The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-28
SAFETY FIRST show
N 'l2'I!.'S'T.REET CARS
1t Will Be Taken TO Over 200
Cities on the B. & O.
System.

cling exposition OF Safety First" I'M
der the auspices Of the Federal Gov.
ernment, which promises TO give sew,
eral million citizens throughout the
country d definite glimpse Of what
Unclc Sam is doing in the way OF say.
ing life and property. is now being
put in readiness In Washington for the
start, Monday. May l. Twelve steel
cars are on sidctracks in this city and
are being filed with exhibits which
Will portray In dramatic manner the
various activities Of the Government
bureaus. Tie train will give the poo
pic OF tho country a quarter OF mile
OF fraphic illustrations OF the Gov
crnnent's efforts along Humanitarian
lines
While the schedule has not yet been
definitely arranged. the Safety SpeclM
will first 70 over the lines Of the bal.
timorc aud Ohio Railroad, stopping first
at philadelphia and then proceeding
west, taking III every city aud town ui
any moment. After exhibiting at
nearly two hundred cities on The Bal
timOre and Ohio arrangements arc TO
be made 70 take the Train over the
other trunk lines of the country. 50
thai every citizen who cares about
what his government is doing may
have an oportunity 10 witness The eA'
hibits.
1t is thought that this Government
rSafety.Frist Special should be OF IN
tense interest TO the people OF the
country In that IT. will bring to their
homes a much better idea OF what the
Federal government is doing Tor them.
the Public Health Service, Depart.
ment OF the Treasury for instance,
will show By models and charts what
this service is accomplishing for the
I. health OF tho people. THIS branch OF
the government is charged with the
Responsibility OF keeping epidemiGs Of
dread disease out OF the United States
and 1t claims that the present freedom
ot3this country from typhus fever,
cholera and yellow fever Is due III
great parts to the efficiency Of the
quarantine service. This organization
will also show that the death rate
from preYentablc diseases is continhai'
IL being lowered in the cities because
the urban dweIler is protected in the
water he drinks, the food he. eats and
the manner in which his working con-
ditions are regulated, while those pe0'
ple living In the rural districts are
still exposed while those people ny
ing In the rural districts are stin eX-
nosed to the same health hazards with
tho result that tho death toll IN coun'
try places has not been lowered
The Coast Guard Service. also OF the
4, Treasury Department. which last year
saved .507 persons on the oceans anu
great lakes from untimcly deaths anu
also saved property to the extent OF
moro than $ll.000,000, Will e%hlDlt
life boats. rapid-firing guns for throw
ing life lines 10 ships In distress the
brooches buoy for saving life at sea-
and wireless outfits for use with boat
expeditions or for setting up on shore
or wreck 10 communicate with the rev.
,onue cutter.
The Bureau Of Mines, 1ntCriar Do
partment, will have a complete exhlD.
IL of lis apparatus for the saving OF
life in the mines and will show now
the death rates have already been
lowered through It's efforts in coopera.
ftfon with the various states. a unlque
exhibit will he All apparatus invented
by one OF the engineers Of the bureau
w
places filled with poisonous gases.
Heretofore all apparatus of this char
I acter came from foreign countries, but
this American apparatus is said to De
superior to any OF the foreign makes.
The Forest Service, Department OF
Agriculture, will show how 1t pre-
vents, detects and suppresses forest
fires which in the past have ranked
as great calamitics. destroying scores
Of human lives, devastating ranches
and settlements In their path, anu
burning millions of dollars worth OF
tho nations finest timber. This Serv.
ice shows also that 1900 towns and
cities obtain their water supply from
the national forests, and that It Is the
duty or the Service to see that the
watersheds are protected from hro
and also to prevent the contamination
of tho water supplies.
The American Rcd Cross Society
will explain how 1t goes into crowded
factory districts and teaches the work.
men first aid to the injured. Two IN
struction cars are maintained on the
railroads OF tho country for this pur-
nose. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission will be represented by three
model cars, fully equipped with tho
safety appliances approved by the
United States Government and will
show tho marked decreases in the
number of trainmen killed since these
appliances were adopted
Tho Weather Bureau, Department OF
Agriculture, will show the intricate ap-
paratus It uses in determining the
weather conditions and the approach
OF storms and floods. and will demon.
lstrate how III time OF stress millions
OF dollars worth OF property. have
been saved by its timely warnings.
The Navy Department and the War
Department will have appropriate OK
libits.
Tho Reclamation Service, Depart
ment Of the Interior, will show It's
method Of rcclaiming the desert wastes
and preparing them for the habitation
ot4man. 1t is estimated by the Rccla.
nation Service that there is sufficient
desert, if reclaimed to mako homes
for 20,o00,0OO persons. An additional
feature of The exhibits will be dis.
!. play OF transpareuCics showing the