of the Govern
ment in the Conserving Of Human
Life is Demonstrated in
Exhibition in Wash
ington.

the bureau OF mines which already ma
done SO much toward making the live
p of workers in the mining industry NOR
l secure.
Cooperating in the exhibit are thes
/ government and semi-ollieial bureaus anC
organizations: The bureau OF standards
coast and geodetic survey, bureau o
lighthouses, steamboat inspection serv
ice and bureau of navigation OF the de
partment OF commerce; the bureaus o.
, medicine and surgery, bureau of steam
engineering, bureau of ordnance and bu
reau of construction and repairs, of the
navy department; the weather bureau
and the forest service, of the department
of agriculture; the bureau of labor stat.
istics and the childrens bureau, of the
department og labor; the bureau OF mines
the reclamation service, the Indian of
flee, the geological survey, and the bu-
reau of education, of the interior depart
ment; the public health service, and the
coast guard service, of the treasury de-
partment; the medical service of the war
department; the interstate commerce
commission; the American National Red
Cross society and the police department
of the District of Columbia.
Lifes saving apparatus used by the coast
lguard service in rescuing persons from
lshipwrecks is shown and explained. A
breeches buoy worked by coast guards
exactly as the device is used in taking
people OIL wrecked vessels are interesting
exhibits. Guns used in throwing lines
across the wrecked vessel are shown. TO-
Igether with lifeboats of the old surfboat
type, and the modern motor surfboat,
practically uncapsizable and self bailing.
The exhibit of the department of
commences bureau OF navigation includes
models of wireless used ON ocean-going
vessels as well as ashore. A chart ac-
companying this exhibit shows that dur
! ing Iast year % vessels clearing from
United States ports and required to car.
ry wireless apparatus met with disaster,
but that only two lives were lost
The children's bureau exhibit shows
the relationship existing between infant
mortality and poor living conditions.
In its exhibit the steamboat inspec
ton service points out that by reason
of the efficiency of its inspectors in 1915
only one life was lost out of 2,S72,4ll |
passengers carried on the steam vessels |
Of the United States, inland and coast
wise as well as oceang going.
The work OF the coast and geodetic
survey is shown in models and charts,
among the models being one of the
unique wire drags devised by the survey
for locating sunken wrecks and SUBJ
merged rocks that might prove menaces
to navigation.
How the lighthouse bureau protects
and conserves human life is shown by |
means of models OF lighthouses, light YES
sells, buoys, submarine bells, and fog sig
mails, such as the bureau maintains at
dangerous points. Il
The work of the bureau of standards n
in educating the public in regard to fire.
proof and lire-resisting materials for CON
struction is illustrated by a comprehen
siye exhibit with accompanying charts.
The bureau of mines demonstrates its
life saving apparatus, such as the pulmo-
tor, for reyiying victims from smoke and
gas; masks for protection against mine
gases and the smoke in burning mines.
The bureau has taught first aid to more
than 100000 miners in the country, the
result being a notable reduction in the
Heath rate among miners.
Instruction as to pure water supplies
md their location is one of the contri-
buttons of the geological survey to the
safety first movement OF the govern
nent; and this, with other activities of
he survey along the line of conservation
If human life, is included in the sur
'ey's exhibit.
The reclamation services work in de- :
l.. I l. i. -
Vest and converting it into fertile and !.
ultivabe farms by means of immense (
irrigation works is shown in maps mod (.
Is and pictures.
Just how the weather bureau works in !:
ending out storm warnings and warn !.
ngs against floods, as well as in its |.
eneral weather forecast, is shown in !:
etail. The safety first work of the in !:
erstate commerce commission is also I.
hown by means of charts, models and 1:
iagrams The commission by compell- /;
lg the railroads of the country TO adopt /:
afety appliances has brought about /;
reduction in the number of /:
'recks, the number of persons killed in I:
his manner last year being 222 out OF !:
lore than l,00O,000,O00 passengers car !:
led, a reduction of 1872 per cent from !:
9l4. !:
The forest service has an interesting I:
1hbit. showing its system of fire pa (:
,ols, fire lookouts, field telephone lines !:
nd wireless. by means of which the for !:
It rangers are able to warn persons !:
wing in and near the national forests OF I:
res many hours before the fires APP (.
roach. Z;
The first aid OF the American National I.
ed Cross association in the affairs OF !:
'ery-day life, and the organizations /:
ork in times of calamity are shown in !:
large exhibit. =
The safety work OF the coast guard Z.
rv!ce. which includes the revenue cut
r service and life saving service. in q:
IS, resulted in the rescue of more than (.
500 persons imperiled at sea and saved !.
opcrty values at Sll,OO0.OO0
work Of the public health !;
rvice in stopping the entrance Of plague !:
a other diseases at ports of the coum- /:
y; the anti-typhoid innoculation Of the ::
reau Of medicine and surgery Of the !:
w which has cradicsted typhoid from !.
. navy. similar work Of the army med 4
i corps aud the safety first work Of Z:
2 Washington police department are I:
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