Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-29
STUDY LOCAL
CONDITIONS
resent Splendid Example Of
",Sofeiu First" Idea Found
In Ne,DarR

krade Newark Grammar School,
= result of the recent work in
cmmunity civics, directed by DR..
| W. Dunn of the Federal Bureau
4 Education, and Miss Rich, of
he Women's College, gave short
Rlks at the Women's College last
Friday on the development of the
kafety First" campaign, through
|lt the country. The children
resented the subject from three
kandpoints, first, what the Feder-
government is doing. The boys
i'd of the lighthouses and the
fe-saving stations along the
asts. The need of the develop
lent of Safety First" in mines
es Illustrated by the statement
om the United States report
at according to the proportion
(r thousand workmen more acci-
hts occur in the mines of this
untry than in any other of the
brld. Hence the government is
king up the problem of Safety
rst" and its application to the
mes.
The second topic considered,
bat society is doing for the pro-
ttion of humanity, was illustrat-
by the work of the Rockefeller
|undation. Special stress was
d upon the effort expended to
the nation of the hookworm
ich has been found responsible
so much disease in the South.
RtiStics show that one-half the
habitants of the world live in
! district infected by the hook
rm disease. 548,942 children
over 80 per cent in our South
States hav ebeen found infec-
yet the cause and method of
fling with it are well-known.
The third division of the subject
Eluded state and local laws for
protection of the public. The
ldren told of the laws for the
lection of the schools, the ne
sary approval of all buildings
the state architect; the action
the HupmObile Company in De-
it in providing a playground,
keep the children off of the
bet; the campaign of the Penn
vania Railroad, illustrated by
moving picture entertain
BIT in Newark several weeks ago
erence was made to the recent
letin published by the du Pont
npany, which presents to theil
plOyees the necessity of wear.
goggles when at work in the
(der mills. The goggles are
niShcd by the company. The
b traffic laws and the means
Safeguarding the street corners
e discussed. Of purely loca
FreSt was the reference to the
tinental Fibre Company ant
|r campaign for Safety First,
Ftrated by their fre-proo1
|dings, their system of sprin
S and fire drills. The tall
he children brought out tht
that Newark has at least one
pStriaI corporation which has
pied the principle of the "Gold
Rule in Business" At tht
local fibre plant all the EN-
ices have been organized int
fighting companies, eacl
panT in charge of hose houses
loned at various points on th'
phd of the Company. Inside
mil there are twenty stations
lIre protection. The compan,
S IN reserve, solely for fir,
ection, at all periods of tn,
10000 gallons of water
pumps capable of THROWN,
hundred gallons of water
9te' The fire brigade is unde
direction Of John w. Cham
e hre protection has beel
PIemented by the installation
automatic sprinkler head
oghout the buildings. Per
as many as fifteen hundre,
neSe have been placed in tn
'ig OF the various workshop
olnces Of the company. TIL
oH are automatic arrange
made upon the principl
ne valves on our ordinar
hg plants, which when tn
'eraturc reaches a certain de
swings the door wide, an
the drafts on for us. In thi
nee, however, when the ten
ofe reaches a certain degree