Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-12-21
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One way 10 increase wages is 10
REFUGE The number OF employees. d.
rector hines, Of tie Veterans bureau.
ieenty announced reduction of
-'5VV employees IA the feld ana 500 in
me central office. It has taken the
illahAsement q the bureau several
months 10 make this reduction.
II Is explained that the cut is in
line with the policy 70 eliminate the
excess number Of workers and also
10 reduce the number TO that class
oniy who rank As efficient worknen.
tie also announced the APPROVAL OF
Saiafy increases Tor E,l0I employees in
The neld amounting 70 S325 900, and
Tor l,o95 employees OF the central
oifieee Of $l67. 900.
Granting that efficiency counts in
the Veterans Bureau il is reasonable
to suppose that il counts in any other
department Of labor.
II workman wants TO be sure that
his job will last, he must deliver the
goods a little better than anybody
else. Ordinarily there will be no
trouble about his getting employment
and keeping il al a substantial wgge,
II he does his work efficiently.
Through the thoughtlessness OF
carelessneSs Of an engineer 9 people
lost their lives recently in crash
Of two sections of the Twentieth Cen
tury Limited express from New York
to Chicago, according to press reports
OF the accident.
Ii was alleged at the time of the
accident that the engineer failed TO
heed the signals and allowed his train
10 crash into the rear coach Of the
train ahead.
Thorough investigation of the wreck
may change first reports, and the
charges against the engineer may be
altered or revoked.
This is commonly result of
thoughtful INVESTIGATION. An engineer
assumes too great responsibility for
one man, yet there is no practical way
by which an engine can be operated by
two or more men. One engineer
would confuse another if two were
required TO operate the engine.
Signals act in place of a man
waving a flag. Sometimes thev do
not act. Automatic signals do not
act. Automatic signals do not al
ways work, as is disclosed in inves-
LEGATIONS of many wrecks, Recently
several persons were killed at a street
ear crossing. Witnesses of the acei.
dent stated that an automatic signal
refused to respond at the time.
Torpedoes do not always explode
and red lights are not always flashed
as signals by automatic contrivances.
This may have been the case in the
wreck of the Twentieth Century Lin
tied.
No investigation is needed, however,
to fix the blame for such accidents.
They may be laid directly at the door
of the speed mania. A few years ago
the giant Titantic was wrecked in
mid-ocean when the. vessel crashed
into an iceberg. The owners of the
vessel had ordered the crew to make
a record run across the Atlantic.
Hundreds of people perished, many OF
them men and women of renown.
In nearly every such case it is the
sneed mania that demands record time
of crew. If there is the slightest
delay there is criticism of the crew,
and criticism of the owners of the
system. Naturally they
make haste and take chances to arrive
on record time. If there is wreck on
the way resulting in loss of life they
must assume the responsibility, but
usually an American jury frees the
crew and exonorates the owners,
because the average American jury
know sthat such wreck may justly
be laid at the door of speed mania"
And you cannot hang a speed-manla.
The Illinois Agricultural Associa-
ton has offered reward OF SlO0 on
the first conviction in each county for
violation of the state and national law
the importation OF tuber-
culosis cattle into Illinois.
Reports coming into the office OF
The Illinois Ag association indicate
that attempts are being made to vio-
late the law.
1t is explained at the office Of the
|. A. A. secretary that this offer of
800 is contingent upon the approprla-
ton of an equal amount by the county
Urbana citizens have suggested a
Dus or some other method of trans |
to convey passengers from
the Illinois Central station to or-
Dana.
The suggestion includes advice that
he vehicle bear the name of Orbana
printed in large letters that can be
read at a distance.
The suggestion is said TO emlnate
from the Urbana Association of Com
merce in the hope that some enter
prising citizen may volunteer to in
stall such a line.
Urbana is more awake than at any
.imbe in her history. A large resi-
iential district has been built up
within the last two years southeast
If the University campus and already
here is talk of extending either a bus
inc or an additional street car line
nto that section of the city. /
A permanent line, whatever 1t might
1e. would result in still larger
building program. There Is not more /
attractive residential district in the
,ity and all that is needed is some
means of transportation that will
shorten the distance to the business
sections of Champaign and Urbana,
Urbana naturally wants TO see the
Lincoln hotel filled in quite as well
,s in rush seasons. Urbana merchants |
yant their share of the trade, and
lave a right to it, and for these and
,tber very good reasons the Associa-