The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-15
SAFETY DRIVE To
/. BEGIN Oct. 18th
AN INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO BE
wAGED FOR PREVENTION OF
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Wheeling District Rallro aders Deter
mined to Make q Record.

Determined tn make 4 record for
Wheeling that will be unsurpassed ny
any other metropolitan railroad center.
the 5000 or more employees Of all the
lines entering this city, Will begin next
Saturday morning AZ l-;Vl ocloSk
safety drive the like Of which never has
been before attempted. Every railroad
In the nation will be engaged in the
campaign, which will be- known as III"
National Accident Prevention Drive and
which Will be- conducted under the aus
pieces Of the United States Railroad Ad-
minlStratiun.
For fourteen days. or until the last
moment of October 81, the 1000 900 en-
rloyrs of the fedcralZed railroads or
the country will try not to record the
: death or injury OF one OF thclr numher'
but they believe they can accomplish IL
and so do the officials of all the trans
portatiUn" lines, who are extremely OPP
timStiC OF the success OF the drive. \.
s. Duffy, manager safety section United
States Railroad Administration, is COM
mandcr- n-Chief Of the great army OF
workers and he will have as his CO.
workers the federal managers. district
superintendent and supcrlntendentS or
the different roads.
During the campaign an accurate rec
ord will be kept of every death and in
jury. If there b" any on any of the fed
eralized railroads. and at the finish
there will be announced from Washing
ton the official results and the name OF
the railroad that had zcros. or the very
smallest number of casualties. The
pride and those who made tho figures
| possible will share. Records will be
! kept also Of each divisional casualty
| and also for each terminal, so that
| Wheeling will know whether her rail-
road workers won the victory or not.
/ Nothing has been left undone by any
! Of the railroads to keep. their men post
! I'd in preparation for the drive;
mi -
i the land there have been placed posters
1 on all railroad property announcing the
! dates of the drive and the slogan.
Let's be careful for our families: for
road has also arranged for the display
/ OF individual posters and these can be
| seen by any traveller in practically
: every station, warehouse. shop. terminal
, tfornia. Here In West Virginia the
railroad men have entered upon the
! drive with great enthusiasm and arc
| determined to bring home the victory.
| This is due greatly to the leadership
| among the officials.
| Practically all this week and several
days OF last week +. V. Smith. surcrin-
! tcndcnt OF the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
| road. has had the members of his staff
/ in consultation and at n final meeting
| Monday he asked that his assistants
! give him most active support to put the
| Wheeling division. over which he has
| JuTlSulCtlOn, at inc nCiu pl the bdltl-
more & Ohio list Of divisions on the
| Eastern and Western Lines. He and his
! assistants will go out into the highways
! and bywayS OF the division and make
! personal appeals to az many men az II
is possible for them to reach. Personal
, pledges will be obtained from the men
that they will play absolutely safe" for
! tho ensuing two weeks after next Sat
/ urday. Already he has hundreds Of
such pledges.
| The practice of absolute safety on
| the part of the men will rebound to the
! benefit Of those who use the railroads
: as passengers or as shippers. 1t Is be-
! lirvcd that the employees at the close or
+ the drive will realize that CarclcsSn"ss
! Is 4 habit, vicious one. and one that
can be easily eradicatcd. When this
! lesson Is driven home travel will be
! even more safe than at present. although
| there are so few wrecks in this Coun-
! try that engineering experts from all
parts OF the world come here to learn
! our system.
/ No specific prize has been hung M by
the government for the winning railroad
! or division in the forthcoming drive.
| but the satisfaction of standing At the
! top of the list OF railroads Will BE- glory
! enough for any line.